The Chair (1988)
A psychologist, a psychiatrist and a prison warden open up a long-closed prison, unaware that the ghost of an electrocuted convict haunts it.
Top billed cast
James CocoDr. Harold Woodhouse Langer
Trini AlvaradoLisa Titus
Paul BenedictWarden Edward Dwyer
Gary McCleeryRick Donner
Stephen GeoffreysRoach- Ron TaylorTiny
Jack BettsDetective- Mark von HolsteinMazzini
Calvin LevelsWilma
Brad GreenquistMushmouth
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