The Freedom School was also the name of the fictional school for runaway youth depicted in the 1971 film Billy Jack and the 1974 sequel The Trial of Billy Jack.
Cast member Tom Laughlin was all but absent from motion-picture screens after this until late in the decade, when he created and starred as the popular film hero Billy Jack.
"The Return of Billy Jack" (1986) is the unfinished fifth and final film in the Billy Jack movie series.
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He started wrestling as Billy Jack in the Pacific Northwest territory but had to change his name when Tom Laughlin (who starred in the movie Billy Jack) threatened to sue him.
In making the film Roger Corman analysed three other recent low-budget rural action thrillers that had been big hits, Billy Jack (1971), Walking Tall (1973) and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974).
A new version of the song "One Tin Soldier" (the original theme for Billy Jack) sung by Teresa Laughlin is played over the closing credits.
William John Cox (Billy Jack Cox), public interest attorney, author and political activist served as a police officer and detective between 1962 and 1968.
William John Cox (Billy Jack Cox) public interest attorney, author, and political activist attended 1946-1956
William John Cox (Billy Jack Cox), public interest attorney, author, and political activist attended 1946-1956
In the film Billy Jack Goes to Washington, the title character Billy Jack stands inside the Jefferson Memorial after being framed for a scandal involving money laundering.
Oakwood (single), a CD release of a song written by The Redding Brothers about the town of Oakwood, Texas, where their grandfather, Billy Jack Redding, grew up.
In 2007, he appeared as Silly Billy (Jack's brother) in Jack and the Beanstalk, again at the Theatre Royal in Winchester.
The film starred Tom Laughlin (who also directed), reprising his role as Billy Jack, and co-starred Rodney Harvey and Delores Taylor.