Directed by Walter Hill Written by Steven Dodd   Walter Hill   Robert Reneau   Cast William Sadler ... Niles Talbot (as Bill Sadler) J.W. Smith ... Charley Ledbetter Roy Brocksmith ... Vic David Wohl ... Warden Havers Gerrit Graham ... Theodore Carne Dani Minnick ... Cynthia Baldwin Tony Abatemarco ... Detective Mimi Kennedy ... Distraught Woman Robert Winley ... Jimmy Flood Eve Brent ... Judge #1 Edgar Small ... Judge #2 Mark Lowenthal ... District Attorney F.J. O'Neil ... Priest Raymond O'Connor ... Jury Foreman (as Raymond O'Conner) Jennifer Evans ... Newscaster #1 (as M. Jennifer Evans) Patti Yasutake ... Newscaster #2 Al Allen ... Attorney (as 'Al' M. Allen) Kate Benton ... Waitress Julie Ann Lucas ... Second Waitress Ed DeFusco ... New Executioner Laura Albert ... Go-Go Dancer John Kassir ... Crypt Keeper (voice) Uncredited Cast Johnnie Johnson III ... John D. David Morin ... FBI Detective Produced by Richard Donner   David Giler   Walter Hill   Michael Hirsh   Dennis Stuart Murphy   Joel Silver   William Teitler   Suzanne Todd   John Wiseman   Robert Zemeckis   Original Music by Ry Cooder

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