Cowards is a 1970 American drama film written and directed by Simon Nuchtern about the then-topical issue of draft evasion in the Vietnam War.

[1][5][6] A young man must decide whether to flee the U.S. draft and move to Canada, or stay to go fight for his country in Vietnam.

[7] Additional cast in Love-In '72 version: Reviews of Cowards were mixed to negative.

Roger Greenspun of The New York Times said he "liked" Cowards despite it being "one of the squarest, most unashamedly flat‐footed films of the year," and praised the performances of John Ross and Susan Sparling.

"[10] Reviewing the DVD release of the Love-In '72 cut for Something Weird Video, Frank Henenlotter wrote "Eagle-eyed viewers will enjoy spotting two now-mainstream actors in small, incendiary roles: Philip Baker Hall plays the priest who preaches the gospel of civil disobedience, while monologuist Spalding Grey is alternately funny and scary as a psycho terrorist babbling at a party.