# The Choppers

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{{short description|1961 film by Leigh Jason}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = The Choppers
| image          = Poster of the movie The Choppers.jpg
 
| caption        = 
| director       = [Leigh Jason](/source/Leigh_Jason)
| producer       = Arch Hall Sr.<br>(as Arch Hall)
| writer         = Arch Hall Sr.<br>(as Arch Hall)
| narrator       = 
| starring       = [Arch Hall Sr.](/source/Arch_Hall_Sr.)
| music          = [Al Pellegrini](/source/Al_Pellegrini)
| cinematography = [Clark Ramsey](/source/Clark_Ramsey)
| editing        = [Jack Ogilvie](/source/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](/source/crime_film) directed by [Leigh Jason](/source/Leigh_Jason) and starring [Arch Hall Jr.](/source/Arch_Hall_Jr.)

==Plot==
A gang of teenage [greasers](/source/Greaser_(subculture)) 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.](/source/Arch_Hall_Jr.) as Jack 'Cruiser' Bryan
* Robert Paget as Torch Lester (as Robert Padget)
* Burr Middleton as Snooper (as Mickey Hoyle)
* [Rex Holman](/source/Rex_Holman) as Flip Johnson (as Roye Baker)
* [Chuck Barnes](/source/Chuck_Barnes) as Ben Shore
* [Tom Brown](/source/Tom_Brown_(actor)) as Tom Hart
* [Marianne Gaba](/source/Marianne_Gaba) as Liz
* [William Shaw](/source/William_Shaw_(actor)) as Police Lt. Frank Fleming (as Bill Shaw)
* [Bruno VeSota](/source/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.](/source/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](/source/List_of_American_films_of_1961)
* [List of hood films](/source/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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Category:1961 films
Category:1961 drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American drama films
Category:Films directed by Leigh Jason
Category:American auto racing films
Category:Teensploitation
Category:1961 English-language films
Category:1961 American films
Category:English-language drama films

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