A harmless drama, STEEL concerns a construction crew fighting to finish nine floors of a skyscraper before the bank interferes. The construction company's owner, George Kennedy, pitches in to help, but he's killed in a fall from the structure. His daughter, Jennifer O'Neill, takes over,
hiring Lee Majors and his hand-picked crew of ace workers to try to finish the nearly impossible task. The dangers presented on-screen were tragically duplicated in real life when stuntman A.J. Bakunis fell to his death during production in Lexington, Kentucky. Attempting to regain his status as
the record-holder for the longest stunt fall, Bakunis was killed when he broke through t...
Released:
1980
Rated:
PG
Length:
99 mins