The Stunt Man

feature film, 1980.

DIRECTED BY: Richard Rush

The Stunt Man

CAST:
Peter O'Toole (Eli Cross),
Steve Railsback (Cameron),
Barbara Hershey (Nina Franklin),
Allen Garfield (Sam),
Alex Rocco (šef policije Jake)

SCRIPT:
Lawrence B. Marcus,
Richard Rush (prema romanu Paula Brodeura)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Mario Tosi

Synopsis:
Vietnam War veteran Cameron is running from the police as he is a suspect in a murder attempt. Running onto a beach he accidentally walks onto a film set where the ambitious director Eli Cross offers him a position of a stunt man. Former stunt man went missing while performing a dangerous stunt and Eli won't let anything slow down the making of the film. Although without any previous experience, Cameron takes the offer, willing to risk his life on film rather than continuing to run from the police.
This role brought Peter O'Toole his sixth Oscar nomination.

35 mm, color, 131 min