From: Reviews and Criticism of Vietnam War Theatrical and Television Dramas (http://www.lasalle.edu/library/vietnam/FilmIndex/home.htm) compiled by John K. McAskill, La Salle University ([email protected])

S7860 (USA, 1980) (Other titles: Cascadeur; Diable en boite; Kaskader; Professione pericolo; Der lange Tod des Stuntman Cameron)

Credits: director, ; writer, Lawrence B. Marcus ; novel, Paul Brodeur. Cast: Peter O’Toole, Steve Railsback, . Summary: Melodrama set in contemporary California. A military deserter (Railsback) finds work as a stunt man on the set of a World War I movie, where nothing is what it seems, and the director (O’Toole) is just possibly insane. Explores the ever changing nature of reality and illusion.

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