Deathrow Gameshow (1987)
In the year 1991, contestants don't play for prizes...they play for their lives!
83 min
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.
- Release date
- December 4, 1987
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $200,000
Trailer
Cast
- John McCafferty as Chuck Toedan
- Robyn Blythe as Gloria Sternvirgin
- Beano as Luigi Pappalardo
- Darwyn Carson as Trudy
- Mark Lasky as Mama Pappalardo
- Mark Lasky as Spumoni
- Bill Whitehead as Don Stuart
- Kent Butler as Stage Manager
- Debra Lamb as Shanna Shallow
- Paul Farbman as Dinko
- David Martinson as Page
Crew
- Mark Pirro · Director
- Mark Pirro · Writer
- Alan Gries · Writer
- Brian J. Smith · Producer
- Gregg Gross · Composer
- Craig Bassuk · Cinematographer
- David Beatty · Editor
- Ruben A. Mazzini · Editor
- Tim Shoemaker · Editor
- Kent Butler · Casting director
- John McCafferty · Casting director
- Mark Simon · Production designer