Deathrow Gameshow (1987)
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Low-budget filmmaker Mark Pirro (A Polish Vampire in Burbank) directed this satirical comedy which heavily echoes The Running Man. Unctuous emcee Chuck (John McCafferty) hosts a television gameshow called Live or Die, in which convicted felons compete for the right to escape execution. As in most of… More Low-budget filmmaker Mark Pirro (A Polish Vampire in Burbank) directed this satirical comedy which heavily echoes The Running Man. Unctuous emcee Chuck (John McCafferty) hosts a television gameshow called Live or Die, in which convicted felons compete for the right to escape execution. As in most of Pirro's films, bathroom humor outweighs the occasionally clever parodies of popular culture. Debra Lamb and Conrad Brooks co-star. The director made Curse of the Queerwolf the same year. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mark Pirro
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Dec 4, 1987 Wide
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Cast
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John McCafferty
as Chuck Toedan
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Robyn Blythe
as Gloria Sternvirgin
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Beano
as Luigi Pappalardo
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Darwyn Carson
as Trudy
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Debra Lamb
as Shanna Shallow
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Paul Farbman
as Dinko
- Robin Bluthe
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Paul Bruno
as Convict
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Kent Butler
as Stage Manager
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Mark Lasky
as Mama Pappalardo
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Stacey Katzin
as Prisoner's Wife
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David Martinson
as Page
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Conrad Brooks
as Judge
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David Robinson
as Guard
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Howard Jackson
as Spaz Terryton
