FILM

The Cowboys (1972)

Name: The Cowboys
Director: Mark Rydell
Genre: Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
Released: 1972-01-13
Cast: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Alfred Barker Jr.

Film · 1972 · 134 min · PG · Western · Adventure · Drama

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.

Directed by Mark Rydell

Starring John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Alfred Barker Jr., Nicolas Beauvy, Steve Benedict, Robert Carradine

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Release dates in United States

In cinemas	13 January 1972
Digital release	Not listed
Physical release	Not listed
First release anywhere	13 January 1972

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