The Cowboys (1972)
- Starring:
- John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, (more)
- Director(s):
- Mark Rydell
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Category:
- Westerns
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In one of John Wayne's more interesting late Westerns, "The Duke" plays Will Anderson, a crusty veteran cattleman preparing a 400-mile drive to get a herd of steers to market. Shortly before the trip is scheduled to begin, Will's crew quits when they get word of a nearby gold strike. With little time and few alternatives, Will recruits eleven boys, ages nine through 13, and teaches them the basics of herding cattle and riding the range. Bruce Dern plays a memorably foul villain and cattle rustler named Long Hair, while Roscoe Lee Browne portrays Jebediah, the cattle drive cook, and Colleen Dewhurst is Kate, a madam. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 135 mins
Complete Cast:
- John Wayne - Wil Anderson
- Bruce Dern - Asa Watts ("Long Hair")
- Slim Pickens - Anse
- Alfred Barker, Jr. - Singing Fats
- Steve Benedict - Steve
- Kent Hays - Stunts
- Allyn Ann McLerie - Ellen Price
- Margaret Kelly - Stuttering Bob's mother
- Larry Randles - Ben
- Larry Finley - Jake
- Matt Clark - Smiley
- Henry Wills - Stunts
- Sam O'Brien - Jimmy Phillips
- Tap Canutt - Stunts
- A. Martinez - Cimarron
- Richard Farnsworth - Henry Williams
- Jim Burk - Pete
- Roscoe Lee Browne - Jebediah Nightlinger
- Colleen Dewhurst - Kate
- Lonny Chapman - Preacher
- Nicolas Beauvy - Four Eyes
- Sarah Cunningham - Annie Andersen
- Stephen R. Hudis - Charlie Schwartz
- Charles Tyner - Jenkins
- Walter Scott - Okay
- Jerry Gatlin - Howdy
- Gary Epper - Stunts
- Joe Yrigoyen - Stunts
- Mike Pyeatt - Homer Weems
- Sean Kelly - Stuttering Bob
- Clay O'Brien - Hardy Fimps
- Norman Howell, Jr. - Weedy
- Chuck Courtney - Stunts
- Robert Carradine - Slim Honeycutt
- Director(s):
- Mark Rydell
- Writer(s):
- Irving Ravetch, William Dale Jennings, Harriet Frank, Jr.
- Producer(s):
- Mark Rydell
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Adult Language, Adult Situations, Violence, Questionable for Children)
- Categories:
- Westerns
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