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Stunts Unlimited (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Stunts Unlimited' is a 1980 American action film about stunt performers directed by Hal Needham.
Plot
A group of professional stunt performers is hired by a former U.S. Intelligence agent to retrieve a stolen weapon from a dangerous arms dealer.
Cast
* Chip Mayer as Matt Lewis
* Susanna Dalton as C.C. Brandt
* Sam J. Jones as Bo Carlson
* Glenn Corbett as Dirk Macauley
* Linda Grovenor as Jody Webber
* Alejandro Rey as Fernando Castilla
* Stefan Gierasch as Axel Kalb
* Victor Mohica as Joe Tallia
* Lina Raymond as Cora
* Alfie Wise as Tom
* Hal Needham as H.N.
* Arthur Weiss as Fall Director
* Richard Ziker as The Star
* John Larroquette as Leading Man
* Linda McClure as 1st Assistant Director
* Victoria Peters as Rhea
* Peaches Pook as Waitress
* Sandy Lang as 2nd Assistant Director
* Graydon Gould as Western Director
* Joe Montana
* Nicholas David as Fred
* Danny Rogers as Fire Stuntman
* Alan Gibbs as Rider #1
* Monty Laird as Pistol Stuntman
* Mickey Gilbert as Horse Rider
* Walter Wyatt as Rider #2
* Stan Barrett as Tower Stuntman
* Charles Picerni as Air Stuntman
* Stefan Gudju as Gate Guard
* Maureen Cavaretta as Trapeze Lady #1
* Vicki Mathaway as Trapeze Lady #2
* Charles A. Tamburro as Bunker Guard
* Jophery C. Brown as Roving Guard
* Richard Lapp as Minor Role
Production
The title of the film is an homage to the real company Stunts Unlimited, a stunt group formed by Hal Needham, Glenn Wilder, and Ronnie Rondell in 1970.
Broadcast and reception
The TV movie was broadcast on ABC at 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time on January 4, 1980 as the pilot for a proposed series but the series was not picked up.
Upon the film's broadcast, the staff of 'People' wrote that "the idea is ingenious" and "it ought to be a series".
References
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