Any Billy Jack fans

For the younger guys there were several Billy Jack movies from the late 1960's into the early 70's They have become cult classics.

Billy was a native American who had just returned from Vietnam where he was in Special Forces. He just wanted to be left alone, but always seemed to find himself battling against corrupt local government officials or motorcycle gangs who were abusing local peace-loving native Americans and hippies.

This was before Steven Segal and Chuck Norris. And filmed without the aid of modern special effects. Billy was a bad ass. A clip from one movie.

Billy Jack - 1971 movie - fight scene in park - YouTube

 

Me!

 

Tom Laughlin was definitely a badass! Hell of a movie.

 

There was a guy I went to high school with who showed up wearing a black T-shirt one day and everyone started calling him Billy Jack. He was a lot like the character. Great athlete who starred in football, basketball and baseball. He held just about every school record in baseball until his son broke them in the 1990's.

I saw him intervene several times and stop bullies from messing with nerds. No one ever challenged him, all he had to do was tell bullies to back down and they did. He wasn't tall, only about 5'8", but was athletic and no one wanted to find out how well he could fight.

 

Fuck that hippie.

 

He wasn't a hippie; hippie lover, maybe. I remember the B-J movies. I found them inspirational. I’ve only seen two or three in the 70’s on network TV. I will look them up and see if they are available to stream. Here is a good article: https://thedissolve.com/features/forgotbusters/593-forgotbusters-billy-jackthe-trial-of-billy-jack/

 

Yeah, good shows!

 

Just watched Born Losers, the first of the Billy Jack movies. That and Billy Jack are on Roku via the Movieland TV app. I had never seen Born Losers. It had some B acting but it was an entertaining movie. The CJ5 driven by Billy and the Yamaha 250 ridden by Vickie are pretty cool to see. The fight scenes are lousy compared to what was to come in Billy Jack.

 

They had some of the worst acting I ever saw. LOL Fun to watch though

 

Elizabeth James, who played Vickie, got better as the movie progressed. She was a little hottie. Too bad she wasn't in more roles after this flick. She played the dispatcher in Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, a car cult movie.

 

One of Howard Hessman's first roles, maybe the 1st, was in one of the Billy Jack movies.

Howard Hessman Comedy Skit (1080p HD) BILLY JACK Classic Clips - YouTube