Classic Night At the Movies: The Cowboys

Classic Night at the Movies presents The Cowboys (1972) on Wednesday, April 27th, 7 pm at El Raton. FREE! Door Prizes! Donations will be given to the Colfax County Fair Association. Sponsored by KRTN, El Raton Theatre and Raton Natural Gas.

The Cowboys is a 1972 Western motion picture starring John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Slim Pickens, Colleen Dewhurst, Bruce Dern and young Robert Carradine in his film debut. The Cowboys was filmed at various locations in New Mexico and Colorado.

A grizzled veteran rancher, Wil Andersen (John Wayne) is almost ready to embark on a big cattle drive when his crew abruptly quits to join in a gold rush. Left with no alternative, Anderson enlists the help of a group of local schoolboys. Training the youngsters to be cowboys, Andersen manages to get the drive underway, but their long journey is placed in jeopardy when the devious bandit Long Hair (Bruce Dern) sets his sights on stealing the herd.