In 1980, The Stunt Man, starring Peter O'Toole and Steve Railsback, became one of the most acclaimed motion pictures of the decade -- an odd mixture of black humor and riveting suspense. But the strange history of the film's embattled development, production and distribution has never been fully revealed ... until now.
Richard Rush
Director, Writer

Richard Rush
Narrator

Peter O'Toole

Steve Railsback

Barbara Hershey

Charles Bail

Sharon Farrell

Mario Tosi
Nelson Tyler
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