Viva Knievel!
Brief Synopsis
Daredevil motorcyclist Evil Knievel travels to Mexico for a stunt while a drug lord plots against him.
Cast & Crew
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Gordon Douglas
Director
Frank Gifford
Himself
Evel Knievel
Himself
Cameron Mitchell
Marjoe Gortner
Robert Tafur
Film Details
Also Known As
Seconds to Live
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Adventure
Release Date
1977
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 44m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Synopsis
Daredevil motorcyclist Evil Knievel travels to Mexico for a stunt. What he does not know is that a drug lord is planning to have him killed and then smuggle cocaine across the U. S. border in his coffin.
Cast
Frank Gifford
Himself
Evel Knievel
Himself
Cameron Mitchell
Marjoe Gortner
Robert Tafur
Ernie Orsatti
Eric Olson
Dabney Coleman
Albert Salmi
Sidney Clute
Red Buttons
Leslie Nielsen
Gene Kelly
Sheila Allen
Lauren Hutton
Crew
L. B. Abbott
Photography
Charles Bernstein
Music
Norman A Cook
Production Manager
Sherrill C Corwin
Executive Producer
Tom Cranham
Production
Gary Charles Davis
Stunt Coordinator
Cheryl Downey
Assistant Director
Frank Gifford
Other
Malcolm R Harding
Assistant Director
Stan Hough
Producer
Fred Jackman Jr.
Other
Fred Jackman Jr.
Director Of Photography
Norman Katkov
Screenplay
Evel Knievel
Other
Harold F. Kress
Editor
Herman Lewis
Sound
James Mcdonald
Production Assistant
Louis S Muscate
Assistant Director
Joseph Musso
Production
Patricia Padden
Production Assistant
Fred Philips
Makeup
Arthur Piantadosi
Sound
Ward Preston
Production Designer
Arthur Pullen
Sound Effects
Stuart A. Reiss
Set Decorator
Antonio Santillan
Story By
Antonio Santillan
From Story
Antonio Santillan
Screenplay
George E. Swink
Post-Production Supervisor
Art Volpert
Production Assistant
Paul Zastupnevich
Costumes
Film Details
Also Known As
Seconds to Live
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Adventure
Release Date
1977
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 44m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Quotes
Trivia
The more difficult stunts in the film were performed by stunt man Gary Lee Davis, though that fact was kept under wraps during the original release of the film.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1977
Released in United States 1977
