Film

Happy, Texas

1999 · 1h 38m · Comedy · Crime

Escaped convicts disguised as beauty pageant experts? This could get ugly.

IMDb

6.3

Rotten Tomatoes

81%

Metacritic

62

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.

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

Melissa Arnold

Other Happy Girl

Cassie Silva

Other Happy Girl

Tiffany Takara

Other Happy Girl

Tim Bagley

David

Michael Hitchcock

Steven

• Mark IllsleyDirector · Screenplay · Producer
• Ed StoneScreenplay · Producer
• Phil ReevesScreenplay
• Rick MontgomeryProducer
• Jason ClarkExecutive Producer
• Bruce Douglas JohnsonDirector of Photography
• Peter HarrisOriginal Music Composer
• Norman BuckleyEditor
• Joe GarciaCasting

Happy, Texas - Trailer

Release date

December 3, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

14A

Budget

$1,700,000

Revenue

$1,943,649

Genres

Comedy, Crime

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