Movie Age rating in United States of America: PG

The Cowboys (1972)

Name: The Cowboys
Genre: Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
Released: 1972-01-13
Duration: 2 h 14 min
Cast: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Alfred Barker Jr.

Jan 13, 1972 · 2h 14m

7.1/10 TMDB user score
278 votes on TMDB

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

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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