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Release date: January 13, 1972
Studio: Warner Bros.
Running time: 128 minutes
Director: Mark Rydell
Cast: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Slim Pickens, Lonny Chapman, A. Martinez, Alfred Barker Jr., Nicholas Beauvy
Technical information: Panavision, Technicolor
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Music: John Williams
In 1996 Fitzwilly was finally issued on home video (MGM 205681 — purchase), albeit in a pan-and-scan version and on VHS only (it is currently out of print). From time to time a beautiful letterboxed transfer is screened on Turner Classic Movies (including December 22, 2005).
A piano/vocal versions of the song "Make Me Rainbows" can be found in The John Williams Anthology.
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The Cowboys, William Dale Jennings
New York: Stein & Day, 1971
"John Wayne, 'just the hired man'," Robert Taylor
Oakland Tribune, June 20 1971
"John Wayne dies in film on individuals," Joseph P. Boon
Bucks County Courier Times, November 5 1971
"Cowboys director says John Wayne is 'historical'," Vernon Scott
UPI, December 17 1971
"Film Reviews: The Cowboys," A.D. Murphy
Variety, January 12 1972
"Review: The Cowboys," Vincent Canby
New York Times, January 14 1972, 16:1
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Internet Movie Database entry for The Cowboys
Turner Classic Movies Database entry for The Cowboys
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