Last Rampage

Last Rampage is a 2017 American crime drama film directed by Dwight Little. The screenplay by Alvaro Rodriguez and Jason Rosenblatt is based on the non-fiction book Last Rampage: The Escape of Gary Tison by University of Arizona Political Science Professor James W. Clarke, and details the true story of Tison's 1978 prison escape and subsequent murders.^[2] The film stars Robert Patrick (who also produced the film) as Tison, Heather Graham as his wife Dorothy, and Chris Browning as his accomplice Randy Greenawalt. Bruce Davison plays a fictional law enforcement official pursuing Tison (a composite of several real-world individuals), and Alex MacNicoll, Skyy Moore, and Casey Thomas Brown portray Tison's three sons.

Last Rampage
Directed by	Dwight Little
Screenplay by	Álvaro Rodríguez Jason Rosenblatt
Based on	Last Rampage: The Escape of Gary Tison by James W. Clarke
Produced by	Eric M. Breiman Robert Patrick
Starring	Robert Patrick Heather Graham Bruce Davison Alex MacNicoll Molly C. Quinn Chris Browning Casey Thomas Brown Skyy Moore Jason Richter William Shockley John Heard
Cinematography	Rafael Leyva
Edited by	Bill Lynch
Music by	Tobias Enhus Richard Patrick
Production companies	Rampage Films Vangard Productions
Distributed by	Epic Pictures Releasing
Release date	September 22, 2017 (2017-09-22) (USA)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$6 million
Box office	$6,294[1]

The events were previously depicted in A Killer in the Family, starring Robert Mitchum as Gary Tison, with James Spader, Eric Stoltz and Lance Kerwin as his sons.

Synopsis

The film tells the true story of the infamous prison break of Gary Tison and Randy Greenawalt from the Arizona State prison in Florence, AZ in the summer of 1978.

Cast

• Robert Patrick as Gary Tison
• Heather Graham as Dorothy Tison
• Bruce Davison as Sheriff John Cooper
• Alex MacNicoll as Donald "Donnie" Tison
• Molly C. Quinn as Marissa Fuller
• Skyy Moore as Ricky Tison
• Casey Thomas Brown as Raymond "Ray" Tison
• Chris Browning as Randy Greenawalt
• Jason Richter as Officer Ketchum
• William Shockley as Joe Tison
• John Heard as Blackwell
• Megan Gallagher as Mrs. Cooper
• Tamara Clatterbuck as Carolyn Simmons
• Deb Carson as Mary Jo West
• Garrett Hines as John Lyons
• Michele Martin as Donna Lyons
• Brigitte Hagerman as Margene Judge
• Kevin Joy as James Judge
• Alex Lombard as Judy Tison
• Michael Monks as Eddy
• Ren Montoro as Terry Jo Tyson
• Chris Muto as Tim Darby

Reception

L.A. Times reviewer Michael Rechtshaffen called Robert Patrick "brutally effective" in a positive review of the film.^[3]

See also

• A Killer in the Family, a 1983 film about Gary Tison