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The Cowboys

Year:
Duration:
131 min
Genres:
Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Western
IMDB rate:
7.4
Director:
Mark Rydell
Awards:
1 win
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1972-01-13
Filming Locations: Durango, Colorado, USA
Earnings
Budget: $6,000,000
Gross: $7,500,000 (USA) Filming Dates 5 April 1971 - 25 July 1971 Copyright Holder Copyright ©MCMLXXI by Sanford Productions, Inc. and Warner Bros. Inc. All Rights Reserved Related Links
Cast
Actor
Character
John Wayne
Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern
Long Hair
Colleen Dewhurst
Kate
Nicolas Beauvy
Dan - Cowboy
Steve Benedict
Steve - Cowboy
Robert Carradine
Slim Honeycutt - Cowboy
Norman Howell
Weedy - Cowboy (as Norman Howell Jr.)
Sean Kelly
Stuttering Bob - Cowboy
A Martinez
Cimarron - Cowboy
Clay O'Brien
Hardy Fimps - Cowboy
Sam O'Brien
Jimmy Phillips - Cowboy
Mike Pyeatt
Homer Weems - Cowboy
Slim Pickens
Anse
Lonny Chapman
Homer's Father
Charles Tyner
Stonemason
Sarah Cunningham
Annie Andersen
Maggie Costain
Phoebe
Matt Clark
Smiley
Jerry Gatlin
Howdy
Walter Scott
Okay
Richard Farnsworth
Henry Williams
Wallace Brooks
Red Tucker
Charise Cullin
Elizabeth
Collette Poeppel
Rosemary (as Colette Poeppel)
Norman Howell Sr.
Jim's Father (as Norman Howell)
Rita Hudis
Charlie's Mother
Margaret Kelly
Bob's Mother
Larry Randles
Ben
Larry Finley
Jake
Jim Burk
Pete
Fred Brookfield
Rustler
Tap Canutt
Rustler
Gary Epper
Rustler
Tony Epper
Rustler
Kent Hays
Rustler
J.R. Randall
Rustler (as J. R. Randall)
Henry Wills
Rustler
Joe Yrigoyen
Rustler
Ralph Volkie
Ralphie (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
John Wayne actually pleaded with director Mark Rydell to allow him to play Wil Anderson.
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Mark Rydell originally sought George C. Scott for the role of Wil Andersen because he despised John Wayne's views on the Vietnam War and other aspects of U.S. foreign policy. Ironically, some critics in 1972 believed that the way in which Wayne's character drafts the children out of school was a pro-war allegory for Vietnam.
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Bruce Dern claimed that John Wayne was drunk and reeked of whiskey the morning he filmed his death scene.
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Goofs
When Mr. Anderson is tying up Crazy Alice for the cowboys to ride, the horse changes from a dark-maned horse to one with a lighter brown mane.
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When Mr. Anderson is branding the calf during roundup, he only touches the iron to the calf once even though the brand on other livestock clearly shows two distinct O's. Before he brands the calf, one can clearly see that the iron is a single O.
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When Mr. Andersen is in the school, he puts a mark for Belle Fouche, SD on the board. He states his ranch is here, 400 miles away, and he draws a line headed NW of Belle Fouche. This would place him about Lewistown, MT. It is doubtful that Mr. Andersen would travel 400 miles to Belle Fouche, when Bozeman and Billings are both much closer, and in dire need of beef. The first big herd of cattle didn't come to MT until after the war (1866) so there was no way that they would have taken them east to send them further east.
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Quotes
Wil Andersen: Miserable.
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Wil Andersen: [pointing at Fats] You - what started this?
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Jedediah Nightlinger: Boys are always guilty of something nasty. What could it be this time, I wonder?
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Photos from cast
Alfred Barker Jr. Chuck Courtney Stephen R. Hudis Allyn Ann McLerie
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