The films never say what tribe Billy is supposed to be. And Delores was actually Native American, herself. They used Navajo, Hopi, Apache, just a Hollywood mishmash treating Indigenous cultures as a monolith. He's even wearing some semblance of Plains tribal regalia.
The movie Billy Jack had a profound impact on me when I saw it in 1977 at the age of 18. Pacifism, rage, non-violence, violence, bravery, self-sacrifice, and a defender of the abused were all found in Billy. We need him today more than ever.
I saw Billy Jack when it was released in 1971. I was 16, and already embracing all of the ideals of the 1960s. Billy Jack was a movie that allowed me to express the rage I felt about racism, the Vietnam War, and women's liberation, unfortunately, I was unaware of what was happening to gay people and how they were fighting for their rights in San Francisco and New York. At this age, I had not embraced Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King’s philosophy, my thinking was Malcolm X, Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale, and the revolution will not be televised outlook.
Hello there friend! Where have the years gone? I also turned 18 in ‘77. I actually turned 18 on our graduation day. That was pretty cool 😎 No idea why, but I did not see this movie back then. I wish I had. Looking for it here but I think you have to buy it or rent it. You know, doesn’t it seem like you’re 18 or 20 and then you turn around and somehow, you’re old? At least I sure feel old.😊 Hope all is well on your side of the Internet.❤❤❤✌🏻✌🏻
I too was 18. I am 70 today. I became Vegetarian the night I saw it. (The Sheriff going to shoot wild horses for 6 cents a pound... For dog food... Scene) 52 years... Still vegetarian. ❤ Thank you Tom and Delores
Thank you for this summary of the Billy Jack series and the Laughlin's story. I was a child when these movies came out and they really made an impact on me. My great grandma was Cherokee and called "half breed" by her husband of 50 years. My grandma told me not to talk about our heritage for fear of racism. Tom Laughlin shed light on some of the atrocities suffered by Native Americans and I am grateful to him for opening this wound. We can't heal what we can't see.
I never thought I would ever hear what happened to Tom Laughlin and didn't know Delores Taylor was his wife. I saw the Born Losers in a country town theatre in Queensland Australia then came BJ the Movie, and because of that movie I took up Taekwondo and taught it for 33 years. To say Tom Laughlin was a strong influence on my life would be an under statement. He and Bruce Lee were my hero's. Thank you for filling in the gaps that means a lot.
I was so moved by the movie Billy Jack that I adopted Jean’s teachings as a platform for my own practice. Her open, honest exploration of what motivates students to learn gave amazing results. I showed my students the movie in 2003 and they loved it!
Billy Jack, the character was a no nonsense army veteran, Martial artist, and all around good guy with rare qualities only few men carry. I'm fortunate to have known a couple.
Loved all the movies ❤ pretty violent and the Gun Violence is just like it is Today!!! Greedy Politicians and NO GUN CONTROL LAWS, BACK GROUND CHECKS TODAY IS WHAT IS STILL GOING ON TODAY SAD😢 SAD DAYS FOR AMERICA AHEAD 😥 😥😂😂😂😂
Billy Jack helped me to find my identity. As part of my Native Heritage, I didn't identify with any particular tribe but then later found out about being Native and Black which throughout history have been the most mistreated and persecuted heritages in The U.S. I was and still proud of my heritage roots. Billy Jack made it ok to be Native and inspired me to contribute and help our brothers and sisters in their standoff at Wounded Knee South Dakota. Billy Jack and Delores Taylor will always have a place in my soul till my dying days and beyond. We need to have a modern version of Billy Jack like in a Netflix series to remind our brothers and sisters of the world we used to live in and how we can change it!
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My older Brother came by one night, in 1973, and wanted to know if I wanted to see a Movie ? Billy Jack was the one ! It was certainly different, especially with what you would see today ! And the acting was subpar at best, but for me, a teenager at the time, the Martial Arts sequences made up for any bad acting ! I had no idea that he and his Wife were so involved in the real world, with such difficult topics ! Kinda like a, " Redneck Hippie " ! Does that qualify as an, " Oxymoron " ? ✌️😎
First saw Born Losers in my early teens and fell in love with Tom. I saw every Billy Jack movie after that. We sure do need more people like him and Dolores in this world. They were an amazing couple! This world lost 2 of the great ones. ❤ God Bless their spirits and bless their children.
I was a teenager on a date when Billy Jack came out. I only got to see the one movie & was really hoping there would be more, like a sequel, but none came to our town or theaters. I love everything about the character, Billy Jack, and what he stood for and believed in. An incredible actor whose values were the part he played. I wish we could have gotten to see all the Billy Jack series, I would have been at everyone of them.
