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The Cowboys (1972)

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Reviews Counted:68

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Average Rating:7.2/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins

Genre: Westerns

Synopsis: After his cowhands desert him for a nearby gold rush, aging, leather-tough rancher Will Anderson (John Wayne) resorts to hiring 11 schoolboys to help him on a 400-mile cattle run. Setting off with... After his cowhands desert him for a nearby gold rush, aging, leather-tough rancher Will Anderson (John Wayne) resorts to hiring 11 schoolboys to help him on a 400-mile cattle run. Setting off with the boys and an eloquent but equally tough black cook (Roscoe Lee Browne), Anderson must get his cattle to their destination while contending with the wilderness and a psychotic, vengeful ex-con (Bruce Dern) who is out to get him. With an amazingly natural performance by Wayne, this stylized, action-packed Western is exquisitely filmed, emotionally sensitive, and highly entertaining. Director Mark Rydell gets solid performances out of not just Wayne (in one of his later screen roles) and Browne, but the group of youngsters accompanying them on the journey, as well as actors like Slim Pickens and Colleen Dewhurst who play smaller supporting roles. Close attention is also paid to the natural beauty of the mountains, wild mustangs, and other often overlooked standard Western fare. [More]

Starring: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Slim Pickens, Colleen Dewhurst

Starring: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Slim Pickens, Colleen Dewhurst, Bruce Dern, Lonny Chapman, Charles Tyner, A Martinez

Director: Mark Rydell

Director: Mark Rydell
Screenwriter: Irving Ravetch, Frank Harriet,, William Dale Jennings
Producer: Mark Rydell
Composer: John Williams

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Oct 6, 1998

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Taking a look at my VHS library with today's review of "The Cowboys."Aging cattleman Wil Anderson... More
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not John Wayne's best, but his last great film*SPOILER*even though it's not the only film in... More
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