The Cowboys

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The Cowboys is a 1972 Western film starring John Wayne as a rancher who recruits schoolboys to help him drive his cattle to market.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Western film
film
authorOfSourceWork William Dale Jennings NERFINISHED
basedOn The Cowboys (novel)
character Asa Watts
Jedediah
surface form: Jebediah Nightlinger

Wil Andersen
cinematographyBy Robert Surtees
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Mark Rydell
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
distributorRegion North America
editedBy Folmar Blangsted
filmingLocation Colorado
New Mexico
genre Western
hasTheme cattle drive
coming of age
mentorship
mpaaRating PG
musicBy John Williams
notableFor controversial on-screen death of John Wayne's character
featuring John Wayne working with a cast of young boys
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A rancher recruits schoolboys to help him drive his cattle to market.
portrays Bruce Dern as Asa Watts
John Wayne as Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne as Jebediah Nightlinger
producer Mark Rydell
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1972-01-13
releaseYear 1972
runtimeMinutes 131
screenwriter Harriet Frank Jr.
Irving Ravetch
setInPeriod Old West
surface form: American Old West
starring Bruce Dern
Colleen Dewhurst
John Wayne
Roscoe Lee Browne
Slim Pickens

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Bruce Dern notableWork The Cowboys
Slim Pickens notableWork The Cowboys
Charles Tyner notableWork The Cowboys
Mark Rydell notableWork The Cowboys
Mark Rydell directed The Cowboys
Roscoe Lee Browne notableWork The Cowboys
Tim Zinnemann workedOn The Cowboys