• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1972-01-13
  • Runtime134 minutes
  • TaglineAll they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.
  • Revenue7,500,000$
  • GenreWestern, Adventure, Drama, Action
  • Production
    CompaniesSanford Productions (III), Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Budget6,000,000$

Movie 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.

Casts

John Wayne

Roscoe Lee Browne

Bruce Dern

Colleen Dewhurst

Alfred Barker Jr.

Nicolas Beauvy

Steve Benedict

Robert Carradine

Norman Howell

A Martinez

Clay O'Brien

Slim Pickens

Lonny Chapman

Charles Tyner

Allyn Ann McLerie

Matt Clark

Walter Scott

Richard Farnsworth

Chuck Courtney

Tony Epper

Henry Wills