The Stunt Man Movie Spoiler

An escaped convict accidentally destroys a stunt shot while a motion picture is being filmed. Once the driver dies inside the following car crash, the director of the film decides to quickly substitute the driver with the convict, consequently saving them both from the police force and setting up explosive dramatic ironies involving the real world and the false world of film-making.

O’Toole is brilliant inside this brilliant film. Academy Award Nominations: 3, together with Best Director, Best Actor–Peter O’Toole, Best (Adapted) Screenplay.

The stuntman (Steve Railsback) isn’t a psychopath. He’s on the run on behalf of pushing a cop’s skull into a little ice cream and giving him a frostbitten nose.