
The Cowboys (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 boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
Production Companies

Additional Info
Budget | $6,000,000.00 |
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Revenue | $7,500,000.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 3.53 |
Directed By
Mark Rydell
Crew
Irving Ravetch
Mark Rydell
William Dale Jennings
Dave Grayson
Dick Moder
Emile LaVigne
Nate H. Edwards
Pat Abbott
Robert Surtees
John Williams
Harriet Frank Jr.
Lynn Stalmaster
Philip M. Jefferies
Mark Rydell
William Kiernan
Neil Travis
Anthea Sylbert
Tim Zinnemann
Gary Epper
Walter Scott
TOP CAST

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
Stephen R. Hudis
Cowboy Charlie Schwartz
Sean Kelly
Cowboy Stuttering Bob

A Martinez
Cowboy Cimarron

Clay O'Brien
Cowboy Hardy Fimps
Sam O'Brien
Cowboy Jimmy Phillips
Mike Pyeatt
Cowboy Homer Weems

Slim Pickens
Anse

Lonny Chapman
Homer's Father

Charles Tyner
Stonemason
Sarah Cunningham
Annie Andersen

Allyn Ann McLerie
Ellen Price
Maggie Costain
Phoebe

Matt Clark
Smiley
Jerry Gatlin
Howdy

Walter Scott
Okay

Richard Farnsworth
Henry Williams
Wallace Brooks
Red Tucker
Charise Cullin
Elizabeth
Collette Poeppel
Rosemary
Rita Hudis
Charlie's Mother
Margaret Kelly
Bob's Mother
Larry Randles
Ben
Larry Finley
Jake
Jim Burk
Pete
Norman Howell Sr.
Jim's Father
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
Rustler
Ralph Volkie
Ralphie (uncredited)
Ivan Brutsche
Towns Person (uncredited)