Release Date | 1989-02-08 |
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Runtime | 90 minutes |
Genres | Drama, Western |
Stars | Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Robert Urich, D.B. Sweeney |
Directors | Suzanne de Passe, William D. Wittliff, Dyson Lovell, Robert Halmi Jr., Michael Weisbarth |
A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to the grasslands of Montana.
Larry McMurtry's saga opens with two former Texas Rangers beginning a cattle drive to Montana.
A deadly pursuit on the plains pits Gus against a sadistic renegade named Blue Duck.
Off the trail, Jake falls in with bad company, while Gus shares a bittersweet reunion with an old flame.
A tragedy in the Montana Territory exacts a painful promise from Call that takes him on a haunting mission back to Texas. Conclusion.