Marked for Death (1990)

Director:

Dwight H. Little

Writers (WGA):

Michael Grais (written by) &
Mark Victor (written by)

Release Date:

5 October 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

He's a good cop. In a bad mood.

Plot:

Chicago DEA agent John Hatcher has just returned from Colombia, where his partner was killed in the...

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Jamaican | Jamaica | Drug Dealer | Shootout

Cast

Steven Seagal	...	John Hatcher
Basil Wallace	...	Screwface
Keith David	...	Max
Tom Wright	...	Charles
Joanna Pacula	...	Leslie
Elizabeth Gracen	...	Melissa
Bette Ford	...	Kate Hatcher
Danielle Harris	...	Tracey
Al Israel	...	Tito Barco
Arlen Dean Snyder	...	Duvall
Victor Romero Evans	...	Nesta
Michael Ralph	...	Monkey
Jeffrey Anderson-Gunter	...	Nago
Tony DiBenedetto	...	Jimmy Fingers
Kevin Dunn	...	Lt. Sal Roselli
Peter Jason	...	Pete Stone
Danny Trejo	...	Hector
Richard Delmonte	...	Chico
Elena Sahagun	...	Carmen
Tom Dugan	...	Paco
Rita Verreos	...	Marta
Joe Renteria	...	Raoul
Gary Carlos Cervantes	...	Little Richard (as Carlos Cervantes)
Wayne Montanio	...	Mexican Bouncer
Nick Corello	...	Nicky
Grant Gelt	...	Tommy
Justin Murphy	...	Freddy
Earl Boen	...	Dr. Stein
Stanley White	...	Sheriff O'Dwyer
Matt Levin	...	Boy #1
Philip Tanzini	...	Boy #2
Leslie Danon	...	Girl #1
Terri Ivens	...	Girl #2
Dale Harimoto	...	TV News Reporter
Tracey Burch	...	Sexy Girl #1
Teri Weigel	...	Sexy Girl #2
Robert Ashiva Ganta Strickland	...	Arms Dealer
Noel L. Walcott III	...	Posse Leader
Prince Ital Joe	...	Dread With Hostage
Andria Martel	...	Young Stripper
Nicholas Celozzi	...	Man in High Hat Bar (as Nick Celozzi)
Debby Shively	...	Barmaid
Craig Pinkard	...	Bartender
Matt O'Toole	...	Yuppie Dealer
Kerrie Cullen	...	Dept. Store Hostage
Linus Huffman	...	DEA Agent
Roger Romero Godbout	...	Band in McGilly's
Harry John Leamy	...	Band in McGilly's
John Endeveri	...	Band in McGilly's
Christopher Allen Goss	...	Band in McGilly's
Libert Steer	...	Reggae Band
Philip Chen	...	Reggae Band
Rock Deadrick	...	Reggae Band
Einstein Brown	...	Reggae Band
Eric Bernard	...	Reggae Band
Haile Maskel	...	Reggae Band
Jimmy Cliff	...	Himself
Tony Williams	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
Richard Barr	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
Ansel Collins	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
Radcliffe Bryan	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
Loris Lawrence	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
Carol McLaughlin	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
Lloyd Willis	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
Phillip Michael White	...	Jimmy Cliff Band
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sandra Canning	...	Screwface's girlfriend (uncredited)
Tom Lawrence	...	Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

Directed by
Dwight H. Little

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Grais		(written by) &
Mark Victor		(written by)

Produced by
Michael Grais	....	producer
Peter Macgregor-Scott	....	co-producer
Julius R. Nasso	....	associate producer
Steven Seagal	....	producer
John Todgya	....	associate producer
Mark Victor	....	producer

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Cinematography by
Ric Waite		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
O. Nicholas Brown

Casting by
Pamela Basker
Fern Champion
Sue Swan

Production Design by
Robb Wilson King

Art Direction by
James A. Burkhart		(as James Burkhart)

Set Decoration by
Bob Kensinger		(as Robert Kensinger)

