Bud Eikins and The Great Escape
Donovan MontierthOne of the great things about hindsight is I can now give awards to moments in film history deemed as “classic” to most. This one falls in that category. …
Cast and Stunt Performers for Black Hawk Down
When a film has prolonged action throughout, it can be easy for the actors to sometimes forget that they are literally making a movie as they can spend months…
Hal Needham and Gator
Hal, having been a stuntman for years and for having doubled Burt Reynolds for 18 years had a great rapport with his cast and crew. He had a stunt…
Steve McQueen, Carey Loftkin, Bud Eikins, Loren Janes and Bill Hickman for Bullitt
Carey gets the nod for designing arguably the most famous car chase scene in history. He was one of the quintessential stunt car drivers in the business when he was…
Burt Lancaster for Trapeze
Trapeze is highlighted by its truly breathtaking stunt sequences. Burt Lancaster performed all of the trapeze stunts himself, having worked in a circus before entering films. He insisted on doing…
Peter Kent for Terminator 2
Stuntman Peter Kent's resemblance to Arnold Schwarzenegger was the basis of a 14-year association with the ex-action hero. As Schwarzenegger's stunt double he performed the T-101's famous motorbike jump…
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…
Best of the Year List 1940-1949
Here is the list for the Best Movie Stunts for the Decade 1940-1949 as listed in the book, 100 Years of the Best Movie Stunts! 1940: The Mark of…