Billy Jack
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1971, 114 min
Country: US Studio: Image Cast: Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, Victor Izay, Clark Howat Director: T.C. Frank [Tom Laughlin] Rating: PG Our Rating:
FROM THE LINER NOTESThe trend-setting smash hit that broke box office records and had audiences cheering! A half-Indian/half-white ex-Green Beret, Billy Jack is drawn more and more toward his Indian side. He hates violence but can't get away from it in the white man's world. Pitting the students of the peace-loving free-arts school in the desert against the oppressive bad guys in a nearby town, this action-packed film remains a landmark focusing on the most emotional themes of the time: anti-establishment, two-sided justice, and racial segregation and prejudice.
REVIEW
If Rambo: First Blood Part II was the socio-political sensation of the 1980s, then this pacifist action-adventure is the 1970s' equivalent. Laughlin plays the title character, a Native American karate expert who is pushed too far by the authorities. He fights back and becomes a folk hero in the process. Immensely popular, though not in its original theatrical run, but later in 1974 in a major re-release. Editor's Suggestions
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