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13/01/1972 Western, Adventure, Drama, Action 2h 14m
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All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.

Overview

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.

  1. Mark Rydell

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. John Wayne

    Wil Andersen

  2. Roscoe Lee Browne

    Jebediah Nightlinger

  3. Bruce Dern

    Long Hair

  4. Colleen Dewhurst

    Kate

  5. Alfred Barker Jr.

    Cowboy Fats

  6. Nicolas Beauvy

    Cowboy Dan

  7. Steve Benedict

    Cowboy Steve

  8. Robert Carradine

    Cowboy Slim Honeycutt

  9. Norman Howell

    Cowboy Weedy

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-02-26
“Anderson” (John Wayne) is left short-handed by a gold rush and with his herd to get to market has to resort to engaging the services of a class of school boys who are offered $50 each if they help out. None of those lads are much over fifteen and few have any experience wrangling, so it’s going to be a tough challenge. Fortunately the veteran “Nightlinger” (Roscoe Lee Brown) happens by and agrees to bring along his wagon to help play nursemaid - and off they go. What they don’t appreciate, though, is that a group of would-be rustlers are in pursuit of their cows and when they disc...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$6,000,000.00

Revenue
$7,500,000.00

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