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Another of my favourites and this time its Sean Connery teaming up with Mark Harmon. Peter Hyams action thriller from 1988 and its action is coordinated by Glenn Wilder.

Shot mostly on location the movie takes advantage of Mark Harmon's agility, not only as a very fine actor who later went on to be the face of NCIS but as a man who if he hadn't gone into acting may well have been one of the great quarterbacks in American Football.

His stunt double is Norman Howell and the two of them really work very well together in this movie.

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The follow up to the 1974 classic starring Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey. A vigilante putting his life back on track by getting rid of those who try to stop him.

Stunt coordinator is Ernie Orsatti and the music is by Jimmy Page

Love them or loathe them the Death Wish movies have established themselves in the vaults alongside the other long lists of movies that involve getting justice. Charles Bronson just does it better than the rest.

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Steve McQueens last movie but what a way to go out.

A wonderful story about a man who is used to things being how they used to be - he doesn't like new stuff - the old is just fine. Steve McQueen was dying from Cancer and was just over a year away from the end.

His stuntman Loren Janes doubles him on this outing as he had done for the previous  21yrs. Stunt coordinator is Gary Combs and we hear from not only Loren Janes but also from stuntman Tommy Rosales who plays a character called Bernardo.

One of McQueens best roles in my opinion. This one is full of action too because this old man he portrays is a bounty hunter and each person he tries to bring back isn't too keen.

Thank you to Steve Hart for use of some of his interview with Tommy Rosales.

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This is John Wayne in his first contemporary lawman role.
Action packed, but remembered for the worlds first use of 'the cannon roll'.

2nd Unit Director Ronnie Rondell and stunts by Stunts Unlimed

Gary McClarty - stunt driver
Bobby Bass - stuntman
Denny Arnold - stuntman
Glenn Wilder - stuntman

A wonderful example of how turning a car over has evolved over time.

Stuntman Gary Combs is our guest

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We visit 1976 and arrive on our journey in the UK with Alf Joint, Vic Armstrong and Wendy Leech as the doubles and Wayne Docksey as the Animal Coordinator in this horror thriller starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick.

We'll explore the action in the film and chat with Wayne who reminds us there is no such thing as a trained rat.

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Without question one of the great war films. Set in modern day 1978, Richard Burton puts together a team of mercenaries who will fly out to Africa to retrieve President Limbani and bring him back to safety.
Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Kruger are the leads in this action packed movie with action coordinated by Bob Simmons.

Contributions on this episode by stuntmen Greg Powell and Rocky Taylor

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Greg Powell clip is taken from a larger two part interview on 'The Stunt Pod' which can be found here

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Over the coming months we're going to look at the action on some Film and TV shows. This week is Firepower from 1979 starring James Coburn and Sophia Loren. Set on the islands of Antigua and Curaçao its a glamorous shoot em up with Terry Leonard as Stunt Coordinator.

We look at some of the sequences and have a chat with Terry Leonard about the horse work.

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Terry Leonard taken from an interview I did with him for The Stunt Pod. You can find more interviews there https://thestuntpod.podbean.com

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A wonderful man George who was a massive part of the Bond action success.
This interview was conducted back in 2001 and is a little bit shaky in places but is a great listen. Enjoy this.

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Welcome to the last episode in the current series of James Bond stunts podcasts.
We've arrived in 1985 and Bond, Roger Moore, is in fine form and the action is red hot.

We are going to look at some of the action sequences in the film, analyse them and chat with those who created them

My guests this week are two amazing women who loved their time on the Bond films.
Elaine Ford and Jean Coulter 

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https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-sjhb5-dcc735 (A full interview I did with Jean two years ago)

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Sean Connery returns to the role of James Bond 12yrs after walking away. Lured back by a great script and buckets full of cash he gives us a look at what Thunderball might have been like if EON weren't involved.

Its action all the way with fabulous set pieces and individual stunts which are as good as anything that has gone before. Vic Armstrong as Stunt Coordinator and main double for Sean is a match made in heaven. 

Contributions from Vic Armstrong and Rocky Taylor recorded especially for this podcast series.

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