Accidental Texan

Rated: PG-13 (strong language and brief violence)

Running Time: 104 min

Director: Mark Lambert Bristol

Screenplay: Julie B. Denny, Cole Thompson

Cast: Thomas Haden Church, Carrie-Ann Moss, Rudy Pankow, Bruce Dern

After blowing his first big acting job in New Orleans, Harvard-educated ERWIN VANDEVEER finds himself stranded in Buffalo Gap, Texas, where he is taken under the wing of irrepressible, almost-bankrupt, oil driller MERLE LUSKEY, who sees Erwin as his “Savin’ Angel.” The two set off on a crazy fun-filled adventure to outwit the bank, the sheriff, and a corrupt oil company in a frantic race to hit pay dirt before Merle’s dreams are foreclosed.