{{short description|1961 film by Leigh Jason}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = The Choppers | image = Poster of the movie The Choppers.jpg | caption = | director = Leigh Jason | producer = Arch Hall Sr.<br>(as Arch Hall) | writer = Arch Hall Sr.<br>(as Arch Hall) | narrator = | starring = Arch Hall Sr. | music = Al Pellegrini | cinematography = Clark Ramsey | editing = Jack Ogilvie | studio = Rushmore Productions | distributor = Fairway International Pictures | released = {{film date|1961|11|30}} | runtime = 66 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''The Choppers''''' is a 1961 American crime film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Arch Hall Jr.
==Plot== A gang of teenage greasers terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Choppers |url=https://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/The_Choppers |website=www.grindhousedatabase.com |accessdate=15 August 2019}}</ref> The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.
==Cast== * Arch Hall Jr. as Jack 'Cruiser' Bryan * Robert Paget as Torch Lester (as Robert Padget) * Burr Middleton as Snooper (as Mickey Hoyle) * Rex Holman as Flip Johnson (as Roye Baker) * Chuck Barnes as Ben Shore * Tom Brown as Tom Hart * Marianne Gaba as Liz * William Shaw as Police Lt. Frank Fleming (as Bill Shaw) * Bruno VeSota as Moose McGill * Britt Wood as Cowboy Boggs * Dee Gee Green as Gypsy * Richard Cowl as Torch's Father (as Richard S. Cowl) * Patrick Hawley as Officer Jenks (as Pat Hawley)
==Soundtrack== * Arch Hall Jr. - "Monkey in My Hatband" (Music and lyrics by Arch Hall Jr.) * Arch Hall Jr. - "Konga Joe" (Music and lyrics by Arch Hall Jr.) * Arch Hall Jr. - "Up the Creek"
==See also== * List of American films of 1961 * List of hood films
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0054744|title=The Choppers}} *{{Internet Archive film|id=TheChoppers|name=The Choppers}} {{Leigh Jason}}
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