Chocolate Lizards (2023)
After blowing his first big acting job in New Orleans, Harvard-educated Erwin Vandeveer finds himself stranded in Buffalo Gap, Texas, where he is taken under the wing of irrepressible, almost-bankrupt, oil driller Merle Luskey, who sees Erwin as his "Savin' Angel." The two set off on a crazy fun-filled adventure to outwit the bank, the sheriff, and a corrupt oil company in a frantic race to hit pay dirt before Merle's dreams are foreclosed. It is based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Cole Thompson.
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Rudy PankowErwin Vandeveer
Thomas Haden ChurchMerle
Carrie-Anne MossFaye
Bruce DernScheermeyer
Julio Cesar CedilloSheriff Nail
Brad LelandMax Dugan
Luis OlmedaSurly Bob
Wally WelchBarry Ramsey
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After blowing his first big acting job in New Orleans, Harvard-educated Erwin Vandeveer finds himself stranded in Buffalo Gap, Texas, where he is taken under the wing of irrepressible, almost-bankrupt, oil driller Merle Luskey, who sees Erwin as his "Savin' Angel." The two set off on a crazy fun-filled adventure to outwit the bank, the sheriff, and a corrupt oil company in a frantic race to hit pay dirt before Merle's dreams are foreclosed. It is based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Cole Thompson.
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