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The Born Losers

Year:
Duration:
113 min
Genres:
Action | Drama | Thriller
IMDB rate:
6
Director:
Tom Laughlin
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1967-07-12
Filming Locations: Huntington Shores Motel - 21002 Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $360,000
Gross: $19,204,275 (USA) ( 1974)
Cast
Actor
Character
Tom Laughlin
Billy Jack
Jeremy Slate
Daniel 'Danny' Carmody
William Wellman Jr.
Child
Jack Starrett
Deputy Fred
Paul Bruce
District Attorney George Davis
Robert Cleaves
Mr. Crawford
Paul Prokop
Speechless
Robert Tessier
Cueball
Jeff Cooper
Gangrene
Stuart Lancaster
Sheriff Harvey (as Stewart Lancaster)
Anne Bellamy
Mrs. Prang
Gordon Hoban
Jerry Carmody
Susan Foster
Linda Prang
Janice Miller
Jodell Shorn
Julie Cahn
LuAnn Crawford (as Julie Cohn)
Jane Russell
Mrs. Shorn
Ruth Warshawsky
Bill Carey
Paul Napier
Art Eisner
Michael Ivey
Edwin Cook
Crabs
Timothy Hall
Robert Coutu
Susan Baumann
Susan Winfield
Robin Corum
Tom Middleton
Wayne Cappasso
James Smith
Robert Apollo
Dr. (uncredited)
Ron Holmstrom
Surfer Kid on Sidewalk (uncredited)
Clegg Hoyt
Mr. Carmody (uncredited)
Randee Lynne Jensen
Extra (uncredited)
Teresa Kelly
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Mike LeSage
Pedistrian (uncredited)
Delores Taylor
Pedestrian with Children / Opening Off Screen Narrator (uncredited)
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Trivia
When Billy Jack and Vicky Barrington meet the astrologer in the restaurant, he asks Billy when his birthday is. Billy replies "August 10th." This is the birthday of Tom Laughlin, who plays Billy Jack.
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Banned in Sweden for its violence in 1968, 1972 and 1975.
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Tom Laughlin used the pseudonym T.C. Frank for his director's credit. The name stands for his three children, Frank, Teresa, and Christina
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Goofs
After Speechless lands his bike in the pond, you see JoDell Shorn is seen just getting out of the car, in the next shot, she's in the crowd.
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The brake lever on the right handle bar of Vicki's Yamaha sticks up at an angle at the beginning of the movie, and 30 minutes into the movie, it disappears. Later, it reappears and disappears again several times.
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About 4min into the film we fist see the bug of the man about to be beaten up. One bike pulls up behind him but there is no bike in front of him to bump into.
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Faq
Q
How does the movie end?
A
When Billy learns that Vicky is still with the Losers in their beach house, he races over there only to find her naked, beaten, bloody, and lying on the floor. When the Losers come back, Billy is waiting. He forces them at gunpoint to line up against the wall, then orders Danny to appoint two of his mamas to take Vicky to the hospital and have the doctor call when she gets there. He gives the girls 15 minutes until he starts shooting at Losers. Danny laughs and refuses to comply, so Billy gives him to the count of three. When Danny continues to laugh and make threats, Billy shoots him right between the eyes. Child (William Wellman Jr.) then takes over leadership and orders the girls to take Vicky to the hospital. Meanwhile, the police are gathering outside the house. Billy forces the Losers outside where they are immediately apprehended by the police. Billy exits from a back door and tries to get away on a motorcycle but is shot in the back by a policeman. In the final scene, Vicky finds Billy lying by a lake and near death. She confesses her love for him, and a flight-for-life helicopter carries him off to a hospital.
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A Note Regarding Spoilers
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The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.
Q
What is 'Born Losers' about?
A
Half-Indian and ex-Green Beret, Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) takes the law into his own hands when the Born Losers, a vicious motorcycle gang led by Danny Carmody (Jeremy Slate), rape four young women in the coastal town of Big Rock, California and then try to intimidate them into not testifying at the indictment hearing. While three of the women decide not to testify, the fourth, Vicky Barrington (Elizabeth James), comes under Billy's protection and stands up with him against the gang.
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