The Stars Fell on Henrietta

Sep 15, 1995

1h 49m

★ 6.1

Henrietta, Texas...It was 1935, and all they had was a dream.

Overview

The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox finds himself in the town of Henrietta. Using unconventional methods, he convinces himself and local Don Day that there is oil on Day's land. The financially strapped Day puts everything into finding oil...but at what cost?

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Butcher's Run Films

Malpaso Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Mr. Cox

Robert Duvall

Don Day

Aidan Quinn

Cora Day

Frances Fisher

Big Dave McDermot

Brian Dennehy

Beatric Day (eldest daughter)

Lexi Randall

Pauline Day

Kaytlyn Knowles

Mary Day (as Francesca Ruth Eastwood)

Francesca Eastwood

Big Dave's driver

Joe Stevens

Roy

Billy Bob Thornton

Henry Nakai

Victor Wong

Seymour

Paul Lazar

Delbert Tims

Spencer Garrett

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