The Cowboys (1972)
Movie
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
Genres : Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
Status : Released
Released : Jan 13, 1972
Tagline : All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.
Length : 134 minutes
Cast
- John Wayne
- Roscoe Lee Browne
- Bruce Dern
- Colleen Dewhurst
- Alfred Barker Jr.
- Nicolas Beauvy
- Steve Benedict
- Robert Carradine
- Norman Howell
- Stephen R. Hudis
- Sean Kelly
- A Martinez
- Clay O'Brien
- Sam O'Brien
- Mike Pyeatt
- Slim Pickens
- Lonny Chapman
- Charles Tyner
- Sarah Cunningham
- Allyn Ann McLerie
- Maggie Costain
- Matt Clark
- Jerry Gatlin
- Walter Scott
- Richard Farnsworth
- Wallace Brooks
- Charise Cullin
- Collette Poeppel
- Rita Hudis
- Margaret Kelly
- Larry Randles
- Larry Finley
- Jim Burk
- Norman Howell Sr.
- Fred Brookfield
- Tap Canutt
- Chuck Courtney
- Gary Epper
- Tony Epper
- Kent Hays
- J.R. Randall
- Henry Wills
- Joe Yrigoyen
- Ralph Volkie
- Ivan Brutsche
Crew
- Director : Mark Rydell
- Screenplay : Irving Ravetch
- Screenplay : William Dale Jennings
- Novel : William Dale Jennings
- Hairstylist : Pat Abbott
- Makeup Artist : Dave Grayson
- Makeup Artist : Emile LaVigne
- Production Manager : Nate H. Edwards
- Unit Production Manager : Dick Moder
- Original Music Composer : John Williams
- Director of Photography : Robert Surtees
- Screenplay : Harriet Frank Jr.
- Producer : Mark Rydell
- Associate Producer : Tim Zinnemann
- Editor : Neil Travis
- Casting : Lynn Stalmaster
- Production Design : Philip M. Jefferies
- Set Decoration : William Kiernan
- Costume Design : Anthea Sylbert
- Stunts : Gary Epper
- Stunts : Walter Scott