In the 1979 film 'Mad Max', what is the name of the motorcycle gang leader who kills Max's family?

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In the 1979 film Mad Max, the motorcycle-gang leader who targets and ultimately destroys Max’s family is Toecutter.

Toecutter leads the violent bikers who terrorize the Australian communities along the film’s highways. His gang pursues Max’s wife Jessie and their infant son, Sprog, after an earlier confrontation. The gang eventually runs the fleeing pair down, killing Sprog and leaving Jessie critically injured; she later dies in hospital.

The tragedy drives Max’s transformation from a disillusioned Main Force Patrol officer into a relentless avenger. He takes the black Pursuit Special without authorization and hunts the gang members one by one. Toecutter escapes an initial ambush, but Max pursues him onto a highway and forces him into the path of a truck.

Several names in the answer choices are related to the gang but are not its leader. Bubba Zanetti is Toecutter’s lieutenant, while The Nightrider is the gang member whose escape begins the film’s opening pursuit. Goose is Max’s fellow police officer, not a gang member. Toecutter was played by Hugh Keays-Byrne.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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