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Jack Starrett
Director 1936 - 1989

Jack Starrett

Refugio, Texas, USA

Jack Starrett (November 2, 1936 – March 27, 1989) was an American actor and film director. He is credited as Claude Ennis Starrett, Jr. in some of his films. Starrett is perhaps best known for his role as Gabby Johnson, a parody of Gabby Hayes, in the 1974 classic parody film... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

8 titles
Final Chapter: Walking Tall

Final Chapter: Walking Tall

Jack Starrett 1977 1h 53m

It's the final chapter in this chilling, real-life story of Sheriff Buford Pusser, a good-hearted lawman set on keeping his town safe. Still distraught over his wife's death, he blows up every moonshine still in McNairy county and burns the brothels and whiskey joints to the ground.

Hollywood Man

Hollywood Man

Jack Starrett 1976 1h 47m

A film crew struggles to finish a motorcycle-stunt epic despite repeated threats of sabotage from the mob.

Race with the Devil

Race with the Devil

Jack Starrett 1975 1h 28m 6.8

Two couples are being chased by the devil while vacationing together in an RV.

The Gravy Train

The Gravy Train

Jack Starrett 1974 1h 34m

Two rural West Virginia brothers leave home, rob an armored car and become fugitives.

Cleopatra Jones

Cleopatra Jones

Jack Starrett 1973 1h 29m 5.0

Cleopatra Jones (Tamara Dobson) goes after the the notorious drug-lord "Mommy".

The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie

The Strange Vengeance of Rosalie

Jack Starrett 1972 1h 47m

A traveling salesman is lured by a precocious teenage girl to her shack in the desert for some sexual escapades. However, a scuzzy biker comes along and they both find themselves dominated and tormented by him.

Slaughter

Slaughter

Jack Starrett 1972 1h 31m

Slaughter, a former Green Beret, avenges the killing of loved ones by the Mob, and after being blackmailed by the feds, is forced to head to South America to finish the mobsters off.

The Losers

The Losers

Jack Starrett 1970 1h 35m

Some bikers are hired by the CIA during the Vietnam War to rescue a captured agent from the clutches of the Red Chinese army. After a round of drinking, fighting, and whoring around, the cycle gang, led by Big Bill Smith, fix up their Yamahas with machine guns, grenades and armor plating, and storm the enemy camp.

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