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Billy Jack is a 1971 American action drama independent film, the second of four films centering on a character of the same name which began with the movie The Born Losers (1967), played by Tom Laughlin, who directed and co-wrote the script.
Aug 2, 1971 · Billy Jack: Directed by Tom Laughlin. With Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Clark Howat, Victor Izay. Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.
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- Action, Drama
- Tom Laughlin
- 1971-08-02
- In The Beginning… The Billy Jack character was actually introduced in the 1967 film The Born Losers. Tom Laughlin already had the basic outline of the script for Billy Jack the movie, but lacked funding because studios simply weren’t interested in a film about peace and love and the plight of the American Indian.
- Friends and Family Plan. If some of the “actors” in the film seem a bit wooden, that’s probably because they weren’t professional performers but rather friends of the Laughlin family.
- Let’s Make Everyone White. Speaking of the famous confrontation in the ice cream shop that drove Billy berserk, viewers who wondered why a soda fountain would have a barrel of flour handy might be interested to find out that this scene was based on a real-life incident Taylor witnessed while growing up in a small South Dakota reservation town.
- A Dislocated Elbow or Drive Your Car into the Lake? One of many iconic scenes in Billy Jack is the one where Billy forces Bernard Posner to drive his brand-new $6000 Corvette Stingray into the lake.
May 1, 2021 · Billy Jack 1971 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066832/ Released exactly 50 years ago on May 1, 1971 Tom Laughlin's masterpiece would forever change the way we see action movies & action heroes....
- 45 sec
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- Facetina
Feb 23, 2010 · Brief Synopsis. A former Green Beret fights to protect a school for runaways in the desert. Cast & Crew. Read More. Tom Laughlin. Billy Jack. Delores Taylor. Jean Roberts. Clark Howat. Sheriff Cole. Victor Izay. Doctor. Julie Webb. Barbara. Debbie Schock. Kit. Photos & Videos. View All. Film Details. MPAA Rating. Genre. Western. Action. Drama.
- Mike Dmytryk, Joseph E. Rickards
- Tom Laughlin
Laughlin was best known for his series of Billy Jack films. He was married to actress Delores Taylor from 1954 until his death. Taylor co-produced and acted in all four Billy Jack films.
Billy Jack is the defender of the Freedom School, a school full of happy children taught my Laughlin's real-life wife Delores, who are assaulted from all sides by the horrible folks of...
- (16)
- Drama
- PG
