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The Cowboys

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

1972★ 7.1 · 2712h 14mWesternAdventureDramaAction

Overview

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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Cast

A Martinez
as Cowboy Cimarron

Bruce Dern
as Long Hair

John Wayne
as Wil Andersen

Matt Clark
as Smiley

Robert Carradine
as Cowboy Slim Honeycutt

Roscoe Lee Browne
as Jebediah Nightlinger

Richard Farnsworth
as Henry Williams

Slim Pickens
as Anse

Colleen Dewhurst
as Kate

Lonny Chapman
as Homer's Father

Norman Howell
as Cowboy Weedy

Clay O'Brien
as Cowboy Hardy Fimps

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Release date: 1972-01-13

Budget: $6,000,000

Revenue: $7,500,000

Runtime: 2h 14m

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WesternAdventureDramaAction

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