The Cowboys

About The Cowboys

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.

Mark Rydell's The Cowboys is a 1972 western film. John Wayne takes the lead as Wil Andersen, Roscoe Lee Browne as Jebediah Nightlinger, Bruce Dern as Long Hair, and Colleen Dewhurst as Kate.

It runs 134 minutes and was released in January 1972. Written by Harriet Frank Jr. and Irving Ravetch. The film began as a novel.

Shelv files it under ranch, montana, gun battle, and cattle. American members can watch it on Howdy Amazon Channel. It scores 7.1 out of 10 from 277 TMDB voters and it carries a PG rating.

The Power of the Dog, Legends of the Fall, and Open Range make useful companions to The Cowboys, all filed under beef.