Western / Adventure / Drama / Action /

Score: 70.9%( 250 votes )

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.

Cast:

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

Robert Carradine
Cowboy Slim Honeycutt

Norman Howell
Cowboy Weedy

Stephen R. Hudis
Cowboy Charlie Schwartz

Sean Kelly
Cowboy Stuttering Bob

A Martinez
Cowboy Cimarron

Clay O'Brien
Cowboy Hardy Fimps

Sam O'Brien
Cowboy Jimmy Phillips

Mike Pyeatt
Cowboy Homer Weems

Slim Pickens
Anse

Lonny Chapman
Homer's Father

Charles Tyner
Stonemason

Sarah Cunningham
Annie Andersen

Allyn Ann McLerie
Ellen Price

Maggie Costain
Phoebe

Matt Clark
Smiley

Jerry Gatlin
Howdy

Walter Scott
Okay

Richard Farnsworth
Henry Williams

Wallace Brooks
Red Tucker

Charise Cullin
Elizabeth

Collette Poeppel
Rosemary

Rita Hudis
Charlie's Mother

Margaret Kelly
Bob's Mother

Larry Randles
Ben

Larry Finley
Jake

Jim Burk
Pete

Norman Howell Sr.
Jim's Father

Fred Brookfield
Rustler

Tap Canutt
Rustler

Chuck Courtney
Rustler

Gary Epper
Rustler

Tony Epper
Rustler

Kent Hays
Rustler

J.R. Randall
Rustler

Henry Wills
Rustler

Joe Yrigoyen
Rustler

Ralph Volkie
Ralphie (uncredited)

Ivan Brutsche
Towns Person (uncredited)