The Cowboys (1972)
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.
Directed by: Mark Rydell
Top Billed Cast: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern
Runtime: 134 minutes
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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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Sarah Cunningham
Annie Andersen
Allyn Ann McLerie
Ellen Price
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Maggie Costain
Phoebe
Matt Clark
Smiley
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Jerry Gatlin
Howdy
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Walter Scott
Okay
Richard Farnsworth
Henry Williams
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Wallace Brooks
Red Tucker
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Charise Cullin
Elizabeth
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Collette Poeppel
Rosemary
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Rita Hudis
Charlie's Mother
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Margaret Kelly
Bob's Mother
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Larry Randles
Ben
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Larry Finley
Jake
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Jim Burk
Pete
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Norman Howell Sr.
Jim's Father
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Fred Brookfield
Rustler
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Tap Canutt
Rustler
