The Cowboys Movie Review 1972

Wayne stars as a cattle rancher who is forced to hire 11 schoolboys to help him drive his cattle 400 miles to market. Clever script makes this one of Wayne's better Westerns. Carradine's film debut. Inspired the TV series.

Distribution

Time-Life Video and Television, 1450 Palmyra Ave., Richmond, VA 23227-4420, Phone: (804)266-6330, Toll-free: 800-950-7887, Fax: (757)427-7905

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 128 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Westerns, Revenge, The Help: Male, Wilderness, Cattle Drive

Screenplay

Harriet Frank, Irving Ravetch

Cast

John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, A. Martinez, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Slim Pickens, Robert Carradine, Clay O'Brien, Nicolas Beauvy

Cinematography

Robert L. Surtees

Director

Mark Rydell

Music

John Williams

Producer

Mark Rydell