The Cowboys

The Cowboys
The Cowboys
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mark Rydell
Screenplay by	Irving Ravetch; Harriet Frank Jr.; William Dale Jennings;
Based on	The Cowboys; by William Dale Jennings
Produced by	Mark Rydell
Starring	John Wayne; Roscoe Lee Browne; Bruce Dern; Colleen Dewhurst;
Cinematography	Robert L. Surtees
Edited by	Neil Travis
Music by	John Williams
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	January 13, 1972;
Running time	131 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6 million
Box office	$19.2 million

The Cowboys is a 1972 American Western film starring John Wayne,^[3] Roscoe Lee Browne, and Bruce Dern, and featuring Colleen Dewhurst and Slim Pickens.^[4] It was the feature film debut of Robert Carradine. Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by William Dale Jennings,^[3]^[4]^[5] the screenplay was written by Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, Jr., and Jennings, and the film was directed by Mark Rydell.^[6]

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