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Texas Lightning is a 1981 film written and directed by Gary Graver and starring Cameron Mitchell, Cameron Mitchell Jr., Maureen McCormick, and Peter Jason. [1] [2] The film was originally intended as a serious drama that was to be called The Boys, but the producers demanded that Graver re-edit it into a comedy. [3]
The original version of Texas Lightning was a serious drama called "The Boys", which producer Edward L. Montoro forced director Gary Graver to re-cut and shoot additional comedic footage for. The new version was released to the theaters as Texas Lightning, while the original cut of the boys remains officially unreleased to this day.
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- Action, Comedy, Drama
- Gary Graver
- 1981-06
Seriously - if you watch this hoping for some trucking and womanizing, you're left with a pretty downbeat drama, despite Graver's re-editing efforts. I assume this probably ran second or third in drive-ins, so nobody complained.
The film was originally intended as a serious drama that was to be called The Boys, but the producers demanded that Graver re-edit it into a comedy. [3]
Texas Lightning is a 1981 film written and directed by Gary Graver. The film was originally intended as a serious drama that was to be called The Boys, but the producers demanded that Graver re-edit it into a comedy.
Texas Lightning. A truck driver (Cameron Mitchell) teaches his son (Channing Mitchell) all he knows, and a waitress handles the rest. Watch Texas Lightning with a subscription on Prime...
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Texas Lightning (1981) Directed by Gary Graver Genres - Action-Adventure , Comedy , Drama | Release Date - Jun 1, 1981 | Run Time - 91 min. | Countries - United States of America | MPAA Rating - R
