Deathrow Gameshow

Deathrow Gameshow

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

1987•1h 23m•5.6/10

CrimeComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.6/10(29)

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.

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Production

Crown International Pictures, Pirromount Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

John McCafferty

John McCafferty

Chuck Toedan

Robyn Blythe

Gloria Sternvirgin

Beano

Luigi Pappalardo

Mark Lasky

Mama Pappalardo / Spumoni

Darwyn Carson

Darwyn Carson

Trudy

Kent Butler

Stage Manager

Paul Farbman

Dinko

Bill Whitehead

Don Stuart

Esther Elise

Esther Elise

Groupie

Zachary Harris

Featured Convict

Pauli Bruno

Featured Convict

John E. Beilin

Angry Man

Debra Lamb

Debra Lamb

Shanna Shallow

David Martinson

Page

Felicia Cavazos

Page

Jim Bruce

Featured Convict

Avery Waisbren

Featured Convict

Hugh O. Fields

Featured Convict

Paul Bunnell

Featured Convict

Braddon Mendelson

Featured Convict

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