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The Cowboys

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1972
2h 11m
English
Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
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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 Andersen nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
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Cast

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John Wayne
Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern
Long Hair
Colleen Dewhurst
Alfred Barker Jr
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 OBrien
Cowboy Hardy Fimps
Sam OBrien
Cowboy Jimmy Phillips
Mike Pyeatt
Cowboy Homer Weems
Slim Pickens
Lonny Chapman
Homer's Father
Charles Tyner
Stonemason
Sarah Cunningham
Annie Andersen
Allyn Ann McLerie
Maggie Costain
Matt Clark
Jerry Gatlin
Walter Scott
Richard Farnsworth
Henry Williams
Written By: William Dale Jennings (Novel)

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FinFan says...
5 years ago
One of the great late western of John Wayne and one of his best roles. Very entraling story about boys becoming men during an era where nothing was given to you on a platter. Extremly well written script with a healthy portion of humor. The last couple of minutes are really intense.
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John Chard
4 years ago
The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men.

The Cowboys is directed by Mark Rydell and adapted from the novel written by William Dale Jennings; who co-writes the screenplay with Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank Jr. It stars John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern and Colleen Dewhurst. John Willi More
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