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Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   2,285 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Tom Laughlin (writer) and
Delores Taylor (writer)
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Release Date:
2 August 1971 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Just a person who protects children and other living things. more
Plot:
Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaway. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
User Comments:
the message that I seen in this movie more (91 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Tom Laughlin ... Billy Jack
Delores Taylor ... Jean Roberts
Clark Howat ... Sheriff Cole
Victor Izay ... Doctor
Julie Webb ... Barbara
Debbie Schock ... Kit
Teresa Kelly ... Carol
Lynn Baker ... Sarah
Stan Rice ... Martin
David Roya ... Bernard Posner
John McClure ... Dinosaur
Susan Foster ... Cindy
Susan Sosa ... Sunshine
Katy Moffatt ... Maria
Gwen Smith ... Angela
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Additional Details

Runtime:
114 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Hapkido fights in the film were choreographed by Hapkido master Bong Soo Han. Master Han not only choreographed but also body doubled for Tom Laughlin in the fight scenes. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Billy Jack tells Bernard to drive into the lake and he does so. However, although partially visible, scenes with Bernard at the wheel show that the emergency brake is up. more
Quotes:
Billy Jack: Being an Indian is not a matter of blood... it's a way of life. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Missionary Man (2007) more
Soundtrack:
LOOK, LOOK TO THE MOUNTAIN more

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8 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
the message that I seen in this movie, 27 February 2006
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Author: eaglenest79 from United States

When this movie came out I was barley in my teens, but I remember the power of the message in that movie. Having just bought the DVD of it, I see the power of that message is still there.

The message to me is as thus, Violence does not solve everything and should be used ONLY as a last resort if ever. the school's admin if you will was pure pacifism, he on the other hand, had to fight for everything in his life, so naturally that's how he responded. It did however remind me of an era that has long since come to pass and the young of today do not or maybe never will understand. And that is the true problem. without understanding the problems that made change occur, we are just as liable to have to relive them. I sincerely hope that movies that were this "gritty" then are able to be kept around as a mirror into the minds and mindsets of that time and the struggles as we all became more human.

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