
Texas Lightning
Drama · Action
Overview
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 Cast


Cameron Mitchell
Cameron Mitchell
Karl Stover
Cameron Mitchell
Karl Stover
Cameron Mitchell Jr.
Cameron Mitchell Jr.
Buddy Owen (as Channing Mitchell)
Cameron Mitchell Jr.
Buddy Owen (as Channing Mitchell)


Maureen McCormick
Maureen McCormick
Fay
Maureen McCormick
Fay


Peter Jason
Peter Jason
Frank Whitman
Peter Jason
Frank Whitman
Jean Clark
Jean Clark
Leonard Simpson
Jean Clark
Leonard Simpson
Hope Holiday
Hope Holiday
Mrs. Stover
Hope Holiday
Mrs. Stover


Charles Dierkop
Charles Dierkop
Walt
Charles Dierkop
Walt


Danone Camden
Danone Camden
Donna
Danone Camden
Donna


Lisa De Leeuw
Lisa De Leeuw
Lisa
Lisa De Leeuw
Lisa
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