"She was born to raise hell."
After the death of a Southern preacher, his ne'er-do-well daughter returns home to collect her inheritance.
Social & External
The people behind it
Moira Glennon
Agnes
Jeffrey Charles Morgan
Joe
Muretta Moss
Victoria
Eduardo José Paco Mateo
Carlos
Win Scott
Benjamin
Julie Jones Ivey
Narrator / Unknown Woman
Dustin Gooch
Texan
Delia Kropp
Liv
Pamela Graham Burkhalter
Mrs. Busby
Spencer Stephens
Freddie
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