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.
00:09:31 It's been like this all week.
00:13:09 ''Hail to thee, blith--''
00:18:27 ...I might just keep that in mind come hirin' time.
00:26:33 You having difficulty seeing the board?
00:31:38 What went on here?
00:35:47 My name's Asa Watts. How are ya?
00:40:08 And here.
00:44:33 Smells of boy in here.
00:48:19 I don't need much.
00:54:58 I'd have hung ya.
00:59:24 It ain't my fault I stutter.
01:04:01 So as I went down to Denver with my cousin, LL.D. Grimes...
01:07:28 -Hot coffee. -Heard ya comin'.
01:11:35 ...was Oceola.
01:14:52 I'm gonna come to you on tiptoe...
01:22:36 Easy, easy.
01:28:09 All right, then.
01:31:44 We'll move on.
01:36:52 Hello, there.
01:41:35 -Answer him. -Yes, sir.
01:47:51 You can be men.
01:58:35 You ever seen one of these? You ever seen a nigger run?
02:09:03 English subtitles conformed by SOFTITLLER
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 line02:09:03
Production Record
DirectorMark Rydell
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6,000,000
Revenue$7,500,000
IMDb votes16,517