The Cowboys
January 13, 1972
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...More
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.
Cast and crew
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Mark Rydell
Director
John Wayne
Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern
Long Hair
Colleen Dewhurst
Kate
Alfred Barker Jr.
Cowboy Fats
Nicolas Beauvy
Cowboy Dan
Steve Benedict
Cowboy Steve
Robert Carradine
Cowboy Slim Honeycutt
Norman Howell
Cowboy Weedy
SRH
Stephen R. Hudis
Cowboy Charlie Schwartz
SK
Sean Kelly
Cowboy Stuttering Bob
A Martinez
Cowboy Cimarron
Clay O'Brien
Cowboy Hardy Fimps
SO
Sam O'Brien
Cowboy Jimmy Phillips
MP
Mike Pyeatt
Cowboy Homer Weems
Slim Pickens
Anse
Lonny Chapman
Homer's Father
Charles Tyner
Stonemason
SC
Sarah Cunningham
Annie Andersen
Allyn Ann McLerie
Ellen Price
MC
Maggie Costain
Phoebe
Matt Clark
Smiley
JG
Jerry Gatlin
Howdy
Walter Scott
Okay
Richard Farnsworth
Henry Williams
WB
Wallace Brooks
Red Tucker
CC
Charise Cullin
Elizabeth
CP
Collette Poeppel
Rosemary
RH
Rita Hudis
Charlie's Mother
MK
Margaret Kelly
Bob's Mother
LR
Larry Randles
Ben
LF
Larry Finley
Jake
JB
Jim Burk
Pete
NHS
Norman Howell Sr.
Jim's Father
FB
Fred Brookfield
Rustler
TC
Tap Canutt
Rustler
Chuck Courtney
Rustler
GE
Gary Epper
Rustler
Tony Epper
Rustler
KH
Kent Hays
Rustler
JR
J.R. Randall
Rustler
Henry Wills
Rustler
JY
Joe Yrigoyen
Rustler
Ralph Volkie
Ralphie (uncredited)
IB
Ivan Brutsche
Towns Person (uncredited)