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The Choppers is a american film of genre Drama directed by Leigh Jason released in USA on 30 november 1961 with Robert Paget
The Choppers (1961)
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Add to a movie listThe Choppers is a 1961 American film directed by Leigh Jason.
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A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.Actors
Robert Paget
(Torch Lester (as Robert Padget))
Arch Hall, Jr.
(Jack 'Cruiser' Bryan)
Tom Brown
(Tom Hart)
Bruno VeSota
(Moose)
Arch Hall, Sr.
(Jim Bradford)
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