Poster from TMDB
Fast-Walking
Sign in to saveFast-Walking is a 1982 American prison drama film directed, produced, and written by James B. Harris, based on Ernest Brawley's 1974 novel The Rap. The film stars James Woods, Tim McIntire, Kay Lenz, Robert Hooks, and M. Emmet Walsh.
Film · TMDB
5.8A dirty corrections officer gets involved in a murder plot involving one of the inmates.
Cast
- James Woods as Fast-Walking
- Tim McIntire as Wasco
- Kay Lenz as Moke
- Robert Hooks as William Galliot
- Charles Weldon as Officer Jackson
- M. Emmet Walsh as Sergeant Sanger
Themes
- prison
- based on novel or book
- guard
- murder
- revolutionary
- corrupt
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 115
- FilmAffinity ID
- 851161
Show 2 more facts
- publication date
- 1982-01-01
- title
- Fast-Walking
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Article
9 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Notes
- Production
- Release
- Reception
- See also
- References
- External links
Fast-Walking is a 1982 American prison drama film directed, produced, and written by James B. Harris, based on Ernest Brawley's 1974 novel The Rap. The film stars James Woods, Tim McIntire, Kay Lenz, Robert Hooks, and M. Emmet Walsh.
==Plot== Frank Miniver, aka Fast-Walking, is a corrupt but lovable Oregon state prison guard. Not the most obliging or honest of public servants, he smokes and peddles marijuana and complements his meager salary by running prostitutes for Mexican laborers out of his cousin Evie's convenience store.