Born Losers
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
Born Losers (1967, USA) is a Biker-Crime film directed by Tom Laughlin.
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- Followed by: Billy Jack | The Trial of Billy Jack | Billy Jack Goes To Washington
- Featured on: TCM Underground
- Featured in: 42nd Street Forever: Volume 2 - The Deuce | Billy Jack: The Complete Collection (BluRay) | Biker Mania! | Billy Jack: 35th Anniversary Ultimate Edition
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Main Details
- Released in 1967 | Color
- Production Co: American International Productions, Fanfare Films, Otis Productions
- Distribution Co: American International Pictures (1967) (USA) (theatrical), Gloria Filmverleih AG (1967) (Germany) (theatrical), American International Pictures (1974) (USA) (theatrical) (reissue)
- Directed by Tom Laughlin (as "T.C. Frank")
- Starring: Tom Laughlin, Elizabeth James, Jeremy Slate, Jack Starrett
- Produced by Tom Laughlin, Jay Loughrin, Delores Taylor
- Original Music by Mike Curb & Davie Allan (uncredited)
- Cinematography by Gregory Sandor
- Film Editing by John Winfield
Plot Summary
- Billy Jack battles outlaw motorcycle gang in a small California beach town.
Also Known As
- The Born Losers
- Engel der Hölle
Tagline
- Kitten On Wheels With Her Bike...Her Boots and Bikini! Out for kicks, in for trouble! she's going to join the....
The Tarantino Connection
In Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time ...in Hollywood" Cliff Booth's style and demeanor are inspired by the character Billy Jack, as confirmed in interviews with QT and Brad Pitt. In Born Losers, the first in a series of four Billy Jack movies, a fistfight towards the end sees Billy beat up a biker much like Cliff beats up the hippie on the Spahn Ranch. At the opening of the Once Upon A Time..., Cliff can be seen wearing Billy Jack's wardrobe as he was a stuntman on the film Born Losers and took the clothes instead of pay. In the Tarantinoverse, both Cliff and Rick are friends of star Tom Laughlin.
In Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time ...in Hollywood" Cliff Booth's style and demeanor are inspired by the character Billy Jack, as confirmed in interviews with QT and Brad Pitt. In Born Losers, the first in a series of four Billy Jack movies, a fistfight towards the end sees Billy beat up a biker much like Cliff beats up the hippie on the Spahn Ranch. At the opening of the Once Upon A Time..., Cliff can be seen wearing Billy Jack's wardrobe as he was a stuntman on the film Born Losers and took the clothes instead of pay. In the Tarantinoverse, both Cliff and Rick are friends of star Tom Laughlin.
