Movie Info

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 Cowbo...(read more...) ys 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

Director: Mark Rydell

MPAA: PG

Running Time: 2 hrs. 8 min.

Release Date: Jan 01, 1972

Cast: Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, John Wayne, Mark Rydell, Roscoe Lee Browne