The Choppers
The Choppers | |
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Directed by | Leigh Jason |
Written by | Arch Hall Sr. (as Arch Hall) |
Produced by | Arch Hall Sr. (as Arch Hall) |
Starring | Arch Hall Sr. |
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Edited by | |
Music by | |
Production company | Rushmore Productions |
Distributed by | Fairway International Pictures |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Choppers is a 1961 American crime film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Arch Hall Jr..
Plot[]
A gang of teenage greasers terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. Teensploitation flick[1] is about teens that come from broken homes and dysfunctional families. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.
Cast[]
- Arch Hall Jr. as Jack 'Cruiser' Bryan
- Robert Paget as Torch Lester (as Robert Padget)
- Burr Middleton as Snooper (as Mickey Hoyle)
- Rex Holman as Flip Johnson (as Roye Baker)
- Chuck Barnes as Ben Shore
- Tom Brown as Tom Hart
- Marianne Gaba as Liz
- as Police Lt. Frank Fleming (as Bill Shaw)
- Bruno VeSota as Moose McGill
- Britt Wood as Cowboy Boggs
- Dee Gee Green as Gypsy
- Richard Cowl as Torch's Father (as Richard S. Cowl)
- Patrick Hawley as Officer Jenks (as Pat Hawley)
Soundtrack[]
- Arch Hall Jr. - "Monkey in My Hatband" (Music and lyrics by Arch Hall Jr.)
- Arch Hall Jr. - "Konga Joe" (Music and lyrics by Arch Hall Jr.)
- Arch Hall Jr. - "Up the Creek"
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "The Choppers". www.grindhousedatabase.com. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
External links[]
- The Choppers at IMDb
- The Choppers is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Categories:
- 1961 films
- English-language films
- American films
- 1961 drama films
- American black-and-white films
- American drama films
- Films directed by Leigh Jason
- American auto racing films
- Teensploitation
- 1960s drama film stubs