The Cowboys

1972 film by Mark Rydell
Movie film Q1211921
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The Cowboys

Summary

The Cowboys is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (547 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Cowboys's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • The Cowboys's director is recorded as Mark Rydell[4].
  • The Cowboys's screenwriter is recorded as Irving Ravetch[5].
  • The Cowboys's screenwriter is recorded as Harriet Frank Jr.[6].
  • The Cowboys's screenwriter is recorded as Dale Jennings[7].
  • The Cowboys's composer is recorded as John Williams[8].
  • The Cowboys's genre is recorded as Western film[9].
  • The Cowboys's genre is recorded as film based on literature[10].
  • The Cowboys's cast member is recorded as John Wayne[11].
  • The Cowboys's cast member is recorded as Roscoe Lee Browne[12].
  • The Cowboys's cast member is recorded as Bruce Dern[13].
  • The Cowboys's cast member is recorded as Colleen Dewhurst[14].
  • The Cowboys's cast member is recorded as Slim Pickens[15].
  • The Cowboys's cast member is recorded as Robert Carradine[16].
  • The Cowboys's cast member is recorded as A Martinez[17].
  • The Cowboys's cast member is recorded as Richard Farnsworth[18].
  • The Cowboys's cast member is recorded as Lonny Chapman[19].
  • The Cowboys's cast member is recorded as Sarah Cunningham[20].
  • The Cowboys's cast member is recorded as Matt Clark[21].
  • The Cowboys's cast member is recorded as Charles Tyner[22].
  • The Cowboys's producer is recorded as Irving Ravetch[23].
  • The Cowboys's producer is recorded as Harriet Frank Jr.[24].
  • The Cowboys's production company is recorded as Warner Bros. Entertainment[25].
  • The Cowboys's director of photography is recorded as Robert L. Surtees[26].
  • The Cowboys's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0068421[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Producers include Irving Ravetch[23] and Harriet Frank Jr.[24]. The Cowboys's director is recorded as Mark Rydell[4]. Screenwriters include Irving Ravetch[5], Harriet Frank Jr.[6], and Dale Jennings[7]. Cast members include John Wayne[11], Roscoe Lee Browne[12], Bruce Dern[13], Colleen Dewhurst[14], Slim Pickens[15], and Robert Carradine[16].

Publication

Publication dates include +1972-01-13T00:00:00Z[28], +1972-01-27T00:00:00Z[29], +1972-02-03T00:00:00Z[30], +1972-02-24T00:00:00Z[31], +1972-02-26T00:00:00Z[32], and +1972-03-03T00:00:00Z[33]. The Cowboys's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[34]. Genres include Western film[9] and film based on literature[10].

Reception

Reviews include 7/10[35] and 75%[36].

Why It Matters

The Cowboys ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (547 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . The Movie Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [35] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [36] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . Filmdienst. Retrieved . filmdienst.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [31] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [33] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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