I graduated HS the year Billy Jack came out and it had a very profound influence on what the world was actually like. I had such a crush on Tom and loved all the BJ movies. So sorry to hear that they both suffered at the ends of their lives. They left us with so much they deserved better. RIP 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼❤️
Quality of life is more important than quantity. They enjoyed many good years together. One should live life to the fullest and then hopefully can go to the next life with a smile saying it was a heck of a ride.
He was a great actor. I fell in love with his Billy Jack movies. I love the fact that it brought up all the injustices that plague is on this earth 🌎. He was an Humanitarian. And a super guy who really cared.
I watched Billy Jack in the early 70's and and have loved Billy Jack ever since! Everytime I hear the theme song One Tin Soldier I think about how much those movies meant to me
Tom...and Billy Jack....both were stand up guys...! Billy was never afraid to tell the truth...no matter how it hurt. He stood up for justice...and for what was right. I loved his movies....and his portrayal of Billy Jack....really believable. The assinine people who fought against Billy were so real...as real as animosity is today, in 2023. That racism was accurately portrayed then...which was rare. Billy showed us how to fight what we couldn't accept...and walk away from what we could not fight. Billy taught us to look at things as they are...and not sugar-coat it. Both he, and his wife...are missed. They both left this world in a better state than when they found it....😊
I saw Billy Jack when it came out in theaters. I was only 9 years old. It changed my life in many ways. I am sad to know that Tom and his wife are no longer with us.
My brother and I saw Billy Jack three times in the theater. Most of Born Losers was filmed in and around Seal and Huntington Beach. Most of the filming locations of Born Losers are still recognizable in downtown Seal Beach. All of Huntington Beach's locations are either gone or remodeled beyond recognition. The clubhouse, the gang comes running out of in Born Losers, was once owned by silent film star Mae Murry in Playa Del Rey California. Still having issues locating it if it still exists as of this writing.
I saw Billy Jack when it first came out in the theaters and was privileged enough to see an advanced, rough cut screening of the Trials of Billy Jack before it was completely finished. I met Theresa Kelly Laughlin at that screening. I have a VHS boxed set of the 4 movies that was autographed by Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, and Theresa Kelly Laughlin (still sealed). I also have the boxed set on DVD, which I watch regularly. Of the 4, Billy Jack is still my favorite.
One of my personal heroes. I've always said that the world needs more Billy Jacks and less Posners. A man of courage and honor. Who's word is his bond and who stands up for those who can't stand up for themselves.
Never really thought of it. I just found the video on TH-cam and watched. These were two people that meant the world to me. Their drive and purpose made me see the world in a new light. My mother and father had the same views. That's why I identify with the roles and the people who played them. Just wish people could be more accepting and less judgmental. May the world would be a better place. "One tin soldier walks away".
Thanks for the great video on Tom and Delores. Loved all the Billy Jack films as a kid/teenager. Great memories of going to Drive-In Movie Marathons at the Waco Drive-In with my parents and a friend or two. We’d be in the car (with the speaker that hung on the driver’s window) for 5 or 6 hours and we loved it. “Billy Jack“, “Walking Tall“ (Tenn. Sheriff Buford Pusser) and “Planet of the Apes” are film marathons that come to mind...
One of my fondest memories of my dad was seeing Billy Jack with him when I was 9 years old. My mother was out of town and my dad was in charge of 5 children. He took us to dinner and a movie. He thought Billy Jack would be a western in the guise of Clint Eastwood. However, Billy Jack was so much more in the way of social justice. We did see the sequels as they came to the theater. We did like to tease our dad until his passed away about the time he took us to a “western.”
They were great films. It was very hard to watch how racism was portrayed. Brought to light of how bad it really was. I'm sure a lot of people ignored how racism affected Native Americans. Rest in peace Billy & Deloris🙏❤
@@charlesflinnill978 And still are in the big scheme of things. Look at Cli, looking to pay african americans $$ for compensation for slavery. If that's the case they better be paying whites too. Most people disregard that a black man started slavery in Africa. Sold blacks & whites. He only cared about the mighty buck. Now if Cali really does say they are gonna pay for slavery, then i hope all American Native Indians throw a BIG protest!
Tom’s martial arts was the thing that hooked me. You know that trouble was gonna happen when Tom took off his socks and shoes…. Too bad he didn’t appear in an episode of Walker Texas Ranger…. Talk about an awesome episode.
I remember seeing the first 2 Billy Jacks together at the drive in when I was around 10 or 11 years old. They made such a big impression on me and opened my eyes to many things about the world. I love the Native American culture to this day and the return of Billy Jack is what initiated all my interest. Grateful for the movies they did. After that it was A Man called horse, little big man, Dances with Wolves and Thunderheart, but it all started with Billy Jack.
