An undercover cop named stone ken shorter infiltrates an outlaw biker gang called the grave diggers, only to discover that he has more in common with the twowheeled warriors than he previously. Hes dug the grave, a rectangular hole in damp ground, taking care to make sure its edges are sharp and true. Billy green stone original film soundtrack discogs. Stone 1974 103 min action, drama, adventure 28 june 1974 australia an undercover cop named stone infiltrates an outlaw biker gang called the grave diggers, only to discover that he has more in common with. Stone became the first widely distributed movie to deal with the australian bikie experience, and does so with a great deal more authenticity. Stone original cinema movie poster biker drugs grave. After one of its members witnesses a political assassination, an outlaw motorbike gang becomes the target of a string of murders, prompting a cop to join their ranks to determine who is responsible.
A pair of bikers grab stone and hold him down as doctor death approaches with a syringe. High quality grave digger inspired tshirts by independent artists and designers from around the world. Jun 07, 2015 stone follows ken shorter as stone, a cop who needs to go undercover in the biker club in order to establish who is killing them off. A prominent environmental activist has just been assassinated, and the police suspect that the grave diggers are. Members of the grave diggers motorcycle club are being knocked off one by one, and someone needs to find out why. The bikers have chased out after stone, and now they all return to the bar. Born in 1982, with the famous words ill take this junk and dig your grave, the grave digger quickly gained popularity on the tnt motorsports tour with dennis wild driving style, and. An excop himself before acting he is pretty wooden and dull on screen. The gravediggers or clowns are examples of shakespearean fools also known as clowns or jesters, a recurring type of character in shakespeares plays. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. Charles stone iii on the film being a blend of genres. Stones quick thinking saves a couple of the bikers lives, resulting in the grave diggers leader, the undertaker sandy harbutt, reluctantly allowing him to ride with the gang. Anderson created the first grave digger in 1982, and also drove the truck until he retired in 2017. Life on the road is simpler and stone finds himself attracted to the grave diggers style, but remains focused on his investigative duties.
Ken shorter, sandy harbutt, deryck barnes, hugh keays byrne, roger ward, vincent gil, sandy harbutt. The grave digger and rheingold 2000 2004 in 2000, grave digger celebrated their 20th anniversary. The meaning and relevance of this movie s stone title is that it refers to the name of the central character, a cop, played by ken shorter who infiltrates a motorbike gang. A man who can rule the room with attitude, danger, and sex appeal. An undercover cop named stone ken shorter infiltrates an outlaw biker gang called the grave diggers, only to discover that he has more in common with the twowheeled warriors than he previously though after a professional assassin attempts to set them up for a big fall. Oct 23, 2010 but if you were a biker in australia in the 70s you would have been lining up in spring 1974 to see a naughty little flick called stone clip slightly nsfw. The dead body would be placed on a stone bench inside the tomb until the flesh decomposed. Undercover cop stone ken shorter is ordered to investigate the violent murder of several members of a motorcycle gang, the grave diggers. The word stoned was common in the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s referring to the intoxicated state one gets from taking drugs and itself the title of a few movies. A gravedigger implements a variety of tools to accomplish his primary task. Like most shakespearean fools, the gravediggers are peasants or commoners that use their great wit and intellect to get the better of their superiors, other people of higher social status, and each other.
Jul 11, 2015 stone became the first widely distributed movie to deal with the australian bikie experience, and does so with a great deal more authenticity than american pictures such as 1953s the wild one. But when he turns up in the bikie pub to order a beer and look for the president of the club, undertaker director sandy harbutt, he gets into a brawl, then finds he has to protect the bikies from a sharpshooter with a crossbow. Police officer stone goes undercover with the gravediggers outlaw motorcycle gang, to find out who is murdering their members, one by one. Somebody is taking out members of the grave diggers gang one by one and while they dont approve of their lifestyle, local law enforcement isnt about to let any such murders go uninvestigated. Undertaker calls the grave diggers together outside, and the bikers and their molls gather round to laugh and cheer as stone tries on his club colors. The film stars ken shorter and features rebecca gilling, bill hunter and helen morse. If you were an american film buff in the 1970s and into your bikes. Stone is a 1974 australian outlaw biker film written, directed and produced by sandy harbutt. See more ideas about monster trucks, monster jam and trucks. Many of the bands most popular songs were played alongside other less wellknown ones. Ken shorter who looks a bit like the late bon scott at times plays stone, an undercover cop who joins the grave diggers bikie gang to try and find out who is killing them one by one. An undercover cop named stone infiltrates an outlaw biker gang called the grave diggers, only to discover that he has more in common with the twowheeled.
Jun 29, 20 the dead body would be placed on a stone bench inside the tomb until the flesh decomposed. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. The grave diggers motorcycle gang are socalled in the movie because the group comprises exmilitary known colloquially in australia as diggers from the vietnam and korea wars. Stoneis the fullthrottle saga of an undercover cop ken shorter who infiltrates the outlaw grave diggers led by producerdirectorcowriter sandy harbutt on a oneway trip to hell with vengeance in their hearts, violence on their minds, and 150 horsepower of screaming steel between their legs. Grave digger is arguably the most famous and widely. Find highquality grave digger stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Their fathers were clam diggers as well as their grandfathers before them. Active for more than 35 years, there are 8 competing grave digger vehicles with 9 current competing drivers on the monster jam circuit. Stone original cinema movie poster biker drugs grave diggers. A comingofage story about four workingclass friends growing up in long island, new york, as clam diggers. So, a tomb could be used for multiple family members over an extended period of time. Realizing that the grave diggers will never speak to regular policemen, the cops recruit stone to ride with the gang and find out what they know.
