The Cowboys
All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.
Overview
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.
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Revenue
- $7,500,000
- Production
- Sanford Productions (III), Warner Bros. Pictures
Tags & Hashtags
Watch The Cowboys Online
Video player provided by a third-party service. CineFlix does not host any content.
Official Trailer & More
Videos auto-play in sequence. If a video isn't available in your country, it's automatically skipped.
Cast
John Wayne
Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern
Long Hair
Colleen Dewhurst
Kate
Alfred Barker Jr.
Cowboy Fats
Nicolas Beauvy
Cowboy Dan
Steve Benedict
Cowboy Steve
Robert Carradine
Cowboy Slim Honeycutt
Norman Howell
Cowboy Weedy
Stephen R. Hudis
Cowboy Charlie Schwartz
A Martinez
Cowboy Cimarron
Clay O'Brien
Cowboy Hardy Fimps
Slim Pickens
Anse
Lonny Chapman
Homer's Father
Charles Tyner
Stonemason
Allyn Ann McLerie
Ellen Price
Matt Clark
Smiley
Richard Farnsworth
Henry Williams
Chuck Courtney
Rustler
Gary Epper
Rustler
Crew
- Director
- Mark Rydell
- Producers
- Mark Rydell
- Cinematography
- Robert Surtees
- Composer
- John Williams
Where to Watch
Streaming availability data provided by JustWatch via TMDB. Click a logo to visit the provider's official website.
Similar Movies
Military Dog
2019
Journey to Italy
1954
24 Hour Party People
2002
Adaptation.
2002
Hazel's People
1973
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
B. Monkey
1999
The Impossible Voyage
1904
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997
Miramar
1969
Sleepless
1957
Sakra
2023
Eragon
2006
The Princess Bride
1987
The Bourne Identity
2002
The Bourne Supremacy
2004
Our Mother's House
1967
The Specialist
1994
The Mothman Prophecies
2002
Harsens Island Revenge
2025
Recommendations
Hud
1963
News of the World
2020
The White Buffalo
1977
The Way West
1967
Man in the Shadow
1957
Dances with Wolves
1990
Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure
1995
El Dorado
1966
Silverado
1985
Heaven's Gate
1980
Rio Bravo
1959
Wild Rovers
1971
Rancho Notorious
1952
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here
1969
American Outlaws
2001
Last of the Dogmen
1995
Rust
2025
No Name on the Bullet
1959
Westward the Women
1951
Young Guns II
1990
User Reviews (0)
Sign in with Google to post a rating and review.
- No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.
User Reviews from TMDB
John Chard
May 29, 2019
The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men. The Cowboys is directed by Mark Rydell and adapted from the novel written by William Dale Jennings; who co-writes the screenplay with Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank Jr. It stars John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern and Colleen Dewhurst. John Williams scores the music and Robert Surtees is the cinematographer. Plot sees Wayne as tough cattleman Wil Andersen, who after finding all his cowhands have fled to find their fortune elsewhere, is forced…
CinemaSerf
February 26, 2025
“Anderson” (John Wayne) is left short-handed by a gold rush and with his herd to get to market has to resort to engaging the services of a class of school boys who are offered $50 each if they help out. None of those lads are much over fifteen and few have any experience wrangling, so it’s going to be a tough challenge. Fortunately the veteran “Nightlinger” (Roscoe Lee Brown) happens by and agrees to bring along his wagon to help play nursemaid - and off they go. What they don’t appreciate, thou…