
The Cowboys (1972)
7.1|13 Jan, 1972|131 min
All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.
7.1|13 Jan, 1972|131 min
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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.
Language
Budget$6,000,000
Revenue $7,500,000
English
Budget$6,000,000
Revenue $7,500,000
Keywords
based on novel or book
montana
ranch
beef
cattle drive
underage drinking
gun battle
cattle
schoolboy
cattleman
cattle rustling
kids on their own
cattle stampede
Casts

John Wayne
Wil Andersen

Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger

Bruce Dern
Long Hair

Colleen Dewhurst
Kate

Alfred Barker Jr.
Cowboy Fats

Nicolas Beauvy
Cowboy Dan

Steve Benedict
Cowboy Steve

Robert Carradine
Cowboy Slim Honeycutt

Norman Howell
Cowboy Weedy
Stephen R. Hudis
Cowboy Charlie Schwartz
Sean Kelly
Cowboy Stuttering Bob

A Martinez
Cowboy Cimarron

Clay O'Brien
Cowboy Hardy Fimps
Sam O'Brien
Cowboy Jimmy Phillips
Mike Pyeatt
Cowboy Homer Weems

Slim Pickens
Anse

Lonny Chapman
Homer's Father

Charles Tyner
Stonemason
Sarah Cunningham
Annie Andersen

Allyn Ann McLerie
Ellen Price
Maggie Costain
Phoebe

Matt Clark
Smiley
Jerry Gatlin
Howdy

Walter Scott
Okay

Richard Farnsworth
Henry Williams
Wallace Brooks
Red Tucker
Charise Cullin
Elizabeth
Collette Poeppel
Rosemary
Rita Hudis
Charlie's Mother
Margaret Kelly
Bob's Mother
Larry Randles
Ben
Larry Finley
Jake
Jim Burk
Pete
Norman Howell Sr.
Jim's Father
Fred Brookfield
Rustler
Tap Canutt
Rustler

Chuck Courtney
Rustler
Gary Epper
Rustler

Tony Epper
Rustler
Kent Hays
Rustler
J.R. Randall
Rustler

Henry Wills
Rustler
Joe Yrigoyen
Rustler
Ralph Volkie
Ralphie (uncredited)
Ivan Brutsche
Towns Person (uncredited)
Crews

Mark Rydell
Director
Irving Ravetch
Screenplay
William Dale Jennings
Screenplay
William Dale Jennings
Novel
Pat Abbott
Hairstylist
Dave Grayson
Makeup Artist
Emile LaVigne
Makeup Artist
Nate H. Edwards
Production Manager
Dick Moder
Unit Production Manager

John Williams
Original Music Composer
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography

Harriet Frank Jr.
Screenplay

Mark Rydell
Producer
Tim Zinnemann
Associate Producer
Neil Travis
Editor

Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Philip M. Jefferies
Production Design
William Kiernan
Set Decoration
Anthea Sylbert
Costume Design
Gary Epper
Stunts

Walter Scott
Stunts
Backdrops & Posters






