Texas Lightning (1981)
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.
Top billed cast
Cameron MitchellKarl Stover
Cameron Mitchell Jr.Buddy Owen (as Channing Mitchell)
Maureen McCormickFay
Peter JasonFrank Whitman- Jean ClarkLeonard Simpson
- Hope HolidayMrs. Stover
Charles DierkopWalt
Danone CamdenDonna
Lisa De LeeuwLisa
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