Pay or Die!

Pay or Die! (1960)

The Threat...and The Picture...You'll Never Forget!

  • Genre: Crime
  • Release Date: 1960-07-27
  • User Rating: 7.1/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 51min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Allied Artists Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Richard Wilson
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Summary

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.

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  • Ernest Borgnine

    as Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino
  • Zohra Lampert

    as Adelina Saulino
  • Renata Vanni

    as Mama Saulino
  • Bruno Della Santina

    as Papa Saulino
  • Franco Corsaro

    as Vito Zarillo
  • 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
  • Alan Austin

    as Johnny Viscardi
  • Sheryl Deauville

    as Girl attacked in Laundry Scene by Mafia
  • Delia Salvi

    as Miss Salvi
  • Margarita Cordova

    as Lupo's Girl
  • David Fresco

    as Triscola
Sound David Raksin Original Music Composer
Production Richard Wilson Producer
Directing Richard Wilson Director
Editing Walter Hannemann Editor
Writing Richard Collins Writer
Camera Lucien Ballard Director of Photography
Writing Bertram Millhauser Writer
Camera Rollie Lane Still Photographer

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