• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1987-12-04
  • Runtime83 minutes
  • TaglineIn the year 1991, contestants don't play for prizes...they play for their lives!
  • RevenueNot Available
  • GenreCrime, Comedy
  • Production
    CompaniesCrown International Pictures, Pirromount Pictures
  • Budget200,000$

Movie 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.

Casts

John McCafferty

Darwyn Carson

Esther Elise

Debra Lamb

Eve Brent

Conrad Brooks