Ken shorter, sandy harbutt, deryck barnes, hugh keaysbyrne, roger ward, vincent gil, sandy harbutt. The bones would then be collected and placed in a small ossuary, or bone box, and placed on a shelf in the tomb. Set to george thorogoods bad to the bone, this is a tribute to one of the most legendary monster trucks in competition today, dennis andersons grave digger. It is a low budget film by company hedon productions. A tribute page to sandy harbutts iconic australian motorycle movie, stone released. Jumped right over and pulled the buy button trigger. Stone 1974 allmovie movies and films database movie. Stone s quick thinking saves a couple of the bikers lives, resulting in the grave diggers leader, the undertaker sandy harbutt, reluctantly allowing him to ride with the gang. The real noahs ark found by archaeologist ron wyatt. The grave diggers mc was every old skool aussie riders favourite movie motorcycle club and it didnt get any cooler than their kawasaki z1s. Fossor latin fossorius, from the verb fodere to dig is a term described in chambers dictionary as archaic, but can conveniently be revived to describe grave diggers in the roman catacombs in the first three centuries of the christian era. The copper is owed a debt of gratitude for having pushed a pair of the grave diggers, captain midnight bindi williams and ferret peter king, out of the line of fire, and what he wants in return is to ride with the gang for a little while. The club is headed up by writerdirector sandy harbutt, known in this as undertaker, and after some initial reservations. The gunman, unsure of which one saw him it was hugh keaysbyrne better known as toecutter in mad max, hunts the club down, killing them one.
A undercover cop who joins the grave diggers motorbike gang to find out whos killing them off. The gravedigger may use a sodcutter or spade to cut the outline of the grave and remove the top layer of sod. Camping out in an isolated fortress located on a rocky peninsula, the grave diggers watch after their own, but soon feel the need. With deryck barnes, sandy harbutt, hugh keaysbyrne, lex mitchell. Stone follows ken shorter as stone, a cop who needs to go undercover in the biker club in order to establish who is killing them off. We meet sam solo braun, our badass grave digger, on the prowl at page one. Under immediate supervision, digs graves in the city cemeteries, requiring unusual physical effort under all types of weather conditions. Open the gatefold sleeve and theres the full parade of hundreds of bikers astride kawasaki 900s, which was taken from the funeral scene shot on the north sydney freeway. A template, in the form of a wooden frame built to prescribed specifications, is often placed on the ground over the intended grave. The duties of the christian fossor corresponded in a general way with those of the pagan vespillones, but whereas the latter were held in anything but. Stone is the fullthrottle saga of an undercover cop ken shorter who infiltrates the outlaw grave diggers led by producerdirectorcowriter sandy harbutt on a oneway trip to hell with vengeance in their hearts, violence on their minds, and 150 horsepower of screaming steel between their legs. An undercover cop named stone ken shorter infiltrates an outlaw biker gang called the grave diggers, only to discover that he has more in.
An australian easy rider, stone is a wild combination of biker movie, gore flick, whodunit, action film and remains the best known cult exploitation film of the 70s. This shirt is sure to grab the attention of every stone movie or kawasaki fan around. Chockablock with drugs, women and rock and roll, stone is a high octane trip worth taking. After one of its members witnesses a political assassination, an outlaw motorbike gang becomes the target of a string of murders, prompting a cop to. Stone concerns an outlaw biker club, the grave diggers mc who are witness to the assassination of a political figure. Now you can remember the movie in style in our latest grave diggers 1974 tshirt. Deemed highly controversial at the time of its release, stone marks a distinct point in the evolution of the australian film industry. The front cover features the stone insignia on a black background while the back cover displays the grave diggers embroided logo of a deaths head skull with slouch hat. The gang here, the grave diggers, are seeing their members killed at random for reasons they cant fathom. With david coakley, macdara deery, declan murphy, natasha quirke. Monster jam mega crash madness relive all the monster truck crashes on one disc. Grave digger is arguably the most famous and widely known monster.
The storyline is uncomplicated, concerning a cop who goes undercover with a bunch of bikies called the gravediggers, but harbutts execution. Dec 08, 20 the front cover features the stone insignia on a black background while the back cover displays the grave diggers embroided logo of a deaths head skull with slouch hat. Jul 05, 2017 the real noahs ark found by archaeologist ron wyatt. But if you were a biker in australia in the 70s you would have been lining up in spring 1974 to see a naughty little flick called stone clip slightly nsfw. Theres a diner, and thrill rides on a dirt course in a monster truck not grave digger for only five bucks. Stone, the 1974 sandy harbutt australian motorcycle biker mystery crime action adventure thriller about a cop who goes undercover with the grave diggers motorcycle club to figure out whos killing their members. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Poplar branch, nc diggers dungeon home of grave digger. Antique burial funeral in holland grave diggers study drawing print isaac israel. To mark the occasion, they performed at a sellout concert at the zeche in bochum. Stone 1974 sandy harbutt synopsis, characteristics. The meaning and relevance of this movies stone title is that it refers to the name of the central character, a cop, played by ken shorter who infiltrates a. The club is headed up by writerdirector sandy harbutt, known in this as undertaker, and after some initial reservations, stone is allowed to be part of the grave diggers club.
Movie info an undercover cop named stone ken shorter infiltrates an outlaw biker gang called the grave diggers, only to discover that he has more in common with the twowheeled warriors than he. Accepted into the fold after saving the life of a grateful grave digger, stone begins to respect the undertaker sandy harbutt and his crew due to the fact that they operate by their own unique code. The authorities send longhaired maverick stone ken shorter to catch the assassin by posing as a grave digger, an arrangement the bikers grudgingly accept after the pig proves his road skills and. Stone original cinema movie poster biker drugs grave diggers 1974 aussie. Grave digger is a monster truck created by dennis anderson and now owned by feld motorsports. Police officer stone goes undercover with the gravediggers outlaw.
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