Billy Jack is on the top of my list of favorite movies. My grandparents were Native American. Billy Jack gave me a glimpse of how my grandparents had been treated. Thank you for posting this.
Loved their movies when they were released in my early teen years, they seemed like genuine people with good values. This video motivates me to watch the movies again. Thank you.
I watched the Billy Jack movies growing up half Cherokee, I still watch them from time to time! His message through out the films is still to this day inspiring, I often wondered why no one has offered to do a remake of the series? Tom Laughlin was an amazing actor as an awesome human being! My parents voted for him back he ran for President LOL watching this video reminded me of how truly great Tom Laughlin was, he is truly missed!
As a teenager I saw Billy Jack and loved it so much I went back to see it 7 more times.... the movie was inspirational for my activisome in my later life... thanks Billy Jack... FIGHT THE POWER! ✊✌️ 7:31
I grew up with 2 stepfathers but Billy Jack was who I idolized as a father! I am 59 now and still love the song One Tin Soldier. Billy Jack is my favorite movie of the series!😊
I watched and loved both of them! Being older I now understand that their was a reason hidden in plain sight. Thank you I really didn’t know the history. Loved every movie. Now I know why!!
I was 9 years old when Billy Jack came out and all the guys my age ran around imitating him.He was a hero to us.Years later I moved (from South Florida) to Los Angeles and got a chance to meet Tom and Delores at a film festival.Delores and I shared the same birthday.I got to talk to them for about 20 minutes (and got a photo with them) Very nice people.They told me all about how they made those films.
God bless Tom and his family ,I seen his movie in 1974 in Florida when I was 17. It opened my eyes more on how the Native Americans were treated by the people those days.
Very admirable careers, both of them! I have to admit that I did find the old SNL parody the original cast did with Paul Simon - "Billy Paul" completely hilarious!
The idea of a Defender of the defenceless was in my youth a great inspiration, to say the least. Someone once said. " A Great Idea is not complete until it can make for itself a Vehicle." That idea for me was Billy Jack. You were MY superhero. RIP....
I love the Billy Jack series. I have all of them and watch them often. I was a fan of Tom Laughlin and his beautiful wife. I still am to this day. I am 77 years old..
I remember seeing the movie for the first time at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, I stayed for all the showings, I was in love with Teresa Kelly. In 1994 I actually met Tom Laughlin at an educators event in Century City. The man and the movie were such an inspiration ❤
I loved the Billy Jack movies! I remember going to the movies with friends and afterwards we would TRY to do these Billy Jack stunts on each other. Pretty dumb but we were high school kids who didn't know any better. It was until the early 1980's that I watch the original Billy Jack with my Dad. He was a WWII vet who had fought in Patton's Third Army and could understand why the treatment of Native Americans was a real shame on our country. He helped liberate Buchenwald and realized that treating people differently because of their religion, their ethnicity, their race was wrong no matter what country or continent you lived on. He taught us this as we were growing up in the 1960's and 70's. He wasn't a pacifist by any means but damn, he loved the scene where Billy talks about whopping that arrogant ass on his his right side of his face with his foot!!
I loved watching those " Billy Jack" movies! I miss him and those movies. I learned every word of the song " Go ahead and hate your neighbor"........ Beautiful song, so relevant today. 😢
I always liked Billy Jack’s theme song, “One Tin Soldier” sung by Coven ( specifically Jinx Dawson )so definitely I looked forward to watching the movie. One of my favorite teachers in junior high took a friend of mine and myself along with her husband to see it and I loved it. I wanted to attend that type of school Jean ran ! But I did dislike the cruelty, prejudice and racism displayed towards the Native Americans ( and the horses ) of the town ! Billy Jack could be viewed as a type of Super Hero showing up just at the nick of time to kick butt ( usually Bernard’s )and bring law and order when the sheriff of the town -purposely- failed to do so !
Thinking back, remember when I saw this with my dad and siblings. He loved the movie and (before he ever saw the movie) the theme song. He's been gone many years, and this brings back good memories.
"When policemen break the law, then there isn't any law...just the fight for survival." - Billy Jack Those words are just as true today as they were then.
The Billy Jack films were a tremendous influence upon my childhood, as a 12 year old boy. He was my first celebrity idol and his character shaped mine when I was most vulnerable as a teenager. Everybody loved Billy Jack and he was a cult hero to many people.
I didn't know all of there history together it was fantastic. I loved there movies I learned a lot about Native Americans suffering and how they where treated because of these too beautiful and wonderful people all my hopes and prayers to there children God bless 💕.
