The Cowboys

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

• Rated 7.1 out of 10
• Movie
• 1972
• 2h 14m
• Western
• Adventure
• Drama

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

Mark Rydell

Starring

John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst