The Cowboys
1972 · 131 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 16,517 VOTES · DIR. Mark Rydell
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,240 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:05:55 Easy.
00:09:28 Kinda noisy around here.
00:12:49 Put away your catalogues and take out your readers.
00:18:05 A horse ain't much better.
00:25:17 I don't go to school.
00:30:34 They must've rode all over the territory to get that many brand-new hats.
00:35:05 Now hold him right there.
00:37:57 Come on, you know better than that.
00:42:18 ...or scalped by wild red Indians...
00:47:12 Do your work.
00:53:21 There ain't no Sundays west of Omaha.
00:58:23 Here's one of your strays.
01:01:46 It ain't hard.
01:05:54 What are you up to?
01:09:57 What's it?
01:13:29 LLook what I found.
01:19:03 Well, did he break something?
01:24:27 ...if you've done all you can do...
01:29:16 You better cover some of that up before you come down with pneumonia.
01:34:10 Sure.
01:38:16 Well, I know the boy.
01:42:23 And all them carpetbaggers calling me mister.
01:48:33 I'm proud of ya.
01:59:27 Forgive me for taking Your name in vain...
Cast & Characters
John Wayne
Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern
Long Hair
Bruce Dern
Asa Watts
Colleen Dewhurst
Kate
Alfred Barker Jr.
Fats - Cowboy
Nicolas Beauvy
Dan - Cowboy
Steve Benedict
Steve - Cowboy
Robert Carradine
Slim Honeycutt - Cowboy
Norman Howell
Weedy - Cowboy
Stephen R. Hudis
Charlie Schwartz - Cowboy
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,240
Dialogue density9.5 lines / min
First line00:05:55
Final line01:59:27
Production Record
DirectorMark Rydell
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6,000,000
Revenue$7,500,000
IMDb votes16,517