The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972)
Directed by Dick Richards
Genres - Western, Drama |
Sub-Genres - Adventure Drama |
Release Date - Apr 16, 1972 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 93 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - PG
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Synopsis by Mark Deming
Gary Grimes stars in this revisionist western as Ben Mockridge, a 16-year-old boy who has long dreamed of living the life of a cowboy. Wanting adventure, he persuades Frank Culpepper (Billy Green Bush) to take him along on a cattle drive, and Ben learns the hard way just how lonesome, exhausting, and violent the life of a cowhand can be. As one of the men on the drive puts it, "Being a cowboy is what you do when you can't do anything else." Hal Needham, who would later direct a string of successful films starring Burt Reynolds, can be spotted in a small role as Burgess, one of the cowboys.
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cattle-drive, cattlemen, cowboy, coming-of-age, teenagers