The Choppers
Cast & Crew
Leigh Jason
Arch Hall Jr.
Marianne Gaba
Robert Paget
Tom Brown
Rex Holman
Film Details
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Synopsis
Crusier, a teenager, steals some hubcaps for his homemade hotrod. Encouraged by his success, he steals more automobile parts and soon organizes four friends into a gang of thieves who operate out of a drive-in restaurant. The police name their gang "The Choppers," and insurance investigator Tom Hart is called to investigate the claims for stolen car accessories. The Choppers dispose of their loot through a fence, junk dealer Moose McGill, but the case is broken when Hart's car is stripped at the gang's headquarters. His secretary, Liz, finds chicken feathers at the scene of the crime, and this leads to the discovery of the use of a poultry truck as part of the gang's operation. The police set up a decoy, and Hart catches Crusier and the gang at the junkyard, but not before Crusier has killed McGill.
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Director
Leigh Jason
Cast
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Arch Hall Jr.
Marianne Gaba
Robert Paget
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Tom Brown
Rex Holman
Mickey Hoyle
Chuck Barnes
Bruno Ve Sota
Britt Wood
Dee Dee Green
William Shaw
Pat Hawley
Richard S. Cowl
Crew
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Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
Produced in 1959.
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