Cast & crew
The Cowboys (1972)
Directed by Mark Rydell Written by Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch, William Dale Jennings
Cast
| Roscoe Lee Browne | Jebediah Nightlinger |
| John Wayne | Wil Andersen |
| 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 |
| Maggie Costain | Phoebe |
| Lonny Chapman | Homer's Father |
| Sarah Cunningham | Annie Andersen |
| Allyn Ann McLerie | Ellen Price |
| Charles Tyner | Stonemason |
| Matt Clark | Smiley |
| Jerry Gatlin | Howdy |
| Slim Pickens | Anse |
| Wallace Brooks | Red Tucker |
| Charise Cullin | Elizabeth |
| Walter Scott | Okay |
| Richard Farnsworth | Henry Williams |
| 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 |
| Ralph Volkie | Ralphie (uncredited) |
| Joe Yrigoyen | Rustler |
| Ivan Brutsche | Towns Person (uncredited) |
| Henry Wills | Rustler |
Crew
| Dick Moder | Unit Production Manager |
| Nate H. Edwards | Production Manager |
| Dave Grayson | Makeup Artist |
| Emile LaVigne | Makeup Artist |
| William Dale Jennings | Novel |
| Robert Surtees | Director of Photography |
| John Williams | Original Music Composer |
| Pat Abbott | Hairstylist |
| Harriet Frank Jr. | Screenplay |
| Mark Rydell | Director |
| Irving Ravetch | Screenplay |
| William Dale Jennings | Screenplay |
| Philip M. Jefferies | Production Design |
| William Kiernan | Set Decoration |
| Lynn Stalmaster | Casting |
| Anthea Sylbert | Costume Design |
| Tim Zinnemann | Associate Producer |
| Mark Rydell | Producer |
| Gary Epper | Stunts |
| Walter Scott | Stunts |
| Neil Travis | Editor |