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The Cowboys

70.93 %|Jan 13, 1972|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 Andersen nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.

Featured Crew

Mark Rydell
Director
Irving Ravetch
Screenplay
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Harriet Frank Jr.
Screenplay
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting
Tim Zinnemann
Associate Producer
William Kiernan
Set Decoration

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Cast

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John Wayne
Wil Andersen
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Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger
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Bruce Dern
Long Hair
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Nicolas Beauvy
Cowboy Dan
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Steve Benedict
Cowboy Steve
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Robert Carradine
Cowboy Slim Honeycutt
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Norman Howell
Cowboy Weedy
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Stephen R. Hudis
Cowboy Charlie Schwartz
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Sean Kelly
Cowboy Stuttering Bob
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A Martinez
Cowboy Cimarron
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Clay O'Brien
Cowboy Hardy Fimps
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Sam O'Brien
Cowboy Jimmy Phillips
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Mike Pyeatt
Cowboy Homer Weems
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Lonny Chapman
Homer's Father
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Charles Tyner
Stonemason
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Sarah Cunningham
Annie Andersen
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Richard Farnsworth
Henry Williams
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Wallace Brooks
Red Tucker
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Norman Howell
Jim's Father
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Rita Hudis
Charlie's Mother
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Margaret Kelly
Bob's Mother
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Tap Canutt
Rustler
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Gary Epper
Rustler
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Tony Epper
Rustler
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Kent Hays
Rustler
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Ralph Volkie
Ralphie (uncredited)
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Ivan Brutsche
Towns Person (uncredited)