The Cowboys

Name: The Cowboys
Genre: Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
Released: 1972-01-13
Duration: 134 min

2h 14m·Western, Adventure, Drama·

Directed by Mark Rydell·1972

Rate

7.1/10 avg

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.

DirectorMark RydellCinematographyRobert SurteesScreenplayIrving RavetchStudioSanford Productions (III)

Actor	Role
John WayneWil Andersen	Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee BrowneJebediah Nightlinger	Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce DernLong Hair	Long Hair
Colleen DewhurstKate	Kate
Alfred Barker Jr.Cowboy Fats	Cowboy Fats
Nicolas BeauvyCowboy Dan	Cowboy Dan
Steve BenedictCowboy Steve	Cowboy Steve
Robert CarradineCowboy Slim Honeycutt	Cowboy Slim Honeycutt
Norman HowellCowboy Weedy	Cowboy Weedy
Stephen R. HudisCowboy Charlie Schwartz	Cowboy Charlie Schwartz
SSean KellyCowboy Stuttering Bob	Cowboy Stuttering Bob
A MartinezCowboy Cimarron	Cowboy Cimarron
Clay O'BrienCowboy Hardy Fimps	Cowboy Hardy Fimps
SSam O'BrienCowboy Jimmy Phillips	Cowboy Jimmy Phillips
MMike PyeattCowboy Homer Weems	Cowboy Homer Weems
Slim PickensAnse	Anse
Lonny ChapmanHomer's Father	Homer's Father
Charles TynerStonemason	Stonemason
SSarah CunninghamAnnie Andersen	Annie Andersen
Allyn Ann McLerieEllen Price	Ellen Price
MMaggie CostainPhoebe	Phoebe
Matt ClarkSmiley	Smiley
JJerry GatlinHowdy	Howdy
WWalter ScottOkay	Okay
Richard FarnsworthHenry Williams	Henry Williams
WWallace BrooksRed Tucker	Red Tucker
CCharise CullinElizabeth	Elizabeth
CCollette PoeppelRosemary	Rosemary
RRita HudisCharlie's Mother	Charlie's Mother
MMargaret KellyBob's Mother	Bob's Mother