The Glory Stompers
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The Glory Stompers | |
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Directed by | Anthony M. Lanza |
Written by | James Gordon White John Lawrence |
Produced by | John Lawrence executive Maurice Smith |
Starring | Dennis Hopper Jody McCrea Chris Noel Jock Mahoney |
Cinematography | Mario Tosi |
Edited by | Len Miller |
Music by | Mike Curb |
Distributed by | American International Pictures (US) |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | USA |
Language | English |
The Glory Stompers is a 1967 outlaw biker film.
Plot
[edit]After a standoff between two biker gangs in California, members of the Black Souls, led by the vicious and unstable Chino (Dennis Hopper) ambush Darryl (Jody McCrea), leader of the Glory Stompers, and beat him severely. Thinking they've killed Darryl, the Black Souls kidnap his girlfriend (Chris Noel) to prevent her from becoming a witness against them. They decide to traffic her in Mexico and head south for the border, unaware that Darryl has recovered and is in pursuit.
Cast
[edit]- Dennis Hopper ... Chino
- Jody McCrea ... Darryl
- Chris Noel ... Chris
- Jock Mahoney ... Smiley
- Lindsay Crosby ... Monk
- Casey Kasem ... Mouth
- Jim Reader ... Paul
- Sandra Bettin ... Jo Ann (as Saundra Gayle)
- Robert Tessier ... Magoo
- Astrid Warner ... Doreen
- Gary Wood ... Pony
Production
[edit]The film was originally written by James Gordon White as a Western but was rewritten to be a biker film. It was shot in Panamint with a starting budget of $10,000. White recalled, "It’s not a great work of art, but it made a hell of a lot of money, and it got me an exclusive contract with AIP. To my knowledge I’m the only one that was under contract with American International as a writer."[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Albright, Brian (2008). Wild beyond belief! : interviews with exploitation filmmakers of the 1960s and 1970s. p. 211.
External links
[edit]- The Glory Stompers at IMDb
- The Glory Stompers at the TCM Movie Database
- The Glory Stompers at Rotten Tomatoes