Costume Design by
Isabella B. Van Soest		(as Isabella Van Soest Chubb)

Makeup Department
Gandhi Bob Arrollo	....	makeup artist (as Bob Arrollo)
John Blake	....	special makeup effects
Cydney Cornell	....	key hair stylist
Jef Simons	....	hair styles supervisor
Jef Simons	....	makeup supervisor

Production Management
Terry Benedict	....	production supervisor: second unit
P.M. Scott	....	unit production manager
David C. Thomas	....	unit production manager: added scenes

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mathew Dunne	....	second assistant director: second unit
David Kelley	....	first assistant director: second unit
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	second unit director
Michael-McCloud Thompson	....	second assistant director
Jerry Ziesmer	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Christopher Cleary	....	set dresser
Michael A. Contreraz	....	labor foreman
Doug DuRose	....	props
Douglas Fox	....	property master
Jill Sprayregen Henkel	....	lead
Lance Lombardo	....	lead man
Gilbert Wong	....	set designer

Sound Department
Chris Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeff Clark	....	sound editor (as Jeffrey Clark)
Richard C. Franklin	....	supervising sound editor (as Rick Franklin)
Leonard T. Geschke	....	sound editor (as Leonard Geschke)
Doug Jackson	....	sound editor
Chris Jargo	....	adr editor (as Christopher Jargo)
Nils C. Jensen	....	sound editor (as Nils Charles Jensen)
Fred Judkins	....	supervising sound editor
Suhail Kafity	....	sound editor (as Suhail F. Kafity)
John Keating	....	temp dub re-recording mixer
Paul Massey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Maxfield	....	boom operator
Mickie McGowan	....	adr voices
Gary Mundheim	....	sound editor
Chuck Neely	....	sound editor
Howard Neiman	....	sound editor
Alan L. Nineberg	....	adr co-supervisor
Kim Nolan	....	assistant sound effects editor
Bob O'Brien	....	sound editor
John Pritchett	....	sound mixer
Larry Singer	....	adr supervisor
Stephanie D. Singer	....	assistant adr editor (as Stephanie Singer)
Edward F. Suski	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Ed Suski)
William Jacobs	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Dale L. Martin	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
G.A. Aguilar	....	stunts
Robert Apisa	....	stunts
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	stunt performer
Kenny Bates	....	stunts
Jophery C. Brown	....	stunts
Tony Brubaker	....	stunts
Harold Burns	....	stunt performer
Richard E. Butler	....	stunts
John Cann	....	stunt performer
Leah Creed	....	stunts
Roger Creed	....	stunts
Bob K. Cummings	....	stunts
Gregg Dandridge	....	stunts
Binh Dang	....	stunts
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	stunts
Craig Dunn	....	stunts
Richard L. Duran	....	stunts
Greg Wayne Elam	....	stunts
Kirk Elam	....	stunts
Ousaun Elam	....	stunts
Donna Evans	....	stunts
Glory Fioramonti	....	stunts
Carlos Gonzales	....	stunts
Fernando Grimaldo	....	stunts
Dick Hancock	....	stunts
Jeff Imada	....	stunts
Jamie Sue Johnson	....	stunts
Melvin Jones	....	stunts
Wayne King	....	stunts
Henry Kingi	....	stunts
Barbara Anne Klein	....	stunts
Steven Lambert	....	stunts
Irving E. Lewis	....	stunts
James C. Lewis	....	stunts
Eric Mansker	....	stunts
Haruo Matsuoka	....	stunts
Lisa McCullough	....	stunts
Winston Omega	....	stunts
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunt coordinator
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunts
Michael Pecina	....	stunts
Manny Perry	....	stunts
Sorin Serene Pricopie	....	stunts
Mario Roberts	....	stunts
Robby Robinson	....	stunts
Rick Seaman	....	stunts
Luis J. Silva	....	stunt double
Lincoln Simonds	....	stunts
Russell Towery	....	stunts
Tierre Turner	....	stunts
Rock A. Walker	....	stunts
William Washington	....	stunts
Brian J. Williams	....	stunt performer
Gerard G. Williams	....	stunts
Harry Wowchuk	....	stunts
Nick Brett	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
K. Lee Johnson	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
David LeBell	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Jim McConnell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunts (uncredited)
Larry Reynosa	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rick Sawaya	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Carl Boles	....	gaffer
Mike Bonnaud	....	lamp operator
Scott Floren	....	key grip
Steven R. Monroe	....	first assistant camera
Rick Neff	....	camera operator
Kurt E. Soderling	....	assistant camera
Kurt E. Soderling	....	camera operator: second unit
John M. Stephens	....	director of photography: second unit
Bobby Thomas	....	additional photographer
Rick Fee	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Mark Paladini	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laura Goldsmith	....	costume supervisor
Rhona Meyers	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
John A. Amicarella	....	executive in charge of post-production
Derek Berlatsky	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Matt Dike	....	music supervisor
Michael Mason	....	scoring engineer
Michael Ross	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Claire Baker	....	script supervisor: second unit
Bundy Chanock	....	set medic
Kim Delgado	....	adr loop group
Dorain Grusman	....	choreographer
Marsha Koff	....	production controller (as Marsha Mann-Koff)
Harry Lu	....	armorer
Sharron Reynolds	....	script supervisor
Steven Seagal	....	martial arts coordinator
Steven Shkolnik	....	location manager
Ellen Wolff	....	production coordinator
Riley Kathryn Ellis	....	studio executive (uncredited)
Jane Nuttycombe	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Daniel Veluzat	....	location liaison (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Victor & Grais
• Steamroller Productions

