Billy Jack

Billy Jack
Billy Jack
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tom Laughlin; (as T. C. Frank)
Written by	Tom Laughlin; (as Frank Christina); Delores Taylor; (as Theresa Christina);
Produced by	Tom Laughlin; (as Mary Rose Solti)
Starring	Tom Laughlin; Delores Taylor;
Cinematography	Fred J. Koenekamp; John M. Stephens;
Edited by	Larry Heath; Marion Rothman;
Music by	Mundell Lowe; Dennis Lambert; Brian Potter;
Production; company	National Student Film Corporation
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	May 1, 1971;
Running time	114 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$800,000
Box office	$32.5 million (rentals)

Billy Jack is a 1971 American action drama independent film, the second of four films centering on a character of the same name (played by Tom Laughlin, who directed and co-wrote the script) which began with the movie The Born Losers (1967). Filming began in Prescott, Arizona, in the fall of 1969, but the movie was not completed until 1971. American International Pictures pulled out, halting filming. 20th Century Fox came forward and filming eventually resumed but when that studio refused to distribute the film, Warner Bros. stepped forward.

Still, the film lacked distribution, so Laughlin booked it into theaters himself in 1971. The film grossed $10 million in its initial run, but eventually added close to $50 million in its re-release, with distribution supervised by Laughlin.