The Cowboys (TV series)
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The Cowboys | |
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Genre | Western |
Starring | Jim Davis Belinda Balaski Moses Gunn Walter Brooke Robert Carradine A Martinez |
Theme music composer | John Williams |
Opening theme | Open Prairies |
Ending theme | Open Prairies (instrumental) |
Composer | Harry Sukman |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Warner Bros. Television |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | 6 February 27 July 1974 | –
The Cowboys is a short-lived Western television series based on the 1972 motion picture of the same name. It aired on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) television network from February 6 to June 27, 1974. The television show starred Jim Davis, Diana Douglas, Moses Gunn, A Martinez, Robert Carradine, and . David Dortort, best known for Bonanza and The High Chaparral, produced the series. The television show followed the exploits of seven boys who worked on a ranch in 1870s New Mexico. The Cowboys was conceived as an hour-long series, but ABC decided to reduce the running time to a half-hour format.
The format change did not lead to increased viewers, and the show was the victim of early cancellation.
Guest stars included Cal Bellini as Wa-Cha-Ka in "The Indian Givers", Kevin Hagen as Josh Redding in "Death on a Fast Horse", and Lurene Tuttle as Grandma Jesse in "Many a Good Horse Died".
Cast[]
- Diana Douglas as Annie Andersen
- Jim Davis as Marshal Bill Winter
- Moses Gunn as Jebediah Nightlinger
- A Martinez as Cimarron (Cowboy)
- Robert Carradine as Slim (Cowboy)
- Sean Kelly as Jimmy (Cowboy)
- Kerry MacLane as Homer (Cowboy)
- Clint Howard as Steve (Cowboy)
- Mitch Brown as Hardy (Cowboy)
- Clay O'Brien as Weedy (Cowboy)
Guest stars[]
Each guest star made only one appearance.
- Ted Gehring as Eben Graff
- DeForest Kelley as Jack Potter
- Cal Bellini as Wa-Cha-Ka
- Kevin Hagen as Josh Redding
- Lurene Tuttle as Grandma Jesse
- Stafford Repp as Army Captain
- Ian Wolfe as Padre
- John McKee as Foley
- Walter Brooke as Reager
- John Carradine as Oscar Schmidt
- Jack Perkins
- Pippa Scott as Chief
External links[]
- The Cowboys at IMDb
- 1970s Western (genre) television series
- American Broadcasting Company original programming
- 1974 American television series debuts
- 1974 American television series endings
- Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios
- Television shows set in New Mexico