Stunts (1977)

Director:

Mark L. Lester

Writers:

Raymond Lofaro (story)
Dennis Johnson (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

22 June 1978 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

Dying is one hell of a way to make a living.

Plot:

After a stunt man dies while he is involved in the making of a motion picture, his brother takes his place in order to find out what really happened.

Plot Keywords:

Stunt | Film Within A Film | Beautiful Woman | Murder | Independent Film

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robert Forster	...	Glen Wilson
Fiona Lewis	...	B.J. Parswell
Ray Sharkey	...	Paul Salerno
Joanna Cassidy	...	Patti Johnson
Bruce Glover	...	Chuck Johnson
Richard Lynch	...	Pete Lustig
Darrell Fetty	...	Dave Allison
James Luisi	...	Alvin Blake
Candice Rialson	...	Judy Blake
Malachi Throne	...	Earl O'Brien
Janet Hadland	...	Doctor
H.B. Haggerty	...	Redneck
Dave Shelley	...	Jack
Gary Davis	...	Greg Wilson (as Gary Charles Davis)
Alex Kubik	...	Gas Station Attendant

Also Known As:

Who Is Killing the Stuntmen?

Runtime:

USA:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

San Luis Obispo, California, USA

Company:

Mark Fleischman Ltd.

Quotes:

[last lines]
B.J. Parswell: A very impressive ending.
Glen Wilson: Just like in the movies.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' (2004) (V)

On a movie location shoot, someone is killing the stuntman.

This neat little sleeper of a movie, which is a pre-cursor to the more mainstream THE STUNTMAN, grabs you from the first few minutes and takes you on a wild ride right up to the end. When stuntman Greg Wilson (Gary Davis) meets a grisly end while on location with a film company, his brother Glen (Robert Forster) shows up to complete the film in his place, and find out what really happened.

Several more stuntmen meet their demise and it's really looking bad for the Special Effects man Pete Lustig (Richard Lynch). Lustig is a strange fellow to be sure, but is he capable of cold-blooded murder? The surviving stuntmen seem to think so as the bodies continue to pile up.

Meanwhile reporter BJ Parswell (Fiona Lewis) arrives to do a story on the mysterious deaths and finds herself right in the middle of it all. The action-packed ending will have you on the edge of your seat as the killer is finally revealed.

I liked this film, it wasn't as good as THE STUNTMAN, but not bad either. Forster, who resembles Robert Blake, is great as tough guy Glen. You find yourself rooting for him to find the real killer. Lynch does a fine job as the creepy, lone-wolf Lustig, yet he has such a sad, puppy-dog quality to him that you find yourself hoping he's not the one. It's hard to hate someone who seems so lonely and left out. And Lewis is superb as the bitchy reporter who turns out to be pretty nice and who ends up helping to solve the mystery.