Pete and Stick, two juvenile delinquents just thrown out of a biker gang, break into a luxury house where they rape two women. They settle in the house, sell the valuables and kill a curious neighbor.
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Title: Wild Riders (1971)
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Cast
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Stick
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Elizabeth Knowles | ... |
Rona
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Sherry Bain | ... |
Laure
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Arell Blanton | ... |
Pete
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Jax Jason Carroll | ... |
Stud
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Steve Vincent | ... |
Neighbor
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Bill Collins | ... |
Kelly
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Gail Liddle | ... |
Hippy Girl in Bar
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Ted Hayden | ... |
The Husband
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Dirty Denny | ... |
Bike Gang Leader
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Linda Johanesen | ... |
Crucified Girl
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Diana Jones | ... |
Tom's Daughter
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Frank Charolla | ... |
Biker
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Ray Galvin | ... |
Tom the 'Fence'
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Sex and ingenious violence abounds in this exploitation drama that chronicles the fate of two soul-less, brutal bikers who burst into a mansion occupied by two luscious young women. The poor women are immediately and painfully violated until one of their husbands, a cellist, comes home. Written by Ørnås
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They took a trip on an escape machine without brakes!... and ended up on the road to hell!Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
21 April 1972 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Biker - Die gnadenlose Jagd See more »Company Credits
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This film starts off promisingly, (for sick, sick thrills) when our two main characters torture and kill Pete's girlfriend because she dared to cheat on him, and with a man who had the gall to be born with a high melanin content, no less. This is too much to stand, even for the rest of the scuzzy biker gang they are riding with, so the gang leader tells them to beat it, hit the road and don't come back, the gang is splitting up and some of us are going to California.
So, the two scuzz buckets, Pete (reminiscent of Peter Fonda's Heavenly Blue, only meaner) and Stick (he's a bit slow but lovable, for a moronic sadist), go off by themselves like some crank-addicted George and Lennie in a white-trash version of "Of Mice and Men". Out of money and desperate, our two anti-heroes take over a somewhat posh suburban home where two sisters are holed up, bickering, since hubby is away on business.
The two creeps take over the house and hold the ladies hostage, and we settle in for over an hour of what appears to be a sort of bargain-basement "Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf" on meth. Various physical and psychic tortures are inflicted upon both the victims and tormentors, as mind games galore play themselves out, until the inevitable, bloody conclusion. And since this was made during the post-Altamont era, you just know that the ending is most certainly NOT going to consist of the main characters going off into the sunset or sharing milk and cookies. Let's just say you'll never look at the cello the same way again.
A violent creep fest full of ugliness, recriminations and unnecessary cruelty. But in spite of that, I still didn't like it.
I can sum up the problem here in four words: not enough bike riding. A few more chase scenes, biker parties with naked chicks, or even a shootout with the police, and I might have gotten on board with this little sleaze fest. But, they blew it. I totally get that they had a very low budget to work with, but this wasn't the way to solve that problem. In spite of this, I give it a three since Alex Rocco puts in a good performance as a mildly retarded reprobate.