Stunts (film)

Stunts
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMark L. Lester
Written by
  • Dennis Johnson
  • Barney Cohen
  • Michael Harpster (scenario)
  • Robert Shaye (scenario)
Based onStory by Raymond Lofaro
original idea and treatment by Shaye
Produced by
StarringRobert Forster
CinematographyBruce Logan
Edited byCorky Ehlers
Music byMichael Kamen
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • New Line Cinema
  • Reel Media International
  • EMI Films (Worldwide)
Release date
  • August 17, 1977 (1977-08-17)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$600,000
Box office$2 million

Stunts, also released as The Deadly Game, is a 1977 American adventure thriller film set in the world of movie stunt performers directed by Mark L. Lester and starring Robert Forster, Fiona Lewis and Ray Sharkey. The first film produced by New Line Cinema, Stunts was part of a late 1970s/early 1980s cycle of stunt performer films that included stunt man-turned-director Hal Needham's Hooper (1978) and Richard Rush's The Stunt Man (1980).