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The Cowboys

Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of cattle rustlers is trailing them.

Director

Mark Rydell

Year

Genre

adventure, drama, western

Box Office

N/A

Production

Sanford Productions (III),Warner Bros. Pictures

Awards

1 win

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Wil Andersen

Jebediah Nightlinger

Roscoe Lee Browne

Long Hair

Kate

Colleen Dewhurst

Fats - Cowboy

Alfred Barker Jr.

Dan - Cowboy

Steve - Cowboy

Slim Honeycutt - Cowboy

Robert Carradine

Weedy - Cowboy

Charlie Schwartz - Cowboy

Stephen R. Hudis

Stuttering Bob - Cowboy

Cimarron - Cowboy

Hardy Fimps - Cowboy

Jimmy Phillips - Cowboy

Homer Weems - Cowboy

Anse Peterson

Homer's Father

Stonemason

Annie Andersen

Sarah Cunningham

Ellen Price

Allyn Ann McLerie

Phoebe

Smiley

Howdy

Okay

Henry Williams

Richard Farnsworth

Red Tucker

Elizabeth

Rosemary

Collette Poeppel

Jim's Father

Norman Howell Sr.

Charlie's Mother

Bob's Mother

Ben

Jake

Pete

Rustler

Fred Brookfield

Rustler

Rustler

Rustler

Rustler

Rustler

Rustler

Rustler

Rustler

Towns Person

Ralphie

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Jebediah Nightlinger Wil Andersen Henry Williams Fats - Cowboy Long Hair Homer Weems - Cowboy Charlie Schwartz - Cowboy Anse Petersen Jedediah Nightlinger Annie Andersen Phoebe Homer's Father

Easy, girl. - The Cowboys

Well, if you can't get your cattle
to market this year, put it off till next. - The Cowboys

Well, if you can't get your cattle to market this year,...

If yer neck was any stiffer - The Cowboys

If yer neck was any stiffer

Did you ever think of hiring boys - The Cowboys

Did you ever think of hiring boys

Stop it! Now stop it! - The Cowboys

Stop it! Now stop it!

Damn Anse! - The Cowboys

Good morning, boys. - The Cowboys

Good morning, boys.

Who's first? - The Cowboys

Made up your mind? - The Cowboys

Made up your mind?

Trail driving is not Sunday school picnic - The Cowboys

Trail driving is not Sunday school picnic

Five. Six. - The Cowboys

My name's Hunnicutt. - The Cowboys

My name's Hunnicutt.

Easy, girl. Easy. - The Cowboys

Easy, girl. Easy.

My name's... - The Cowboys

I'll go first - The Cowboys

I'm Charlie Schwartz. I'm Jewish. - The Cowboys

I'm Charlie Schwartz. I'm Jewish.

Good mornin'. - The Cowboys

My name's Hunnicutt - The Cowboys

My name's Hunnicutt

My name's Homer Weems - The Cowboys

My name's Homer Weems

Here, boy. I think you can handle her now. - The Cowboys

Here, boy. I think you can handle her now.

My name's Clyde Potter - The Cowboys

My name's Clyde Potter

That was a pretty good ride you made. - The Cowboys

That was a pretty good ride you made.

You having difficulty seeing the board? - The Cowboys

You having difficulty seeing the board?

There, that's much better. - The Cowboys

There, that's much better.

I'd like to talk to these boys
before class breaks up, if you don't mind. - The Cowboys

I'd like to talk to these boys before class breaks up, ...

No I don't think so - The Cowboys

No I don't think so

But I'm cornered - The Cowboys

But I'm cornered

They must've rode all over the territory to get that ma...

This is the Double O - The Cowboys

This is the Double O

Give me back my gun. - The Cowboys

Give me back my gun.

All right,
everybody packin' iron unload it. - The Cowboys

All right, everybody packin' iron unload it.

You ever fire that thing? - The Cowboys

You ever fire that thing?

I like the sound of boys - The Cowboys

I like the sound of boys

Been smellin' that for 40 years.
Never could get used to it. - The Cowboys

Been smellin' that for 40 years. Never could get used t...

You understand Spanish Mr - The Cowboys

You understand Spanish Mr

I've seen 'em fight all day,
from dawn to dark. - The Cowboys

I've seen 'em fight all day, from dawn to dark.

That's the old one still standin' there. - The Cowboys

That's the old one still standin' there.

