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Writers:
Ernest Brawley (novel)
James B. Harris (writer)
Release Date:
28 January 1983 (Finland) more
Plot:
A corrupt prison guard becomes involved in a plot to murder a black revolutionary serving time in his prison. | add synopsis
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Didn't do the novel justice more (5 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| James Woods | ... | Fast-Walking | |
| Tim McIntire | ... | Wasco | |
| Kay Lenz | ... | Moke | |
| Robert Hooks | ... | William Galliot | |
| Charles Weldon | ... | Officer Jackson | |
| M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Sergeant Sanger | |
| Susan Tyrrell | ... | Evie | |
| John Friedrich | ... | Squeeze | |
| Lance LeGault | ... | Lieutenant Barnes | |
| Timothy Carey | ... | Bullet | |
| Deborah White | ... | Elaine Schector | |
| Sandy Ward | ... | Warden | |
| Sydney Lassick | ... | Ted | |
| Helen Page Camp | ... | Ted's Wife | |
| K Callan | ... | Motel Manager |
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USA:115 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:18 (1982) | UK:18 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Old Montana Prison - 1106 Main Street, Deer Lodge, Montana, USA
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Kim Basinger was offered the female lead role but declined. more
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James Brawley's novel 'The Rap' was a long and beautifully written commentary on a great many things. It captured the atmosphere of its milieu (the 1960's) perfectly.
Although the plot of the novel is held together by the glue of the conspiracy within the prison, the novel itself is filled with a rich cast of colorful, fully developed characters who force the reader think about all those things good novels do--life, death, love, hate, family bonds, freedom, bondage. James Woods is a fine actor, but this poor adaptation of a truly great novel was so thinly drawn that I didn't at first even recognize "Fast Walking" as having come from 'The Rap'. It's a decent little movie, but would have been better had the film makers tried to put more of Brawley's viewpoint, characters and keen observations into it. See the film first, then get a copy of 'The Rap'. If you do it the other way around as I did, you will be disappointed in the movie.