The Cowboys [15573] Released: 1972-01-13 Revenue: $7,500,000 Budget: $6,000,000 Profit: $1,500,000 Runtime: 131 mins Popularity: 1.2869 Vote Average: 7.1 Vote Count: 251 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. Cast [45] John WayneWil Andersen Roscoe Lee BrowneJebediah Nightli Bruce DernLong Hair Colleen DewhurstKate Alfred Barker Jr.Cowboy Fats Nicolas BeauvyCowboy Dan Steve BenedictCowboy Steve Robert CarradineCowboy Slim Hone Norman HowellCowboy Weedy Stephen R. HudisCowboy Charlie S Sean KellyCowboy Stutterin A MartinezCowboy Cimarron Clay O'BrienCowboy Hardy Fim Sam O'BrienCowboy Jimmy Phi Mike PyeattCowboy Homer Wee Slim PickensAnse Lonny ChapmanHomer's Father Charles TynerStonemason Sarah CunninghamAnnie Andersen Allyn Ann McLerieEllen Price Maggie CostainPhoebe Matt ClarkSmiley Jerry GatlinHowdy Walter ScottOkay Richard FarnsworthHenry Williams Wallace BrooksRed Tucker Charise CullinElizabeth Collette PoeppelRosemary Rita HudisCharlie's Mother Margaret KellyBob's Mother Larry RandlesBen Larry FinleyJake Jim BurkPete Norman Howell Sr.Jim's Father Fred BrookfieldRustler Tap CanuttRustler Chuck CourtneyRustler Gary EpperRustler Tony EpperRustler Kent HaysRustler J.R. RandallRustler Henry WillsRustler Joe YrigoyenRustler Ralph VolkieRalphie Ivan BrutscheTowns Person Trailers Andersen is Shot Down Original Theatrical Trailer Josh Olson on THE COWBOYS