All right, take him out! - The Cowboys

All right, take him out!

There's your saddle band. - The Cowboys

There's your saddle band.

Now I don't hold jail against you - The Cowboys

Now I don't hold jail against you

All right. - The Cowboys

You're a hard man - The Cowboys

You're a hard man

What are you gonna use for hands on this drive of yours - The Cowboys

What are you gonna use for hands on this drive of yours

You eat that much at home - The Cowboys

You eat that much at home

I like to travel with a man I'm used to - The Cowboys

I like to travel with a man I'm used to

Doesn't anything larger want to work for you - The Cowboys

Doesn't anything larger want to work for you

What's sugar tits - The Cowboys

What's sugar tits

Later... - The Cowboys

It smells of boy in here - The Cowboys

It smells of boy in here

You're staring at me children - The Cowboys

You're staring at me children

Do your work. - The Cowboys

God bless you, son. - The Cowboys

God bless you, son.

Sixty days oughta see me back. - The Cowboys

Sixty days oughta see me back.

Are you black all over - The Cowboys

Are you black all over

- Are you ready, Mr. Nightlinger?
- Long ready, Mr. Andersen. - The Cowboys

- Are you ready, Mr. Nightlinger? - Long ready, Mr. Andersen...

I guess that's right - The Cowboys

I guess that's right

All right, don't move 'em over here. - The Cowboys

All right, don't move 'em over here.

That's good, Slim. - The Cowboys

That's good, Slim.

I'll think about ya 'fore I go to bed at night - The Cowboys

I'll think about ya 'fore I go to bed at night

We'll try and make Still Meadows tonight. - The Cowboys

We'll try and make Still Meadows tonight.

You were sleepin'. - The Cowboys

You were sleepin'.

You think it's gonna
be like this everyday? - The Cowboys

You think it's gonna be like this everyday?

That youngster's been following all day. - The Cowboys

That youngster's been following all day.

I never noticed before - The Cowboys

I never noticed before

Bring 'em on! - The Cowboys

Go on. Stay with 'em. Keep 'em upriver. - The Cowboys

Go on. Stay with 'em. Keep 'em upriver.

Just outside Vicksburg - The Cowboys

Just outside Vicksburg

Hold 'em up in the canyon
till they all get across. - The Cowboys

Hold 'em up in the canyon till they all get across.

Slap some bacon on a biscuit and let's go - The Cowboys

Slap some bacon on a biscuit and let's go

I ain't had a chance to thank you
for haulin' me out. - The Cowboys

I ain't had a chance to thank you for haulin' me o...

I picked this up on the trail. - The Cowboys

I picked this up on the trail.

You write that yourself? - The Cowboys

You write that yourself?

Get the hell off my spread - The Cowboys

Get the hell off my spread

What did you say - The Cowboys

What did you say

A fool comes to town with a fistful of gold dust - The Cowboys

A fool comes to town with a fistful of gold dust

Or I went bad on them - The Cowboys

Or I went bad on them

I got it. - The Cowboys

- Hot coffee.
- Heard ya comin'. - The Cowboys

- Hot coffee. - Heard ya comin'.

That Fats! - The Cowboys

Boys are always guilty of something nasty - The Cowboys

Boys are always guilty of something nasty

If you're lying - The Cowboys

If you're lying

Weedy! You keep takin'
long swigs like that... - The Cowboys

Weedy! You keep takin' long swigs like that...

Where do you think you're goin'? - The Cowboys

Where do you think you're goin'?

An' if you run into any trouble - The Cowboys

An' if you run into any trouble

Is it clear to ya now? Huh? - The Cowboys

Is it clear to ya now? Huh?

Go home! - The Cowboys

- What's the matter, Dan?
- Nothin'. Just, just leave me alone. - The Cowboys

- What's the matter, Dan? - Nothin'. Just, just le...

What ails you, boy? - The Cowboys

What ails you, boy?

But you point your ears now son - The Cowboys

But you point your ears now son

I don't steal off you and you don't off me,
not even a pinch of pie. - The Cowboys

I don't steal off you and you don't off me, not ev...

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Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of cattle rustlers is trailing them.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Mark Rydell

Writer: William Dale Jennings, Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.

Production: Sanford Productions (III),Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: adventure, drama, western

Year: 1972

MetaScore: 52/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 13 Jan 1972

Awards: 1 win

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