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Fast-Walking

  • 19821982
  • RR
  • 1h 55m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Fast-Walking (1982)
  • Drama
A corrupt prison guard becomes involved in a plot to murder a black revolutionary serving time in his prison.A corrupt prison guard becomes involved in a plot to murder a black revolutionary serving time in his prison.A corrupt prison guard becomes involved in a plot to murder a black revolutionary serving time in his prison.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
686
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • James B. Harris
  • Writers
    • Ernest Brawley(novel "The Rap")
    • James B. Harris
  • Stars
    • James Woods
    • Tim McIntire
    • Kay Lenz
Top credits
  • Director
    • James B. Harris
  • Writers
    • Ernest Brawley(novel "The Rap")
    • James B. Harris
  • Stars
    • James Woods
    • Tim McIntire
    • Kay Lenz
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    • 12User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Top cast

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    James Woods
    James Woods
    • Fast-Walkingas Fast-Walking
    Tim McIntire
    Tim McIntire
    • Wascoas Wasco
    Kay Lenz
    Kay Lenz
    • Mokeas Moke
    Robert Hooks
    Robert Hooks
    • William Galliotas William Galliot
    Charles Weldon
    Charles Weldon
    • Officer Jacksonas Officer Jackson
    M. Emmet Walsh
    M. Emmet Walsh
    • Sergeant Sangeras Sergeant Sanger
    Susan Tyrrell
    Susan Tyrrell
    • Evieas Evie
    John Friedrich
    John Friedrich
    • Squeezeas Squeeze
    Lance LeGault
    Lance LeGault
    • Lieutenant Barnesas Lieutenant Barnes
    Timothy Carey
    Timothy Carey
    • Bulletas Bullet
    Deborah White
    Deborah White
    • Elaine Schectoras Elaine Schector
    Sandy Ward
    Sandy Ward
    • Wardenas Warden
    Sydney Lassick
    Sydney Lassick
    • Tedas Ted
    Helen Page Camp
    Helen Page Camp
    • Ted's Wifeas Ted's Wife
    K Callan
    K Callan
    • Motel Manageras Motel Manager
    Ernie Fuentes
    • Straw Bossas Straw Boss
    Barbara Eaton
    • Hooker #1as Hooker #1
    Bonnye Brown
    • Hooker #2as Hooker #2
    • Director
      • James B. Harris
    • Writers
      • Ernest Brawley(novel "The Rap")
      • James B. Harris
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    Storyline

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    A corrupt prison guard becomes involved in a plot to murder a black revolutionary serving time in his prison.
    • female frontal nudity
    • sex scene
    • male nudity
    • male frontal nudity
    • male full frontal nudity
    • 12 more
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    • Taglines
      • For the right price, he'll open a jailbird's cage.
    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • R
    • Parents guide
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    • Trivia
      The book the film was based on was showcased many different characters - none of which were the "focus" of the story. Writer/director James B. Harris originally wrote his first draft of the screenplay around the book, but soon discovered that the character of Frank "Fast-Walking" Minniver was the most interesting and unique and decided to make him the central role.
    • Quotes

      Wasco: I'm buying you out.

      Bullet: You're what?

      Wasco: I'm going to make you a very honorable proposal of a business nature that you're not going to be able to refuse.

      Bullet: Oh yeah?

      Wasco: God damn, you smell bad, man. Whew. Ahh... Let me run this down to you, Bullet, old baby. Number one, you're a junkie, which means you can't maintain the kind of objectivity that's necessary in an operation like this. Number two, you don't have my organization, my supply, you don't have my connections, frankly see, you're action's weak, small time, small profit, nickel-dime bag operation at best. Your supply's erratic, your goods are inferior, you deal nothing but trash and garbage.

      Bullet: Hey, wait a minute...

