Johnon Wayne has become probably the largest starvet of Hollywood's golden age through his mythical portraits of Western heroes. In the 20s and 1930s, the genre was the things of series and developers (some of which showed the Duke), but they were transformed into a purely cinema when Johnon Ford made Wayne Koolovo on "Stagekoh" opposite Claire Trevor. The unusual, yet indisputable magnetic actor continued to make a series of Western classics involving the "Red River", "She Wearing Yellow Ribbon", "Rio Bravo", "The Seekers" and "The Man Who Shot with Liberty Walance". There was no one bigger or more iconic.

Almost the target, the rise and fall of Wayne's career is followed by the trajectory of the traditional Hollywood West. When the audience got the taste of the madness of Spaghetti Western and the revisionism of Filmmakers like Sam Beijingpah And Monte Helmman, Wayne, who looked good ten years older than due to a fierce battle with the cancer that cost his lungs, found himself making elegant movies that predicted the end of an era and the death of the man he pointed out. Some of these films were fun ("True Grit", for which he won his only best Oscar actor), while others were old -fashioned slogans (Cahill US Marshall).

Maybe the best of this pile Mark Ridge's "cowboys". Based on William Dale Ennings' novel, the film follows a group of students who were hired by an old 400 -mile cattle -powered livestock. The film is noticeable for two reasons: it features a magnificent western result by Johnon Williams (three years before becoming the toast of the "jaw" industry), and most importantly, it is one of the few films in which the Duke was killed on the screen. And he is not just killed, he was shot in the back of a wicked and cowardly Bruce Dern.

The film received boring positive reviews, but it was a hit by the box office at a time when Wayne needed. And it was big enough that the ABC thought she could work as a television series.

Television veteran David Dort had more than founded by Western Bona Fides as creator of Long -term "bonase", So, when he took over the series of cowboys, there was reason to believe that, despite the diminished popularity of the genre through the board, it can be caught. Dortor dissolved wisely with Wayne's image of Wayne and instead set the boys under the supervision of the character's wife, Annie (Diana Douglas). For the male figure of authority, Dortor hired the veteran of the genre Jimim Davis (who will continue to play Jok Ebing at Dallas). Meanwhile, Robert Karadin and Martinez have replayed their roles from the film, joining them both up and commissioner Clint Howard.

The Cowboys premiered on February 6, 1974 and had its network of livestock shortened after 12 episodes. Usually, the show with this kind of pedigree would get at least a home video with bare bones so far, but by 2025, there is nothing. Not even on YouTube. I can't say if it ever aired in union, but even if that happens, it would probably have been before the breeding of VCR, which explains the absence of video ripples.

Surely, some Star Trek sets there would like to save the series of ambiguity if they just preserve the guest appearance from DeRest Kelley. Until that time arrives, the television series "Cowboys" will remain lost in the television desert.