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The Cowboys (1972)

PG131 minWestern, Adventure

7.1 / 10

247 votes

Budget: $6MRevenue: $8M

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.

Directed by Mark Rydell