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 Le diable en boîte (1980) that "there had been a proliferation of theatrical and television films about stuntmen". The films include La fureur du danger (1978), L'animal (1977), Evel Knievel (1971), La rage de la casse (1978), Evel Knievel (1974), The Stuntmen (1973), Les cascadeurs de la mort (1976), Les risque-tout (1977), Le casse-cou (1977), Superstunt (1977), Death Riders (1976), and Le diable en boîte (1980).