The Born Losers (1967)
- Directed by
- Tom Laughlin
- Genre
- action film, exploitation film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 73 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A half-Native American Green Beret veteran named Billy Jack gets caught up in a conflict with a violent motorcycle gang. The gang terrorizes a small town and assaults two teenage girls. Billy Jack uses his combat skills to fight back against them.
grittytenseexploitativedatedrawangryunsettlinglow-budget
What happens
The Born Losers is a 1967 American outlaw biker film. The film introduced Tom Laughlin as the half-Native American Green Beret Vietnam veteran Billy Jack. Since 1954, Laughlin had been trying to produce his Billy Jack script about discrimination toward Native Americans. In the 1960s, he decided to introduce the character of Billy Jack in a quickly written script designed to capitalize on the then-popular trend in motorcycle gang movies. The story was based on a real incident from 1964 where members of the Hells Angels were arrested for raping two teenage girls in Monterey, California. The movie was followed by Billy Jack (1971), which saw American International Pictures (AIP) pull out of production midway through before others stepped in. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Glory Stompers (1967)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.