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Rebel Rousers
“They laid waste to the flesh and blood of America's daughters.”
4.3 / 10• 1970• 1h 18m•R• English
CrimeDrama
Storyline
In a small, US costal town with many Spanish speakers, a motorcycle gang arrives on holiday. Also in town to try to reconnect with his pregnant girlfriend, Karen, is businessman Paul Collier. Paul and a leader of the cyclists, J.J., knew each other years before, so when the gang comes upon the couple and, led by the menacing Bunny, beats up Paul and begins a sexual assault of Karen, J.J. tries to intervene: he suggests they hold cycle-riding contests, with the winner claiming Karen (he promises, sotto voce, to set her free if he wins). After the contests commence, Paul crawls away to look for help. He meets with a shrug from a cowardly sheriff's deputy; where can he turn?
Cast & Crew
Cameron Mitchell
Paul Collier
Lead
Bruce Dern
J.J. Weston
Diane Ladd
Karen
Jack Nicholson
Bunny
Harry Dean Stanton
Randolph Halverson
Neil Burstyn
Rebel
Lou Procopio
Rebel
EF
Earl Finn
Rebel
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Martin B. Cohen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Rebel Rousers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
