Part of a 1970s cycle of works which were about stunt work and the stunt profession in filmmaking. In his book "Cult Movies 3", Danny Peary says in his piece on Der lange Tod des Stuntmans Cameron (1980) that "there had been a proliferation of theatrical and television films about stuntmen". The films include Um Kopf und Kragen (1978), Ein irrer Typ (1977), Evel Knievel (1971), Stunt Rock (1978), Evel Knievel (1974), The Stuntmen (1973), Deathcheaters (1976), Männer ohne Nerven (Stunts) (1977), Viva Knievel - Der Tod springt mit (1977), Super Stunt - Die Draufgänger vom Dienst (1977), Death Riders (1976), and Der lange Tod des Stuntmans Cameron (1980).