The Glory Stompers (1967)

Chino is the tough leader of a motorcycle gang who starts off a war when he abducts and mistreats the leader of the enemy biker gang, Darryl, and his girlfriend Chris. Things get violent when Darryl comes back for revenge.

Director:

Anthony M. Lanza

Writers:

James Gordon White, John Lawrence

Stars:

Dennis Hopper, Jody McCrea, Chris Noel

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dennis Hopper	...	Chino
Jody McCrea	...	Darryl
Chris Noel	...	Chris
Jock Mahoney	...	Smiley
Lindsay Crosby	...	Monk
Casey Kasem	...	Mouth
Jim Reader	...	Paul
Sandra Bettin	...	Jo Ann (as Saundra Gayle)
Robert Tessier	...	Magoo
Astrid Warner	...	Doreen
Gary Wood	...	Pony
Tony Acone
Al Quick
Ed Cook	...	(as Edward Cook)
Paul Prokop

Storyline

Chino is the tough leader of a motorcycle gang who starts off a war when he abducts and mistreats the leader of the enemy biker gang, Darryl, and his girlfriend Chris. Things get violent when Darryl comes back for revenge.

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Plot Keywords:

gang | biker gang | revenge | biker | highway | 

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Taglines:

STRADDLE YOUR HOGS AND RIDE, MAN! The 'Black Souls' vs the 'Stompers' in the deadliest gang war ever waged!

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Selected by Quentin Tarantino for the First Quentin Tarantino Film Fest in Austin, Texas, 1996.

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Goofs

There are numerous continuity goofs between scenes, including the appearance and disappearance of Darryl's facial bruises, Magoo's damaged right eye, and a discoloration on Chris's forehead when she reunites with Darryl that goes away as soon as they kiss.

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Quotes

Chino: The only way out for me and my people is to either snuff you out or to sell you. There's some high class Mexicans across the border. Now being good people, we decided to sell you to these high class Mexican friends of ours.

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Connections

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996)

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Soundtracks

The Stompers' Ride
Performed by Eddie And The Stompers

User Reviews

A Motorcycle Saga of Courage and Loyalty!

Excellent riding sequences and plenty of action made this a great movie to watch. You won't see the excessive carnage that I saw in "The Savage Seven" and "The Losers" but this movie has more than enough brutality to qualify it as a violent biker film.

The Glory Stompers starts off by introducing you to the two basic types of bikers. Those who ride for pleasure and those who look for trouble. The Glory Stompers believe in fun and friendship while the Black Souls behave like opportunistic predators.

The plot is rather simple yet engrossing. The Black Souls ambush a lone Glory Stomper, Darryl (Jody McCrea), and leave him for dead. The only witness is the Stomper's girlfriend, Chris (Chris Noel), so the Black Souls decide to silence her and cash in on her misfortune by selling her to some Mexican criminals. When Darryl regains consciousness he sets out alone after the Black Souls.

The Black Souls make up an interesting group of villains. Dennis Hopper is brilliant as Chino the tough and ruthless leader. Chino's lady, Jo Ann (Sondra Gayle), can best be described as a knife-happy psycho. Paul (Jim Reader) seems to be too civilized to ride with the Black Souls until we learn that he is Chino's younger brother and that they have no other family. Magoo (Robert Tessier) is the largest and most sadistic member of this group. Mouth (Casey Kasem) and Monk (Lindsay Crosby) are the comic relief of the Black Souls as they spend most of their time just clowning around together.

While Darryl is following the Black Souls he runs into Smiley (Jock Mahoney) who used to be a vice president of the Glory Stompers. Now older and wiser Smiley becomes Darryl's mentor and joins him on his pursuit of the Black Souls. They are eventually joined by Darryl's best friend and fellow Stomper, Pony (Gary Wood), and Pony's new bride Doreen (Astrid Warner). This posse of Stompers pursues the Black Souls into the desert where the Black Souls are waiting in a ghost town to sell their captive to the Mexican criminals. This sets up the final showdown.

During my teens this film was one of my personal favorites. If you like "Good versus Evil" and "Damsel in Distress" movies, set to a motorcycle theme, then you should find this one entertaining.

On researching this movie I found some interesting trivia about three of the actors who played Black Souls. Casey Kasem was inducted into the Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1995. Casey was also the voice of "Shaggy" in the Scooby Doo cartoons. Robert Tessier shed his hair and went on to play bald-headed, tough guys most notably in "Hard Times" with Charles Bronson and "The Longest Yard" with Burt Reynolds. Lindsay Crosby's father was none other than the legendary singer/actor Bing Crosby.

By: Ron Forestieri

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 November 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

Anime nere

Filming Locations:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

American International Pictures (AIP), Norman T. Herman Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1