Movie · 1972
The Cowboys
Released 13 January 1972 More from 1972 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Sarah Cunningham
as Annie Andersen
Slim Pickens
as Anse
Richard Farnsworth
as Henry Williams
Henry Wills
as Rustler
Roscoe Lee Browne
as Jebediah Nightlinger
Allyn Ann McLerie
as Ellen Price
Chuck Courtney
as Rustler
Robert Carradine
as Cowboy Slim Honeycutt
Stephen R. Hudis
as Cowboy Charlie Schwartz
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The numbers
39years between the oldest and youngest billed
53Sarah Cunningham — oldest on the call sheet
14Stephen R. Hudis — youngest billed
41average age of the credited cast