The Cowboys (1972)

Directed by

Mark Rydell

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 09m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 269 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

John Wayne plays a rancher forced to hire a group of schoolboys to help drive his cattle to market. The journey becomes a test of survival and character after they encounter a ruthless enemy.

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What happens

The Cowboys is a 1972 American Western film starring John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Bruce Dern, and featuring Colleen Dewhurst and Slim Pickens. It was the feature film debut of Robert Carradine. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by William Dale Jennings, the screenplay was written by Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr., and Jennings and was directed by Mark Rydell. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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