| Release Date: | Jan 1972 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Western |
| Awards: | 1 win |
| Runtime: | 131 min |
| Cast: | John Wayne (Wil Andersen), Roscoe Lee Browne (Jebediah Nightlinger) Bruce Dern (Long Hair) Colleen Dewhurst (Kate) Alfred Barker Jr. (Fats - Cowboy) Nicolas Beauvy (Dan - Cowboy) Steve Benedict (Steve - Cowboy) Robert Carradine (Slim Honeycutt - Cowboy) Norman Howell (Weedy - Cowboy (as Norman Howell Jr.)) Stephen R. Hudis (Charlie Schwartz - Cowboy (as Stephen...) 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) Allyn Ann McLerie (Ellen Price) Maggie Costain (Phoebe) Matt Clark (Smiley) Jerry Gatlin (Howdy) Walter Scott (Okay) Richard Farnsworth (Henry Williams (as Dick Farnsworth)) 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) Chuck Courtney (Rustler) Gary Epper (Rustler) Tony Epper (Rustler) Kent Hays (Rustler) J.R. Randall (Rustler) Henry Wills (Rustler) Joe Yrigoyen (Rustler) |
When his cattle drivers abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his drivers 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 Andersen nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
