Pay or Die
Pay or Die is a 1960 American biographical and crime film directed by Richard Wilson and starring Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Howard Caine, Alan Austin, and Robert F. Simon.
| Pay or Die | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Richard Wilson |
| Produced by | Richard Wilson |
| Written by | Bertram Millhauser Richard J. Collins |
| Starring | Ernest Borgnine |
| Music by | David Raksin |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | Walter Hannemann |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,500,000 (US/ Canada)[1] |
Plot
The film is a dramatization of the career of New York City police officer Joseph Petrosino, a pioneer in the fight against organized crime in America. The film deals primarily with Petrosino and his Italian Squad's opposition to the extortion rackets of the Black Hand in lower Manhattan's Little Italy.
Cast
- Ernest Borgnine as Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino
- Zohra Lampert as Adelina Saulino
- Alan Austin as Johnny Viscardi
- Renata Vanni as Mama Saulino
- Bruno Della Santina as Papa Saulino
- Robert F. Simon as Police Commissioner
- Robert Ellenstein as Luigi Di Sarno
- Howard Caine as Enrico Caruso
- Barry Russo as Lupo Miano (as John Duke)
- Vito Scotti as Officer Simonetti
- John Marley as D. Caputo, Ragman
- Delia Nora Salvi as Miss Salvi, Di Sarno's Secretary
Additional information
This film was also released under the following titles:
- La mafia – France
- Maksa tai kuole – Finland
- Pagar o morir – Venezuela
- Pagare o morire – Italy
- To telesigrafo tou thanatou – Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
- Zahl oder stirb – West Germany
References
- "Rental Potentials of 1960", Variety, 4 January 1961 p 47. Please note figures are rentals as opposed to total gross.
External links
- Pay or Die at IMDb
- Pay or Die at AllMovie
- Pay or Die at the TCM Movie Database
- Pay or Die at the American Film Institute Catalog
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