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Directed by | Richard Rush |
Produced by |
Samuel Z. Arkoff Dick Clark James H. Nicholson |
Screenplay by | Michael Fisher |
Story by | Rosalind Ross |
Starring |
Robert Walker, Jr. Joanna Frank |
Music by |
Mike Curb Jerry Styner |
Cinematography | László Kovács |
Edited by | Renn Reynolds |
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Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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Running time
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94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $2,100,000 (US/ Canada rentals) |
The Savage Seven is a 1968 exploitation film (in the outlaw biker film subgenre) directed by Richard Rush. The film marks the screen acting debut of Penny Marshall.
Kisum, the leader of a motorcycle gang is in love with waitress Marcia Little Hawk. Her brother Johnnie Little Hawk, the leader of a group of Native Americans is not happy about the two of them being together. The two groups alternate between being allies and adversaries, eventually joining forces, but a scheme by crooked businessmen force them at odds with each other.
From Richard F. Sheperd of The New York Times:
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