Lonesome Dove: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Retired Texas Rangers Gus McRae and Woodrow Call are content to live out their remaining years in the tiny Texas town of Lonesome Dove. Then their old friend Jake comes to town, and tells them about the incredible opportunities for cattle ranching in Montana. Encouraged by this, Call convinces Gus and many other townspeople to go on a perilous cattle drive to Montana. Gus has another agenda though: his former sweetheart now lives in Nebraska, and he hopes for a second chance with her. As the drive goes on it takes on an epic scale, ultimately becoming what could well be called the central event in the lives of all involved.

Series details

• Title: Lonesome Dove
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Adventure, Western
• Premiere date: 1989-02-05
• Final broadcast date listed: 1989-02-08
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 140 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 7845
• IMDb ID: tt0096639
• TVDB ID: 80305

Cast and credited roles

• Anjelica Huston — Clara Allen
• Rick Schroder — Newt Dobbs
• Robert Urich — Jake Spoon
• Danny Glover — Joshua Deets
• Robert Duvall — Augustus 'Gus' McCrae
• Barry Corbin — Roscoe Brown
• Chris Cooper — July Johnson
• D.B. Sweeney — Dish Boggett
• Diane Lane — Lorena Wood
• Tommy Lee Jones — Woodrow F. Call

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-02-05; final listed air date 1989-02-08; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Lonesome Dove on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.