The Cowboys

January. 13,1972      PG
Rating:
7.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

John Wayne as  Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne as  Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern as  Long Hair
Colleen Dewhurst as  Kate
Alfred Barker Jr. as  Cowboy Fats
Nicolas Beauvy as  Cowboy Dan
Steve Benedict as  Cowboy Steve
Robert Carradine as  Cowboy Slim Honeycutt
Norman Howell as  Cowboy Weedy
A Martinez as  Cowboy Cimarron

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