Farr Point
Screenplay Written By Sam Havens
(Silver Remi Award, 2016 WorldFest)
Screenplay Written By Sam Havens
(Silver Remi Award, 2016 WorldFest)
In a Texas oil town, a widow’s son strives for a college scholarship, but is
side-tracked by the attentions of his sexy landlady and the murder of his
beloved mentor. Coming-of-age. 98 pages.
The smell of oil is in the air, and so is murder, when Eddie Tipton arrives in
a small texas town with his widowed mother in 1950. Eddie and his school
teacher mother take rooms in the home of Texas oil widow, Faye Ruth Paget.
Eddie spends time with handyman Ned Cotton and soon learns that Mrs. Paget's
late husband was murdered a few years earlier. Ned cotton warns Eddie to stay
away from Faye Ruth and to ignore the murder of Lawrence Collier. Eddie, of
course, cannot resist.
Making his way in a new school, dodging the stigma of being the schoolteacher's
son and succumbing to the lure of his middle-aged landlady, Eddie is embroiled
in dangerous adventures on all fronts. He is befriended by two classmates,
Hillyer and Lon, and engages these two smart boys to help him unravel the
mystery of Lawrence Collier's murder. Also, Eddie falls in love with a bright
young student named Reenie Fontenot. And then, Eddie suffers a
devastating loss,causing him to ratchet up his investigation and leading to a
near fatal showdown.
side-tracked by the attentions of his sexy landlady and the murder of his
beloved mentor. Coming-of-age. 98 pages.
The smell of oil is in the air, and so is murder, when Eddie Tipton arrives in
a small texas town with his widowed mother in 1950. Eddie and his school
teacher mother take rooms in the home of Texas oil widow, Faye Ruth Paget.
Eddie spends time with handyman Ned Cotton and soon learns that Mrs. Paget's
late husband was murdered a few years earlier. Ned cotton warns Eddie to stay
away from Faye Ruth and to ignore the murder of Lawrence Collier. Eddie, of
course, cannot resist.
Making his way in a new school, dodging the stigma of being the schoolteacher's
son and succumbing to the lure of his middle-aged landlady, Eddie is embroiled
in dangerous adventures on all fronts. He is befriended by two classmates,
Hillyer and Lon, and engages these two smart boys to help him unravel the
mystery of Lawrence Collier's murder. Also, Eddie falls in love with a bright
young student named Reenie Fontenot. And then, Eddie suffers a
devastating loss,causing him to ratchet up his investigation and leading to a
near fatal showdown.
