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Happy, Texas

Country: USA, Language: English, 98 mins

  • Director: Mark Illsley
  • Writer: Ed Stone; Mark Illsley
  • Producer: Norman Buckley; Jason Clark

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Two convicts on the run pretend to be gay - masquerading as beauty pageant consultants - that took imagination!

This could have been a rather special film, especially with such a capable actor playing the closeted cop...but, in reality, it is a pool of pigswill intended for the brain-dead.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Two escaped convicts arrive in the town of Happy, Texas, where they are mistaken for a gay couple who is to host the town's Little Miss Fresh Squeezed beauty pageant. Enjoying the celebrity and using their skill as con-men, the two adopt their persona to take on the task. Of course, as the two are heterosexual, their interest in the involved ladies intensifies. Ally Walker is a banker, who is distrustful of men and has given up on love. Illeana Douglas plays the dowdy, badly dressed teacher.

Cast & Characters

Steve Zahn as Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr., aka David;
Jeremy Northam as Harry Sawyer, aka Steven 'Steve';
William H. Macy as Sheriff Chappy Dent;
Ally Walker as Josephine 'Joe' McClintock the Banker;
Illeana Douglas as Doreen Schaefer;
M.C. Gainey as Robert 'Bob' Allen Maslow;
Ron Perlman as Marshal Nalhober;
Mo Gaffney as Mrs. Bromley;
Paul Dooley as The Judge;
Jillian Berard as Madison 'Maddie';
Scarlett Pomers as Jency;
Melissa Arnold as Another Happy Girl;
Cassie Silva as Another Happy Girl;
Tiffany Takara as Another Happy Girl;
Tim Bagley as David, Pagent Professional