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Lonesome Dove

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Mini-series about love and adventure in the Great American West.

Robert Duvall

Tommy Lee Jones

Anjelica Huston

Diane Lane

Danny Glover

Lonesome Dove: On the Trail

20/04/2006

On the Trail

BBC Four - Lonesome Dove, On the Trail

The cowboys undertake a hazardous cattle drive to build an empire in the new land.

Epic saga about a cattle drive from the small Texas town of Lonesome Dove to the fertile expanse of the Montana territory.

Mini-series about love and adventure in the Great American West. Gus McCrea and Woodrow Call, two retired Texas Rangers, lead a peaceful existence in the small Texas town of Lonesome Dove. Then an old friend of dubious repute arrives, telling tales of the fortunes to be made in the uncharted territory of Montana. The pair are thus persuaded to undertake a hazardous cattle drive to build an empire in the new land.

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