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A Balasaur Score of 69 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 75%, Metacritic 52/100. Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 82% of the 151 1970s western movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic52/100
Audiences rate it 22 points higher than critics do.
275 audience votes
Key crew
- Irving RavetchScreenplay
- Mark RydellDirector
- William Dale JenningsScreenplay
- John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Harriet Frank Jr.Screenplay
Cast
- 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
Stills
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Themes
based on novel or bookmontanaranchbeefcattle driveunderage drinkinggun battlecattleschoolboycattlemancattle rustlingkids on their own
The Best Movies of 1972
The Cowboys is #47 of 50
