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Lonesome Dove

TV Series (1989)

This Western adventure story is about 2 retired Texas Rangers “Robert Duvall” who plays “Augustus ‘Gus” McCrae” and Tommy Lee Jones who plays "Captain Woodrow F. Call”. The two very close friends decide to head to Montana and begin their own Cattle Ranch On the way on their journey they incur many problems and lose some of the ranch hands they had

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01x04 Return Aired: Feb. 08, 1989

Conclusion. A tragedy in the Montana Territory exacts a painful promise from Call (Tommy Lee Jones) that takes him on a haunting mission back … [continue reading]

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Lonesome Dove is Canceled/Ended

The show had 1 season and 4 episodes air in 1989.

Series Info

Type:

Scripted

Premiered:

Feb. 05, 1989

Status:

Canceled/Ended

Runtime:

480 min.

Aired:

1989 - 1989

To-Date:

1 Season
4 Episodes

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Genre

- adventure
- drama
- western
- mini-series

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The Latin phrase, "uva uvam vivendo varia fit" that appears on the Hat Creek Cattle Company is a corruption of the latin phrase "uva uvam videndo varia fit" from the scholia to Juvenal 2.81.…
[show]The Latin phrase, "uva uvam vivendo varia fit" that appears on the Hat Creek Cattle Company is a corruption of the latin phrase "uva uvam videndo varia fit" from the scholia to Juvenal 2.81. It means, literally a grape changes color [i.e., ripens] when it sees [another] grape.
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Tommy Lee Jones and William Sanderson previously appeared together in Coal Miner's Daughter, which starred Sissy Spacek. Spacek took over the role of Lorena in the sequel, 'Streets of Laredo…
[show]Tommy Lee Jones and William Sanderson previously appeared together in Coal Miner's Daughter, which starred Sissy Spacek. Spacek took over the role of Lorena in the sequel, 'Streets of Laredo (1995) (TV)'.
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Goof (revealing mistake): When Gus goes to shoot up the Indian encampment with July Johnson, count the number of Indians who "go down" from being hit versus the number of shots fired. One…
[show]Goof (revealing mistake): When Gus goes to shoot up the Indian encampment with July Johnson, count the number of Indians who "go down" from being hit versus the number of shots fired. One more Indian dies than the number of shots fired.
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