Pay or Die! (1960)
The Threat...and The Picture...You'll Never Forget!
A beautifully rendered, fact-based crime film about a crusading Italian policeman battling Black Hand extortionists in New York’s Little Italy is back on the big screen. In addition to Ernest Borgnine’s brilliantly sensitive portrayal as Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino, this engrossing picture is deftly photographed by Lucien Ballard, beautifully scored by David Raksin with a stellar supporting cast including Zohra Lampert and Alan Austin. Literate, suspenseful and emotionally moving, this memorable film remains the definitive depiction about the emergence of the Mafia in America.
- Date of release
- 1960-07-27
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Richard Wilson
Casting
- Ernest Borgnine — Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino
- Zohra Lampert — Adelina Saulino
- Renata Vanni — Mama Saulino
- Bruno Della Santina — Papa Saulino
- Franco Corsaro — Vito Zarillo
- Robert F. Simon — Police Commissioner
- Robert Ellenstein — Luigi Di Sarno
- Howard Caine — Enrico Caruso
- Barry Russo — Lupo Miano (as John Duke)
- Vito Scotti — Officer Simonetti
- John Marley — D. Caputo, Ragman
- Alan Austin — Johnny Viscardi
Interesting facts
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.
Production
Director Richard Wilson had just made the successful crime biopic Al Capone for Allied Artists.
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