Certainly a great couple that created a group of magnificent characters and films, always will be accentuated for their strong and inspirational example of love for their fellow people especially for the ones in need of understanding and help, God Bless Them Both !!!
True love till the end like this of a celebrity couple together forever is the first couple I ever saw in my lifetime. They were both genuine with faith in god. Tom and Dolores really left a great impact on my life when I was a kid. Love the Billy Jack movies to this day.
I remember my uncle Bill and aunt Ester taking me and my younger brother Steven. To the drive in theatre not far from Sam Houston High School. To see Billy Jack. He kicked some ass in that movie!
I loved Billy Jack. I was too young to appreciate all of the adult themes, but I could understand “protecting the defenseless against hate”. When I hear the song from the movie, I still feel saddened by today’s society.
Since 1971ive been a fan. He and his wife/ entourage inspired me to self reflect. 'Billy Jack' allegories helped discipline self-control in defensive combat [Hapkido] and social reawakening.
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Buford Pusser in walking tall.
Oh lawdy. You done done it now.
The films never say what tribe Billy is supposed to be. And Delores was actually Native American, herself. They used Navajo, Hopi, Apache, just a Hollywood mishmash treating Indigenous cultures as a monolith. He's even wearing some semblance of Plains tribal regalia.
I'm glad Tom and Delores lived long lives and had each other to love and take care of. May the both rest in peace.
Beautiful words, thank you for your message for Tom and Dolores. We miss them 😥
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You're Awesome to Remember all He Stood Up for all US ! Truth...!
The movie Billy Jack had a profound impact on me when I saw it in 1977 at the age of 18. Pacifism, rage, non-violence, violence, bravery, self-sacrifice, and a defender of the abused were all found in Billy. We need him today more than ever.
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Wholeheartedly agree with @christopherhawkins452's sentiment. Profound impact on so.cial injustice and we do need "him" more than ever these days. 🙏🙏
I saw Billy Jack when it was released in 1971. I was 16, and already embracing all of the ideals of the 1960s. Billy Jack was a movie that allowed me to express the rage I felt about racism, the Vietnam War, and women's liberation, unfortunately, I was unaware of what was happening to gay people and how they were fighting for their rights in San Francisco and New York. At this age, I had not embraced Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King’s philosophy, my thinking was Malcolm X, Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale, and the revolution will not be televised outlook.
Hello there friend! Where have the years gone?
I also turned 18 in ‘77. I actually turned 18 on our graduation day. That was pretty cool 😎
No idea why, but I did not see this movie back then. I wish I had. Looking for it here but I think you have to buy it or rent it.
You know, doesn’t it seem like you’re 18 or 20 and then you turn around and somehow, you’re old? At least I sure feel old.😊
Hope all is well on your side of the Internet.❤❤❤✌🏻✌🏻
I too was 18. I am 70 today. I became Vegetarian the night I saw it. (The Sheriff going to shoot wild horses for 6 cents a pound... For dog food... Scene) 52 years... Still vegetarian. ❤ Thank you Tom and Delores
Thank you for this summary of the Billy Jack series and the Laughlin's story. I was a child when these movies came out and they really made an impact on me. My great grandma was Cherokee and called "half breed" by her husband of 50 years. My grandma told me not to talk about our heritage for fear of racism. Tom Laughlin shed light on some of the atrocities suffered by Native Americans and I am grateful to him for opening this wound. We can't heal what we can't see.
So well said. That's powerful. Thank you. 🎯👊🥲
I have Cherokee heritage and it is my proudest heritage.
I never thought I would ever hear what happened to Tom Laughlin and didn't know Delores Taylor was his wife. I saw the Born Losers in a country town theatre in Queensland Australia then came BJ the Movie, and because of that movie I took up Taekwondo and taught it for 33 years. To say Tom Laughlin was a strong influence on my life would be an under statement. He and Bruce Lee were my hero's. Thank you for filling in the gaps that means a lot.
"Heroes," not her hero's
@@bradb1474 heroes not Heroes
Love billy jack i can watch them over and over i fidnt know that was his wife and daughter in the movie
I was so moved by the movie Billy Jack that I adopted Jean’s teachings as a platform for my own practice. Her open, honest exploration of what motivates students to learn gave amazing results. I showed my students the movie in 2003 and they loved it!
One of the best movies ever!!! Legendary!!!!
I loved all of the Billy Jack movies. They were before their time. I wished that they made more films.
We feel the same way! Thanks for sharing. Be safe and have a great day ☺☺
Billy Jack, the character was a no nonsense army veteran, Martial artist, and all around good guy with rare qualities only few men carry. I'm fortunate to have known a couple.
