A member of IATSE's Local 80 Grips since 1993, James C. Udel has held the position of call steward with the Hollywood Union for the past eight years. Besides serving as the Local's archivist, he also penned a feature column for Below the Line magazine called Footnotes. He lives in Sherman Oaks, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Loren Janes

1.Childhood and the Early Days

[...] Professional

[...] of the Flying Cowboys

4.Wrestling Anacondas, Stunt Associations and McQueen

[...] the World Wasn't Padded

[...] Misfits, Taras Bulba and The Greatest Story Ever Told

7.Western Classics: McLintock! and The Sons of Katie Elder

8.­­­­­­G-Men, Camelot and More

[...] Apes to Frank Bullitt and Beyond

10.Tentpoles and Bogdanovich's Masterpiece Plus Custer's Last Stand

[...] as a Pro

12.A Hard Day's Night

13.McQueen's Best and Last

[...] Beginnings of a Journeyman Player

[...], Cold, Cold Around the Heart

16.Master of the Tinseltown Universe

Part II: Mickey Gilbert

[...] of a Champion

18.A Career Begins: Alvarez Kelly and Peckinpah

19.Cleopatra to Return of a Man Called Horse

[...] in a Day's Work

21.Sydney Pollack, Redford and Belushi

[...] Heaven and Helicopters

[...] Gringo Rides

24.Return of the Westerns

[...] Fat Lady Sings

Glossary

Index