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The Born Losers

The Born Losers

An innocent girl is first prize in the dirtiest game ever played!
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Overview:

A malicious motorcycle gang harasses the residents of a small California town, intimidating most residents to not report them to the police. Among the gang's crimes is the rape of four young women. As the gang attempts to threaten the women into not testifying at the indictment hearing, one of the women, Vicki, comes under the protection of Billy Jack, who has also had several altercations with the gang. The gang escalates their pressure on both Vicki and Billy Jack to keep her out of the courtroom.
Released: 1967-07-12
Duration: 01:53:00
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Tags: Bikersploitation, Exploitation
Keywords: Reference To Arizona, Navajo Indian, Navajo, ...
Director: Tom Laughlin
Writer: Elizabeth James
Cast: Jane Russell, Jack Starrett, Robert Tessier, ...
Director: Tom Laughlin
Writer: Elizabeth James
Cast: Jane Russell Jack Starrett Robert Tessier Paul Prokop Jeremy Slate Paul Bruce Tom Laughlin Elizabeth James William Wellman Jr. Robert Cleaves Susan Foster
Genre: Action Drama Thriller Western
Tags: Bikersploitation Exploitation
Keywords: Reference To Arizona Navajo Indian Navajo Psychotronic Film Outlaw Biker Crying Woman Woman Wears A Bikini Hospital Swastika Smashing A Car Window Rifle Shot In The Knee Courtroom Puncturing Tire Deputy Sheriff Gay Slur Pay Phone Hit On The Back Of The Head Bludgeoned Striptease Punched In The Gut Stabbed In The Leg Motel District Attorney Jail Visit Father Son Relationship Horoscope Racial Slur Doused With Gasoline Denim Vest Vest With No Shirt Bare Chested Man Stealing A Motorcycle Reference To Paul Revere Reference To Chicken Little Father Daughter Relationship Beach House Swollen Eye Bloody Mouth Setting A Motorcycle On Fire Shot To Death Reference To A Zodiac Sign Reference To Leo The Astrological Sign Reference To Scorpio The Astrological Sign Zodiac Sign Reference To A Horoscope Woman Riding A Motorcycle Gang Motorcycle Gang Motorcycle Beach Rape Spitting In Someone's Face Knocked Unconscious Bell 47 Helicopter Fire Diversion Hitting A Woman Slapped In The Face Kneed In The Groin Tire Iron Campfire Three Wheeled Motorcycle Punched In The Face Rubber Mallet Billy Club Black Box Wheelie Stealing A Police Car Belly Dancing Dancing With A Snake Driving Into The Sea Motorcycle Race Tape Recorder Playing Billiards Boeing 707 Good Samaritan Jail Broken Bottle Breaking A Window Two On A Motorcycle Volkswagen Beetle Harley Davidson Jeep Spear Fishing Waterfall Gunslinger Gunfight Shootout Hand To Hand Combat Reluctant Hero Gunshot Wound Modern Western Hit On The Head Fistfight Brawl One Man Army One Against Many Martial Artist Hapkido Karate Chop Shot In The Back Rescue Small Town Jail Cell Sheriff First Part First Of Series Villain Gangster Motorcycle Chase Vigilante Shot In The Hand Arrest Bar Drinking Beer Blood M1 Rifle Sniper Rifle Brutality Gas Station Vietnam War Veteran Action Hero War Hero Hero Trailer Cowboy Hat Cowboy Boots Ex Special Forces Native American Half Breed Cult Film Hairy Chest Bare Chested Male Green Beret Nobility Violence Sexual Violence Rapist Fight Female Nudity Female Frontal Nudity Beating Bully Bully Comeuppance Gay Kiss Biker Gang Astrology Shot Between The Eyes Martial Arts Independent Film
Description

Billy Jack is introduced as an enigmatic, half-Indian Vietnam veteran who shuns society, taking refuge in the peaceful solitude of the California Central Coast mountains. His troubles begin when he descends from this unspoiled setting and drives into a small beach town named Big Rock (Morro Bay). A minor traffic accident in which a motorist hits a motorcyclist results in a savage beating by members of the Born Losers Motorcycle Club. The horrified bystanders (including Laughlin's wife, Delores Taylor, and their two children in cameo roles) are too afraid to help or be involved in any way. Billy Jack jumps into the fray and rescues the man by himself. At this point the police arrive and arrest Billy for using a rifle to stop the fight. (The irony here is that, unknown to Billy, the motorist is the one who starts the fight by inexplicably insulting one of the bikers.)

The police throw Billy in jail and the judge fines him heavily for discharging a rifle in public. He is treated with suspicion and hostility by the police. Meanwhile, the marauding bikers terrorize the town, rape four teenage girls (Jane Russell plays the mother of one of the girls), and threaten anyone slated to testify against them. One of the girls, played by Susan Foster, later recants, saying she willingly gave herself to the biker gang. (Foster would go on to play a larger supporting role in Billy Jack.)

Co-scriptwriter Elizabeth James plays Vicky Barrington, a bikini-clad damsel-in-distress who is twice abducted and abused by the gang. The second time, she and Billy are kidnapped together. After Billy is brutally beaten, Vicky agrees to become the gang's sexually compliant "biker mama" if they release Billy. At the police station, Billy is unable to get help from the police or the local residents and must return to the gang's lair to rescue Vicky by himself.

Billy, armed with a bolt-action rifle, captures the gang, shoots the leader (Jeremy Slate) between the eyes in cold blood, and forces some of the others to take Vicky, who's been badly beaten, to the hospital. As the police finally arrive, Billy abruptly rides away on one of the gang's motorcycles.

The anti-authority sentiment continues up to the end when a police deputy accidentally shoots Billy in the back, mistaking him for a fleeing gang member. He is later found, nearly dead, lying by the shore of a lake. He is placed on a stretcher and is flown to the hospital in a helicopter as Vicky and the sheriff give him a salute. 

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