Tom Steele for The Thing From Another World
Tom Steele body doubled James Arness (The Thing) during the end scene in which The Thing is doused with kerosene and set ablaze and is believed to be the…
Stunt Crew and The Dark Knight
Christopher Nolan, as in his previous movies, pushed his film crew to develop and perform the best stunts possible in order to avoid having to resort to CGI effects.…
Paddy Ryan and Ivanhoe
I saw this movie as a child, and it was enthralling. One of my favorites when it came to the big mounted “epic”. This is when I started to…
Stunt Team, Mission Impossible
This is the start of another stunt spectacular series. The stunts in this series, seem to get better with each outing. At first Tom Cruise started out doing a…
Tyrone Power, Basil Rathbone, Fred Caverns and The Mark of Zorro
Robin Hood found it’s way on to the list twice and now Zorro has it’s second slot as well. The Mark of Zorro features a climactic duel between Zorro…
Ken Bates in Die Hard
Here’s the second action movie with a christmas theme (the first being Lethal Weapon). Both just happened to be hugely successful films and even more successful series. Another example…
Joe Canutt and Ben Hur
Over the Years, if you like movie stunts, you’ll hear about the rumor about the stuntman who died during the shooting of the chariot scene in this movie. Well,…
Actors and Stunt Performers in Lethal Weapon
Richard Donner and Joel Silver wanted the action in this film to be so realistic that in pre-production they hired stunt coordinator, Bobby Bass, to design all the action…
James Garner and Grand Prix
There’s no doubt that driving is a dangerous profession and not everyone is predisposed to be any good at it. Take Grand Prix for example, of the main cast,…