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The Cowboys (1972)

The Cowboys | United States of America

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 Andersen nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.

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Description

Director

Mark Rydell

Writers

Irving Ravetch
Harriet Frank Jr.
William Dale Jennings

Stars

John Wayne
Wil Andersen

Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger

Bruce Dern
Long Hair

Colleen Dewhurst
Kate

Alfred Barker Jr.
Fats - Cowboy

Nicolas Beauvy
Dan - Cowboy

Steve Benedict
Steve - Cowboy

Robert Carradine
Slim Honeycutt - Cowboy

Norman Howell
Weedy - Cowboy

Stephen R. Hudis
Charlie Schwartz - Cowboy

Others...

Budget

6,000,000.00

Revenue

7,500,000.00

Links

Keywords

based on novel, montana, cattle drive, cattle, rancher, beef, schoolboy

Trailers

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Sanford Productions (III)

Actor

John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Alfred Barker Jr., Nicolas Beauvy, Steve Benedict, Robert Carradine, Norman Howell, Stephen R. Hudis, A Martinez, Clay O'Brien, Sam O'Brien, Mike Pyeatt, Allyn Ann McLerie, Sean Kelly

Creators

John Williams (Original Music Composer), Lynn Stalmaster (Casting), Neil Travis (Editor), Philip M. Jefferies (Production Design), Robert Surtees (Director of Photography), Anthea Sylbert (Costume Design), Tim Zinnemann (Associate Producer), Mark Rydell (Director), William Kiernan (Set Decoration), Irving Ravetch (Screenplay), Harriet Frank Jr. (Screenplay), William Dale Jennings (Screenplay)

Alternative titles

Les Cowboys (FR)
I cowboys (1972) (IT)

Release dates

13.01.1972 (US)
26.07.2000 (NL)
27.01.1972 (DE)
26.03.1972 (DK)