1972/01/13 (US) | Western, Adventure, Drama
All they wanted was their chance to be men... and he gave it to them.
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.
Irving Ravetch
Screenplay
Mark Rydell
Director
William Dale Jennings
Screenplay
Harriet Frank Jr.
Screenplay
John Wayne
Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne
Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern
Long Hair
Colleen Dewhurst
Kate
Alfred Barker Jr.
Cowboy Fats
Nicolas Beauvy
Cowboy Dan
Steve Benedict
Cowboy Steve
$ 6,000,000
$ 7,500,000
Released
William Dale Jennings
Novel
Dave Grayson
Makeup Artist
Dick Moder
Unit Production Manager
Pat Abbott
Hairstylist
Nate H. Edwards
Production Manager