The Cowboys is a 1972
Western motion picture starring
John Wayne,
Roscoe Lee Browne,
Slim Pickens,
Colleen Dewhurst and
Bruce Dern.
Robert Carradine made his film debut with fellow child actor
Stephen Hudis, as cowboys. It was filmed at various locations in New Mexico, Colorado and at Warner Brothers Studio in
Burbank, California. Based on the novel by
William Dale Jennings, the screenplay was written by
Irving Ravetch,
Harriet Frank, Jr., and Jennings, and directed by
Mark Rydell.