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Hollywood Man

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Hollywood Man
Directed byJack Starrett
Written byTom Farese
Ray Girardin
Dominic Gombardella
William Smith
Produced byWilliam Smith
StarringWilliam 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.

Plot

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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

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  • William Smith as Rafe Stoker[3]
  • 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

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

References

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  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
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