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Ilsa

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60. I loved him as Gus McRae.

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 07:29 PM

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Lonesome Dove TV 6 part series. Tommy Lee Jones was his friend and business partner, Woodrow Call. Both were Texas Rangers together when the saying was "One riot, one Ranger."

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