Movie
The Cowboys
All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.
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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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Cowboys
Cast
John WayneWil Andersen
Roscoe Lee BrowneJebediah Nightlinger
Bruce DernLong Hair
Colleen DewhurstKate
Alfred Barker Jr.Cowboy Fats
Nicolas BeauvyCowboy Dan
Steve BenedictCowboy Steve
Robert CarradineCowboy Slim HoneycuttCredits
- Directed by
- Mark Rydell
- Written by
- Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr., William Dale Jennings, William Dale Jennings
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $7.5M
Production
- Sanford Productions (III)
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States
