TV series
Lonesome Dove
Overview
A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to the grasslands of Montana.
Details
- First air date
- 1989-02-05
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 4 episodes
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Network
- CBS
- Production
- Qintex Entertainment, Motown Productions, Wittliff - Pangaea, RHI Entertainment, Sonar Entertainment, Taurus Film
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Robert Duvall as Augustus "Gus" McCrae
- Tommy Lee Jones as Woodrow F. Call
- Diane Lane as Lorena Wood Parker
- Robert Urich as Jake Spoon
- D. B. Sweeney as Dish Boggett
- Danny Glover as Joshua Deets
- Rick Schroder as Newt Dobbs
- Glenne Headly as Elmira Boot Johnson
- Steve Buscemi as Luke
- Anjelica Huston as Clara Forsythe Allen
- Frederic Forrest as Blue Duck
- Barry Corbin as Roscoe Brown
Creators and crew
- William D. Wittliff - Executive Producer
- Suzanne de Passe - Executive Producer
- Dyson Lovell - Producer
- Robert Halmi Jr. - Producer
- Michael Weisbarth - Producer
- Simon Wincer - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: Leaving
Larry McMurtry's saga opens with two former Texas Rangers beginning a cattle drive to Montana.
Episode 2: On the Trail
A deadly pursuit on the plains pits Gus against a sadistic renegade named Blue Duck.
Episode 3: The Plains
Off the trail, Jake falls in with bad company, while Gus shares a bittersweet reunion with an old flame.
Episode 4: Return
A tragedy in the Montana Territory exacts a painful promise from Call that takes him on a haunting mission back to Texas. Conclusion.
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