Many people think of Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack. While that is certainly the character he will forever be remembered as, he played many roles before ‘Billy Jack’, and played one after: Finley in ‘The Master Gunfighter’.
Tom Laughlin was a big fan of samurai films, and became especially excited by ‘Goyokin’, so excited he decided to remake the film in english. That remake was ‘The Master Gunfighter’, a hybrid western that mixed samurai swords and six guns.
Barbara Carrera as Eula in The Master Gunfighter (1975)
Tom Laughlin as Finley hanging from a Redwood in Big Sur, CA, in 'The Master Gunfighter' (1975)
Geo Anne Sosa as Chorika in 'The Master Gunfighter' (1975)
Opening credits of 'The Master Gunfighter' (1975)
