One of John Wayne's Best Movies
This movie highlights what was best about the old west, and John Wayne is the penultimate cowboy in it. He gathers together a group of cowboys to help him take a herd of cattle to market. And cowBOYS they are, too. When he can't locate any men to work with him, he goes to the local school house and offers the boys there the adventure of their lives. Of course, they show up on the appointed day, and from there on out those boys become men. Of the 11 boys selected for the film, 6 of them were actually boys from working ranches, so they knew what going on a trail ride entailed. The other 5 boys were actors selected by the casting company. The boys who were actors taught the boys who had ranching skills how to act, and the boys who had ranching skills taught the young actors how to ride, rope, and wrestle a steer to the ground. Bruce Dern portrays a Civil War vet who needs a job and resents that John Wayne has chosen boys instead of men. As a result, he and his group of ruffians proceed to harass the group, making things very difficult for them all. In the end, though, good triumphs--and the boys get the cattle to the railhead. But I won't tell you how or what happens to them and their leader because that would spoil the climax of the film, one that was both tense and tragic. This film is worth every penny you'll pay for it--and I have no doubt you'll watch it many times.
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