Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of cattle rustlers is trailing them.
John Wayne - Wil Andersen,
Roscoe Lee Browne - Jebediah Nightlinger,
Bruce Dern - Long Hair,
Colleen Dewhurst - Kate,
Alfred Barker Jr. - Fats – Cowboy,
Nicolas Beauvy - Dan – Cowboy,
Steve Benedict - Steve – Cowboy,
Robert Carradine - Slim Honeycutt – Cowboy,
Norman Howell - Weedy – Cowboy,
Stephen R. Hudis - Charlie Schwartz – Cowboy,
Sean Kelly - Stuttering Bob – Cowboy,
A Martinez - Cimarron – Cowboy,
Clay O'Brien - Hardy Fimps – Cowboy,
Sam O'Brien - Jimmy Phillips – Cowboy,
Mike Pyeatt - Homer Weems - Cowboy
