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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 · A rancher hires inexperienced boys as cowhands to drive his herd to market, but they face dangers and cattle rustlers along the way. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic western film.
- (16K)
- 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.
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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 the bad guys. He argues that the movie violates a Western convention that good guys never miss and bad guys never hit.
TRAILER. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. 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...
- (16)
- Western
- PG
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.
