The Cowboys

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

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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.

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Creators

Mark Rydell

director

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Irving Ravetch

writer

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William Dale Jennings

writer

Harriet Frank Jr.

writer

Cast

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

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Alfred Barker Jr. actor

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Nicolas Beauvy actor

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Steve Benedict actor Robert Carradine actor

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Norman Howell actor Stephen R. Hudis actor Sean Kelly actor A. Martinez actor

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Clay O'Brien actor

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Sam O'Brien actor

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Mike Pyeatt actor Slim Pickens actor Lonny Chapman actor

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Charles Tyner actor

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Sarah Cunningham actor Allyn Ann McLerie actor