Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Fast-Walking is a american film of genre Drama directed by James B. Harris released in USA on 18 october 1982 with James Woods

Fast-Walking (1982)

Fast-Walking
If you like this film, let us know!
Released in USA 18 october 1982
Length 1h55
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Crime
Rating63% 3.193783.193783.193783.193783.19378

Fast-Walking is a 1982 dramatic prison film directed by James B. Harris. The film is based on Ernest Brawley's 1974 novel The Rap. It was also issued theatrically in the U.S. under the title The Joint. It stars James Woods.

Synopsis

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 compliments his meager salary by running prostitutes for Mexican laborers out of his cousin Evie's convenience store.

Actors

Trailer of Fast-Walking

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to Fast-Walking

There are 153 films with the same actors, 4 films with the same director, 89180 with the same cinematographic genres (including 1039 with exactly the same 3 genres than Fast-Walking), 748 films with the same themes, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked Fast-Walking, you will probably like those similar films :
True Believer, 1h48
Directed by Joseph Ruben
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Colin, Yuji Okumoto, Kurtwood Smith, Tom Bower
Rating66% 3.344923.344923.344923.344923.34492
Eddie Dodd is a burnt-out attorney who has left behind civil rights work to defend drug dealers. Roger Baron is an idealistic young legal clerk, fresh out of law school, who encourages Dodd to take on the case of Shu Kai Kim, a young Korean man who was imprisoned for a gang-related murder. Kim's mother believes her son was wrongfully accused. Dodd and Baron's investigation leads to a conspiracy among the district attorney, a police informant, and several police officers.
The Traveling Executioner, 1h35
Directed by Jack Smight
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Western
Themes Prison films
Actors Stacy Keach, Bud Cort, Stefan Gierasch, Marianna Hill, Graham Jarvis, James Sloyan
Rating62% 3.143793.143793.143793.143793.14379
Jonas Candide, a former carnival showman, travels around the South in 1918 with his own portable electric chair, going from prison to prison with his young assistant, Jimmy, charging one hundred dollars per execution. Two of Jonas' potential victims are siblings Willy and Gundred Herzallerliebst. While Jonas successfully executes Willy, he falls for Gundred, hoping to fake her execution.
The Onion Field, 2h2
Directed by Harold Becker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors John Savage, James Woods, Franklyn Seales, Ted Danson, Ronny Cox, David Huffman
Rating67% 3.3936353.3936353.3936353.3936353.393635
The film focuses on an actual 1963 event in which Los Angeles Police Department detectives Karl Hettinger and Ian Campbell were kidnapped by criminals Greg Powell and Jimmy Smith (aka "Jimmy Youngblood") in Hollywood and driven to an onion field near Bakersfield, where Campbell was shot and killed and Hettinger managed to escape.
Cop
Cop (1988)
, 1h50
Directed by James B. Harris
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors James Woods, Lesley Ann Warren, Charles Durning, Charles Haid, Raymond J. Barry, Randi Brooks
Rating63% 3.1978853.1978853.1978853.1978853.197885
LAPD detective Sgt. Lloyd Hopkins (Woods) discovers the brutal murder of a young woman. Her body hangs over her bed, and her blood is splattered all over her apartment. Hopkins notices a great deal of feminist literature with titles like Rage in the Womb on her bookshelf. He also sees two classified ads for anonymous sexual encounters. When he returns home, his 8-year old daughter wakes up and begs him for a story. He launches into a profane description of one of his cases, much to the girl's delight. His wife orders him to stop, and they have an argument over the inappropriateness of his stories. Frustrated, he calls up his buddy Dutch Pelz (Durning), and they go on a stakeout, which culminates with Hopkins shooting the suspect. Hopkins asks Dutch to stay at the scene and file the paperwork so that he can take the suspect's voluptuous girlfriend home and have sex with her.
True Crime
True Crime (1999)
, 2h7
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Denis Leary, James Woods, Francesca Eastwood
Rating65% 3.2993153.2993153.2993153.2993153.299315
Steve Everett (Clint Eastwood), an Oakland journalist recovering from alcoholism, is assigned to cover the execution of convicted murderer Frank Beechum (Isaiah Washington) following the death in a car wreck of Everett's colleague, Michelle Ziegler (Mary McCormack), who had originally been assigned to the story.
Big Stan
Big Stan (2007)
, 1h49
Directed by Rob Schneider
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films, Sports films, Martial arts films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jennifer Morrison, Scott Wilson, Henry Gibson, Richard Kind, Jackson Rathbone, M. Emmet Walsh
Rating61% 3.0543553.0543553.0543553.0543553.054355
A real estate con artist named Stan Minton (Rob Schneider) panics when he learns that he is going to prison for fraud. Stan's fear of jail-house rape leads him to hire the mysterious guru known as "The Master" (David Carradine) who helps transform him into a creative martial-arts expert. During his incarceration, Stan uses his new-found skills to intimidate his fellow prisoners and prevents the prisoners from hitting or raping each other.
Indictment: The McMartin Trial, 2h15
Directed by Mick Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Documentary
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Lolita Davidovich, Shirley Knight, Mercedes Ruehl, Henry Thomas, Sada Thompson, James Woods
Rating75% 3.7931753.7931753.7931753.7931753.793175
Un avocat risque sa carrière et sa réputation pour défendre les Mc Martin qui sont accusés d'abus sexuel ritualisé sataniste sur des enfants. Le procès durera six années.
Killer: A Journal of Murder, 1h31
Directed by Tim Metcalfe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Prison films, Serial killer films
Actors James Woods, Robert Sean Leonard, Ellen Greene, Cara Buono, Robert John Burke, Richard Riehle
Rating62% 3.1455953.1455953.1455953.1455953.145595
During the latest of many imprisonments for burglary, Panzram (James Woods) forms an uneasy friendship with prison guard Henry Lesser (Robert Sean Leonard). Panzram asks Lesser for writing equipment and proceeds to write his life story, in which he confesses to several murders.
Reform School Girls, 1h34
Directed by Kristine Peterson, Tom DeSimone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Sybil Danning, Pat Ast, Linda Carol, Tiffany Helm, Denise Gordy, Darcy DeMoss
Rating54% 2.7050352.7050352.7050352.7050352.705035
The film is a satire of the women in prison film genre and deliberately implements many of the tropes commonly found in such films. Such scenes include nude shower scenes, fight scenes, and a suggested romantic relationship between one of the inmates and an administrator. The overall plot involves a new influx of girls coming to the school. They are immediately confronted with Charlie Chambliss (Williams) who is the de facto leader of the school and has an exceedingly close relationship with the head of the ward, Edna (Ast). Charlie and her circle are given special privileges by Edna and it is suggested that Charlie and Edna enjoy a more intimate relationship. Charlie runs a secret society of girls who are loyal to her and to whom she offers protection. The two main new girls break several of Edna's rules and are punished decisively for their infractions.
The Longest Yard, 1h53
Directed by Peter Segal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Prison films, Sports films, American football films, Musical films
Actors Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, James Cromwell, Nelly, William Fichtner, Bill Goldberg
Rating64% 3.2024353.2024353.2024353.2024353.202435
Paul Crewe (Adam Sandler) is a former NFL player disgraced for shaving points in a big game. One night, he gets drunk and goes joyriding in his girlfriend's Bentley, totals it, gets arrested, and is sentenced to three years in a Texas Federal Prison for violating his parole.