Dead Man's Walk

• Genre: Western
• Movie Type: Traditional Western
• Themes: Lone Wolves
• Release Year: 1996
• Country: US
• Run Time: 270 minutes

Plot

Author Larry McMurtry revisits Gus and Woodrow, the aging lawmen from his bestselling Western novel Lonesome Dove, in their early days as young men determined to make a name for themselves as Texas Rangers in this made-for-TV prequel. Gus (David Arquette) and Woodrow (Jonny Lee Miller) join up with a ragtag band of Rangers determined to take Santa Fe away from Mexico, but they soon find they've walked into a dangerous but forbidding territory of populated by hostile Indians and dangerous opportunists. Dead Man's Walk also features Brian Dennehy, F. Murray Abraham, Keith Carradine, and Edward James Olmos. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

F. Murray Abraham - Col. Caleb Cobb; David Arquette - Gus; Brian Dennehy - Maj. Randall Chevallie; Harry Dean Stanton - Shadrach; Keith Carradine - Bigfoot Wallace; Edward James Olmos - Capt. Salazar; Jonny Lee Miller - Woodrow; Jennifer Garner - Clara Forsythe

Credit

Larry McMurtry - Screenwriter, Larry McMurtry - Book Author

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