The Cowboys

The Cowboys (1972)

All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.

  • Genre: Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
  • Release Date: 1972-01-13
  • User Rating: 7.1/10 from 239 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 11min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Sanford Productions (III)
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Mark Rydell
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Summary

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.

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  • 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

  • Sean Kelly

    as Cowboy Stuttering Bob

  • A Martinez

    as Cowboy Cimarron

  • Clay O'Brien

    as Cowboy Hardy Fimps

  • Sam O'Brien

    as Cowboy Jimmy Phillips

  • Mike Pyeatt

    as Cowboy Homer Weems

  • Slim Pickens

    as Anse

  • Lonny Chapman

    as Homer's Father

  • Charles Tyner

    as Stonemason

  • Sarah Cunningham

    as Annie Andersen

  • Allyn Ann McLerie

    as Ellen Price

  • Maggie Costain

    as Phoebe

  • Matt Clark

    as Smiley

  • Jerry Gatlin

    as Howdy

  • Walter Scott

    as Okay

  • Richard Farnsworth

    as Henry Williams

  • Wallace Brooks

    as Red Tucker

  • Charise Cullin

    as Elizabeth

  • Collette Poeppel

    as Rosemary

  • Rita Hudis

    as Charlie's Mother

  • Margaret Kelly

    as Bob's Mother

  • Larry Randles

    as Ben

  • Larry Finley

    as Jake

  • Jim Burk

    as Pete

  • Norman Howell Sr.

    as Jim's Father

  • Fred Brookfield

    as Rustler

  • Tap Canutt

    as Rustler

  • Chuck Courtney

    as Rustler

  • Gary Epper

    as Rustler

  • Tony Epper

    as Rustler

  • Kent Hays

    as Rustler

  • J.R. Randall

    as Rustler

  • Henry Wills

    as Rustler

  • Joe Yrigoyen

    as Rustler

  • Ralph Volkie

    as Ralphie (uncredited)

  • Ivan Brutsche

    as Towns Person (uncredited)
Directing Mark Rydell Director
Writing Irving Ravetch Screenplay
Writing William Dale Jennings Screenplay
Writing William Dale Jennings Novel
Costume & Make-Up Pat Abbott Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Dave Grayson Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Emile LaVigne Makeup Artist
Production Nate H. Edwards Production Manager
Production Dick Moder Unit Production Manager
Sound John Williams Original Music Composer
Camera Robert Surtees Director of Photography
Writing Harriet Frank Jr. Screenplay
Production Mark Rydell Producer
Production Tim Zinnemann Associate Producer
Editing Neil Travis Editor
Production Lynn Stalmaster Casting
Art Philip M. Jefferies Production Design
Art William Kiernan Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Anthea Sylbert Costume Design
Crew Gary Epper Stunts
Crew Walter Scott Stunts

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