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Director:
Tom Laughlin
Writers:
Tom Laughlin (writer)
Delores Taylor (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
13 November 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Music | Thriller more
Tagline:
It takes up where Billy Jack left off
Plot:
After Billy Jack in sentenced to four years in prison for the "involuntary manslaughter" of the first film... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Great movie! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Tom Laughlin ... Billy Jack
Delores Taylor ... Jean Roberts
Victor Izay ... Doc
Teresa Kelly ... Carol (as Teresa Laughlin)
Russell Lane ... Russell
Geo Anne Sosa ... Joanne
Lynn Baker ... Lynn
Riley Hill ... Posner

Sparky Watt ... Sheriff Cole
Gus Greymountain ... Blue Elk
Sacheen Littlefeather ... Patsy Littlejohn
Michael Bolland ... Danny
Jack Stanley ... Grandfather
Bong Soo Han ... Master Han
Rolling Thunder ... Thunder Mountain
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Additional Details

Runtime:
170 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono | 4-Track Stereo

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Indian Rights symposium in the film was unscripted. The testimonials delivered were written by the actual speakers/actors. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: There is a scene in which the Freedom School kids are watching a Freedom School TV interview with Posner on a television atop a tower of equipment. The interview footage had been grafted onto the larger image. In one shot, when the camera pans, the grafted interview footage moves completely off of the TV set and into another part of the shot, then back onto the (originally white-noised) TV screen. more
Quotes:
Billy Jack: [surrounded by an angry mob] If there is absolutely no way you can get out of taking a terrible beating, the only sensible thing to do is, get in the first lick! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made (2004) (V) more
Soundtrack:
The Theme from 'The Trial of Billy Jack' more

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6 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Great movie!, 2 October 2003

This movie was long,and it was very powerful for its time in both relation to the Native American movement as well as the anti war movement that was common when the film took place and when it first hit the big screen. If you like either of the 2 topics above then you will probably like the movie. All I can say is I am proud to have it and I was proud to watch it.

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