Breaker! Breaker! (1977)

Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge.

Director:

Don Hulette

Writer:

Terry Chambers

Stars:

Chuck Norris, George Murdock, Terry O'Connor

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Chuck Norris	...	John David 'J.D.' Dawes
George Murdock	...	Judge Joshua Trimmings
Terry O'Connor	...	Arlene Trimmings
Don Gentry	...	Sgt. Strode
John Di Fusco	...	Arney (as John DiFusco)
Ron Cedillos	...	Deputy Boles
Michael Augenstein	...	Billy Dawes
Dan Vandegrift	...	Wilfred
Doug Stevenson	...	Drake (as Douglas Stevenson)
Paul Kawecki	...	Wade
Larry Feder	...	George
Jack Nance	...	Burton
David Bezar	...	Tony Trimmings
Miranda Garrison	...	Barmaid
Amelia Laurenson	...	Luana

Storyline

Truck driver searches for his brother, who has disappeared in a town run by a corrupt judge.

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Plot Keywords:

evil judge | kicking | corrupt policeman | brother | crashing through a road block | 

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Taglines:

One Man Makes a Difference

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime

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Certificate:

PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the corral fight scene the horse imitating Chuck Norris' moves is very similar to the cat imitating Bruce Lee in The Way of the Dragon (1972) when he fights Norris.

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Goofs

While at the truck stop cafe just before JD's arm wrestling match, JD and his friend Burton order lunch. JD's friend Burton orders a steak. But a few moments later, the waitress brings him a sandwich.

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Quotes

Judge Joshua Trimmings: No, no. I find you without a treason to be innocent. You're an insult to this courtroom and you're tarnishing this town's reputation.
Billy Dawes: Wait a minute!
Judge Joshua Trimmings: $250 or 250 days.
Billy Dawes: You guys are crazy!
Judge Joshua Trimmings: [holding in his anger] Please pay the fine.
Billy Dawes: You won't get away with this.
Judge Joshua Trimmings: Order.
Billy Dawes: You crooked son of a bitch, you won't!
Judge Joshua Trimmings: [shouts] ORDER!
[Billy escapes the courthouse by jumping out a glass window]

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Connections

References Alice in Wonderland (1951)

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Soundtracks

YOU WOKE UP THIS MORNING
Music and Lyrics by Don Hulette
Vocals by Denny Brooks

User Reviews

Wow, this Chuck Norris movie really has a low score.

I can not believe this movie has such a low score, I did not think it was all that great, but I thought it was rather watchable. It went by fairly quickly, but lets just say there were parts that were disappointing. All through the movie they seemed to be building a somewhat great final showdown between Chuck and some awesome fighter, but that fight never materialized. In fact, at the beginning of the movie when they were talking about their town finally being recognized as a town they mentioned someone that was supposedly integral in the founding of the town and I thought this unseen character would be the one to have a showdown with Chuck, but instead it seemed to be some random guy. The story is a bit like a couple of other movies about small towns and dudes who come into these towns and kick butt because the small town is usually full of corruption. Here I think Chuck's brother is a truck driver who gets pulled over and ends up being taken prisoner in this town so Chuck has to come into town and rescue him. He befriends a female in town during his butt kicking exploits. This film is a bit like the movie "Ruckus", though I would say that film is the superior movie even though this one has Chuck Norris in it and that one did not.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 April 1977 (USA)

Also Known As:

Breaker, Breaker

Filming Locations:

Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paragon Films, Worldwide Distributing

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1