Happy, Texas

Name: Happy, Texas
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1999-12-03
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Cast: Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn, William H. Macy, Ally Walker

1999 · 1h 38m · Comedy, Crime · United States of America · Rated 14A (CA)

Escaped convicts disguised as beauty pageant experts? This could get ugly.

Two escaped convicts roll into the village of Happy, Texas, where they're mistaken for a gay couple who work as beauty pageant consultants. They go along with it to duck the police, but the local sheriff has a secret of his own.

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Mark Illsley

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Ed Stone, Mark Illsley, Phil Reeves

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Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn, William H. Macy, Ally Walker

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