The Cowboys
Movie • 1972 • Action
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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 Andersen nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
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Debatable; calves are branded and a horse is "broken"
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Not directly, but a character does tell a story about a man "capturing a woman and taking her with him", implied to be his mother and father
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There is a cow skeleton briefly on screen, but otherwise no
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A few calves are branded on screen with a hot iron
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Some prostitutes offer their services to a couple of 15 year old boys, but are shortly after turned away
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Bittersweet, but overall happy
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No gore, but some fights get bloody
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Is there a hanging?
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Someone is very close to being hanged, but escapes
Someone is very close to being hanged, but escapes
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Offscreen, but not directly seen or heard
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Some near-drowning, but not for very long
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Not exactly, but a child's glasses are destroyed by someone else in front of him
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there hate speech?
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A lot of n-words get thrown out, mostly by the antagonists and once by a clueless young boy
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Some children steal booze and get drunk
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Just for a minute. A man is kidnapped by friends and released shortly afterwards
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Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Someone gets sick and runs offscreen, but it’s neither seen nor heard
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A child was crushed to death by cattle
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