The Cowboys (1972)

01/13/1972 2h 11m

All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.

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Overview

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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Cast Ages at Release

John Wayne

as Wil Andersen

Born 05/26/1907

Died 06/11/1979, age

Roscoe Lee Browne

as Jebediah Nightlinger

Born 05/02/1925

Died 04/11/2007, age

Bruce Dern

as Long Hair

Born 06/04/1936, age

Colleen Dewhurst

as Kate

Born 06/03/1924

Died 08/22/1991, age

Robert Carradine

as Cowboy Slim Honeycutt

Born 03/24/1954, age

A Martinez

as Cowboy Cimarron

Born 09/27/1948, age

Slim Pickens

as Anse

Born 06/28/1919

Died 12/08/1983, age

Lonny Chapman

as Homer's Father

Born 10/01/1920

Died 10/12/2007, age

Matt Clark

as Smiley

Born 11/25/1936, age

Walter Scott

as Okay

Born 07/20/1940, age

Richard Farnsworth

as Henry Williams

Born 09/01/1920

Died 10/06/2000, age