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Set in the rugged American frontier, Texas Rangers Woodrow Call and Gus McCrae confront Comanche warriors, ruthless outlaws, and the brutal realities of a lawless land, forging fierce friendships and enduring tragic romances as survival comes at a heavy personal cost.
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- E1 Part 1Next upJan 13, 2008 · 90 min · ★ 3.0
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In Part 1 of 3, the Rangers track a notorious horse thief, and Gus and Woodrow are promoted to captains after their leader, Capt. Scull (Val Kilmer), abandons his men to search for his beloved horse that is stolen. Also: Gus courts Clara, a local Austin beauty, and Scull's wife takes up with Jake Spoon, a young Ranger.
Guest stars: Aldred Montoya (Three Birds), Brad Leland (Militia Commander), Anthony Parker (Quick Antalope), Rodney Smith (Tana), Jessica Robertson (Maudie Clark), Ramon Frank (Jimmy Watson), Jake Busey (Tudwal)
- E2 Part 2Jan 15, 2008 · 90 min
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Gus and Woodrow are ordered by the governor to rescue Capt. Scull from a Mexican bandit who is holding him for ransom; Comanches raid Austin and burn much of it to the ground; Woodrow worries that Maggie's baby doesn't belong to him; and Gus becomes convinced that Clara is going to marry another man.
Guest stars: Indira Varma (Therese Wanz), Norbert Leo Butz (Capt. Richard King), Gene Ray Price (Aunt Jessie), Buck Taylor (Ben Lily), Dylan Kenin (Denton Fogg), Bill Poague (Xavier Wans), Tone Forrest (Black Carpenter), Mark Brooks (Gaucho)
- E3 Part 3Jan 16, 2008 · 90 min
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Seven years later, Gus grieves for his late wife and Woodrow gets jealous over the amount of time Jake is spending with Maggie, but Woodrow refuses to accept Newt as his own son; Blue Duck confronts his dying father; Clara visits Gus in Austin; and Scull is approached in Boston to lead an expansion of the West.
Guest stars: Zahn McClarnon (Ermoke), Charles Baker (Monkey John), Jeremy Ratchford (Charlie Goodnight), August Schellenberg (Idahi), Joseph Castanon (Newt), Brett Brock (Joe Stewart), Mary Evans (Annie Stewart), Bobby McLaughlin (Corporal Dickas)
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Steve Zahn
Linda Cardellini
Val Kilmer
Elizabeth Banks
Melanie Lynskey
Karl Urban
Adam Beach
Keith D. Robinson
Wes Studi
Rachel GriffithsVideos
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WuchakApr 13, 2026
**_Twilight of wild-roaming Comanches in Texas_** This is the prequel to Larry McMurtry’s “Lonesome Dove,” with the first two parts taking place in 1858, and the third one jumping to 1865, just after the Civil War. Each episode runs around 90-95 minutes; so, if you watch the entire long movie (aka miniseries), skipping the repetitive credits, you’re looking at about 4h 37m. I actually prefer this to “Lonesome Dove” because it’s so colorful with outstanding locations and… Read more
all the characters are well fleshed out. It shows you what it was like to be a Texas Ranger in the 1850s-1860s, as well as the plight of the Comanches, not to mention what other American Indians in the area were doing, like Kickapoo scout Famous Shoes (David Midthunder). Val Kilmer is notable as an eccentric Harvard-educated Bostonian who fought in the Mexican-American War and is married to an oversexed redhead (Rachel Griffiths). He’s taken captive by a Mexican bandit-king (Sal Lopez) and inventively hanged in a cage before being thrown into a snake pit. For those not in the know, the character of protagonist Gus McCrae (Steve Zahn) was loosely based on Oliver Loving while Woodrow Call (Karl Urban) was inspired by his pardner Charles Goodnight. They were Texas Rangers and trailblazing cattlemen who created the Goodnight-Loving Trail, which ran from central and west Texas up through eastern New Mexico and the heart of Colorado before ending near Cheyenne in southeast Wyoming. They supplied beef for military posts and mining communities with Goodnight introducing the chuckwagon for long cattle drives. As depicted in the final part of “Lonesome Dove,” Goodnight honored his friend’s request to be buried in Texas and so faithfully dragged his body there. In addition to the highlights noted above, Wes Studi is effective as the Comanche chief Buffalo Hump, along with Adam Beach playing his intimidating son, Blue Duck. Meanwhile Linda Cardellini and Elizabeth Banks are on hand as the women in the lives of the rangers. If you don’t have time for all three parts, I suggest just seeing the first one as it’s the best of the three and fairly self-contained, except for the Comanches deciding to go on the warpath at the end. I rank the first part with my all-time favorite Westerns. Critics argue that 2-3 of the characters are cartoonish (Inish Scull, Inez and Gus) but just roll with it; it’s part of the film’s charm. It was shot from March-July 2006 at Cerro Pelon Movie Ranch, which is located south of Sante Fe and northeast of Albuquerque, as well as areas around the Pecos River east of there. GRADE: A-/B+