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So Tom L, transforms into Billy Jack for a movie about himself ?? Is that what I understand, if not tell
Loved all the movies ❤ pretty violent and the Gun Violence is just like it is Today!!! Greedy Politicians and NO GUN CONTROL LAWS, BACK GROUND CHECKS TODAY IS WHAT IS STILL GOING ON TODAY SAD😢 SAD DAYS FOR AMERICA AHEAD 😥 😥😂😂😂😂
I love all the Billy Jack movies, watched all four movies more than four times
He only trained in martial arts for the movies and he wasn’t a veteran either! Google it!
Billy Jack helped me to find my identity. As part of my Native Heritage, I didn't identify with any particular tribe but then later found out about being Native and Black which throughout history have been the most mistreated and persecuted heritages in The U.S. I was and still proud of my heritage roots. Billy Jack made it ok to be Native and inspired me to contribute and help our brothers and sisters in their standoff at Wounded Knee South Dakota. Billy Jack and Delores Taylor will always have a place in my soul till my dying days and beyond. We need to have a modern version of Billy Jack like in a Netflix series to remind our brothers and sisters of the world we used to live in and how we can change it!
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Great idea. Bet it would be a hit. Billy Jack and Kung fu were of the same theme. Loved them both.
"When police men break the law then there really is no law - just the fight for survival" - Billy Jack
Excellent statement...
HIs wife's line in every movie was " Don't do it Billy"
Tom Laughlin!! ❤❤
My older Brother came by one night, in 1973, and wanted to know if I wanted to see a Movie ?
Billy Jack was the one !
It was certainly different, especially with what you would see today !
And the acting was subpar at best, but for me, a teenager at the time, the Martial Arts sequences made up for any bad acting !
I had no idea that he and his Wife were so involved in the real world, with such difficult topics !
Kinda like a,
" Redneck Hippie " !
Does that qualify as an, " Oxymoron " ?
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First saw Born Losers in my early teens and fell in love with Tom. I saw every Billy Jack movie after that. We sure do need more people like him and Dolores in this world. They were an amazing couple! This world lost 2 of the great ones. ❤ God Bless their spirits and bless their children.
I m 65 yrs old and I still remember how much those film spoke to me when I was fourteen. I absolutely loved Delores Taylor 's presence.
I was a teenager on a date when Billy Jack came out. I only got to see the one movie & was really hoping there would be more, like a sequel, but none came to our town or theaters. I love everything about the character, Billy Jack, and what he stood for and believed in. An incredible actor whose values were the part he played. I wish we could have gotten to see all the Billy Jack series, I would have been at everyone of them.
Yes, I was a fan of Tom and Dolores and Theresa their daughter. I loved all of their films. Wish they made more films.
Us too! Thanks for bringing back memories. May the both find peace 🙏🙏
Good Guys Hero...
I loved the movies and had a HUGE crush on Theresa. I wanted to marry Theresa and have Billy Jack as a father in law....Would't that be super cool?
I graduated HS the year Billy Jack came out and it had a very profound influence on what the world was actually like. I had such a crush on Tom and loved all the BJ movies. So sorry to hear that they both suffered at the ends of their lives. They left us with so much they deserved better. RIP 🙏🏼❤️🙏🏼❤️
We're very happy to know that you're a fan of Billy Jack as we love it too. May Tom and his wife find peace 🙏
Quality of life is more important than quantity. They enjoyed many good years together. One should live life to the fullest and then hopefully can go to the next life with a smile saying it was a heck of a ride.
@@FactsVerse I hope new generations get as effected by Billy Jack as my generation did. 👍🏼❤️🙏🏼
He was a great actor. I fell in love with his Billy Jack movies. I love the fact that it brought up all the injustices that plague is on this earth 🌎. He was an Humanitarian. And a super guy who really cared.
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I watched Billy Jack in the early 70's and and have loved Billy Jack ever since! Everytime I hear the theme song One Tin Soldier I think about how much those movies meant to me
Fun stuff, thanks for sharing! We love Billy Jack too. May Tom and his wife find peace 😥
Billy Jack is a classic American character & an Icon of 70’s cinema !!! 🇺🇸
Billy Jack was the first movie my husband and I saw when we started dating. I fell in love. It hit every right note with me.
Aww, thanks for sharing your life story. Definitely memorable 💕
Tom...and Billy Jack....both were stand up guys...! Billy was never afraid to tell the truth...no matter how it hurt. He stood up for justice...and for what was right. I loved his movies....and his portrayal of Billy Jack....really believable. The assinine people who fought against Billy were so real...as real as animosity is today, in 2023. That racism was accurately portrayed then...which was rare. Billy showed us how to fight what we couldn't accept...and walk away from what we could not fight. Billy taught us to look at things as they are...and not sugar-coat it. Both he, and his wife...are missed. They both left this world in a better state than when they found it....😊
At times we are experiencing, we could all use a Biily Jack. RIP Tom and Dolores.
