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The Cowboys is a 1972 American Western film starring John Wayne, [3] Roscoe Lee Browne, and Bruce Dern, and featuring Colleen Dewhurst and Slim Pickens. [4] It was the feature film debut of Robert Carradine.
With John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst. Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his cattle herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of rustlers is trailing them.
Strict but honest, Wil stubbornly refuses to hold his creditors off until the next year's drive, and reluctantly considers general store owner Anse Peterson's suggestion to utilize the only able-bodied males in town, the boys in Miss Ellen Price's school.
The Cowboys (1972) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The Cowboys. 1972 · 2 hr 9 min. TV-PG. Western. Based on the novel by William Dale Jennings, a rancher looks to lose his livestock unless he can transform a ragtag bunch of schoolboys into cowboys. Subtitles: English.
A veteren rancher risks everything when he recruits schoolboys to man a dangerous cattle drive. One of John Wayne's solid twilight hits, co-starring Bruce Dern and Colleen Dewhurst. Year: 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.
One of screen icon John Wayne's finest twilight films, The Cowboys was a box-office hit in 1972 and controversial in the movie career of Wayne (but you'll have...
Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his cattle herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers...
Key Takeaways on The Cowboys Cast Then and Now. The enduring popularity of The Cowboys can be attributed to its compelling storyline, memorable characters, and the evocative performances of the cast, which resonated with audiences then and now.
