Born Losers (1967) trailer

This mostly forgotten gem hit the circuit in 1967. This film is mainly notable for spawining the largely cult-worshipped "Billy Jack" series, with Tom Laughlin playing the titular character. The film was actually a modest money-maker and was American International's highest grossing flick until 1979, when The Amityville Horror was released.

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[Kersey475]

My only problem with this film is that I wish that Billy Jack was more sadistic towards those monstrous evil bikers. I mean, the thing I despise in movies is when the bad guys brutally rape, beat up, and kill the heroes loved ones (and the heroes themseleves) and all the hero does is shoot them. It's about time someone made a film where the antihero brutally kills his enemies in sadistic, painful ways. (Yeah, I'm a bit of a gorehound but I also have a "Pay Evil Unto Evil" moral viewpoint)

[The42ndStreetMutant]

@Kersey475 It sounds like you're looking for something like Law Abiding Citizen. Check that out.

[tonyschmoeredux]

Hoky crap! I NEVER hearda this one before. I never knew there was a pre-BillyJack Billy Jack movie. So that means Laughlin played the character in 4 flims.

[icabodcranium]

Where the hell is Speechless, he was my favorite!

[saylordrago]

I LOVE ELISABETH JAMES WAS VERY VERY BEAUTIFUL !!

[bettydaw1970]

favorite scene... when they have kidnapped some girls and were ahh "having their way with them" the cute girl in the white bikini says to the head biker "is this the only way you can get a woman?"

he says "its A way"

the good guys, the bad guys...everyone is so cool in this movie, and the sceneary is great also..one of the best movies with a crappy plot i have ever seen..

"we call him christ child because of his gentle compassionate nature"

as they are attacking the kidnapped girls...

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[jennieannshaw]

Awesome cheesiness...love it! Billy Jack rules. Yeah for cheese!!!

[Mr49r1681]

The Born Losers is the originator of Billy Jack years before Paul Kersey in Death Wish, Ellen Ripley in Alien, and Richard B. Riddick in Pitch Black. Billy Jack is gradually introduced protagonist part-Native American Green Beret Vietnam Vet as a supportive to lead character fighting The Born Losers. Some politicos don't approve of Billy's karate tactics but, his violence is justifiable next to Bruce Lee's.

[shatchett0]

Fucking awesome.

[MrEdium]

i think that this influenced all the early Chuck Norris movies. This movie was made after the James Bond series, Star Trek, The Wild Wild West & 2 years after The Green Hornet & a few years before the Kung Fu series & before 5 Fingers of Death hit the movies in America. But i still believe that the first american martial art movie is "Blood in the Sun" with The Great James Cagney, who's fight scenes were like watching the UFC. It was crude but Cagney {a Judo Black Belt} was intense.

[Fudgieghost]

Billy Jack: the left wing Dirty Harry!

[MrEdium]

Another Movie/Comic that is more like what kersey475 would like IF THEY WOULD DO IT RIGHT would be THE PUNISHER. They failed to get it right 3 times.

[chev202]

billy jack should have been at altamont speedway taking care of business during the stones concert. he could have broke bikers' noses all night long. like some sort of wild video game.