The Cowboys
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.
- Genre: Western, Adventure, Drama, Action
- Studio: Sanford Productions (III), Warner Bros. Pictures
- Keyword: based on novel or book, montana, ranch, beef, cattle drive, underage drinking, gun battle, cattle, schoolboy, cattleman, cattle rustling, kids on their own, cattle stampede
- Cast: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Alfred Barker Jr., Nicolas Beauvy
