The Takers

The Takers

...holding women at their mercy - helpless to resist!

NR 1971 · 81 min · ★ 5.0 · Action, Thriller

After a breakfast of LSD and hitchhikers, The Takers--two berserk bikers--decide to go upscale when they spot suburban housewife Laura and bachelorette Barbi, follow them to Laura's home, and invite themselves in: "We're gonna have us a party with some educated social-type broads!" And party they do until Laura's hubbie (director Carl Monson) unexpectedly shows up to settle things with some shotgun vengeance and... well, one of the goofiest, most startling endings of any motion picture!

Directed by Carl Monson · Written by Dash Freemont

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Cast

Anna Travers Barbie
Fred Bush E.J.
Coe Bart Will
Vicki Carbe Laura
Linda Marie Hippie Girl #1
Kathy Hilton Hippie Girl #2
Dennis Troy Biker with Switchblade
Rulo Thumb
Carl Monson Laura's Husband

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3h 25m together

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