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.
The Cowboys has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of The Cowboys (1972)
Review of The Cowboys (1972)
By Barbara Shulgasser (553) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 03 Jan 2017
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The Cowboys was released in 1972 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 238 reviews, giving The Cowboys (1972) an average rating of 71%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 86%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 72%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with The Cowboys than critics were.
With a score of 71%, The Cowboys is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1972, which stands at 58%.
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