Beautiful words, thank you for your message for Tom. May he and his wife find peace 😢
I saw Billy Jack when it came out in theaters. I was only 9 years old. It changed my life in many ways. I am sad to know that Tom and his wife are no longer with us.
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Me too, but I didn't realize that they were well into their thirties when they made
these films, starting in 1967! I'm 77 & really liked them, then!
I was nine also...changed my life totally for the better......so did Kung Fu 😊
My brother and I saw Billy Jack three times in the theater. Most of Born Losers was filmed in and around Seal and Huntington Beach. Most of the filming locations of Born Losers are still recognizable in downtown Seal Beach. All of Huntington Beach's locations are either gone or remodeled beyond recognition. The clubhouse, the gang comes running out of in Born Losers, was once owned by silent film star Mae Murry in Playa Del Rey California. Still having issues locating it if it still exists as of this writing.
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I saw Billy Jack when it first came out in the theaters and was privileged enough to see an advanced, rough cut screening of the Trials of Billy Jack before it was completely finished. I met Theresa Kelly Laughlin at that screening. I have a VHS boxed set of the 4 movies that was autographed by Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor, and Theresa Kelly Laughlin (still sealed). I also have the boxed set on DVD, which I watch regularly. Of the 4, Billy Jack is still my favorite.
One of my personal heroes. I've always said that the world needs more Billy Jacks and less Posners. A man of courage and honor. Who's word is his bond and who stands up for those who can't stand up for themselves.
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Never really thought of it. I just found the video on TH-cam and watched. These were two people that meant the world to me. Their drive and purpose made me see the world in a new light. My mother and father had the same views. That's why I identify with the roles and the people who played them. Just wish people could be more accepting and less judgmental. May the world would be a better place. "One tin soldier walks away".
More “mountain” people and fewer “ valley” people. From the song “One Tin Soldier” by Coven.
Thanks for the great video on Tom and Delores. Loved all the Billy Jack films as a kid/teenager. Great memories of going to Drive-In Movie Marathons at the Waco Drive-In with my parents and a friend or two. We’d be in the car (with the speaker that hung on the driver’s window) for 5 or 6 hours and we loved it. “Billy Jack“, “Walking Tall“ (Tenn. Sheriff Buford Pusser) and “Planet of the Apes” are film marathons that come to mind...
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Don't forget the Bruce Lee movies,also must see movies from the early seventies.
One of my fondest memories of my dad was seeing Billy Jack with him when I was 9 years old. My mother was out of town and my dad was in charge of 5 children. He took us to dinner and a movie. He thought Billy Jack would be a western in the guise of Clint Eastwood. However, Billy Jack was so much more in the way of social justice. We did see the sequels as they came to the theater. We did like to tease our dad until his passed away about the time he took us to a “western.”
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thank you for sharing that story❤
I loved the original Billy Jack movie . I remember going to see it at the movies when I was ten years old 😊
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I love Tom Laughlin. Watching his film was the first time I was introduced to the real world. ❤❤❤❤
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They were great films. It was very hard to watch how racism was portrayed. Brought to light of how bad it really was. I'm sure a lot of people ignored how racism affected Native Americans. Rest in peace Billy & Deloris🙏❤
Quite true, native Americans were forgotten.
@@charlesflinnill978 And still are in the big scheme of things. Look at Cli, looking to pay african americans $$ for compensation for slavery. If that's the case they better be paying whites too. Most people disregard that a black man started slavery in Africa. Sold blacks & whites. He only cared about the mighty buck. Now if Cali really does say they are gonna pay for slavery, then i hope all American Native Indians throw a BIG protest!
Always loved Billy Jack and those two great people. The world needs more like them-people who care, and actually do something. RIP, and peace. 🌷
His heart was in the right place. His work struck a sweet spot that existed for a moment in time.
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My mom took me to see this when I was about 13 or so. She absolutely loved it, start to finish. Never understood the attraction.
Tom’s martial arts was the thing that hooked me. You know that trouble was gonna happen when Tom took off his socks and shoes….
Too bad he didn’t appear in an episode of Walker Texas Ranger….
Talk about an awesome episode.
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Yes Sir. Outstanding. Terry
I saw these movies when I was a teenager and loved them! Don’t think I saw all 4 though but loved them!
RIP Tom&Delores! Thanks for sharing your talents with the world!!
I remember seeing the first 2 Billy Jacks together at the drive in when I was around 10 or 11 years old. They made such a big impression on me and opened my eyes to many things about the world. I love the Native American culture to this day and the return of Billy Jack is what initiated all my interest. Grateful for the movies they did.
