This is what happens when someone gives karate master and local wrestler Richard Byrne a camera. Car chases, unlimited love interests, karate brawls, and if you squint hard enough, you just might find a plot in there somewhere, too. It's 'WHEN DEATH COMES QUICKLY', the 1984 feature film that feels like it needs to go back into the oven for a few hours.
Richard Byrne
Matt Devoroe
Bill Wallace
Himself
Professor Toru Tanaka
Shimura
Kathleen Gallagher
Sandy Callahan
Victoria DeMarco
Rachel
Gregory Costopulos
Steve Jaret
Robert E. Beaudoin
Bob Eugair
Paula Terenzi
Crystal
This is what happens when someone gives karate master and local wrestler Richard Byrne a camera. Car chases, unlimited love interests, karate brawls, and if you squint hard enough, you just might find a plot in there somewhere, too. It's 'WHEN DEATH COMES QUICKLY', the 1984 feature film that feels like it needs to go back into the oven for a few hours.
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