Hollywood Man (1976)

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

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

William Smith as Rafe Stoker

Ray Girardin as Harvey

Jude Farese as Rhodes

Jennifer Billingsley as Buttons

Mary Woronov as Julie (as "Mary Waronov")

Michael Delano as J.J.

Tom Simcox as The Sheriff

Don Stroud as Barney

Carmine Caridi as Anthony

Angelo Farese as Angelo

John Alderman as Jesus

Wayde Preston as Tex

David Pritchard as Dennis

Stefanie Auerbach as Audrey

Art Hern as The Hollywood Producer

Byron Mabe as John

Clay Tanner as Dave

Shelly Babcock as The Nurse

Michelle Marley as The Lady in the Hospital

Eddie Duncan as The Boy in the Hospital

Stafford Morgan as Bill

Billy Rose as The Bartender

Peter Mengrone as Hit Man

Don Sebastian as Hit Man

Beau Gibson as The Hollywood Stuntman

Bud Davis as The Hollywood Stuntman

Charles Pitts as Newlywed

Reggi Lynn as Newlywed

Don Banashek as Boy in the Van

Cheryl Dunn as Waitress

John De Troia as The Stillman

Gary Littlejohn as Biker

Soundtrack

Tony Chance - "Hollywood Man" (Music and Lyrics by Arnold Capitanelli)

References

External links

Hollywood Man at IMDb

Hollywood Man is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive