Texas Lightning (film)

Texas Lightning is a 1981 film written and directed by Gary Graver and starring Cameron Mitchell, Cameron Mitchell Jr., Maureen McCormick, and Peter Jason.

The film was originally intended as a serious drama that was to be called The Boys, but the producers demanded that Graver re-edit it into a comedy.

Premise
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.

Soundtrack
Performed by Tony Joe White Composed and Sung by Maureen McCormick Lyrics by Christopher Adler Music by Tommy Vig
 * "Mama Don't Let Your Cowboys Grow Up to Be Babies"
 * "Typical Day"
 * "Texas Lightning"