The Cowboy(2024)

The Cowboy is a Portuguese crime series set in the early 1980s, following a gang of bank robbers terrorizing the Algarve region. Led by a man known as "The Doctor" and a carpenter nicknamed "The Cowboy," the group orchestrates over 20 heists before their capture. Sentenced to 18 years in prison, The Cowboy becomes central to what would become the bloodiest escape in Portuguese prison history. The series chronicles the gang's reign of terror and the dramatic events that follow their incarceration, blending crime drama with historical events from Portugal's past.