Legendary stunt man Sonny Hooper remains one of the top men in his field, but due to too many stressful impacts to the spine and the need to pop painkillers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.
Burt Reynolds
as Sonny Hooper
Jan-Michael Vincent
as Delmore "Ski" Shidski
Sally Field
as Gwen Doyle
Brian Keith
as Jocko Doyle
John Marley
as Max Berns
Robert Klein
as Robert Deal
James Best
as Cully
Adam West
as Adam
Alfie Wise
as Tony
Terry Bradshaw
as Sherman
Norman Grabowski
as Hammerhead
George Furth
as Bidwell