Hooper (1978)

Director: Hal Needham
Cast: Adam West, Brian Keith, Burt Reynolds, James Best, Jan-Michael Vincent, John Marley, Robert Klein, Sally Field

Synopsis:

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 pain killers several times a day, he knows he should get out of the industry before he ends up permanently disabled.