The Cowboys

Story

Notorious as the first John Wayne film that does the unthinkable--subject Wayne's character to a nasty fate after only a short time--the 1972 Cowboys isn't much more interesting beyond that. The story finds Wayne playing a rancher who takes 11 boys on a cattle drive. They run into a nut case (Bruce Dern) who deprives the kids of their leader, and the rest of the film is a tale of revenge. Mark Rydell (Cinderella Liberty) directs an unexciting production, although performances by some of the younger actors such as A. Martinez and Robert Carradine are memorable. --Tom Keogh

DVD Features

• Available subtitles: English, French
  
• Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  
• "The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men" original documentary featurette
  
• Theatrical trailers for 13 John Wayne films

Cast

John Wayne	Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne	Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern	Long Hair
Colleen Dewhurst	Kate
Alfred Barker Jr.	Fats
Nicolas Beauvy	Dan
Steve Benedict	Steve
Robert Carradine	Slim Honeycutt
Norman Howell	Weedy
Stephen R. Hudis	Charlie Schwartz
Sean Kelly	Stuttering Bob
A Martinez	Cimarron
Clay O'Brien	Hardy Fimps
Sam O'Brien	Jimmy Phillips
Mike Pyeatt	Homer Weems