Movie
Cowboy
Overview
Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted by the father of the woman he loves, he joins Tom Reece and his cattle-driving outfit. Soon, though, the tenderfoot finds out life on the range is neither what he expected nor what he's been looking for...
Details
- Release date
- 1958-01-23
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Columbia Pictures, Phoenix Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Glenn Ford as Tom Reese
- Jack Lemmon as Frank Harris
- Anna Kashfi as Maria Vidal / Arriega
- Brian Donlevy as Doc Bender, Trailhand
- Dick York as Charlie, Trailhand
- Víctor Manuel Mendoza as Paco Mendoza, Ramrod
- Richard Jaeckel as Paul Curtis
- King Donovan as Joe Capper, Trailhand
- Vaughn Taylor as Mr. Fowler, Chicago Hotel Manager
- Donald Randolph as Senor Vidal, Maria's Father
- James Westerfield as Mike Adams
- Eugene Iglesias as Don Manuel Arriega
Crew
- Delmer Daves - Director
- Edmund H. North - Screenplay
- Dalton Trumbo - Screenplay
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