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Cowboy

THE REAL, TRUE STORY OF THE WEST!

1958 · NR · 1h 32m

Directed by Delmer Daves

6.5

TMDB audience score
75 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...

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Cast

  • Glenn Ford
    Tom Reese

  • Jack Lemmon
    Frank Harris

  • Anna Kashfi
    Maria Vidal / Arriega

  • Brian Donlevy
    Doc Bender, Trailhand

  • Dick York
    Charlie, Trailhand

  • Víctor Manuel Mendoza
    Paco Mendoza, Ramrod

  • Richard Jaeckel
    Paul Curtis

  • King Donovan
    Joe Capper, Trailhand

  • Vaughn Taylor
    Mr. Fowler, Chicago Hotel Manager

  • Donald Randolph
    Senor Vidal, Maria's Father

  • James Westerfield
    Mike Adams

  • Eugene Iglesias
    Don Manuel Arriega

  • Frank De Kova
    Alcaide

  • Russ Bender
    Joe (uncredited)

  • Joan Bradshaw
    Reese's Girl (uncredited)

  • Don Carlos
    Jose (uncredited)

  • John Cason
    Trail Hand (uncredited)

  • Robert "Buzz" Henry
    Slim Barrett