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Viva Knievel! ()

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He's powered his Harley over cars, trucks, lions, infernos and plummeted headlong into a canyon. But if the mob has its way, his next incredible leap will land him six feet under.
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Evel Knievel
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Will Atkins
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Kate Morgan
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Ben Andrews
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Stanley Millard
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Barton
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Frank Gifford
Eric Olson ...
Tommy Atkins
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Sister Charity
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Cortland
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Ralph Thompson
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Norman Clark (as Ernie Orsatti)
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Andy
Robert Tafur ...
Governor Garcia
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Jessie
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Reynaldo Anaya ...
Fan at the Bleachers (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Kids Crowd Member (uncredited)
Brent Dunsford ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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Stadium Manager (uncredited)
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Boy in Stands (uncredited)
Raven Grey Eagle ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
Sparky Marcus ...
Boy in Hospital (uncredited)
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Stadium Commentator (uncredited)
Kevin Schumm ...
Boy in Hospital (uncredited)
Shane Sinutko ...
Boy in Hospital (uncredited)
Johnny Timko ...
Boy in Hospital (uncredited)
Rande Volpert ...
Boy In stadium crowd (uncredited)

Directed by

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Gordon Douglas

Written by

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Antonio Santean ... (screenplay by) (as Antonio Santillan) and
Norman Katkov ... (screenplay by)
 
Antonio Santean ... (story by) (as Antonio Santillan)

Produced by

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Irwin Allen ... executive producer (uncredited)
Sherrill C. Corwin ... executive producer
Stan Hough ... producer (produced by)

Music by

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Charles Bernstein

Cinematography by

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Fred Jackman Jr. ... director of photography (as Fred Jackman)

Editing by

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Harold F. Kress ... (as Harold Kress)

Editorial Department

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Carroll Timothy O'Meara ... assistant film editor (as Tim O'Meara)

Casting By

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Jack Baur

Production Design by

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Ward Preston

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Stuart A. Reiss ... (as Stuart Reiss)

Costume Design by

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Paul Zastupnevich

Makeup Department

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Gloria Algeo ... hairdresser
Fred B. Phillips ... makeup artist (as Fred Philips)

Production Management

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Norman A. Cook ... unit production manager (as Norman Cook)
George E. Swink ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Cheryl Downey ... second assistant director
Malcolm R. Harding ... assistant director (as Malcolm Harding)
Carey Loftin ... second unit director
Louis S. Muscate ... second assistant director (as Louis Muscate)

Art Department

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Norm Baron ... assistant art director (as Norman Baron)
Tom Cranham ... production illustrator
Arthur Friedrich ... property master
Joseph Musso ... production illustrator
Irwin 'Eppy' Epstein ... drapery (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Herman Lewis ... production mixer
Frank Meadows ... boom operator
Arthur Piantadosi ... rerecording mixer (as Art Piantadosi)
Arthur H. Pullen ... sound effects editor (as Art Pullen)

Visual Effects by

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L.B. Abbott ... special photographic effects

Stunts

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Gary Davis ... stunt coordinator
Jerry Brutsche ... stunts (uncredited)
Gary Lee Davis ... utility stunts (uncredited)
Peter Horak ... stunts (uncredited)
Kevin N. Johnston ... stunts (uncredited)
Carey Loftin ... stunts (uncredited)
Eddie Mulder ... stunts (uncredited)
Alex Romero ... stunt double: Gene Kelly (uncredited)
Jesse Wayne ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Armando Contreras ... key grip
Frank R. Hale ... camera operator (as Frank Hale)
Ronald L. Vargas Jr. ... assistant camera: special effects unit (as Ron Vargas Jr.)
Randall Robinson ... first assistant camera: special photographic effects effects (uncredited)

Location Management

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Sheridan Dar Reid ... location manager (as Sheridan Reid)

Music Department

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Eugene Marks ... music editor
Dan Wallin ... score mixer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Esther Stephenson ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Tony Habeeb ... unit publicist
John Hood ... ramp supervisor
Steven Marlo ... dialogue coach
James McDonald ... assistant to executive producer
Patricia Padden ... assistant to executive producer
Art Volpert ... executive assistant to producer

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel is offered a fortune to perform in Mexico. What Evel doesn't know is that they're planning to kill him and use his body to ship cocaine into the U.S. His chief mechanic, who is an alcoholic, is weary of the whole thing and discovers something, but before he can tell Evel he is sent to a rehab clinic for drug addicts, which Evel doesn't believe he is. He goes to see him who tells Evel what he found out but is still in the dark as what is happening. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com

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Taglines The one and only real live Evel Knievel in his first dramatic movie role. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Viva Knievel (United States)
  • Seconds to Live (United States)
  • Le casse-cou (France)
  • ¡Viva Knievel! (Spain)
  • Le casse-cou (Canada, French title)
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Runtime
  • 106 min
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Box Office

Budget $5,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia The film premiered in June 1977, three months before Evel Knievel and his associates attacked promoter Shelly Saltman with an aluminum baseball bat on September 21, 1977. With Knievel losing most of his sponsorship and marketing deals as a result of the bad publicity, the film became much less commercially attractive, only opening in four further international markets after Knievel's conviction. In addition, the wholesome image of Knievel the movie promoted and the plot point concerning Knievel's promoter being corrupt seemed ill-judged in the light of the events that saw Knievel imprisoned. As a result, the film fell into comparative obscurity until the DVD release. See more »
Goofs During this film various characters put on helmets 20+ times and never does anyone use a chin strap, thus rendering the helmets basically useless. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Evel Knievel (1998). See more »
Soundtracks The Washington Post See more »
Quotes Jessie: End of the line Evel.
Evel Knieval: What did you say?
Jessie: End of the line, man.
Evel Knieval: What are you talking about, your suppose to be at the other end.
Jessie: No. I always have been before, but not anymore. Today is my turn, my shot at the glory, I'm making this jump.
Evel Knieval: What are you talking about. Those people paid their pesos to see me jump.
Jessie: No way, man. I'm jumping. I've always known I was better than you. Today I'm gonna prove it. Now you just get out of my way.
Evel Knieval: Hey! You been smoking something? You're high!
Jessie: Man, maybe you oughtta get high! Hey man, Millard wants to kill you and your buddy Will to. You know, he even thinks he's gonna kill me.
Evel Knieval: Why? Why would he do that?
Jessie: Millard only brought you down here for one purpose and that's to take your body back to the United States as cover for about fifty million bucks worth of cocaine.
Evel Knieval: Look, I've got a jump to make.
[Jessie hits Evel in the head with his helmet and is knocks him out]
Evel Knieval: .
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