Deathrow Gameshow
MovieTitle | Deathrow Gameshow |
User score | 5.8 |
Release date | Dec 4, 1987 |
Genre | Crime, Comedy |
Director | Mark Pirro |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Crown International Pictures, Pirromount Pictures |
Budget | $200,000 |
Run time | 83 min. |
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.