poster

1987

R (12/04/1987) (US)

Crime, Comedy,

1h 23m

56

User Score

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.

1987

56

User Score

R (12/04/1987) (US)

Crime, Comedy,

1h 23m

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.

Cast

John McCafferty

John McCafferty

Chuck Toedan

Robyn Blythe

Robyn Blythe

Gloria Sternvirgin

Beano

Beano

Luigi Pappalardo

Mark Lasky

Mark Lasky

Mama Pappalardo / Spumoni

Kent Butler

Kent Butler

Stage Manager

Bill Whitehead

Bill Whitehead

Don Stuart

Zachary Harris

Zachary Harris

Featured Convict

Pauli Bruno

Pauli Bruno

Featured Convict

Debra Lamb

Debra Lamb

Shanna Shallow

Jim Bruce

Jim Bruce

Featured Convict

Avery Waisbren

Avery Waisbren

Featured Convict

Hugh O. Fields

Hugh O. Fields

Featured Convict

Paul Bunnell

Paul Bunnell

Featured Convict

Braddon Mendelson

Braddon Mendelson

Featured Convict