The Cowboys
# All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.
π 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.
π΅ Budget: USD
6,000,000
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1972-01-13
β Running Time:
131 mins
β Vote Average:
7.1
Beloved Cast
Wil Andersen
John Wayne
Jebediah Nightlinger
Roscoe Lee Browne
Long Hair
Bruce Dern
Kate
Colleen Dewhurst
Cowboy Fats
Alfred Barker Jr.
Cowboy Dan
Nicolas Beauvy
Cowboy Steve
Steve Benedict
Cowboy Slim Honeycutt
Robert Carradine
Cowboy Weedy
Norman Howell
Cowboy Charlie Schwartz
Stephen R. Hudis
Cowboy Stuttering Bob
Sean Kelly
Cowboy Cimarron
A Martinez
Cowboy Hardy Fimps
Clay O'Brien
Cowboy Jimmy Phillips
Sam O'Brien
Cowboy Homer Weems
Mike Pyeatt
Anse
Slim Pickens
Homer's Father
Lonny Chapman
Stonemason
Charles Tyner
Annie Andersen
Sarah Cunningham
Ellen Price
Allyn Ann McLerie
Phoebe
Maggie Costain
Smiley
Matt Clark
Howdy
Jerry Gatlin
Okay
Walter Scott
Henry Williams
Richard Farnsworth
Red Tucker
Wallace Brooks
Elizabeth
Charise Cullin
Rosemary
Collette Poeppel
Charlie's Mother
Rita Hudis
Bob's Mother
Margaret Kelly
Ben
Larry Randles
Jake
Larry Finley
Pete
Jim Burk
Jim's Father
Norman Howell Sr.
Rustler
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
Ralphie (uncredited)
Ralph Volkie
Towns Person (uncredited)
Ivan Brutsche