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The Trial of Billy Jack (1974)

The Trial of Billy Jack poster
Directed by
Tom Laughlin
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 50m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Billy Jack, a half-Native American ex-Green Beret, faces legal trouble after intervening in a violent conflict. The film follows his trial and the events that led him there.

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What happens

The Trial of Billy Jack is a 1974 American Western action film starring Delores Taylor and Tom Laughlin. It is the sequel to the 1971 film Billy Jack and the third film overall in the series. Directed by Laughlin, the film has a running time of nearly three hours. Although commercially successful, it was panned by critics. The film was included in the book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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