Billy Jack
“When you need him, he's always there!”
A Euro-Indigenous American Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaways.
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4 films
Cast
43 people
Tom Laughlin
Billy Jack
Known for
South Pacific
Tea and Sympathy
Delores Taylor
Jean Roberts
Clark Howat
Sheriff Cole
Known for
The Hitch-Hiker
The Giant Claw
Victor Izay
Doctor
Known for
Employee of the Month
Julie Webb
Barbara
Debbie Schock
Kit
No other roles listed
Teresa Kelly
Carol
Known for
Breakin'
Lynn Baker
Sarah
Stan Rice
Martin
David Roya
Bernard
Also in
King Kong
Night Owl
John McClure
Dinosaur
Susan Foster
Cindy
Also in
Sierra
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
Tom Laughlin Director · Delores Taylor Writer Mundell Lowe Composer
Worldwide gross $32M · Budget $800K · United States release May 1, 1971
Box office
Budget
$800,000
Worldwide gross
$32,500,000
Gross vs. budget
40.6×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 1, 1971
Limited theatrical
United States
July 28, 1971 · Theatrical
Australia
May 21, 1987 · Physical
Germany
October 6, 1971 · Theatrical
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