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Auction History Result 4w246 BORN LOSERS linen 1sh '67 Tom Laughlin directs and stars as Billy Jack, sexy motorcycle art! Date Sold 9/13/2011 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Born Losers (released in Italy as "Violence"), the 1967 Tom Laughlin (billed as "T.C. Frank") AIP motorcycle biker gang thriller ("Kitten on Wheels with Her Bike... Her Boots and Bikini!"; "Out for kicks... in for trouble! She's going to Join the... Born Losers"; "Which one of you cats is first?"; "with her bike... and her boots... and her bikini... she's out for kicks and in for trouble!!!") starring Tom Laughlin (in his first appearance "as Billy Jack"), Elizabeth James, Jeremy Slate, William Wellman Jr., and Jane Russell (billed as "Special Guest Star Jane Russell"). Note that this was a typical 1960s biker movie, EXCEPT that Tom Laughlin the director appears as "Billy Jack", the ultra cool part Indian peaceful martial arts expert, and the movie did not attract a lot of attention, but after Laughlin produced, starred in, directed, and wrote "Billy Jack" in 1971, this movie was given a major re-release in 1974, and all new posters were created highlighting Laughlin's first appearance as Billy Jack! Also note that the IMDb refers to this movie as "The Born Losers", but all of the original advertising refers to it as just "Born Losers", except for posters from Japan! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds and fine surface paper loss on parts of some foldlines (typical of high-gloss posters of this period). There is a faint New Zealand rating stamp in the lower right blue background area. There were some tiny pairs of staple holes around the edges of the poster. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed, but the restorer did not touch the faint rating stamp, but it is not distracting, and any restorer could touch up that area without re-backing the poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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