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The Cowboys

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.

1972 |2h 11m |  Western, Adventure, Drama, Action

Videos

Cast

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John Wayne

Wil Andersen

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Roscoe Lee Browne

Jebediah Nightlinger

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Bruce Dern

Long Hair

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Colleen Dewhurst

Kate

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Alfred Barker Jr.

Cowboy Fats

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Nicolas Beauvy

Cowboy Dan

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Steve Benedict

Cowboy Steve

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Robert Carradine

Cowboy Slim Honeycutt

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A Martinez

Cowboy Cimarron

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Clay O'Brien

Cowboy Hardy Fimps

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Slim Pickens

Anse

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Lonny Chapman

Homer's Father

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Charles Tyner

Stonemason

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Allyn Ann McLerie

Ellen Price

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Matt Clark

Smiley

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Richard Farnsworth

Henry Williams

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Jim Burk

Pete

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Chuck Courtney

Rustler

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Gary Epper

Rustler

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Tony Epper

Rustler

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Henry Wills

Rustler

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$6,000,000.00

Revenue

$7,500,000.00