The Cowboys

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.

• Irving RavetchScreenplay
• Mark RydellDirector
• William Dale JenningsScreenplay
• John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
• Harriet Frank Jr.Screenplay

• John WayneWil Andersen
• Roscoe Lee BrowneJebediah Nightlinger
• Bruce DernLong Hair
• Colleen DewhurstKate
• Alfred Barker Jr.Cowboy Fats
• Nicolas BeauvyCowboy Dan
• Steve BenedictCowboy Steve
• Robert CarradineCowboy Slim Honeycutt
• Norman HowellCowboy Weedy
• Stephen R. HudisCowboy Charlie Schwartz
• Sean KellyCowboy Stuttering Bob
• A MartinezCowboy Cimarron