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Cowboy

  • 19581958
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Jack Lemmon and Glenn Ford in Cowboy (1958)
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Western
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.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.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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3.3K
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    • Delmer Daves
    • Frank Harris(book "My Reminiscences as a Cowboy")
    • Edmund H. North(screenplay)
    • Dalton Trumbo(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Glenn Ford
    • Jack Lemmon
    • Anna Kashfi
    • Delmer Daves
    • Frank Harris(book "My Reminiscences as a Cowboy")
    • Edmund H. North(screenplay)
    • Dalton Trumbo(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Glenn Ford
    • Jack Lemmon
    • Anna Kashfi
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 53User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Cowboy
    Trailer 2:49
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    Jack Lemmon and Glenn Ford in Cowboy (1958)
    Jack Lemmon and Glenn Ford in Cowboy (1958)
    Jack Lemmon in Cowboy (1958)
    Jack Lemmon and Anna Kashfi in Cowboy (1958)
    Víctor Manuel Mendoza in Cowboy (1958)
    Brian Donlevy in Cowboy (1958)
    Glenn Ford and James Westerfield in Cowboy (1958)
    Jack Lemmon, Glenn Ford, and Don Reardon in Cowboy (1958)
    Glenn Ford, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, and Dick York in Cowboy (1958)
    Jack Lemmon and Glenn Ford in Cowboy (1958)
    Jack Lemmon in Cowboy (1958)
    Jack Lemmon in Cowboy (1958)

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    Glenn Ford
    Glenn Ford
    • Tom Reese
    Jack Lemmon
    Jack Lemmon
    • Frank Harris
    Anna Kashfi
    Anna Kashfi
    • Maria Vidal…
    Brian Donlevy
    Brian Donlevy
    • Doc Bender - Trail Hand
    Dick York
    Dick York
    • Charlie - Trail Hand
    Víctor Manuel Mendoza
    Víctor Manuel Mendoza
    • Paco Mendoza - Ramrod
    Richard Jaeckel
    Richard Jaeckel
    • Paul Curtis
    King Donovan
    King Donovan
    • Joe Capper - Trail Hand
    Vaughn Taylor
    Vaughn Taylor
    • Mr. Fowler - Chicago Hotel Manager
    Donald Randolph
    Donald Randolph
    • Senor Vidal - Maria's Father
    James Westerfield
    James Westerfield
    • Mike Adams
    Eugene Iglesias
    Eugene Iglesias
    • Don Manuel Arriega
    Frank DeKova
    Frank DeKova
    • Alcaide
    • (as Frank de Kova)
    Joanne Arnold
    • Reese's Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Russ Bender
    Russ Bender
    • Joe
    • (uncredited)
    John L. Blaustein
    • Peon Boy
    • (uncredited)
    Joan Bradshaw
    Joan Bradshaw
    • Reese's Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Don Carlos
    • Jose
    • (uncredited)
      • Delmer Daves
      • Frank Harris(book "My Reminiscences as a Cowboy")
      • Edmund H. North(screenplay)
      • Dalton Trumbo(screenplay) (originally uncredited)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      The trumpeter in the cantina was Raphaël Mendez, who in the 1950s was considered by many professional musicians to be one of the finest trumpet players in the world, if not the best.
    • Goofs
      In a rail car containing the shipment of cattle, Tom Reese, an 'experienced' cattle-handler, attempts to help up a fallen steer by pulling the animal's head so that it can get up on its front legs then, presumably, on to its hind legs. No bovine will normally get up like this, and it's easier for it, firstly, to raise itself up on its hind legs by lunging forward, then put its front legs under it to stand up. To help this animal get up, you must lift its rear end by grabbing either the tail root or its backside.
    • Quotes

      Charlie, Trailhand: I wouldn't go in there for a bottle of whiskey and a redhead to pour it.

    • Connections
      Featured in Dennis the Menace: Dennis Goes to the Movies (1959)
    • Soundtracks
      Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
      Music by George N. Allen

      Frequently referenced in George Duning's musical score

    User reviews53

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    9/10
    A Good Realistic Western
    As one of the other reviewers pointed out, this whole film is based on a few lines of an autobiography where the protagonist Frank Harris joins a group of cattle RUSTLERS for a spell. So in fact that as tough as Glenn Ford and his crew are, at least they're on the right side of the law.

    Also Frank Harris is probably best known for the first definitive life of Oscar Wilde. And Harris like Wilde was born in Ireland. Might have been nice if Jack Lemmon had played him with a brogue.

    Another reviewer pointed out that Jack Lemmon did not fit into the western film. True enough, but in fact this is the story of a tenderfoot who goes on a cattle drive and has quite the adventure.

    Still and all Cowboy is a pretty good realistic western about life on a cattle drive. These drovers aren't any kind of heroic, but they do the job that has to be done. Jack Lemmon's ideas about cowboys are taken from the dime novels of the period. He gets rid of his romantic notions, but fast.

    Among the supporting cast Brian Donlevy comes off best as the world weary former town marshal who joins the drive to get away from his job and meets a tragic end.

    Cowboy came out in 1958 which was the height of Glenn Ford's career. Ford did some of the best westerns of the 1950s and Cowboy ranks right up there.
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    • bkoganbing
    • Jun 20, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 23, 1958 (Japan)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Phoenix Pictures
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    • 1 hour 32 minutes

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