Editing Laredo, Texas (section)

====Film and television====

''[[Streets of Laredo (film)|Streets of Laredo]]'' is a 1949 [[Western film]] starring [[William Holden]], [[Macdonald Carey]], and [[William Bendix]]<ref>José David Saldívar, ''The Dialectics of Our America: Genealogy, Cultural Critique, and Literary History'' (Duke University Press, 1991), [https://books.google.com/books?id=oUd2nLGZgZIC&pg=PA52&dq=%22Streets+of+Laredo%22+film&ei=8FsqSfLuE47mM9OMtLYD 52].</ref> as three outlaws who rescue a young girl, played by [[Mona Freeman]]. When they become separated, two reluctantly become [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Rangers]], while the third continues on a life of crime.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0717163/|title="Laredo" on ''Tales of Wells Fargo'', December 23, 1957|publisher=[[IMDb|Internet Movie Database]]|access-date=February 7, 2013}}</ref>

In 1958, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] aired the second episode, "Ambush in Laredo", of the 17-part [[miniseries]], ''[[Texas John Slaughter (TV series)|Texas John Slaughter]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0561217/|title=''Texas John Slaughter'': "Ambush at Laredo", November 14, 1958|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=December 6, 2012}}</ref>

The 1959 Western film, ''[[Gunmen from Laredo]]'', stars [[Robert Knapp (actor)|Robert Knapp]], [[Walter Coy]], [[Paul Birch (actor)|Paul Birch]], and [[Ron Hayes]]. He winds up in prison on a false murder charge, but the marshal allows him to escape to pursue the man who killed his wife.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052869/|title=''Gunmen from Laredo'' (1959)|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=December 6, 2012}}</ref>

The 1983 film ''[[Eddie Macon's Run]]'', based on a James McLendon novel, features [[John Schneider (screen actor)|John Schneider]] as Eddie Macon, who is wrongly convicted of mostly minor crimes. While performing at a prison rodeo in [[Huntsville, Texas]], he escapes and heads for Laredo, where he hopes to join his family in Mexico. Carl "Buster" Marzack ([[Kirk Douglas]]) is a cop in hot pursuit of Eddie. Without transportation, Eddie journeys on foot. He ends up in the woods, where he is nearly killed. He meets Jilly Buck ([[Lee Purcell]]), a bored rich girl who agrees to help him.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hal Erickson|title=Eddie Macon's Run (1983) |department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/15288/Eddie-Macon-s-Run/overview|access-date=August 5, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024180054/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/15288/Eddie-Macon-s-Run/overview|date=2013|archive-date=October 24, 2013|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)}}</ref>

''[[Lone Star (1996 film)|Lone Star]]'' is a 1996 American [[mystery film]] written and directed by [[John Sayles]] and set in a small town in [[Texas]]. The [[ensemble cast]] features [[Chris Cooper]], [[Kris Kristofferson]], [[Matthew McConaughey]], and [[Elizabeth Peña]] and deals with a sheriff's investigation into the murder of one of his predecessors. The movie was filmed in [[Del Rio, Texas|Del Rio]], [[Eagle Pass, Texas|Eagle Pass]], and Laredo.{{citation needed|date=April 2024|reason="Template:IMDb title" failed.}}

The 2011 series, ''Bordertown: Laredo'', is a 10-episode documentary on the [[Arts and Entertainment Network]] based on the work of the narcotics unit of the Laredo Police Department.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aetv.com/bordertown-laredo/ |title=Bordertown: Laredo |website=aetv.com |access-date=December 6, 2012}}</ref>