Painted Hero (1996)

Synopsis: After returning to his hometown, rodeo clown Virgil Kidder gets mixed up in a murder mystery and must contend with a sheriff out to even an old score. Virgil is a loner who has been performing in... After returning to his hometown, rodeo clown Virgil Kidder gets mixed up in a murder mystery and must contend with a sheriff out to even an old score. Virgil is a loner who has been performing in small-time rodeos and engaging in one-night stands ever since he left his girlfriend and son seven years ago. But now, his old buddy Brownie convinces him to return home to Waco, Texas. Once back, he runs into Sheriff Gil Acuff, who still resents Virgil for a bronco accident years earlier that put an end to Gil's promising rodeo career. When Virgil becomes romantically involved with Teresa, Acuff's niece, he gets into a load of trouble. Teresa believes she is a vampire and has a yen for fast cars and rodeo performers. Then someone puts a stake through her heart, and leaves her corpse in the trunk of Virgil's car. Now the cowboy must prove he is innocent of the crime and find the real culprit. [More]

Starring: Dwight Yoakam, Michelle Joyner, Kiersten Warren, Cindy Pickett

Starring: Dwight Yoakam, Michelle Joyner, Kiersten Warren, Cindy Pickett, John Getz, Walton Goggins, Bo Hopkins

Director: Terry Benedict

Director: Terry Benedict
Composer: Rick Marotta
Producer: Terry Benedict, Peter Greene, Jeff G. Waxman, Richard C. Weinman
Screenwriter: Terry Benedict, Stan Bertheaud

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