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The Cowboys is a 1972 Western film starring John Wayne as a rancher who hires schoolboys for a cattle drive. The film follows their adventures, challenges, and conflicts with rustlers and other dangers along the way.
A rancher hires inexperienced boys as cowhands to drive his cattle to market, but faces dangers and 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
Watch the original theatrical trailer of The Cowboys, a 1972 film starring John Wayne as a rancher who hires schoolboys as cowboys. The movie was a box-office hit but also controversial for its depiction of violence and racism.
- 3 min
- 319.1K
- World of Warner Bros.
A veteren rancher risks everything when he recruits schoolboys to man a dangerous cattle drive. One of John Wayne's solid twilight hits, co-starring Bruce Dern and Colleen Dewhurst. Year:...
The Cowboys. 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 gold rush. Left with no alternative ...
- (16)
- Mark Rydell
- PG
- John Wayne
The Cowboys (1972) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
John Wayne plays a rancher who hires a group of boys to drive his cattle to market, but they face danger from outlaws. Ebert criticizes the unrealistic ending where Wayne is killed by the bad guys, but the kids survive.
