I'm Still Alive
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Irving Reis
Kent Taylor
Linda Hayes
Howard Da Silva
Ralph Morgan
Don Dillaway
Film Details
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Synopsis
Steve Bennett, a daredevil stunt pilot, not only faces death daily, but has the nerve to tell Laura Marley, the tempermental star of the picture on which he is working, to shut up. Steve's admonition results in a whirlwind romance, which culminates when the stunt man and star are married. Soon after the ceremony, however, Laura becomes hysterical over her husband's safety, and convinces Steve to give up his profession. When Steve has difficulty finding a regular job, Laura wangles him a job as an actor. In a scene in which Steve is supposed to drive over a pier, the studio engages stunt driver Tommy Briggs, an inexperienced youth who is a friend of Steve, to perform the stunt. Steve tries to convince the producer, Walter Blake, to let him perform his own stunt, but Blake refuses, and the boy is killed. Consumed by guilt, Steve leaves Laura to go barnstorming around the country. When Laura's acting begins to suffer as a result of Steve's absence, Blake tries to bring Steve back by manufacturing a romance between Laura and Steve's friend, Red Garvey. Learning of the romance after his eyes are injured in a crack-up, Steve returns to take a job at an aviation school. When he hears that Red is scheduled to perform an unusually dangerous stunt, Steve, believing that Laura loves Red, takes his place to save Laura from anguish. While performing the stunt, Steve crashes and is pulled from his plane to find Laura at his side.
Director
Irving Reis
Cast
Kent Taylor
Linda Hayes
Howard Da Silva
Ralph Morgan
Don Dillaway
Clay Clement
Fred Niblo
Edith Wilson
George Pembroke
Lee Phelps
Gus Glassmire
Alec Craig
Selmer Jackson
Averell Harris
Dick Elliott
Earle Hodgins
Sam Mcdaniel
Polly Bailey
Charles Miller
Herbert Vigran
Rosalind Roulston
Sojin Jr.
Jane Isbell
Beulah Parkington
Lorna Dunn
Joey Ray
Broderick O'farrell
Frank Bruno
Cliff Bergere
Allen Pomeroy
James Fawcett
Jack Mackenzie Jr.
Crew
Doran Cox
Albert D'agostino
Bailey Fesler
John Frederics
J. Roy Hunt
Lee Marcus
Edmund North
Van Nest Polglase
Renie
Frederic Ullman Jr.
Vernon L. Walker
Theron Warth
Roy Webb
Film Details
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Trivia
Actress Helen Twelvetrees sued, claiming that the film was based on her life story. She won her case.
Notes
The working title of this film was Stunt Man. This picture marked the directorial debut of Irving Reis, a former screenplay writer. Fred Niblo, who portrays a director in the film, was a well-known silent film director. Modern sources note that RKO star Helen Twelvetrees sued RKO over this picture, claiming that it was based on the life of her ex-husband, stunt man Jack Woody. The suit was settled for $1,100 in January 1943.
