The Savage Seven
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Rush
Screenplay by	Michael Fisher
Story by	Rosalind Ross
Produced by	Dick Clark
Starring	Robert Walker Jr. Larry Bishop Joanna Frank John Garwood Adam Roarke
Cinematography	László Kovács
Edited by	Renn Reynolds
Music by	Mike Curb Jerry Styner
Production company	Dick Clark Productions
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date	May 5, 1968 (1968-05-05)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2,100,000 (US/ Canada rentals) [1]

The Savage Seven is a 1968 outlaw biker exploitation film directed by Richard Rush, who had directed the previous year's Hells Angels on Wheels. Rush agreed to direct The Savage Seven in exchange for the opportunity to make the psychedelic film Psych-Out. ^[2]

Penny Marshall appears in one of her earliest screen roles. ^[3]

Plot

Kisum, the leader of a motorcycle gang, is in love with waitress Marcia Little Hawk. Her brother Johnnie Little Hawk, the leader of a group of Indians, is upset about the romance. The bikers and Indians join forces but a scheme by crooked businessmen causes them to become adversaries.

Cast

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Richard F. Shepard wrote: "The movie is one continuous uproar of unmuffled motors and head-cracking and emphasized cruelty from one and to another. It is colorful and technically competent but completely cheap in its primitive, uninquiring, kick'-em-in-the-groin sensationalism, too serious to be lusty and too one-note to be interesting." ^[4]

Several critics consider the film to be a biker film adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's 1954 classic Seven Samurai. ^{[5] [6]}

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack album was released 1968 on Atco Records as 33-245 (mono) and SD-33-245 (stereo). ^[7]

References

External links

• The Savage Seven at IMDb
• The Savage Seven at the TCM Movie Database
• The Savage Seven at AllMovie