Deathrow Gameshow
In the year 1991, contestants don't play for prizes...they play for their lives!
1987 | 83m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Mark Pirro |
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| Writer: | Mark Pirro |
| Staring: |
| 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: | Dec 04, 1987 |
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| Director: | Mark Pirro |
| Writer: | Mark Pirro |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime |
| Keywords | death row, striptease, fictional game show, inmate, television host |
| Production Companies | Crown International Pictures, Pirromount Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $200,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| John McCafferty | Chuck Toedan |
| Robyn Blythe | Gloria Sternvirgin |
| Beano | Luigi Pappalardo |
| Debra Lamb | Shanna Shallow |
| 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 |
| Paul Bruno | Featured Convict |
| John E. Beilin | Angry Man |
| 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 |
| Chris Hammond | Featured Convict |
| Don Haynes | Featured Convict |
| Stacey Katzin | Prisoner's Wife |
| Cheryl Crosland | Elva McKinley |
| Michael Ashe | Roy Montague |
| Eve Brent | Crossing Guard |
| Thom Despres | Hood in Ski Mask |
| Cynthia Brownell | Woman at Poolside |
| Howard Jackson | Spaz Terryton |
| Cindy Jo Hinkleman | Spaz Girl |
| Staci Wolfe | Spaz Girl |
| Debbie Yonemura | Spaz Girl |
| Fi Fi Laurent | Spaz Girl |
| Laura Truex | Spaz Girl |
| Linda Habeeb Smith | Spaz Girl |
| Diana Guyer | Spaz Girl |
| R. Terry Lee | Jinsoo Knife Chef |
| Pat Hunter | Caretaker of Morgue |
| Ev Courter | Janitor |
| Tommy Habeeb | Guard |
| David Robinson | Guard |
| Conrad Brooks | Judge |
| Steve Evans | Judge |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Craig Shapiro | Assistant Director |
| John McCafferty | Casting |
| Mark Simon | Production Design, Set Designer |
| Mark Pirro | Writer, Director |
| Alan Gries | Additional Writing |
| Gregg Gross | Original Music Composer |
| Tim Shoemaker | Supervising Editor |
| Ruben A. Mazzini | Editor |
| David Beatty | Editor |
| Glenn Campbell | Main Title Designer |
| Harry Moreau | Main Title Designer |
| Craig Bassuk | Director of Photography |
| Tom Milo | Assistant Director |
| Steven K. Thomas | Assistant Director |
| Dawn C. Dreiling | Script Supervisor |
| John Eaves | Set Designer |
| Eric Megison | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sergio Bandera | Sound Mixer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Kent Butler | Casting |
| Rozann Uhalde | Makeup Artist, Costumer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sergio Bandera | Executive Producer |
| Mark Pirro | Executive Producer |
| Brian J. Smith | Producer |
| Glenn Campbell | Co-Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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