The Cowboys

1972    2h 11m    PG
Western, Adventure,
7.475%88%71%
When his cattle drivers abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers 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 Andersen nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
Directed By
Mark Rydell
Studio
Sanford Productions (III), Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast of The Cowboys
  • John WayneWil Andersen
  • Roscoe Lee BrowneJebediah Nightlinger
  • Bruce DernLong Hair
  • Colleen DewhurstKate
  • Alfred Barker Jr.Cowboy Fats
  • Nicolas BeauvyCowboy Dan
  • Steve BenedictCowboy Steve
  • Robert CarradineCowboy Slim Honeycutt
  • Norman HowellCowboy Weedy
  • Stephen R. HudisCowboy Charlie Schwartz
  • Sean KellyCowboy Stuttering Bob
  • A MartinezCowboy Cimarron
  • Clay O'BrienCowboy Hardy Fimps
  • Sam O'BrienCowboy Jimmy Phillips
  • Mike PyeattCowboy Homer Weems
  • Slim PickensAnse
  • Lonny ChapmanHomer's Father
  • Charles TynerStonemason
  • Sarah CunninghamAnnie Andersen
  • Allyn Ann McLerieEllen Price
  • Maggie CostainPhoebe
  • Matt ClarkSmiley
  • Jerry GatlinHowdy
  • Walter ScottOkay
  • Richard FarnsworthHenry Williams
  • Wallace BrooksRed Tucker
  • Charise CullinElizabeth
  • Collette PoeppelRosemary
  • Norman HowellJim's Father
  • Rita HudisCharlie's Mother
  • Margaret KellyBob's Mother
  • Larry RandlesBen
  • Larry FinleyJake
  • Jim BurkPete
  • Fred BrookfieldRustler
  • Tap CanuttRustler
  • Chuck CourtneyRustler
  • Gary EpperRustler
  • John EpperRustler
  • Kent HaysRustler
  • J.R. RandallRustler
  • Henry WillsRustler
  • Joe YrigoyenRustler
  • Ralph VolkieRalphie (uncredited)
  • Ivan BrutscheTowns Person (uncredited)
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