Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
- O.K. Corrales
- (as Allan Meyerson)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTom Laughlin had no martial arts training before he started training for the movie. He studied under a master teacher for six months before filming started.
- GoofsMartin credits the Serenity Prayer to St. Francis of Assisi. It was actually written by American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, and first published in the 1930s.
- Quotes
[Billy Jack is surrounded by Posner's thugs]
Mr. Posner: You really think those Green Beret Karate tricks are gonna help you against all these boys?
Billy Jack: Well, it doesn't look to me like I really have any choice now, does it?
Mr. Posner: [laughing] That's right, you don't.
Billy Jack: You know what I think I'm gonna do then? Just for the hell of it?
Mr. Posner: Tell me.
Billy Jack: I'm gonna take this right foot, and I'm gonna whop you on that side of your face...
[points to Posner's right cheek]
Billy Jack: ...and you wanna know something? There's not a damn thing you're gonna be able to do about it.
Mr. Posner: Really?
Billy Jack: Really.
[kicks Posner's right cheek, sending him to the ground]
- Crazy credits"Directed by T.C. Frank" Tom Laughlin's pseudonym in honor of his children Teresa, Christina and Frank.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Precious Images (1986)
- SoundtracksOne Tin Soldier
Performed by Coven
Sung by Jinx Dawson of Coven
Written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
The New Left movement which really became influential around 1972 and years following was the hippie fringe in 69.
This movie is simply a lot of fun. To insist it be more than that is unrealistic. It was independently produced by a guy (Laughlin) who believed in his message, wrote it and called all the shots himself. Its really not bad taken in that context. The little blonde girl singing the anti-war song is Tom and Delores' real life daughter Theresa. The comedy troupes used to appear on shows like the Smothers Brothers and were considered "way out". =) (amazing how cynical we've become isn't it??) While most of America in those days was more like the townspeople than the school people, it is still very very entertaining to see those days played out again.
- drguitar20783
- Nov 15, 2005
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- Budget
- $800,000 (estimated)