''Rolling Kansas'' is a 2003

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directed and co-written by Oscar-nominated actor

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Plot

Rolling Kansas is about five men (a T-shirt salesman, his two brothers, a large narcoleptic nursing student, and a dim-witted gas station attendant) who embark on a journey to find a secret

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field in

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that was discovered on a map that three of the young men's parents left for them (known as the Hippies Murphy). On the way, they encounter cops, crazy geese, strippers, and a crazy old man played by

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Cast

* James Roday ...Dick Murphy * Sam Huntington ...Dinkadoo Murphy * Jay Paulson ...Dave Murphy * Charlie Finn ...Kevin Haub * Ryan McDow ...Hunter Bullette *