When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage, however, neither he nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
John Wayne
Roscoe Lee Browne
Bruce Dern
Colleen Dewhurst
Alfred Barker Jr.
Nicolas Beauvy
Steve Benedict
Robert Carradine
Norman Howell
Stephen R. Hudis
Sean Kelly
A Martinez
Clay O'Brien
Sam O'Brien
Mike Pyeatt
Slim Pickens
Lonny Chapman
Charles Tyner
Sarah Cunningham
Allyn Ann McLerie
Maggie Costain
Matt Clark
Jerry Gatlin
Walter Scott
Richard Farnsworth
Wallace Brooks
Charise Cullin
Collette Poeppel
Rita Hudis
Margaret Kelly
Larry Randles
Larry Finley
Jim Burk
Norman Howell Sr.
Fred Brookfield
Tap Canutt
Chuck Courtney
Gary Epper
Tony Epper
Kent Hays
J.R. Randall
Henry Wills
Joe Yrigoyen
Ralph Volkie
Ivan Brutsche