Rancher Wil Andersen is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his herd to market on time but the rough drive is full of dangers and a gang of cattle rustlers is trailing them.
Clay O'Brien, now Clay O'Brien Cooper, went on to become a world champion team roper competing in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. He is still among the all time top money winners in the PRCA.
Jedediah Nightlinger:
Doesn't anything larger want to work for you?
When Cimarron breaks Crazy Alice, he is holding the rein in his left hand in the long shots, and in the close up shots it's in his right hand.
When the film was originally released in the UK it carried a 'AA' rating, preventing an under-14 year old audience from seeing the movie. When the distributors asked the UK censor if this could be changed he suggested removing the scene with the wagon full of prostitutes, thus deleting Colleen Dewhurst's entire role in the film, and in doing so the film was re-certified with an 'A' rating (suitable for all). Additionally cuts were made to tone down some of the more violent scenes including the fight between Wil and Long Hair, the shooting of Wil, and a man being dragged by his horse. Later cinema showings and all video versions restored the Colleen Dewhurst scene but retained the violence cuts (totalling 1 min 30 secs). For the upgraded 12-rated 2005 DVD the film was passed fully uncut.
English, Spanish
$7,500,000 (USA)