The Cowboys (1972)
The Cowboys (1972) - Western Movies 131 minutes. Les Cowboys, I cowboys (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. 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. based on novel or book, montana, ranch, beef, cattle drive, underage drinking, gun battle, cattle, schoolboy, cattleman, cattle rustling, kids on their own, cattle stampede
Released: Jan 13, 1972
Runtime: 131 minutes
Genre: Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
Stars: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Alfred Barker Jr., Nicolas Beauvy
Crew: Irving Ravetch (Screenplay), Mark Rydell (Director), John Williams (Original Music Composer), Robert Surtees (Director of Photography), Harriet Frank Jr. (Screenplay), Neil Travis (Editor)