Movie
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
Overview
Working as an assistant on a long cattle drive, the young Ben Mockridge contends between his dream of being a cowboy and the harsh truth of the Old West.
Details
- Release date
- 1972-04-15
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Gary Grimes as Ben Mockridge
- Billy Green Bush as Frank Culpepper
- Luke Askew as Luke
- Bo Hopkins as Dixie Brick
- Geoffrey Lewis as Russ
- Wayne Sutherlin as Missoula
- John McLiam as Thorton Pierce
- Matt Clark as Pete
- Raymond Guth as Cook
- Anthony James as Nathaniel
- Charles Martin Smith as Tim Slater (as Charlie Martin Smith)
- Larry Finley as Mr. Slater
Crew
- Dick Richards - Director
- Eric Bercovici - Screenplay
- Gregory Prentiss - Screenplay
- Dick Richards - Story
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