Risky business: Tom Cruise pushes himself to the limit with another daredevil stunt

This is  Tom Cruise proving yet again that when it comes to stunts no mission is impossible.
As these pictures from the set of his latest film, The Hardy Men, show, while Cruise at 5ft 7' may be short in stature he never comes up short when it comes to daredevilry.
The film is based on Edward Stratemeyer's the Hardy Boys books, about two teenage brothers who become amateur detectives.

Death-defying:  Tom Cruise performs a stunt on the Los Angeles set for The Hardy Men

Hold on tight: The actor grips onto a what appears to be a sailing mast

Cruise and Ben Stiller play grown-up versions of the Hardy brothers and the film shows Cruise's character involved in all manner of high jinks.
Ever since his debut in the Mission Impossible series as Ethan Hunt in Brian de Palma's 1996 hit, Cruise has shown an appetite for the stunt work.
One of the most memorable was the infamous knife to eyeball scene in Mission Impossible 2.

In full swing: The 47-year-old prefers to do his own stunt work rather than calling in a double

Cruise insisted on not only doing the stunt himself but also on the use of a real knife in the scene, much to director John Woo's chagrin.
And despite the rumours that he must now seek the permission of his wife Katie Holmes before agreeing to stunt work Cruise, even at the grand old age of 47, appears to be having less and less need for a stunt double.
In the past year pictures of Cruise in all sorts of stunt capers have surfaced.

We saw him leaping rooftops in Vienna for Knight and Day, which is due for release later this year
Cameron Diaz, who also appears him in the film, expressed praise for her co-star's appetite for stunts after a scene in which Cruise is seen jumped from a speeding car for the same film.

All in a day's work: Tom was all smiles after performing the tricky maneuver