Billy Jack (1971)
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64% of critics liked it
(14 reviews) -
62% of users liked it
(8,899 ratings)
Actor/auteur Tom Laughlin created the character of Billy Jack in the motorcycle flick The Born Losers. Wandering Christlike through the Southwest, Native American Vietnam veteran Billy Jack -- soft-spoken, but well-versed in martial arts -- champions the cause of a progressive school run by Jean… More Actor/auteur Tom Laughlin created the character of Billy Jack in the motorcycle flick The Born Losers. Wandering Christlike through the Southwest, Native American Vietnam veteran Billy Jack -- soft-spoken, but well-versed in martial arts -- champions the cause of a progressive school run by Jean Roberts (Delores Taylor, Laughlin's real-life wife). The bigoted white townsfolk don't cotton to Jean's minority-group students, so they do everything they can to humiliate and physically abuse the kids. When one of her charges is cruelly coated with white flour, Billy Jack goes berserk. Thus begins an orgy of self-righteous violence, culminating with our hero being hunted down on a murder charge. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Tom Laughlin, Clark Howat
- Written By
- Tom Laughlin
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics, Special Interest, Cult Movies
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1971 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Stuart Byron, Village Voice
Billy Jack is the nicest surprise of the year, and my own feeling is that it ranks among the top half-dozen American films so far in 1971.
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Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com
[W]hen peaceful protest is met with guns and brutality, Billy kicks ass as a one-man-army of poetic justice.
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Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com
... when peaceful protest is met with guns and brutality, Billy kicks ass as a one-man-army of poetic justice.
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Lame, self indulgent when released in 1971, but even more so now.
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Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
Billy Jack f*%k yea!
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Cast
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Tom Laughlin
as Billy Jack
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Delores Taylor
as Jean Roberts
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Clark Howat
as Sheriff Cole
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Bert Freed
as Stuart Posner
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Julie Webb
as Barbara
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Kenneth Tobey
as Deputy
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Lynn Baker
as Sarah
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Paul Bruce
as Councilman
- The Committee
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Susan Foster
as Cindy
- Howard Hesseman
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Victor Izay
as Doctor
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Teresa Kelly
as Carol
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Katy Moffatt
as Maria
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Stan Rice
as Martin
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David Roya
as Bernard
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Debbie Schock
as Kit
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Richard Stahl
as Council Chairman
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Susan Sosa
as Sunshine
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John McClure
as Dinosaur
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Gwen Smith
as Angela