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The Cowboys (1972)

The Cowboys (1972)

Action Drama Adventure Western

All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.

Release Date: 1972, January 13
Directors: Mark Rydell
Countries: United States of America
Production: Sanford Productions (III), Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast: Richard Farnsworth, A Martínez, Bruce Dern, Joe Yrigoyen, Robert Carradine, Henry Wills, Matt Clark, Chuck Courtney, Roscoe Lee Browne, Kent Hays, Slim Pickens, Charles Tyner

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

based on novel or book gun battle underage drinking kids on their own montana ranch beef cattle cattle drive schoolboy cattleman cattle rustling cattle stampede