Bringemovies
← Browse Movies
Deathrow Gameshow
TITLE DETAILS

Deathrow Gameshow

1987-12-04 · 83 min · ★ 5.6

Crime · Comedy

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.

Open detail page

Trailers are previews, not full movies.

No authorized playback source configured. Use the legal watch options below.

Production details

Directors
Mark Pirro
Production companies
Crown International Pictures, Pirromount Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released
Budget
USD 200,000

Top Cast

John McCaffertyJohn McCaffertyChuck Toedan
Robyn BlytheGloria Sternvirgin
BeanoLuigi Pappalardo
Mark LaskyMama Pappalardo / Spumoni
Darwyn CarsonDarwyn CarsonTrudy
Kent ButlerStage Manager
Paul FarbmanDinko
Bill WhiteheadDon Stuart
Esther EliseEsther EliseGroupie
Zachary HarrisFeatured Convict
Pauli BrunoFeatured Convict
John E. BeilinAngry Man
Debra LambDebra LambShanna Shallow
David MartinsonPage
Felicia CavazosPage
Jim BruceFeatured Convict
Avery WaisbrenFeatured Convict
Hugh O. FieldsFeatured Convict
Paul BunnellFeatured Convict
Braddon MendelsonFeatured Convict

Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.

Where to watch

Availability provided by JustWatch via TMDb. Offers can change. Provider links are listed on TMDb; full playback requires a separately authorized source.

With ads

Plex, Plex Channel

View authorized watch options on TMDb

Recommendations

Ricky Gervais: Mortality
★ 7.0
Ricky Gervais: Mortality2025Comedy

Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.

Eating Raoul
★ 6.4
Eating Raoul1982Crime · Comedy

A prudish married couple feel put upon by the swingers living in their apartment building. One night, by accident, they discover a way to both rid themselves of the “perverts” down the hall and simultaneously realize their dream of opening a restaurant.

Mystery Team
★ 6.1
Mystery Team2009Crime · Comedy

A group of former Encyclopedia Brown-style child-detectives struggle to solve an adult mystery.

The Happytime Murders
★ 5.8
The Happytime Murders2018Crime · Comedy

In a world where humans coexist with puppets—who are seen as lesser citizens—cast members of a beloved 1990s children's television series begin getting murdered one by one. Puppet Phil Philips, an ex-LAPD detective-turned-private eye, takes on the case at the request of his old boss in order to assist his former partner, Detective Connie Edwards.

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer
★ 6.9
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer2025Crime · Comedy

A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.

The Underdoggs
★ 7.0
The Underdoggs2024Comedy

Jaycen 'Two Js' Jennings is a washed-up former pro football star who has hit rock bottom. When sentenced to community service coaching the Underdoggs, an unruly pee-wee football team in his hometown, he sees it mostly as an opportunity to rebuild his public image. But in the process, he may just turn his life around and rediscover his love of the game.

Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years
★ 7.2
Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years2025Comedy

In what might be his most personal and introspective hour yet, Bill offers hilarious takes on everything from male sadness to dating advice.

Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones
★ 7.5
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones2019Comedy

Dave Chappelle takes on gun culture, the opioid crisis and the tidal wave of celebrity scandals in this defiant stand-up special.

Between Two Ferns: The Movie
★ 5.9
Between Two Ferns: The Movie2019Comedy

Galifianakis dreamed of becoming a star. But when Will Ferrell discovered his public access TV show, 'Between Two Ferns' and uploaded it to Funny or Die, Zach became a viral laughing stock. Now Zach and his crew are taking a road trip to complete a series of high-profile celebrity interviews and restore his reputation.

Desperate Living
★ 6.3
Desperate Living1977Crime · Comedy

After killing her husband, Peggy Gravel and her murderous maid Grizelda wind up in the crazy town of Mortville, where Queen Carlotta presides over a sleazy collection of misfits.

Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly
★ 8.1
Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly2000Comedy

Dave Chappelle returns for a stand-up to D.C. and riffs on politics, police, race relations, drugs, Sesame Street and more.

Quiz Lady
★ 6.7
Quiz Lady2023Comedy

A brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne, and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister, Jenny, must work together to help cover their mother's gambling debts. When Anne's beloved dog is kidnapped, they set out on a wild, cross-country trek to get the cash the only way they know how: by turning Anne into a bona-fide gameshow champion.

Henry's Crime
★ 5.8
Henry's Crime2010Crime · Comedy

An aimless man is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.

Neal Brennan: 3 Mics
★ 7.2
Neal Brennan: 3 Mics2017Comedy

Wicked one-liners and soul-baring confessions converge in this uniquely intimate stand-up special from "Chappelle's Show" co-creator Neal Brennan.

Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker
★ 7.4
Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker1999Comedy

Chris Rock brings his critically acclaimed brand of social commentary-themed humour to this HBO Special, extolling his razor-sharp wit and wisdom on such topics as gun control, President Clinton, homophobia, racism, black leaders and relationships.

Self Reliance
★ 5.9
Self Reliance2024Comedy

When a man is offered a million dollars to play a game in which hunters try to kill him, he thinks he has found the perfect loophole: they can only attack when he’s alone. His only problem is that none of his friends or family believe the game is real. Forced to seek companionship in unexpected places, he navigates the bizarre challenge with humor, paranoia, and a surprising search for connection.

Big Stan
★ 6.7
Big Stan2007Crime · Comedy

A weak con man panics when he learns he's going to prison for fraud. He hires a mysterious martial arts guru who helps transform him into a martial arts expert who can fight off inmates who want to hurt or love him.

68 Kill
★ 5.9
68 Kill2017Crime · Comedy

Chip's problem is that he can't say no to beautiful women. This weakness gets him into a world of trouble when he agrees to help his girlfriend steal $68,000.

Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer
★ 6.9
Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer2023Comedy

From his onstage tackle to the slap heard round the world, Dave Chappelle lets loose in this freewheeling and unfiltered stand-up comedy special.

The Perfect Host
★ 6.4
The Perfect Host2010Crime · Comedy

Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who’s been mugged and lost his luggage.

Similar titles

The Big House
★ 6.6
The Big House1930Crime

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.

Lady in the Death House
★ 5.7
Lady in the Death House1944Crime

As a woman walks the "last mile" to her execution she remembers back to the incidents that got her framed for murder.

Ruby
★ 5.5
Ruby1992Crime

Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how they become involved in a conspiracy to kill J.F.K.

Into the Abyss
★ 6.9
Into the Abyss2011Crime

We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes.

Stuck!
★ 2.6
Stuck!2009Comedy

Beautiful young Daisy feels stuck working as a shopgirl by day and caring for her ailing mother by night. A suicide gone wrong leaves Daisy wrongly imprisoned, while the neighbor whose testimony put her away struggles with guilt. A tongue-in-cheek homage to 1950s women-in-prison films.

Plucking the Daisy
★ 6.3
Plucking the Daisy1956Comedy

Due to an urgent need of money, aspiring writer Agnes participates in an amateur striptease contest. Her new boyfriend, Daniel, who is a reporter by profession, covers the contest for his magazine.

My Gun Is Quick
★ 5.5
My Gun Is Quick1957Crime

Detective Mike Hammer's investigation of a murder puts him in the middle between warring jewel thieves.

Killer by Nature
★ 3.4
Killer by Nature2010Crime

The troubled teenager Owen Whitmore has a sleep disorder and occasionally sleepwalks. Owen is having therapy sessions with Dr. Katherine Ramos. Having just joined the medical school, he has to move to another town, but he is divided between the college and his sweetheart, Maggie. His parents Leona and Walter Whitmore are very worried about him. When Owen has violent dreams, Dr. Ramos decides to consult with Dr. Jonas Julian, a specialist in dream analysis and sleep disorders. Meanwhile, people are protesting in front of the Townsend State Prison where the infamous serial killer Dr. Eugene "Mean Gene" Branch will be executed. Dr. Eugene is the son of another serial-killer and had performed sadistic medical experiments on his victims. Out of the blue, Marcia Freeman who went missing, is found dead in precisely the way that Owen saw in his dreams - the murder set up as if carried out by Dr. Branch.

