The Stunt Girl is a 1947 American short documentary film produced by Jerry Fairbanks and directed by Robert Carlisle. It recaps the career to date of Hollywood stuntwoman Lila Finn, who began working as a stunt double ten years earlier in the film The Hurricane. It includes Finn's performance of a stair fall especially for the film. The film was aired as part of the 1947 Paramount Pictures documentary series, Unusual Occupations.

The Stunt Girl is a short documentary film focusing on the career to date of Hollywood stuntwoman Lila Finn, who made her first appearance in The Hurricane (1937) as a stunt double for Dorothy Lamour.^[1] The film was produced by Jerry Fairbanks and directed by Robert Carlisle.^[2]

Finn was asked to demonstrate a stair fall in the film.^[2] She fell down a "long circular staircase eleven times" to satisfy the director.^[3]

The short film was aired as part of the 1947 Paramount Pictures documentary series, Unusual Occupations.^[2]

• Gregory, Mollie (2015). Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-813-16624-7.

• The Stunt Girl at IMDb

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