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Popeye's monumental acrobatic roll


When Bluto punches Popeye at the party, someone or something does an incredible backwards roll down the entire Sweethaven hill and slams into a barrel. The rest of the fight takes place on the wharf.

I'd like to know how they filmed that roll and who, if anyone, did the acrobatics? This is pre-CGI so it's got to be a real acrobat (Bill Irwin does some incredible stuff in the movie) or a tire with clothes on.

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