After that it was A Man called horse, little big man, Dances with Wolves and Thunderheart, but it all started with Billy Jack.
Too bad he's not around to run for president again. We need someone like him.
✌️I'm a huge Billy Jack fan!!! Loved those movies & their heartfelt message!!!
Glad to know that you're a fan of Tom! We miss him. May they both find peace 😥
I saw this movie when i was a kid.. preteen. I love Billy Jack. He stood for all of us.. still does.
Billy Jack is on the top of my list of favorite movies. My grandparents were Native American. Billy Jack gave me a glimpse of how my grandparents had been treated. Thank you for posting this.
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Loved their movies when they were released in my early teen years, they seemed like genuine people with good values. This video motivates me to watch the movies again. Thank you.
I watched the Billy Jack movies growing up half Cherokee, I still watch them from time to time! His message through out the films is still to this day inspiring, I often wondered why no one has offered to do a remake of the series? Tom Laughlin was an amazing actor as an awesome human being! My parents voted for him back he ran for President LOL watching this video reminded me of how truly great Tom Laughlin was, he is truly missed!
His Billy Jack series was awesome. I've watched them a lot of times!
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As a teenager I saw Billy Jack and loved it so much I went back to see it 7 more times.... the movie was inspirational for my activisome in my later life... thanks Billy Jack... FIGHT THE POWER! ✊✌️ 7:31
My teen years. Thanks for the memories. ❤
I grew up with 2 stepfathers but Billy Jack was who I idolized as a father! I am 59 now and still love the song One Tin Soldier. Billy Jack is my favorite movie of the series!😊
Fun stuff, thanks for sharing your life story. May Tom and his wife find peace 😥
As a kid growing up in the 70's along with every red blooded boy then loved Billy Jack.❤
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Billy Jack was an inspiration to me in many ways! Thanks for the interesting information on their lives and achievements.
Billy Jack was my hero as a late teen. I own all of his movies. I was in love with his daughter!! Great post! Thank you!!
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I watched and loved both of them! Being older I now understand that their was a reason hidden in plain sight. Thank you I really didn’t know the history. Loved every movie. Now I know why!!
I loved the Billy Jack series of films!!!
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I was 9 years old when Billy Jack came out and all the guys my age ran around imitating him.He was a hero to us.Years later I moved (from South Florida) to Los Angeles and got a chance to meet Tom and Delores at a film festival.Delores and I shared the same birthday.I got to talk to them for about 20 minutes (and got a photo with them) Very nice people.They told me all about how they made those films.
God bless Tom and his family ,I seen his movie in 1974 in Florida when I was 17. It opened my eyes more on how the Native Americans were treated by the people those days.
I grew up with Billy Jack. Their films taught a young kid about Native American rights and injustice.
Very admirable careers, both of them! I have to admit that I did find the old SNL parody the original cast did with Paul Simon - "Billy Paul" completely hilarious!
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I will never get tired of watching these four great movies.
The idea of a Defender of the defenceless was in my youth a great inspiration, to say the least. Someone once said. " A Great Idea is not complete until it can make for itself a Vehicle." That idea for me was Billy Jack. You were MY superhero. RIP....
My mom introduced me to billy jack and it has always been a favorite of mine
Yes i saw the first film but not the others. Thanks for their story.
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I love the Billy Jack series. I have all of them and watch them often. I was a fan of Tom Laughlin and his beautiful wife. I still am to this day. I am 77 years old..
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i had to sneak into the theater to see it because of my youth. been a fan every since
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@@FactsVerse anything that is based on a true story feep em coming
I loved them both! So talented and creative. I saw The trial of Billy Jack 8 times at the theater 😊
One of my favorite movies of all time. And i love the song One Tin Soldier. Brings me to my teenage years
I played the part of Danny (the one handed boy) in The Trial of Billy Jack. They were always very nice to me and my family. Great memories!
I remember seeing the movie for the first time at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, I stayed for all the showings, I was in love with Teresa Kelly. In 1994 I actually met Tom Laughlin at an educators event in Century City. The man and the movie were such an inspiration ❤
R.I.P. Delores and Tom.⚘️
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I loved the Billy Jack movies! I remember going to the movies with friends and afterwards we would TRY to do these Billy Jack stunts on each other. Pretty dumb but we were high school kids who didn't know any better. It was until the early 1980's that I watch the original Billy Jack with my Dad. He was a WWII vet who had fought in Patton's Third Army and could understand why the treatment of Native Americans was a real shame on our country. He helped liberate Buchenwald and realized that treating people differently because of their religion, their ethnicity, their race was wrong no matter what country or continent you lived on. He taught us this as we were growing up in the 1960's and 70's. He wasn't a pacifist by any means but damn, he loved the scene where Billy talks about whopping that arrogant ass on his his right side of his face with his foot!!
