Tex (1982) on Netflix
Fifteen-year-old Tex McCormick and his brother Mason are on their own in Oklahoma. Their mother has died, their father has left, and Mason sells Tex's horse, Rowdy, to make ends meet.
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- Netflix3.8/5
- IMDb6.5/102,805 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes85%
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Plot summary
Their mother has died, and their father, a rodeo rider, has left them, so two teenage brothers are on their own in rural Oklahoma. Mason is seventeen and takes over the running of the household; Tex is fifteen. Money is short, and Mason sells Rowdy, the horse Tex loves, to make ends meet. Tex is angry with his brother for the sale, and he gets into one scrape after another.
Cast
- Jeff Fleuryas Roger
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Tex (1982)
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- S. E. Hinton had turned down every offer to adapt her novels, but she sold the rights to Tex to a Disney executive who came to her home to plead his case, after he agreed to cast her horse in the horse part.
- S. E. Hinton's own horse, Toyota, whom she had raised from a colt, played Rowdy, Tex's horse, in the film.
- Disney's Tex was edgy for the studio at the time, with scenes depicting marijuana and teenage sex, yet Disney did not interfere with the script once the project was launched.
