The Cowboys

The Cowboys

1972 · 2 hr 14 min · GP

Adventure, Drama, Western

Directors

Mark Rydell

Actors

  • John Wayne
  • Roscoe Lee Browne
  • Bruce Dern

Credits: 1

Summary

Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his cattle herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of rustlers is trailing them.

More about this movie

When his cattle drivers abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers 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 Andersen nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.