The Stars Fell on Henrietta

Name: The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Director: James Keach
Genre: Drama
Released: 1995-09-15
Duration: 1 h 49 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Robert Duvall, Aidan Quinn, Frances Fisher, Brian Dennehy, Lexi Randall

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

1995

1h 49m

Drama

Director: James Keach

Writer: Philip Railsback

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?