Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Larry McMurtry and one of the most heralded programs in the history of television, this sprawling epic of the West is the story of the last, defiant frontier, a daring cattle drive, and an undying love.
1989 · 49m
14+
StarringTommy Lee Jones, Robert Duvall, Diane LaneDirectorSimon Wincer
Season 1
EPISODE 1 Leaving Part 1 - 'Leaving' Former Texas Rangers and long-time ranching partners Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call meet their old friend Jake, and decide to strike out from their south Texas base and drive a cattle herd to Montana. 49m
EPISODE 2 On The Trail Part 2 - 'On The Trail' McCrae and Wood's cattle drive faces deadly situations. Sheriff July Johnson heads to Texas, and former prostitute Lorena is abandoned by Jake and kidnapped by the psychotic Blue Duck. 1h 30m
EPISODE 3 The Plains Part 3 - 'The Plains' Gus and July save Lorena from Blue Duck, but at a deadly cost. Jake runs with a bad crowd and pays the price. July accepts that his wife has left him and stays on at Clara's with his newborn son. 1h 30m
EPISODE 4 Return Part 4 - 'The Return' The cattle drive reaches Nebraska, where Gus and Clara reunite. Drought and Indian attacks take their toll as the drive reaches Montana, and Gus is wounded. Call honors his best friend's request. 1h 33m
EPISODE 5 The Making of an Epic A documentary tracing the development and production of the mini-series 'Lonesome Dove' (1989). 49m
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Cast & Crew
Tommy Lee Jones Woodrow F. Call
Robert Duvall Augustus 'Gus' McCrae
Diane Lane Lorena Wood
Robert Urich Jake Spoon
Danny Glover Joshua Deets
D. B. Sweeney Dish Boggett
Chris Cooper July Johnson
Frederic Forrest Blue Duck
Anjelica Huston Clara Allen
TS Timothy Scott Pea Eye Parker
Barry Corbin Roscoe Brown
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Larry McMurtry and one of the most heralded programs in the history of television, this sprawling epic of the West is the story of the last, defiant frontier, a daring cattle drive, and an undying love.
14+
COMMON SENSE
Violence, racist stereotypes in classic Western miniseries.
