''Texas Lightning'' is a 1981 film written and directed by

Gary Graver Gary Foss Graver (July 20, 1938 – November 16, 2006) was an American film director, editor, screenwriter and cinematographer. He was a prolific filmmaker, working in various roles on over 300 films, but is best known as Orson Welles' final cine ...

and starring Cameron Mitchell, Cameron Mitchell Jr.,

Maureen McCormick Maureen Denise McCormick (born August 5, 1956) is an American actress. She portrayed Marcia Brady on the ABC television sitcom ''The Brady Bunch'', which ran from 1969 to 1974, and reprised the role in several of the numerous ''Brady Bunch'' ...

, and

Peter Jason Peter Edward Ostling (born July 22, 1944), also known as Peter Jason, is an American character actor. He has appeared in over eighty films and a hundred television series. He played Con Stapleton in the series '' Deadwood''. He was a frequent col ...

. 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.Information from the DVD commentary

Premise

A tough, macho,

truck driver A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker, teamster, or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; a HGV driver in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the European Union, a lorry driver, or driver in ...

decides to make his soft son more manly by taking him hunting. They vacation and go to a honky tonk bar where the younger man falls in love with a burned out waitress.

Principal cast

Soundtrack

* "Mama Don't Let Your Cowboys Grow Up to Be Babies" Performed by

Tony Joe White Tony Joe White (July 23, 1943 – October 24, 2018), nicknamed the Swamp Fox, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit " Polk Salad Annie" and for " Rainy Night in Georgia", which he wrote but which was first ...

* "Typical Day" Composed and Sung by Maureen McCormick * "Texas Lightning" Lyrics by Christopher Adler Music by Tommy Vig

References

External links

* * 1981 films Films set in Texas Films shot in Texas 1981 comedy-drama films 1981 comedy films 1981 drama films 1980s English-language films American comedy-drama films American adventure comedy films Films directed by Gary Graver 1980s American films {{1980s-comedy-drama-film-stub