The Cowboys(1972)

About the film

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.

Cast: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern

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