Last Meals
Not rated
Last MealsCrime

Walter Karat is a former White House Chef whose fall from grace has landed him in the kitchen of a maximum security prison cooking for death row inmates. There he meets Jeffrey Reed, a death row inmate who decides to go on a hunger strike and whose constant rejection of his meals frustrates Walter at every turn. The two men's animosity reaches a boiling point until Walter confronts Reed, triggering an unexpected deeper connection — Walter starts to believe Reed is innocent. As the two bond, Walter becomes determined to find out the truth.

Convicts 4
★ 5.1
Convicts 41962Crime

After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora where, with the help of a humane prison guard, he becomes a rehabilitated man and a successful painter.

True Crime
★ 6.5
True Crime1999Crime

Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.

Zombie Strippers!
★ 4.8
Zombie Strippers!2008Comedy

In the not too distant future a secret government re-animation chemo-virus gets released into conservative Sartre, Nebraska and lands in an underground strip club. As the virus begins to spread, turning the strippers into "Super Zombie Strippers" the girls struggle with whether or not to conform to the new "fad" even if it means there's no turning back.

Felon
★ 7.1
Felon2008Crime

A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

Kiss Me Baby
★ 4.0
Kiss Me Baby1957Comedy

Striptease and burlesque action at the Follies Theatre, 337 S. Main Street, Los Angeles.

Scum
★ 7.1
Scum1979Crime

Carlin is a new reform school inmate with a reputation as a hard case. The authorities encourage gang leader Pongo to humble Carlin, but Carlin overtakes Pongo as Daddy of the ward. The guards institute a reign of terror and neglect, with Carlin emerging as an unlikely leader.

Angelica's Passion
★ 4.0
Angelica's Passion1993Comedy

Anzhelika is a young waitress with one special quality - her libido goes sky high during the thunderstorm...

Charlotte
★ 4.0
Charlotte1974Crime

Starting as an investigation, the film begins with the discovery of a murdered young woman. Gradually we go back in time to realize that this crime is altogether the logical continuation of a philosophy of life where neither sex nor death are taboo, and where a lust for pushing limits meets it ultimate conclusion.

Shock Treatment
★ 5.9
Shock Treatment1981Comedy

Brad and Janet Majors find their strained marriage put to the test on popular Denton TV show Marriage Maze. Poor Brad is heavily sedated and institutionalised, whilst Janet is given a radical makeover and primed for stardom. But what are the real motivations behind the kooky DTV crew and their enigmatic head-honcho, Farley Flavors?

The Green Mile
★ 8.5
The Green Mile1999Crime

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

In Bed
★ 6.2
In Bed2005Comedy

It all begins at a party in Santiago, Chile, when a seemingly innocent gesture -- the offer of a ride home -- ends in a passionate night of lovemaking and intense conversation for young singles Bruno and Daniela. Shacked up at a flea-bitten motel for a one-night stand, the pair lingers deep into the night, alternating between powerful physical encounters and an ever-deepening emotional connection.

Your favorites

Recently viewed

Watch

Choose an authorized server.

Full video from an operator-configured authorized source. Official trailers use a separate player. If a server fails, retry or select another authorized server.

Legal watch options

Official trailer

Trailer preview only. Press Play to start.

Privacy choices

Favorites stay in your browser. Movie images load from TMDb. YouTube trailers contact YouTube only after you allow external media and choose a trailer. Advertising consent, if ads are enabled, is managed separately by the operator’s certified CMP.

Privacy policy

After allowing external media, choose the trailer button to load its player.