The Cowboys (1972) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Mark Rydell.

Cast

John Wayne as Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne as Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern as Long Hair
Colleen Dewhurst as Kate
Alfred Barker Jr. as Cowboy Fats
Nicolas Beauvy as Cowboy Dan
Steve Benedict as Cowboy Steve
Robert Carradine as Cowboy Slim Honeycutt
Norman Howell as Cowboy Weedy
Stephen R. Hudis as Cowboy Charlie Schwartz
Sean Kelly as Cowboy Stuttering Bob
A Martinez as Cowboy Cimarron
Clay O'Brien as Cowboy Hardy Fimps
Sam O'Brien as Cowboy Jimmy Phillips
Mike Pyeatt as Cowboy Homer Weems
Slim Pickens as Anse
Lonny Chapman as Homer's Father
Charles Tyner as Stonemason
Sarah Cunningham as Annie Andersen
Allyn Ann McLerie as Ellen Price
Maggie Costain as Phoebe
Matt Clark as Smiley
Jerry Gatlin as Howdy
Walter Scott as Okay
Richard Farnsworth as Henry Williams
Wallace Brooks as Red Tucker
Charise Cullin as Elizabeth
Collette Poeppel as Rosemary
Rita Hudis as Charlie's Mother
Margaret Kelly as Bob's Mother
Larry Randles as Ben
Larry Finley as Jake
Jim Burk as Pete
Norman Howell Sr. as Jim's Father
Fred Brookfield as Rustler
Tap Canutt as Rustler
Chuck Courtney as Rustler
Gary Epper as Rustler
Tony Epper as Rustler
Kent Hays as Rustler

Crew

Mark Rydell — Director
Irving Ravetch — Screenplay
William Dale Jennings — Screenplay
William Dale Jennings — Novel
John Williams — Original Music Composer
Robert Surtees — Director of Photography
Harriet Frank Jr. — Screenplay
Mark Rydell — Producer

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