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1990) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1994) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Fox Film (1991) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (1991) (Germany) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1991) (UK) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1991) (France) (theatrical)
• Finnkino (1991) (Finland) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• FS Film (2001) (Finland) (DVD)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1996) (1997) (2001) (2002) (Finland) (TV)
• Showtime (1991) (Finland) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Cayman Music  music publishing
• Cinema Research  titles and opticals
• Sunrise Films  negative cutting
• Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios  sound recording

Also Known As:

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M (cut) | Australia:R | France:-12 | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | Germany:18 (video premiere) (cut) | West Germany:18 (video premiere) (cut) | Iceland:16 | UK:18 (DVD version) (cut) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1991) (theatrical release) | Finland:K-16 (heavily cut) (1991) (VHS) | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-18 (cut) (2001) (DVD) | UK:18 (re-rating) (uncut) (2001) | South Korea:18 | Malaysia:18PL | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R | Portugal:M/16 | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2010) (Blu-ray)

Filming Locations:

518 S Myrtle Avenue, Monrovia, California, USA

Company:

Victor & Grais

Trivia:

The villain Screwface was named after a Bob Marley song.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: After the car crashes into the mall, the people across the street don't move until they get their cue.

Quotes:

Screwface:Everybody want go heaven. Nobody want dead. Afraid.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Domino

AS CONFIDENT AND BRUTAL AS ITS LEADING MAN.

This is one tough movie that shows star Steven Seagal at his arrogant,strutting,confident and brutal best.The movie itself follows the example set by its leading man.The story of Seagal's battle against the patois spouting Jamaican bad guys led by the sinister Screwface is compellingly told with many "in your face" action sequences littered throughout,not the least of which are several bone crunchingly covincing Aikido fights which are tougher and more prolonged than is usual with Seagal.When I first saw Seagal onscreen in "ABOVE THE LAW" I remember commenting that I thought he was the most charismatic individual to hit the screen in many years.His piling on of the pounds in recent years plus his somewhat inflated and frankly ludicrous self image have diminished his presence and box office impact recently but he remains compelling to watch and one hopes that he still has one or two more action-filled surprises up his sleeve in the future before he(perhaps inevitably)goes the route of Chuck Norris...."WALKER,BUDDHIST DEITY" anyone?