Hollywood Man

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Hollywood Man
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Directed by Jack Starrett
Written byTom Farese
Ray Girardin
Dominic Gombardella
William Smith
Produced by William Smith
Starring William Smith
Ray Girardin
Jude Farese
Jennifer Billingsley
Mary Woronov
Michael Delano
Tom Simcox
Don Stroud
CinematographyRobert C. Jessup
Edited byArthur Anthony
John C. Horger
Music byD'Arneill Pershing
Distributed byIntercontinental Releasing Corporation
Running time
93 minutes (Finland, uncut)
87 minutes (Finland, cut)
107 minutes (USA)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish, Spanish

Hollywood Man (released in the UK as Death Threat) is a 1976 American film directed by Jack Starrett. [1] [2] The film was featured in the 1997 Quentin Tarantino Film Festival.

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Plot

Cash-strapped actor/director Rafe Stoker (Smith) reluctantly agrees to put up almost all of his personal fortune as collateral to shady investors to complete production on his action film. In turn, they hire Harvey (Girardin), an unstable biker, to sabotage the production so that they can collect on Stoker's pledge. Harvey and his gang engage in escalating acts of violence against Stoker's film crew and other random people, while Stoker desperately attempts to complete his film shoot amid other production delays. After completing the movie, Stoker and his girlfriend Julie (Woronov) are gunned down by thugs hired by his backers.

Cast

Soundtrack

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References

  1. "Hollywood Man". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  2. "Hollywood Man (1976)". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  3. Hollywood Man (1976) , retrieved 2023-05-09