Texas Lightning (film)

Texas Lightning
Texas Lightning
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Gary Graver
Written by	Gary Graver
Produced by	Jim Sotos
Starring	Cameron Mitchell; Cameron Mitchell Jr.; Maureen McCormick; Peter Jason;
Cinematography	Gary Graver; Bruce M. Pasternack;
Edited by	Drake Silliman
Music by	Tommy Vig
Distributed by	Film Ventures International
Release date	June 21, 1981;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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]

Premise

A tough, macho, truck driver 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.