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The Cowboys (1972) [PG]

Release Date:
January 13, 1972

Original Title:
The Cowboys

Alternate Titles:
I cowboys (1972)
Les Cowboys

Genres:
Action | Adventure | Drama | Western

Production Companies:
Sanford Productions (III)
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 16  DE: 16  DK: 11  FR: U  IE: 12  JP: PG12  NL: AL  US: PG 

Runtime: 131

All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Associate Producer:
Tim Zinnemann

Casting:
Lynn Stalmaster

Costume Design:
Anthea Sylbert

Director:
Mark Rydell

Director of Photography:
Robert Surtees

Editor:
Neil Travis

Hairstylist:
Pat Abbott

Makeup Artist:
Dave Grayson
Emile LaVigne

Novel:
William Dale Jennings

Original Music Composer:
John Williams

Producer:
Mark Rydell

Production Design:
Philip M. Jefferies

Production Manager:
Nate H. Edwards

Screenplay:
Irving Ravetch
Harriet Frank Jr.
William Dale Jennings

Set Decoration:
William Kiernan

Stunts:
Gary Epper
Walter Scott

Unit Production Manager:
Dick Moder

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