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1972 | DIRECTED BY MARK RYDELL

The Cowboys

Directed by

Written by

Writer
Role
 
Harriet Frank Jr.
Screenplay
 
Irving Ravetch
Screenplay
 
William Dale Jennings
Novel / Screenplay

Music by

Artist
Role
 
John Williams
Music

Starring

Actors
Character
 
John Wayne
Wil Andersen
 
Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger
 
Bruce Dern
Long Hair / Asa Watts
 
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
 
Stephen R. Hudis
Charlie Schwartz - Cowboy
 
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 Peterson
 
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
 
Wallace Brooks
Red Tucker
 
Charise Cullin
Elizabeth
 
Collette Poeppel
Rosemary
 
Norman Howell Sr.
Jim's Father
 
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
 
Glenn Randall Jr.
Rustler
 
Henry Wills
Rustler
 
Joe Yrigoyen
Rustler
 
Ivan Brutsche
Towns Person
 
Ralph Volkie
Ralphie