Category Archives: Pictures

Behind the scenes pictures from the private Laughlin archives, many never seen before

Delores Taylor Marries Tom Laughlin


Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor were married on October 16, 1954, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in a church with just a few friends and family present. Very few. Tom was…

Trial of Billy Jack Snapshots


The first is the furniture repossession scene that takes place in a mall parking lot. Tom is on the crane lining up the shot with Jack Marta, the cinematographer AND, if you look close Christina - which explains why Delores (back to us in the hat) is paying such close attention.

Master Gunfighter – Chorika Day


Geo Anne Sosa in one of the starring roles as Chorika. These are screen grabs from the film with Chorika facing off with a cowboy that caught her cheating, being accosted on the mud-filled street (through which she was dragged - I don’t know how you didn’t freeze to death), and gambling in the brothel bar…

Delores Taylor Press Junket

Delores Taylor on a press junket somewhere in the Midwest for Billy Jack. There are lots of photos. Delores did radio shows, TV shows, there was a luncheon, and some type of gift or award.

Frank in Tiny (Billy Jack) Hat


I don’t know what to say about this picture. I have NO idea. We are on the ranch where the final scene in the church was shot, where the roping and riding sequences were shot, where the shootout was shot. Why I’m standing with the boots and hat (which really is too small for me, and always hurt to put on my head), I have no idea.

Master Gunfighter Day


In these pictures we’ve got Tom Laughlin, above, as the lead character, Finley McCloud, who has been marked for assassination by the Santiago family in early California. He is making his way back to…

Tom Making Deals… circa 1958


This was in an apartment we lived in on Kiowa Ave near San Vicente in Los Angeles. This picture is from the time when Tom started to make his own films…

Tom & Fred Koenekamp Plan


In order to shoot a movie low budget and not suffer poor quality you have to be able to plan, and plan, and plan. It’s hard work, but when you don’t have much money, it’s the only way to…

When Corsages Were Corsages


We’re finding out what the event would have been that had Delores looking so beautiful. It seems there were a lot of events planned in Winner, South Dakota, Delores’ home town. But this one had to be…

The World Goes Karate Crazy


People around ‘Billy Jack’ went karate crazy - trademark pending - even before ‘Billy Jack’ hit theaters. It happened on the set. Everyone was pestering Master Bong Soo Han to ‘show them something’, which…