Deathrow Gameshow (1987)

83 min · Dark Comedy, Satire On Media, prison film

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Directors

Mark Pirro

Cast

John McCafferty, Robyn Blythe, Debra Lamb, Darwyn Carson, Beano, Mark Lasky, Bill Whitehead, Paul Farbman, Thomas Johnson

The story

Chuck Toedan is a TV producer who hosts a game show named Live or Die, where condemned prisoners participate for the chance to earn their freedom. If they fail, they are executed on live TV. The show is successful, however there are those who protest the show's cruelty.

Catalogue themes and tags

Death Penalty, Fernsehbranche, Game Show, Game-Show, Hinrichtung, Life and Death, Manipulation, Moderatorin, Quiz Show, Sentenced, Sträfling, TV Ratings, TV Show, TV Station, Verbrecherin, Zuschauer

Genres

Dark Comedy, Satire On Media, prison film

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