"Angel" (William Smith) is a biker who is wanted by an outlaw motorcycle club known as "the Devil's Angels" for spilling their darkest secrets to a magazine for $10,000. But in order to retrieve the money he and his girlfriend "Laurie" (Valerie Starrett) have to drive from Los Angeles to Frisco and his old motorcycle gang is quite aware of his destination. So to buy some time Angel stops off along the way and gets a job with a sheep rancher named "Dan Felton" (Dan Kemp) who needs some help. The problem is Angel doesn't know anything about sheep and even less about settling down. Meanwhile, rather than giving up, the outlaw motorcycle gang continues to look for him and they are willing to do whatever it takes to find him. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this film started out pretty good but seemed to lose steam about halfway through before picking up again towards the end. That said, William Smith performed fairly well and all things considered I suppose it wasn't too bad as far as "biker movies" are concerned. Average.

William Smith is a very capable actor, but it seems he never had an agent. He always got stuck in a lot of B movies like this one. This film was barely good enough for me to keep from falling asleep. The direction was bad, the script terrible, etc. It had a lot of potential and in the hands of a capable producer/director, it could have been a good film. The casting was good, except for the posse of bikers who were on Angel's trail. They seemed like a bunch of lightweights who were the only ones who showed up for the casting call. Everything was bargain basement here; all the scenes lacked intensity. the frequent use of the split screen was distracting and you could see why this technique has since been abandoned.The ending was inadequate and abrupt; a fitting tribute to a wasted effort.

The opening credit sequence (making up for backstory) shows the cover of a fictional LIFE-esquire "LIKE MAGAZINE" adorned with the face of William Smith's character, Angel: he's been interviewed and told-all about his biker gang.So the film starts with his former-fellow marauders chasing he and his girl down the highway and onto a moving train (the best filmed sequence, using split-screen nicely).After finding solace at a rural farm, Mr. and Mrs. Smith learn to be "normal", which doesn't go without tons of arguments and forgiveness. This is the down-time of biker films, and has a "message" about the biker lifestyle selling out, perhaps because of the year-before blockbuster EASY RIDER: which this film borrows from in its flash-cut editing.Smith's acting is good but he seems to be doing a Stanley Kowalski imitation. And Jack Starrett, who's classic leathery voice is used for an aged gas station attendant, has directed much better.

This is a real Biker-Movie Classic. I think it was the first leading part for William Smith and also his first biker-movie. He did a great job. Of course it is a B-Picture, but it has some good and unforgettable scenes. One year later Smith and director Jack Starrett did another classic together: Nam's Angels.