Nams Angels
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3.1/5 Amazon Director Jack Starrett Budget 350,000 USD Duration Country United States | 5.6/10 IMDb 40% Rotten Tomatoes Genre Action, Drama, Thriller Music director Stu Phillips Writer Alan Caillou Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date August 5, 1970 (1970-08-05) Cast William Smith (Link Thomas), Bernie Hamilton (Capt. Jackson), Adam Roarke (Duke), Houston Savage (Dirty Denny), Eugene Cornelius (Speed (as Gene Cornelius)), Paul Koslo (Limpy)Similar movies Wild Hogs , Outlaw Riders , Survival Zone , The Savage Seven , Savages from Hell , The Final Alliance Tagline The Army Handed Them Guns...And A License To Kill! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The CIA sends motorcyle outlaws (William Smith, Adam Roarke) on armored choppers to Cambodia to rescue an agent.
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Nams Angels is a 1970 action film, that was filmed in the Philippines. This film was directed by Jack Starrett. This film was originally released with the title The Losers.
Some bikers are hired by the CIA during the Vietnam War to rescue a captured agent from the clutches of the Red Chinese army. After a round of drinking, fighting, and whoring around, the cycle gang, led by Big Bill Smith, fix up their Yamahas with machine guns, grenades and armor plating, and storm the enemy camp.
Plot
The plot involves a gang of Hells Angels type bikers called "The Devils Advocates" involved in the Vietnam War. They are sent to the Cambodian jungle on Yamaha bikes in order to rescue an American diplomat/CIA Agent (Starrett).
The biker gang is led by Link (William Smith), a Vietnam veteran and the brother of an Army Major (Dan Kemp) who has recruited them. His gang consists of Duke (Adam Roarke) also a Vietnam veteran, Limpy (Paul Koslo), Speed (Eugene Cornelius), and another Vietnam veteran Dirty Denny (Houston Savage who was killed in a road accident not long after completing the film). They are under the orders of Army Captain Jackson (Bernie Hamilton).
The gang modifies their motorcycles in a garage run by Vic Diaz. They weld armour plating with submachine guns on the handlebars. Limpy drives a three-wheeler modified from a Harley-Davidson frame with a Volkswagen rear end that is armed with heavy .50 calibre machine guns and a multiple rocket launcher from a helicopter. In order to open fire on enemy soldiers in trees or towers the gang do wheelies whilst firing their weapons.
Production
On 19 November 1965, Sonny Barger the "Maximum Leader" of the Hells Angels motorcycle club sent a telegram to President Johnson offering the Angels as "gorilla fighters" (sic) in the Vietnam War. Though the President turned them down, the idea became a Vietnam War movie made in the Philippines using sets and crew from Too Late the Hero.
William Smith stated that the original ending had the rescued diplomat die whilst the Hells Angels lived, but Jack Starrett and Smith rewrote Alan Caillous screenplay. Smith also stated that the earring he wore in the film was given to him by Hells Angels during another motorcycle film he made.
Paul Koslo was taught to ride by the films stuntman Gary McLarty.
Originally titled Nams Angels the title was changed before release into the more generic The Losers with composer Stu Phillips writing a song incorporating the title.
"The Devils Advocates" gang also appears in the film Werewolves on Wheels.
Pulp Fiction
A glimpse of the movie appears in Quentin Tarantinos Pulp Fiction, which Fabienne was watching, then had said "A motorcycle movie, Im not sure the name."
Similar Movies
William Smith appears in Nams Angels and Run - Angel - Run. Jack Starrett directed Nams Angels and appears in Hells Angels on Wheels. Adam Roarke appears in Nams Angels and Hells Belles. Adam Roarke and John Garwood appear in Nams Angels and The Savage Seven. Jack Starrett directed Nams Angels and appears in Angels from Hell.
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