The Cowboys 1972
Directed by Mark Rydell | Starring: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Robert Carradine
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.
