Cut and Run (film)

'Hell Live') is a 1985 Italian exploitation adventure thriller film directed by Ruggero Deodato, co-written by Dardano Sacchetti, and starring Lisa Blount, Leonard Mann, Willie Aames, Richard Lynch, Michael Berryman, and Eriq La Salle in his film debut.

Cut and Run was originally developed as a project by director Wes Craven with the working title Marimba.

[5] It was initially going to star Tim McIntire, Dirk Benedict, and Christopher Mitchum,[6] with a screenplay written by Craven, Dardano Sacchetti, and Luciano Vincenzoni.

Cut and Run was one of the earliest Italian films to be shot with live sync sound instead of MOS, as most of the cast were American and all dialogue was performed in English.

[1] After being absent on home video for many years, the film was released on Blu-ray by Code Red, with a new 2K restoration of both the R-rated and Unrated cuts.