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Happy, Texas (1999)
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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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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Genre:Comedy, Crime
Written By:Ed Stone, Mark Illsley, Phil Reeves
In Theaters:12/3/1999
Box Office:$1,943,649
Runtime:98 minutes
Studio:Marked Entertainment
Cast
Mark Illsley
Director
Jeremy Northam
Harry Sawyer
Steve Zahn
Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr.
William H. Macy
Sheriff Chappy Dent
Ally Walker
Josephine "Joe" McClintock
Illeana Douglas
Doreen Schaefer
M.C. Gainey
Bob Maslow
Ron Perlman
Marshal Nalhober
Mo Gaffney
Mrs. Bromley
Paul Dooley
The Judge
Jillian Berard
Madison
Scarlett Pomers
Jency
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