The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)

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92 min - Western - 21 July 1972 (Finland)

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Young farmboy who always wanted to be a cowhand talks a tough trail boss into hiring him on a cattle drive.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Gary Grimes	...	Ben Mockridge
	Billy Green Bush	...	Frank Culpepper (as Billy "Green" Bush)
	Luke Askew	...	Luke
	Bo Hopkins	...	Dixie Brick
	Geoffrey Lewis	...	Russ
	Wayne Sutherlin	...	Missoula
	John McLiam	...	Thorton Pierce
	Matt Clark	...	Pete
	Raymond Guth	...	Cook
	Anthony James	...	Nathaniel
	Charles Martin Smith	...	Tim Slater (as Charlie Martin Smith)
	Larry Finley	...	Mr. Slater
	Bob Morgan	...	Old John
	Jan Burrell	...	Mrs. Mockridge
	Hal Needham	...	Burgess

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Teenager Ben Mockridge feels life in a Wild West farm town has nothing better to offer then horse-cart racing with other hicks, so he naively begs cattle company owner Frank Culpepper to engage him as youngest cowboy for a long cattle trail to a fort, his mother barely notices. Ben doesn't even seem to get it when he's told to report as 'little Mary' to the old cook, whose words cowboy is something you do only if you have nothing better gradually become clear. Instead of an exciting heroic macho life, it's endless hard work, dumb chores and embarrassment, even getting literally caught with his pants down, robbed of his horse, witnessing unpunished crimes... Written by KGF Vissers

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How Many Men Do You Have to Kill to Be the Great American Cowboy?

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 July 1972 (Finland) See more »

Also Known As:

Dust, Sweat and Gunpowder See more »

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA See more »

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation See more »

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Runtime:

92 min

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Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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Color

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1.85 : 1

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Film debut of Charles Martin Smith. See more »

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Ben Mockridge: I want to go with you, Mr. Culpepper. I ride real good and I can do a lot of things. I mean, I'll work at almost anything, Mr. Culpepper. I really want to go.
Frank Culpepper: Why?
Ben Mockridge: Because I want to be a cowboy more than anything, Mr. Culpepper.
Frank Culpepper: Well, that's one hell of an ambition, boy.
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References Red River (1948) See more »

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