Streets of Laredo: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Streets of Laredo was a 1995 American Western television miniseries. It was a three-part adaptation of the 1993 novel of the same name by author Larry McMurtry.

A young psychopathic Mexican bandit named Joey Garza has murdered numerous people, and cost railroad tycoon Colonel Terry significant business and money through his deadly train robberies. Captain Woodrow F. Call is a grizzled veteran of the west, a man in stark contrast to the inexperienced urban Ned Brookshire, who has been sent to Clarendon, Texas, from New York by Terry to contract Call's services in apprehending the bandit. They form an unlikely pair as they search for Garza, and soon they learn in Laredo, Texas, that he is not the only outlaw preying on the railroad...

Series details

• Title: Streets of Laredo
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Western
• Premiere date: 1995-11-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 1995-11-15
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 240 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 14558
• IMDb ID: tt0112041
• TVDB ID: 80308

Cast and credited roles

• James Garner — Captain Woodrow Call
• Sissy Spacek — Lorena
• Sam Shepard — Pea Eye
• Ned Beatty — Judge Roy Bean
• Randy Quaid — John Wesley Hardin
• George Carlin — Billy Williams
• Wes Studi — Famous Shoes
• Charles Martin Smith — Ned Brookshire
• Alexis Cruz — Joey Garza
• Kevin Conway — Mox Mox
• James Gammon — Charles Goodnight

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1995-11-12; final listed air date 1995-11-15; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

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