Main Cast: John McCafferty, Robyn Blythe, Beano, Darwyn Carson
Release Year: 1987
Country: US
Run Time: 78 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
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, All Movie Guide
Cast
John McCafferty - Chuck Toedan
Robyn Blythe - Gloria Sternvirgin
Beano - Luigi Pappalardo
Darwyn Carson - Trudy
Debra Lamb - Shanna Shallow; Paul Farbman - Dinko; Robin Bluthe; Paul Bruno - Convict; Kent Butler - Stage Manager; Mark Lasky - Mama Pappalardo; Stacey Katzin - Prisoner's Wife; David Martinson - Page; Conrad Brooks - Judge; David Robinson - Guard; Howard Jackson - Spaz Terryton
Credit
John McCafferty - Casting, Mark Pirro - Director, Tim Shoemaker - Editor, Sergio Bandera - Executive Producer, Gregg Gross - Composer (Music Score), Mark Simon - Production Designer, Craig Bassuk - Cinematographer, Mark Simon - Producer, Brian J. Smith - Producer, Sergio Bandera - Sound/Sound Designer, Eric Megison - Stunts, Eric Megison - Stunts Coordinator, Alan Gries - Screenwriter, Mark Pirro - Screenwriter, Tim Shoemaker - Supervising Editor
