Painted Hero

Painted Hero (1995)

Genres - Drama, Sports & Recreation, Thriller  |   Sub-Genres - Americana  |   Release Date - Sep 16, 1997 (USA - Unknown), Sep 16, 1997 (USA)  |   Run Time - 106 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

Country music star Dwight Yoakam plays a rodeo clown in this actioner. Virgil Kidder is running from his girlfriend and his son. He left them seven years ago and finds a haven working in small-time rodeos. At night he occupies himself with brief, meaningless affairs. As the story really opens Virgil is pushed by his old buddy Brownie to return to Waco and face his past. Among those he must deal with is Sheriff Gil Acuff who blames Virgil for his debilitating rodeo accident. Soon after his arrival to town, Acuff's delusional niece, who thinks she is a vampire, is found dead in Virgil's car with a stake protruding from her chest.

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clown, rodeo, killing, past, dysfunctional, niece, on-the-run, sheriff, vampire, extramarital-affair, abandonment