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Streets of Laredo (1995)

Streets of Laredo poster
Directed by
Joseph Sargent
Genre
Westerns on television
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 3 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An aging former Texas Ranger takes on one last job tracking a train robber in the 1890s. He assembles a team and pursues the young killer across the harsh plains of the Southwest.

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What happens

Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo is a 1995 American Western television miniseries directed by Joseph Sargent. It is a three-part adaptation of the 1993 novel of the same name by author Larry McMurtry and is the third installment in the Lonesome Dove series serving as a direct sequel to Lonesome Dove (1989), ignoring the events of Return to Lonesome Dove (1993). The series is set in the 1890s. The series stars James Garner as former Texas Ranger Captain Woodrow F. Call, now a bounty hunter, hired to track down Joey Garza (Alexis Cruz) who is preying on the railroad. It also features Sissy Spacek, Sam Shepard, Ned Beatty, Randy Quaid, Wes Studi, Charles Martin Smith, and George Carlin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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