Cowboy (1958)
An idealistic tenderfoot Chicago hotel clerk is taken on a cattle-drive to Mexico by famous trail boss Tom Reece but discovers that cowboy life isn't what he expected.
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Tom Reese -
Frank Harris -
Maria Vidal -
Doc Bender - Trail Hand -
Charlie - Trail Hand -
Paco Mendoza - Ramrod -
Paul Curtis -
Joe Capper - Trail Hand -
Mr. Fowler - Chicago Hotel Manager -
Senor Vidal - Maria's Father -
Mike Adams -
Don Manuel Arriega -
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Director:
Delmer DavesWriters:
Frank Harris (book), Edmund H. North (screenplay), Dalton Trumbo (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
Lemmon confessed later that playing in this film with Glenn Ford helped him a lot in the acting business, as the tenderfoot character he plays learns the cow boy life.
Quotes
Tom Reese:
And all that hogwash about horses! The loyalty of the horse! The intelligence of the horse! The intelligence? You know a horse has a brain just about the size of a walnut. They're mean, they're treacherous and they're stupid. There isn't a horse ...
Goofs
The stampede scene had the cowboys using what appear to be 20th century model Winchesters with round barrels. They should have used octagonal-barreled model 73s.
Soundtracks
Bury Me Not on the Lone PrairieMusic by George N. Allen
Frequently referenced in George Duning's musical score
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Genres
WesternDetails
Release Date:
23 March 1958Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
Lawton, Oklahoma, USAContribute to this page
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