MOTORCYCLE GANG 1957 (SHOUT TV)

Another AIP film I had never seen.

Edward L. Cahn handled the directing chores on this fun little film.

John Ashley stars as Nick Rogers, a young man recently released from prison after 15 months. He returns to his old motorcycle gang and finds it has been turned into a club that is too goody goody for him.

He immediately clashes with Randy (Steve Terrell), who Nick believes is responsible for sending him to jail. Both young men are attracted to a gorgeous woman named Terry (Anne Neyland) and she plays both of them for a while.

Randy has a goal of making a big race so he can earn enough money to get himself and his mother out of where they are living and into a better place.

Problems escalate as Randy and Nick continue to clash and all culminates in a final confrontation when Nick and his gang terrorize a small group of people in a small town and Randy and the police come to the rescue.

This is a very well made little film and Cahn handles the directing chores very well as always. Ashley lays the character of Nick as a total psycho, and he does it well...sometimes very well.

The rest of the cast includes AIP regulars Raymond Hatton, Russ Bender and Scott Peters. Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer is third or fourth billed in the movie and it was one of his last films he made before his death at the age of 31. Look quickly for Paul Blaisdell in a small role as well.

I liked this film a lot and am very glad I am getting to see these via Shout TV. I do hope some of these get a blu-ray release someday as well.