The Cowboys

1972 · 134 min · ★ 7.1 / 10 · 277 votes

Westerns · Adventure · Drama · Action

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.

Cast

John Wayne · Roscoe Lee Browne · Bruce Dern · Colleen Dewhurst · Alfred Barker Jr. · Nicolas Beauvy · Steve Benedict · Robert Carradine · Norman Howell · Stephen R. Hudis

Director

Mark Rydell