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Chrome and Hot Leather

  • 19711971
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 31m
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Chrome and Hot Leather (1971)
A Green Beret returns home from the Vietnam war to find that a gang of murderous bikers has killed his fiancee. He calls on several of his Green Beret buddies to come and help him take revenge on the gang.
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A Green Beret returns home from the Vietnam war to find that a gang of murderous bikers has killed his fiancee. He calls on several of his Green Beret buddies to come and help him take reven... Read allA Green Beret returns home from the Vietnam war to find that a gang of murderous bikers has killed his fiancee. He calls on several of his Green Beret buddies to come and help him take revenge on the gang.A Green Beret returns home from the Vietnam war to find that a gang of murderous bikers has killed his fiancee. He calls on several of his Green Beret buddies to come and help him take revenge on the gang.

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  • Director
    • Lee Frost
  • Writers
    • Michael Haynes(story by)
    • David Neibel(story by)
    • Don Tait(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • William Smith
    • Tony Young
    • Michael Haynes
Top credits
  • Director
    • Lee Frost
  • Writers
    • Michael Haynes(story by)
    • David Neibel(story by)
    • Don Tait(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • William Smith
    • Tony Young
    • Michael Haynes
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    • 22User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968)
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    William Smith
    William Smith
    • T.J.as T.J.
    Tony Young
    Tony Young
    • Mitchas Mitch
    Michael Haynes
    • Caseyas Casey
    Peter Brown
    Peter Brown
    • Alas Al
    Marvin Gaye
    Marvin Gaye
    • Jimas Jim
    Michael Stearns
    • Hankas Hank
    Larry Bishop
    Larry Bishop
    • Gabeas Gabe
    Kathrine Baumann
    Kathrine Baumann
    • Susanas Susan
    • (as Kathy Baumann)
    Wes Bishop
    • Sheriff Lewisas Sheriff Lewis
    Herb Jeffries
    Herb Jeffries
    • Nedas Ned
    Bobby Pickett
    Bobby Pickett
    • Sweet Willyas Sweet Willy
    • (as Bob Pickett)
    George E. Carey
    • Lieutenant Reardonas Lieutenant Reardon
    • (as George Carey)
    Marland Proctor
    Marland Proctor
    • Captain Barnesas Captain Barnes
    Cheryl Ladd
    Cheryl Ladd
    • Kathyas Kathy
    • (as Cherie Moor)
    Ann Marie
    • Helenas Helen
    Robert Ridgely
    Robert Ridgely
    • Sergeant Mackas Sergeant Mack
    Lee Parrish
    • NCO Bartenderas NCO Bartender
    Kent Brewster
    • Big Kas Big K
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Lee Frost
    • Writers
      • Michael Haynes(story by) (screenplay)
      • David Neibel(story by) (screenplay)
      • Don Tait(screenplay by)
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    A Green Beret returns home from the Vietnam war to find that a gang of murderous bikers has killed his fiancee. He calls on several of his Green Beret buddies to come and help him take revenge on the gang.
    • biker film
    • biker cap hat
    • going undercover
    • undercover operation
    • undercover
    • 45 more
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    • Taglines
      • It's kill or be killed in a cycle gang-war!
    • Genres
      • Action
      • Drama
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated PG-13 for violence, sexuality and drug material
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Film debut of Cheryl Ladd.
    • Quotes

      T.J.: Gabriel.

      Gabe: [looks up from pinball machine] Yeah?

      T.J.: Gabriel, can't you see we're menacing someone?

    • Connections
      Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 1 (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Butterfly Wings
      Words and Music by Porter Jordan

    User reviews22

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    Vietnam vs. Bikers! sorta
    Lee Frost was a capable and half-way decent director and cinematographer, I guess. He has a catalog of work from the 60s and 70s, such titles (and such titles I've yet to see the movies of) that includes Zero in and Scream, Mondo Bizarro, Nazi Love Camp and The Black Gestapo. I don't know if having such a catalog of work and a halfway decent eye as a DoP meant he made good movies. Probably not entirely the case. But Chrome and Hot Leather, aside from its hard-knock-awesome title, has a few things going for it. For one thing its star, the Lieutenant who returns from Vietnam to discover that his girlfriend was run off the road by a hothead member of a biker gang called the Beards (?), has a hard-jaw face and voice that's like a knock-off of Sterling Hayden. It's also got a likable-cum-sleazy cast of biker folk who get drunk, arm wrestle and sometimes have some group sex. Not that you see too much of it, of course, since it's PG-13 (at least today, maybe it was G-rated back then, who knows).

    But the few things going for it, which also, I should add, includes an absolutely hilarious climactic battle where the Lieutenant and his army buddies take a whole lot of ammo and bombs and bullets to the bikers just to, you know, scare them and get them loaded with gas that the ex-Vientam guys need gasmasks for (!), are not enough to make it something you should rush out to see. Even if you're into trashy biker movies from the 60s and 70s, such as I am in that true-blue guilty pleasure kind of way, it's something to see further down the pike, preferably on the double-bill I viewed it with, the Mini-Skirt Mob. It's got a plot that's got enough meat on it to keep things a little interesting, even as the acting is sewer-tastic and the final showdown between the Lieutenant and the (accidental?) killer of his girlfriend is underwhelming to say the least. But, yet, Lee Frost puts in little moments, like one particular line by a biker in a bar about harassing someone, and seeing how the soldiers hilariously train on their newly purchased Kawasakis. You'd think they were getting ready for a reenactment of the video-game Excitebike as opposed to seeking vengeance on a bunch of dopes.
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    • Aug 30, 2009

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    • Release date
      • November 27, 1972 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mitch
    • Filming locations
      • Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • American International Pictures (AIP)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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