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Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove

The epic film as big as the west.

19897.91 Season4 EpisodesEnded

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.

Created by Larry McMurtry
Written by Larry McMurtry, William D. Wittliff
Produced by Michael Weisbarth, Robert Halmi Jr., Dyson Lovell
NetworksCBS

Top Cast

Robert Duvall

Robert Duvall

Augustus "Gus" McCrae

Tommy Lee Jones

Tommy Lee Jones

Woodrow F. Call

Diane Lane

Diane Lane

Lorena Wood Parker

Robert Urich

Robert Urich

Jake Spoon

D. B. Sweeney

D. B. Sweeney

Dish Boggett

Danny Glover

Danny Glover

Joshua Deets

Rick Schroder

Rick Schroder

Newt Dobbs

Glenne Headly

Glenne Headly

Elmira Boot Johnson

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi

Luke

Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston

Clara Forsythe Allen

Themes & Keywords

texas rangercattle driveminiserieswild west19th centuryearly america

About Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove is a drama, western series that first aired in 1989 exploring themes of texas ranger, cattle drive, miniseries, wild west, 19th century, early america. Created by Larry McMurtry, it stars Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane. 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.

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