The Cowboys

United States of America, 1972

Film
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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.

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Credits

director

Mark Rydell

costume design

Anthea Sylbert

editor

Neil Travis

producer

Mark Rydell

production company

Sanford Productions (III)

Warner Bros. Pictures

production design

Philip M. Jefferies

screenplay

Harriet Frank Jr.

Irving Ravetch

William Dale Jennings

Duration

02:14:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
1972

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-15573

Language

English

Subject categories

Action

Adventure

Drama

Western

TMDB-Movie

15573

Wikidata

Q1211921

Collected

3 times

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