The Cowboys
The Cowboys
Release: 1972-01-13
·Runtime: 134m
·★ 7.1
Western
Adventure
Drama
Action
When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage, however, neither he nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Sanford Productions (III)
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
John Wayne
as Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne
as Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern
as Long Hair
Colleen Dewhurst
as Kate
Alfred Barker Jr.
as Cowboy Fats
Nicolas Beauvy
as Cowboy Dan
Steve Benedict
as Cowboy Steve
Robert Carradine
as Cowboy Slim Honeycutt
Norman Howell
as Cowboy Weedy
Stephen R. Hudis
as Cowboy Charlie Schwartz
A Martinez
as Cowboy Cimarron
Clay O'Brien
as Cowboy Hardy Fimps
Slim Pickens
as Anse
Lonny Chapman
as Homer's Father
Charles Tyner
as Stonemason
Allyn Ann McLerie
as Ellen Price
Matt Clark
as Smiley
Richard Farnsworth
as Henry Williams
Chuck Courtney
as Rustler
Gary Epper
as Rustler
Tony Epper
as Rustler
Henry Wills
as Rustler
Ralph Volkie
as Ralphie (uncredited)
