Pure Country is a 1992 American drama musical western film directed by Christopher Cain and starring George Strait in his acting debut, with Lesley Ann Warren, Isabel Glasser and Kyle Chandler.

", a band begins to play that is full of smoke and lights, and Wyatt "Dusty" Chandler enters the stage to perform his songs.

Dusty feels that his elaborate stage show is overwhelming his music, a suspicion confirmed one night when he omits several bars of a chart-topping hit, "Where the Sidewalk Ends".

After shaving his beard and cutting off his ponytail, Dusty heads for the small farm town where he grew up, visiting his wise old grandmother.

Meanwhile, Dusty stays on at the ranch, paying room and board and taking roping lessons, all the while earning the respect of Harley's father, Ernest.

After Dusty's band left Shreveport, they head to Las Vegas where Harley Tucker competed the rodeo.

The bar scenes where Dusty meets Harley were filmed at Western Kountry Klub, located between Midlothian and Mansfield Tx.

Despite Strait's popularity in the music world, Pure Country only grossed $15 million at the box office.

[8][9] Screenwriter Rex McGee spoke of the two follow-ups saying he was not involved with those films and that their scripts existed for a long time.

McGee continued that when the scripts were picked up by Warner Bros., the studio "just slapped the "Pure Country" title on.

[12] The musical was originally slated to premiere on Broadway during Spring 2009 and a workshop casting call was placed in March 2008.

[18] If it had not been cancelled, the production would have featured Levi Kreis in the lead role, accompanied by Sally Mayes, Stephanie Gibson, and Felicia Finley.