      Wasco: Shut up, and listen. Now, you see, I can offer this market dynamite smack, man, I mean the best money can buy, it's so good you can get off just snorting it. Save everybody the trouble of carrying a fit around with them all the time, you know? They can just chip like that till they get out. And I got a guaranteed supply daily, coming in six days a week. Any kind of thrill, any kind of quality, any kind of quantity that any customer can desire. I can sell by the cap, the bag, the bindle, the bundle, the half load, nickel, dime, quarter, trey bag, piece of the pill, you just call it and I've got it. Got ludes, crank, Bombitas coke, bam, black beauties, cartwheels, yellow jackets, reds, long greens, rainbows, beans. And STP and PCP and DMT and LSD, and psilocybin and mescaline, and THC, amphetamine meth, biphetamine, phenobarbital, benzedrine, dexedrine, librium, miltown, dilaudid, morphine, seconol, demerol, goofballs, truck drivers, yellow stripes, tuinal, disosix, carbon tetrachroride, strychnine, arsenic, anything, I can deal anything except marijuana and hashish, because I can't stand the smell of that shit. And for the ultimate thrill of your lifetime, I'll personally drill a little hole right in your head and you can see the light of the lord shine in there. Can even offer dollies, I got the best doll for you money can buy, for anybody wants to just sit back sweet and easy, and kick their habit one day at a time. Now I ain't jealous, see, cause I ain't a junkie. I don't really approve of the use of any kind of dope, but if there's a market, if somebody's gonna buy it they may as well but it from me as buy it from the next guy. Cause you know there's a lot of dudes who brought their habit in here with them, man, and they got to have that wake up. They gotta have the nooner, and the matinee, and the sleepy time every day, seven days a week, just like clockwork. And I'm prepared to offer this jam, which is the best fucking hard-ass poison on the market today. And I can offer you something else, you want to know what that is?

      Bullet: What's that?

      Wasco: Protection. Top to bottom.

      Bullet: Yeah? Who's made?

      Wasco: Who's ma...

      [smirks]

      Wasco: ... You're already pissing your pants, man, you're getting in on one of the biggest deals ever made in any joint anywhere, ever, and you're asking me 'Who's made'? That's why you never got anywhere, cause you think small, that's small thinking, see? I'm thinking about diversification. You know what that word means, diversification? It means cigarettes, and prostitution, and banking services, and loan facilities, organized gambling, and liquor, and clothing sales, and uncensored postal service, and underground courier service direct to the street, and stud service, and telephone service direct to the outside. I'm even thinking about selling processed hair accoutrements to the raghead nigger conks. I'm gonna smuggle in contraband hot sauce for the spic cell block lunch time, direct from the Tiopico chili factory in Tijuana, what do you think about that?

      Bullet: I think you're crazy. Out of your fucking mind.

      Wasco: Lets say I offered you a deal you can't refuse.

      Bullet: What's that?

      Wasco: You just turn your whole operation over to me, intact, just like it is right now. Then when my supply starts coming in, which might even be today, you just sit back. We got a silent partnership, you got no jeopardy, no risk, you get ten percent of the whole operation, you make more money than you ever did before.

      Bullet: What if I say no?

      Wasco: You can't.

      Bullet: Yeah, but what if I do?

      Wasco: I'll kill ya. I'd love to kill ya, I'll throw you off the fucking tier right now, you'll wish you hadn't said that all the way down.

      Bullet: You'll never get away with it.

      Wasco: What do you care if I get away with it, you'll be dead.

    • Connections
      Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: McLean Stevenson/James Woods/Bum Phillips (1981)

    User reviews12

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    5/10
    Walking Through A Fog
    James Woods is a prison guard whose salary doesn't cover his expenses, so he works a second job at a brothel. He's a venial, shuck-talking guy, who gets involved in two plans: one to help a Black prisoner escape before he can be framed into an 'accident' and the other to help make that accident happen. Into this mix comes Kay Lenz, for the obligatory sex and frontal nudity scenes as a beautiful, ambiguous character whom Woods obsesses over.

    It's clear that there is a lot of the book this was based on that was left out of the movie. What we are left with is a sloppy story about a sloppy individual who has managed to skate through a corrupt world so far; a common theme as the 1970s gave way to the 1980s. The opening sequence has an "Easy Rider" vibe to it, and the world comes down to the prison where the guards think they have the power, but are reluctant to use it, preferring to rely on habit, while some of the prisoners, like Tim McIntire, run the rackets inside.

    There are bits and pieces left over from the book that indicate that writer-director James B. Harris left out a lot: Timothy Carey as a con strong-armed out of some of the rackets; two men standing outside of Woods' apartment; Charles Weldon as a fellow guard. Yet the movie seems to be more interested in the arresting moments than what they lead to, in the vague fog that is the movie's story. They certainly keep the movie interesting enough to watch to the end, but left me feeling that there was no real conclusion.
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    • Release date
      • August 13, 1982 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Murder in Cell Block 3
    • Filming locations
      • Deer Lodge, Montana, USA
    • Production companies
      • James B. Harris Productions
      • Lorimar Productions
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    • Budget
      • $4,000,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 55 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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