The Cowboys (1972)
"All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them."
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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
John Wayne
Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern
Long Hair
Colleen Dewhurst
Kate
Alfred Barker Jr.
Cowboy Fats
Nicolas Beauvy
Cowboy Dan
Steve Benedict
Cowboy Steve
Robert Carradine
Cowboy Slim Honeycut...
Norman Howell
Cowboy Weedy
Stephen R. Hudis
Cowboy Charlie Schwa...
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Sean Kelly
Cowboy Stuttering Bo...
A Martinez
Cowboy Cimarron
Clay O'Brien
Cowboy Hardy Fimps
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Sam O'Brien
Cowboy Jimmy Phillip...
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Mike Pyeatt
Cowboy Homer Weems