''J.L. Family Ranch'' is a 2016 American

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television film directed by

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and written by Harley Peyton. It stars

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, and Trevor Donovan. It was broadcast on the

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channel on August 21, 2016. It was released in Europe as ''Texas Blood''. It was followed by a sequel ''JL Family Ranch 2'' in 2020.

Plot

Veteran rancher and former sheriff John Landsburg must face federal bureaucracy when an old enemy, Tap Peterson, alleges John does not actually own the family's Texas ranch.

Cast

as John Landsburg *

as Rebecca Landsburg *

as Tap Peterson *

as Laura Lee Schafer *

as Hector Arrieta * Abby Brammell as Regan Landsburg *

as Sheriff Henry Whitlock * Trevor Donovan as Brady Landsburg * Nathan Keyes as Terrence * Lee Purcell as Mable Ritter * Skyler Shaye as Lynn Landsburg * Kevin Lingle as Agent in Charge * Shane Woodson as Ethan Petersen * Cory Scott Allen as McCarthy * Clarke Vesty is Jon Voight's double and appears as a ranch hand

Production

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on the film began in mid-January 2016 in

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, with

directing and Crystal Sky Pictures' Steven Paul producing from a script by Harley Peyton and music by Eric Allaman.

References

External links

* * 2016 television films 2016 Western (genre) films Crystal Sky Pictures films Hallmark Channel original films Films directed by Charles Robert Carner Films shot in Kentucky American Western (genre) television films 2016 films 2010s English-language films English-language Western (genre) films {{US-tv-film-stub