The Born Losers (1967)

Billy Jack battles outlaw motorcycle gang in a small California beach town.

Director:

Tom Laughlin (as T.C. Frank)

Writer:

Elizabeth James (as James Lloyd)

Stars:

Tom Laughlin, Elizabeth James, Jeremy Slate

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Laughlin	...	Billy Jack
Elizabeth James	...	Vicky Barrington
Jeremy Slate	...	Danny Carmody
William Wellman Jr.	...	Child
Jack Starrett	...	Deputy Fred
Robert Cleaves	...	Mr. Crawford
Paul Bruce	...	District Attorney
Robert Tessier	...	Cueball (as Robert W. Tessier)
Paul Prokop	...	Speechless
Jeff Cooper	...	Gangrene
Stuart Lancaster	...	Sheriff Harvey (as Stewart Lancaster)
Anne Bellamy	...	Mrs. Prang
Ruth Warshawsky	...	Nurse
Bill Carey
Paul Napier

Storyline

A malicious motorcycle gang harasses the residents of a small California town, intimidating most residents to not report them to the police. Among the gang's crimes is the rape of four young women. As the gang attempts to threaten the women into not testifying at the indictment hearing, one of the women, Vicki, comes under the protection of Billy Jack, who has also had several altercations with the gang. The gang escalates their pressure on both Vicki and Billy Jack to keep her out of the courtroom.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to arizona | navajo indian | navajo | psychotronic film | bikersploitation | 

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Taglines:

An innocent girl is first prize in the dirtiest game ever played!

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller | Western

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

The beach shown in the opening immediately before the scene of Billy driving his jeep across the tall Bixby Creek Bridge is the beach below Bixby Creek Bridge. This beach is nearly inaccessible and has no commonly used name. BASE jumpers sometimes parachute from the bridge onto the beach, but are sometimes arrested for trespassing upon their return since the beach is private property. BASE jumpers leave the beach via either a little-known rocky route on the north side of the beach or via the canyon inland of the bridge.

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Goofs

The brake lever on the right handle bar of Vicky'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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Quotes

Child: Hey. You don't have a watch on. How you gonna know when fifteen minutes are up?
Billy Jack: Well you better hope that I'm a good guesser, huh?

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Connections

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 2 (1996)

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Soundtracks

Born Loser's Stripper
Written and Produced by Mike Curb, Co-produced by Al Simms
Performed by Davie Allan And The Arrows (as The Sidewalk Sounds)

User Reviews

Campy, Outrageous Fun!

This movie is interesting on many levels. Although it contains a few shocking scenes (if viewed unedited) it still comes across as kind of campy. When a girl on a motorcycle p***es off a motorcycle gang the fun begins. First of all, the girl on the cute little scooter type motorcyle looks like she just finished a gig on the "Hullabaloo" TV show complete with her matching go-go boots and bikini. She is kinda cute except she has a haircut that looks like they put a bowl on her head and cut around it. (She could have at least wore a "Bob's Big Boy Cascade" to sex it up a bit). She mouths off to the group of scumbags who all look like rejects from the Manson Family.

One shocking scene for 1967 is the part where two gang members french kiss (they are both men)! This is to illustrate the free-sex attitude of the era and supposedly (I am guessing here) to show what a bunch of degenerates these guys are.

Jane Russell is over the top here as a drunken, floozy mother of a teenage trollop who does a strip tease in her trailer park that has to be seen to be believed. The look on her face while stripping is somewhere between orgasmic and root canal. RENT THIS AND HAVE FUN!

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 July 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Born Losers

Filming Locations:

Paradise Cove - 28128 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$360,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fanfare Films, Otis Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1