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Status
Released
Release
2020
Runtime
13m
"Based on the true events of Spindletop."
"Spindletop: The Beginning" is a period piece short film about the "The Prophet of Spindletop," Pattillo Higgins, and his mischievous antics as a young teenager. Spindletop refers to the 1901 oil gusher in Beaumont which would change the economy of Texas and the Gulf Coast forever.
20 Cast Members
Keegan Bouton
Young Pattillo Higgins
Chiara McCarty
School Teacher
John Frederick
Officer Henry
Parker White
Private Smith
Mat Williams
Willie Duncan
Patti Brindley
Piano Player
John C. Coffman
Director Daniel
Bryan Ensign
Dapper Gentleman
Mark Ensign
Dapper Gentleman
Bryan Richard Gay
The Photographer
Mary Hooker
Prostitute #1
Beryl Hubbard
Country Bumpkin #2
Dorothy Hughes
Choir Lady #1
Marilyn Manson-Hayes
Director Daniel's Wife
Dee Ann Prince-Lewis
Choir Lady
Betty Davis Pruitt
Prostitute #2
Heather Sonnier
Prostitute #3
Evan Soto
Student Marvin
Gary Teague
Window Man
Mark Connelly Wilson
Bartender