Streets of Laredo (TV miniseries)
| Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo |
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|---|---|
| Genre | Western |
| Written by | Larry McMurtry Diana Ossana |
| Directed by | Joseph Sargent |
| Starring |
James Garner Sissy Spacek Sam Shepard Ned Beatty Randy Quaid Wes Studi Charles Martin Smith George Carlin Alexis Cruz |
| Theme music composer | David Shire |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Robert Halmi Jr. Larry Levinson Joe Lunne Larry McMurtry Ted Nelson Diana Ossana |
| Location(s) |
Lajitas, Texas Brackettville, Texas Alamo Village |
| Cinematography | Edward J. Pei |
| Editor(s) | Debra Karen |
| Running time | 300 min |
| Production company(s) |
De Passe Entertainment Levinson Productions RHI Entertainment |
| Distributor | Columbia Broadcasting System |
| Release | |
| Picture format | 1.33 : 1 |
| Original release | November 12 – November 14, 1995 |
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 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.
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.
Pea Eye Parker, formerly of the Hat Creek outfit, now owns a farm in the Texas Panhandle. He is married to Lorena Wood, the former whore and lover of Gus McCrae, and now a school teacher. Pea Eye is devoted to her and their five children, and she has learned to reciprocate and become almost equally as attached to him. He is, however, increasingly pressured by his wife to settle down, so he initially declines to accompany Call and Brookshire in the hunt for Garza. His loyalty and devotion to Call finally prevails, though, and he sets out after Call, where he is soon joined by the celebrated Kickapoo tracker, Famous Shoes.
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