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Cowboy

film by Daves [1958]
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The film Cowboy, released in 1958, was directed by Delmer Daves. Daves was an American writer and director known for his western films, including Broken Arrow (1950) and 3:10 to Yuma (1957). In Cowboy, Glenn Ford played the role of a gruff mentor to a tenderfoot, portrayed by Jack Lemmon.1

The term "cowboy" refers to a horseman skilled in handling cattle, an essential laborer in the cattle industry of the western United States. The role of the cowboy became a romanticized figure in American folklore, particularly through western films and novels.2

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