stuck on the side of the road no start

if you have a good ignition module you can swap it over and try but if it was missing before it died it could very well be something else because the ignition modules normally either work or dont same with the ballast resistor if the ballast resistor dies the car would run as long as its in the start position as soon as you let go of the switch it dies .
im thinking you might want to check the coil first and make sure the distributer shaft is turning and it isnt a broken cam or timing chain