Released
The Cowboys
January 13 1972 (almost 53 years ago)Rating
71
Based on
239 reviews
All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.
- Director: Mark Rydell
- Writers: Irving Ravetch, William Dale Jennings, Harriet Frank Jr.
- Genres: Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
- Runtime: 2 h 11 m
- Budget: $6,000,000
- Box office: $7,500,000
- Country: United States of America
- Companies: Sanford Productions (III), Warner Bros. Pictures
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.
