Deathrow Gameshow (1987)
In the year 1991, contestants don't play for prizes...they play for their lives!
Chuck Toedan hosts the most controversial show on TV: Live or Die, where deathrow inmates compete against each other for a chance to beat the executioner. However, when he accidentally kills a mob boss of the most feared mafia in the city, a hit man tries to put an end to him and his show once and for all. As a battle of wits and survival ensues, Chuck is forced to engage in the very tactics he uses on his contestants, or die trying.
- Date of release
- 1987-12-04
- TMDB
- 5.6 / 10 (30)
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy
- Director
- Mark Pirro
Casting
- John McCafferty — Chuck Toedan
- Robyn Blythe — Gloria Sternvirgin
- Beano — Luigi Pappalardo
- Mark Lasky — Mama Pappalardo / Spumoni
- Darwyn Carson — Trudy
- Kent Butler — Stage Manager
- Paul Farbman — Dinko
- Bill Whitehead — Don Stuart
- Esther Elise — Groupie
- Zachary Harris — Featured Convict
- Pauli Bruno — Featured Convict
- John E. Beilin — Angry Man
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