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The Cowboys

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

7.119722h 14mReleased273 votes

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.

Director:
Mark Rydell
Country:
United States
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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

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    Sean Kelly

    Cowboy Stuttering Bob

  • A Martinez

    Cowboy Cimarron

  • Clay O'Brien

    Cowboy Hardy Fimps

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    Sam O'Brien

    Cowboy Jimmy Phillips

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    Mike Pyeatt

    Cowboy Homer Weems

  • Slim Pickens

    Anse

  • Lonny Chapman

    Homer's Father

  • Charles Tyner

    Stonemason

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