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The Cowboys

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Calorie Rating: 184
Released: 1972-01-13
MPAA Rating: PG
Running Time: 131 Minutes
Budget: 6000000
Revenue 7500000
Studios: Sanford Productions (III), Warner Bros. Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors

Mark Rydell
Director


Cast

John Wayne
Character: Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne
Character: Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern
Character: Long Hair

Colleen Dewhurst
Character: Kate
Alfred Barker Jr.
Character: Cowboy Fats
Nicolas Beauvy
Character: Cowboy Dan

Steve Benedict
Character: Cowboy Steve
Robert Carradine
Character: Cowboy Slim Honeycutt
Norman Howell
Character: Cowboy Weedy

Stephen R. Hudis
Character: Cowboy Charlie Schwartz
Sean Kelly
Character: Cowboy Stuttering Bob
A Martinez
Character: Cowboy Cimarron

Clay O'Brien
Character: Cowboy Hardy Fimps
Sam O'Brien
Character: Cowboy Jimmy Phillips
Mike Pyeatt
Character: Cowboy Homer Weems

Slim Pickens
Character: Anse
Lonny Chapman
Character: Homer's Father
Charles Tyner
Character: Stonemason

Sarah Cunningham
Character: Annie Andersen
Allyn Ann McLerie
Character: Ellen Price
Maggie Costain
Character: Phoebe

Matt Clark
Character: Smiley
Jerry Gatlin
Character: Howdy
Walter Scott
Character: Okay

Richard Farnsworth
Character: Henry Williams
Wallace Brooks
Character: Red Tucker
Charise Cullin
Character: Elizabeth

Collette Poeppel
Character: Rosemary
Norman Howell
Character: Jim's Father
Rita Hudis
Character: Charlie's Mother

Margaret Kelly
Character: Bob's Mother
Larry Randles
Character: Ben
Larry Finley
Character: Jake

Jim Burk
Character: Pete
Fred Brookfield
Character: Rustler
Tap Canutt
Character: Rustler

Chuck Courtney
Character: Rustler
Gary Epper
Character: Rustler
Tony Epper
Character: Rustler

Kent Hays
Character: Rustler
J.R. Randall
Character: Rustler
Henry Wills
Character: Rustler

Joe Yrigoyen
Character: Rustler
Ralph Volkie
Character: Ralphie (uncredited)
Ivan Brutsche
Character: Towns Person (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Irving Ravetch
Screenplay
John Williams
Original Music Composer
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography

Tim Zinnemann
Associate Producer

William Kiernan
Set Decoration
Mark Rydell
Producer

Anthea Sylbert
Costume Design
Philip M. Jefferies
Production Design

Pat Abbott
Hairstylist
Dave Grayson
Makeup Artist

Emile LaVigne
Makeup Artist
Nate H. Edwards
Production Manager
Dick Moder
Unit Production Manager