The Cowboys
- released:1972-01-13
- genres: Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
- duration:131m
- casts: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Alfred Barker Jr.
- Country: United States of America
- Production: Sanford Productions (III), Warner Bros. Pictures
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.