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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

Well, I can't say I always decide right. - The Cowboys

Well, I can't say I always decide right.

I found 'em! - The Cowboys

Easy, Charlie, don't spook 'em. - The Cowboys

Easy, Charlie, don't spook 'em.

Go on back to camp. - The Cowboys

Go on back to camp.

Them ladies ain't got their dresses on. - The Cowboys

Them ladies ain't got their dresses on.

Where's your head man - The Cowboys

Where's your head man

This was a good boy - The Cowboys

This was a good boy

I think that Homer
just saved himself a dollar. - The Cowboys

I think that Homer just saved himself a dollar.

That leaves you. - The Cowboys

That leaves you.

'Morning, ma'am. - The Cowboys

'Morning, ma'am.

They didn't even dig him a decent grave - The Cowboys

They didn't even dig him a decent grave

Big mouth don't make a big man - The Cowboys

Big mouth don't make a big man

Can you fix it? - The Cowboys

Can you fix it?

- Mr. Andersen...
- I know. - The Cowboys

- Mr. Andersen... - I know.

Think you can do somethin' kinda ticklish? - The Cowboys

Think you can do somethin' kinda ticklish?

Did you want me for anything - The Cowboys

Did you want me for anything

Mr. Andersen? - The Cowboys

My name is Nightlinger - The Cowboys

My name is Nightlinger

- What's the matter with you?
- I should have told you. - The Cowboys

- What's the matter with you? - I should have told you.

Don't worry, Dan. It's not your fault. - The Cowboys

Don't worry, Dan. It's not your fault.

The first time should be in the back of a buggy with - The Cowboys

The first time should be in the back of a buggy with

I have the inclination - The Cowboys

I have the inclination

Well, bless my soul. - The Cowboys

Well, bless my soul.

Now ol' friend... - The Cowboys

Now ol' friend...

I'll also have the belt,
'cause you ain't gonna need it. - The Cowboys

I'll also have the belt, 'cause you ain't gon...

That's good. - The Cowboys

I don't think you heard what I said! - The Cowboys

I don't think you heard what I said!

Pride. - The Cowboys

Mr. Andersen... - The Cowboys

Mr. Andersen...

You, come here! - The Cowboys

You, come here!

How old was you - The Cowboys

How old was you

I'm thirty years older than you are - The Cowboys

I'm thirty years older than you are

Get away from him! Get away from him! - The Cowboys

Get away from him! Get away from him!

You look like the vermin ridden son of a bitch you are - The Cowboys

You look like the vermin ridden son of a bitch you are

You miserable wretch! - The Cowboys

You miserable wretch!

Leave him alone! - The Cowboys

Leave him alone!

We're leavin'. - The Cowboys

- What happened here?
- Rustlers. - The Cowboys

- What happened here? - Rustlers.

And she's nursing him... - The Cowboys

And she's nursing him...

You miserable wretch - The Cowboys

You miserable wretch

We didn't want to do it this way,
but we knew you wouldn't give 'em to us. - The Cowboys

We didn't want to do it this way, but we knew you would...

Better have a plan. - The Cowboys

Better have a plan.

Summer's over - The Cowboys

I'm proud of ya - The Cowboys

I'm proud of ya

What the hell's the matter with them? - The Cowboys

What the hell's the matter with them?

Look at that. - The Cowboys

Since you mean to hang me... - The Cowboys

Since you mean to hang me...

I think my leg is broken. - The Cowboys

I think my leg is broken.

I think my leg is broke. - The Cowboys

I think my leg is broke.

You! - The Cowboys

Don't! Don't! - The Cowboys

I deplore my occasional departures from the truth - The Cowboys

I deplore my occasional departures from the truth

That'd be fine. - The Cowboys

That'd be fine.

We ain't never gonna find it now. - The Cowboys

We ain't never gonna find it now.

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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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