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The Cowboys is a 1972 American Western film starring John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Bruce Dern, and featuring Colleen Dewhurst and Slim Pickens. It was the feature film debut of Robert Carradine.
Jan 13, 1972 · With John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst. Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his cattle herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of rustlers is trailing them.
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- Adventure, Drama, Western
- Mark Rydell
- 1972-01-13
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the classic western film The Cowboys, directed by Mark Rydell and starring John Wayne. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, and more on IMDb.
The Cowboys. 1972 · 2 hr 9 min. TV-PG. Western. Based on the novel by William Dale Jennings, a rancher looks to lose his livestock unless he can transform a ragtag bunch of schoolboys into cowboys. Subtitles: English.
- Mark Rydell
- January 1, 1972
- 128 min
When his crew quits, a veteran cattleman trains schoolboys for the big drive.
- Mark Rydell
- John Wayne
Roger Ebert praises the scenes of John Wayne and the kids learning to be cowboys, but criticizes the unrealistic and contrived ending where Wayne is killed by incompetent villains. He argues that the movie violates a Western convention that good guys never miss and bad guys never hit.
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A grizzled veteran rancher, Wil Andersen (John Wayne) is almost ready to embark on a big cattle drive when his crew abruptly quits to join in a gold rush. Left with no alternative, Anderson ...
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- Western
- PG
