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Many of the hats featured in the popular miniseries Lonesome Dove were made by Manny Gammage, including the "Gus" hat worn by the character Gus McCrae portrayed by Robert Duvall in the film. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Through this film Manny also became friends with and made hats for Bill Wittliff , Robert Urich and a number of other cast and crew.
Lonesome Dove follows two retired Texas Rangers, Woodrow Call and Augustus McCrae who run the Hat Creek Cattle company. Woodrow Call realizes retirement does not suit him and grows restless. Gus does not mind retirement too much, but he does miss Clara, the love of his life, who currently lives up north in Nebraska.
Captain Augustus "Gus" McCrae – A co-owner of the Hat Creek outfit and former Texas Ranger, he is a lazy, loquacious, and charismatic rake with a fondness for alcohol, gambling, and whores; he is nonetheless a brave and competent fighter when required. He is tall and lanky, famed for his excellent eyesight, and has had silver hair since he ...
Created Date: 8/30/2012 4:52:52 PM
In the late 1870s, Captain Augustus "Gus" McCrae and Captain Woodrow F. Call, two famous former Texas Rangers, run a livery in the small, dusty Texas border town of Lonesome Dove along the Rio Grande. Gus is an upbeat womanizer and twice a widower, and Call is a strict, stoic workaholic.
Comanche Moon (1997) is a Western novel by American writer Larry McMurtry.It is the fourth and final book he published in the Lonesome Dove series.In terms of chronology, it is the second installment of the narrative.
Barbara Hershey as Clara Forsythe Allen, former love of Gus McCrae and owner of a ranch in Nebraska. Clara blames Call for her failed relationship with Gus. Ricky Schroder as Newt Dobbs, a young orphan raised by Gus and Call. His mother was a prostitute named Maggie Dobbs, who died when he was a child.
Woodrow Call and Gus McCrae are in their middle years, serving as Texas Rangers. In terms of the Lonesome Dove series' storyline, this account serves as a prequel to the Lonesome Dove miniseries, and a sequel to Dead Man's Walk. It first aired on CBS beginning Sunday, January 13, and continuing Tuesday, January 15, and Wednesday, January 16, 2008.