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1993  NR  WESTERN/TELEVISION  5h 40min

CAST— Jon Voight, Barbara Hershey, Rick Schroder

MUSIC— Ken Thorne  DIRECTOR— Mike Robe

     A non-canonical entry in the Lonesome Dove saga. In other words one can enjoy this miniseries but don’t include this in the official series. As Captain Call is about to return to Montana after burying his friend Augustus McCrea in Texas, he sets his heart on driving a herd of wild ponies to his new ranch. He calls upon various allies, from former Texas Rangers to able horsemen. He soon deals with a gaggle of Mexican vaqueros, headed by a young woman adept with horses but harboring a secret that could spell doom for Call. Meanwhile, there’s a new threat on the plains: Cherokee Jackson, and he’s as formidable as any they’ve faced before. To top things off a plains fire wipes out Clara Allen’s ranch in Nebraska, so they soon join the party, despite Clara’s seething animosity towards Captain Call. As much a soap opera as it is an action-packed Western, so there’s enough to please most tastes, despite the fact that this is not to be found in Larry McMurtry’s authorized series.

OUR RATING— ** ½

PRECEDED BY— Lonesome Dove (1988)