When I hear that we’ve lost Billy Jack and his beautiful wife, I-just-go-berserk!!!
The world is a sadder place now.
I saw EVERY Billy Jack movies and loved them all
I loved watching those " Billy Jack" movies! I miss him and those movies.
I learned every word of the song " Go ahead and hate your neighbor"........
Beautiful song, so relevant today. 😢
I loved Billy Jack. I have seen it around 50 times. I was fortunate that I got to speak to Tom onetime on the phone. He was so soft spoken and sweet.
I always liked Billy Jack’s theme song, “One Tin Soldier” sung by Coven ( specifically Jinx Dawson )so definitely I looked forward to watching the movie. One of my favorite teachers in junior high took a friend of mine and myself along with her husband to see it and I loved it. I wanted to attend that type of school Jean ran ! But I did dislike the cruelty, prejudice and racism displayed towards the Native Americans ( and the horses ) of the town ! Billy Jack could be viewed as a type of Super Hero showing up just at the nick of time to kick butt ( usually Bernard’s )and bring law and order when the sheriff of the town -purposely- failed to do so !
Thinking back, remember when I saw this with my dad and siblings. He loved the movie and (before he ever saw the movie) the theme song. He's been gone many years, and this brings back good memories.
Only one I didn't see and don't have is Billy Jack Returns or the Return of Billy Jack. But I have the other four. Great movies.
Very very outstanding actors. Great video. RIP. SC Navy vet. 1965. 🇺🇸😊
"When policemen break the law, then there isn't any law...just the fight for survival." - Billy Jack
Those words are just as true today as they were then.
The Billy Jack films were a tremendous influence upon my childhood, as a 12 year old boy. He was my first celebrity idol and his character shaped mine when I was most vulnerable as a teenager. Everybody loved Billy Jack and he was a cult hero to many people.
Saw all 3 Billy Jack movies and was a big fan !!
I didn't know all of there history together it was fantastic. I loved there movies I learned a lot about Native Americans suffering and how they where treated because of these too beautiful and wonderful people all my hopes and prayers to there children God bless 💕.
I have the box set with all 4 movies. Always loved these movies
Loved the Billy Jack character, a true social justice advocate who I introduce to younger folks whenI can. At 67 he was one of my heroes as a teen.
I own the Billy Jack series of movies I love them Thank you for sharing this video about this amazing couple
Certainly a great couple that created a group of magnificent characters and films, always will be accentuated for their strong and inspirational example of love for their fellow people especially for the ones in need of understanding and help, God Bless Them Both !!!
Loved these movies. Still think of them when I hear the song One Tiny Soldier.
Tin not tiny.
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@@r90fan1 they prefer to let their mistakes stand instead of taking 30 seconds to figure out how to fix them.
Yes to Billy Jack....loved all of it...
True love till the end like this of a celebrity couple together forever is the first couple I ever saw in my lifetime. They were both genuine with faith in god. Tom and Dolores really left a great impact on my life when I was a kid. Love the Billy Jack movies to this day.
Hell yeah I am a fan. Moral and honor needs to be shown more often.
They used to show these movies on late night tv fairly often. Greatly influenced me growing up and gave me that "defend against the bully" mentality.
I remember my uncle Bill and aunt Ester taking me and my younger brother Steven. To the drive in theatre not far from Sam Houston High School. To see Billy Jack. He kicked some ass in that movie!
I LOVED ALL THE BILLY JACK MOVIES AND STILL WATCH THEM, THEY WERE THE BEST EVER
I loved Billy Jack. I was too young to appreciate all of the adult themes, but I could understand “protecting the defenseless against hate”. When I hear the song from the movie, I still feel saddened by today’s society.
Since 1971ive been a fan. He and his wife/ entourage inspired me to self reflect. 'Billy Jack' allegories helped discipline self-control in defensive combat [Hapkido] and social reawakening.
Loved Billy Jack and Tom and Dolores also loved the music
I saw the Billy Jack series as a kid of 16. I remember they had a big impact on me. For the good l would hope.
Yes I was. And we need another Billie Jack in this lifetime.
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Billy Jack was a favorite character, yes I saw all the movies. The lines at the theater back then were long and huge
Who wasn't a Fan of Tom Laughlin back in the 70s? As a teenager..he was my Idol.
One of the most influential movies of my childhood. At age 9, Jean was a wonderfully strong, independent woman to look up to.
Loved all the Billy Jack movies!
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I wasn’t even born yet 86 baby here.
But I was about 15 when I found the billy Jack films and I love them .