The Cowboys
dir. Mark Rydell
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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 byMark Rydell
StarringJohn Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Alfred Barker Jr., Nicolas Beauvy
Written byIrving Ravetch, William Dale Jennings, Harriet Frank Jr.
CinematographyRobert Surtees
EditingNeil Travis
MusicJohn Williams
The Cowboys
1972 · PG · 2h 14m
Western, Adventure, Drama
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.
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