BILLY JACK GOES TO WASHINGTON-1977-In
this whack job of a movie Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin) is given full pardon by a
governor (Dick Gautier) and made a state senator after the incumbent
(Kent Smith in his last role) dies. It's really just a phony ploy by
a powerful industrialist (Sam Wanamaker) but of course it backfires
and Senator Jack with the help of his wife (Laughlin's real life wife
Delores Taylor) wants to build a children's camp on land designated
for a nuclear power plant. Later Billy is framed by senator Paine
(EG Marshall). He almost gives up but the words of Thomas Jefferson
and a walk around DC change his mind. He creates a filibuster in
Congress and almost dies. Later Paine admits he's a corrupt bastard
and Jack and his unreal world live happily ever after. Since this
movie is a mess the vice president of the US (Pat O'Brien) does a lot
of narration.
Director,/co-writer/co-producer/star Laughlin blamed the
failure of the film on a government conspiracy. Another sequel THE
RETURN OF BILLY JACK began filming in 1986 but was never finished.
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