[REL] Billy Jack (1971)

[Night457]

I agree they look alot alike! And I can believe she is 16, sure. I don't know how they figured that out though, as it does not appear she has a film credit. Maybe she revealed her identity through some media outlet sometime later. "This movie was the start of my Hollywood career, I am so proud of it!"

What you say is true about 60s and 70s films. Nowadays they pretend 13-year-olds never have sex ... or we can be generous and say they are discreet and don't depict it.

And then there are the exploitation genres of the 70s, which would gratuitously depict sex and nudity and sometimes pretend to moralize about how awful the characters were, when the whole thing was for the leering benefit of the audience. "Billy Jack" was pretty tame though, rated "PG"! I can't imagine that scene allowing such a rating now.

Thank you for your research on this movie!

[ArtasKo]

From IMDb:
A man is having sex with a 13 year old girl when they are interrupted by Billy Jack. When the girl gets out of bed, she holds a sheet in front of her, but as she walks out of the room her buttocks and side breasts are visible. The actress was underaged at the time of filming, but the shot showing nudity was a body double.

[Sully23]

Everyone has already said what I think but I will add more.
In those times it used to be normal, these types of movies are not big releases and are made invisible, the studio is independent even though WB distributed it in theaters, that OT is not relevant, it is just a bed scene that lets the viewer think, another One thing I think about the native tribes is perhaps that type of encounter is normal, finally it is not a big deal when controversial films appeared that we already know that changed the perception in the world of cinema forever.

PS:

Spoiler: It used to be the representative or the director himself would advise me to lie about the age of the actor or character

[Night457]

Thanks ArtasKo, I should have examined all the IMDB info more closely! I totally forgot about the frequent use of body doubles.

[ghost]

Thanks for Billy! I've never heard about it before and I'm curious because of the previous comments...

[deadman]

Thanks for Billy! I've never heard about it before and I'm curious because of the previous comments...

Don't download it just for the scene we've been talking about. It's short, and the brief nude flash momentarily substitutes a body double. That said it's an interesting look at early 70's American cinema and has some cute girls.

If anyone's curious, there is a sequel to this movie:

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Both Susan Sosa and Teresa Kelly, the blond girl who played guitar and was 14 in the first movie, appear in the second. It's poor Susan's only other acting credit.

Oh, by the way, I noticed on the IMDb page of the sequel an interesting name: Geo Anne Sosa. Born in 1954. So she would've turned 16 in 1970 when Billy Jack was filming. I was right - older sister! She also appears in another film with the same actor who played Billy Jack, The Master Gunfighter (1975).

[ghost]

Don't download it just for the scene we've been talking about. It's short, and the brief nude flash momentarily substitutes a body double.

Nah, not because of the nudity. I read about the body double (and they really did take one with big boobs! ).

[Night457]

Oh, by the way, I noticed on the IMDb page of the sequel an interesting name: Geo Anne Sosa. Born in 1954. So she would've turned 16 in 1970 when Billy Jack was filming. I was right - older sister!

Fantastic sleuthing, deadman! I searched and found slightly later pictures of her, and can totally believe from her face that she is the uncredited face-double for the brief flashing body.

Alternately, I can't tell if she would have been a body double for yet another girl.