Film Archive
Happy, Texas
1999 • 1h 38m • Comedy · Crime
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Rating
1h 38m
Runtime
Synopsis
About the Film
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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May 7, 2026
Zany Zahn Movies / Steve Zahn Comedies
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Credits
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Directed by
Mark Illsley
Written by
Mark Illsley
Screenplay
Phil Reeves
Screenplay
Ed Stone
Screenplay
Cast
Featured Performers
8 credited performers from TMDb.
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