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Psycho from Texas

Psycho from Texas

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Psycho from Texas

"He was a stranger… and a killer"

1975

1h 29m

3.5(15 votes)

Thriller

Horror

Overview

A drifter/hitman is hired by a local business man to kidnap the local oil baron. The hitman had been reared in squalor, suffering the abuses of his whoring mama. When the baron escapes his assistant must chase him while the hitman takes care of a few loose ends.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

John King III

Wheeler

Herschel Mays

William Phillips

Tommy Lamey

Tommy Lamey

Slick

Candy Dee

Connie Phillips

Janel King

Ellen Peterson

Joanne Bruno

Bertha

Reed Johnson

Steve Foster

Jack Collins

Sheriff Tom Peterson

Marland Proctor

Marland Proctor

Deputy Carl

Christian Feazell

Young Wheeler

Creative team

Directed by: Jack Collins
Jim Feazell
Written by: Jim Feazell
Produced by: Jack Collins
Jim Feazell

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