The Cowboys
All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.
1972·2h 14m·★ 7.1(266)PG
Director Mark RydellWriters Irving Ravetch, William Dale Jennings, Harriet Frank Jr.
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.
