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Miracle in East Texas is a 2019 American Western comedy film directed by Kevin Sorbo and written by Dan Gordon. The film is inspired by the true story of the East Texas Oil Field discovery in 1930 by wildcatter C. M. "Dad" Joiner, and Malcolm Crim. It stars Sorbo, John Ratzenberger, Sam Sorbo, Louis Gossett Jr., and Tyler Mane. The plot follows two con artists during the Great Depression who attempt to swindle a group of widows by drilling for oil on worthless land, only to accidentally strike the largest oil reserve in history.