LONESOME DOVE - Series & Mini Series

LONESOME DOVE

~ THE MANY FACES OF LONESOME DOVE ~

LONESOME DOVE was a western mini series on CBS.

Short lived TV series was a spin off of the popular 1989 miniseries of the same name.  The characters are based on those in the novel, also titled Lonesome Dove - Written by Pultzer Prize winning author Larry McMurtry.

The Western follows the dramatic adventures & disasters of a yound Texsd Ranger Newt Dobbs, played by Scott Bairstow.  The series also stars Christianne Hirt, Eric McCormack, Kiahann Carroll, & Billy Dee Williams.

Scott Bairstow starred Newt Call, a young man in search of his fortune who settled in the town of Curtis Wells, Montana in the Dakota Territory of the 1870's & late became the town's Deputy Sheriff. Newt Call is the son of Texas Ranger, Woodrow Call writes a book called "Lonesome Dove: Tales of the Plains" that chronicled his life.

Movie:

Two former Texas Rangers living a quiet life running a cattle compay near Lonesome Dove, Texas, are intruded upon by a third former Ranger who is fleeing the law after accidentally killing someone.

He talks them into being the first to take cattle into the Montana territories & tells them it will be the last change to re live some of the excitement they experienced in their younger days.

Hence they steal some horses & a herd of cattle, signed on a crew & head for Montana. Facing many dangers along the way like rustlers, wind storms, & Indians.

The Original Movie:  

Robert Duvall - Augustus "Gus" McCrae 

Tommy Lee Jones - Woodrow F Call 

Danny Glover - Joshua Deets 

Robert Urich -  Jake Spoon 

Diane Lane -  Lorena Wood 

Frederic Forrest -  Blue Duck 

Rick Schroder - Newt Dobbs 

D.B. Sweeney -  Dish Boggett 

Anjelica Huston - Clara Allen

LONESOME  DOVE was so popular that 2 sequels & a prequel were produced.

The series was based on the novel LONESOME DOVE written by Larry McMurtry & the hightly acclaimed CBS TV mini-series LONESOME DOVE (1989) & RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE (1993).  The series was re-titled LONESOME DOVE: THE OUTLAW YEARS in its 2nd season.

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