Based on the novel by William Dale Jennings. Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. Features: commentary by director Mark Rydell, new cast/director reunion featurette "The cowboys, together again," vintage featurette "The breaking of boys and the making of men," theatrical trailer. John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Alfred Barker Jr.
Summary:
Deserted by his regular help, a rancher is forced to use eleven young boys to help drive his cattle across four hundred miles of western country, and turns them into men while doing it.
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