Deathrow Gameshow

Dec 4, 1987

1h 23m

★ 5.4

In the year 1991, contestants don't play for prizes...they play for their lives!

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Comedy

Production Companies

Crown International Pictures

Pirromount Pictures

Deathrow Gameshow Trailers

Cast

Chuck Toedan

John McCafferty

Gloria Sternvirgin

Robyn Blythe

Luigi Pappalardo

Beano

Mama Pappalardo / Spumoni

Mark Lasky

Trudy

Darwyn Carson

Stage Manager

Kent Butler

Dinko

Paul Farbman

Don Stuart

Bill Whitehead

Groupie

Esther Elise

Featured Convict

Zachary Harris

Featured Convict

Pauli Bruno

Angry Man

John E. Beilin

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