Movie · Western · Drama

When all the adult men go off in search of gold, a veteran rancher is forced to hire eleven teenage boys as trail hands, and in the process of driving 1200 cattle across 400 rough miles, the young cowboys become cowmen. Starring screen legend John Wayne, with Emmy-winner Colleen Dewhurst ("Murphy Brown"), Oscar-nominee Bruce Dern ("Coming Home") and A Martinez ("L.A. Law"). From director Mark Rydell ("On Golden Pond").

1972 · 2h 8m
Director Mark Rydell

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When all the adult men go off in search of gold, a veteran rancher is forced to hire eleven teenage boys as trail hands, and in the process of driving 1200 cattle across 400 rough miles, the young cowboys become cowmen. Starring screen legend John Wayne, with Emmy-winner Colleen Dewhurst ("Murphy Brown"), Oscar-nominee Bruce Dern ("Coming Home") and A Martinez ("L.A. Law"). From director Mark Rydell ("On Golden Pond").

COMMON SENSE

Classic action-packed Western has lots of cursing, violence.

TOMATOMETER
Average 7
Reviews 16
Fresh 12
Rotten 4

Information

Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
1972
Run Time
2 hr 8 min
Rated
PG for some intense action violence.
Region of Origin
United States
© 1971, Renewed 1999 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Concourse Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Spanish (Latin America)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.