Pay or Die! (1960)

Movie · Released · 111 min · ★ 7.5

Crime

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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.

Cast

Ernest BorgninePolice Lt. Joseph PetrosinoZohra LampertAdelina Saulino

Renata VanniMama Saulino

Bruno Della SantinaPapa Saulino

Franco CorsaroVito ZarilloRobert F. SimonPolice CommissionerRobert EllensteinLuigi Di SarnoHoward CaineEnrico CarusoBarry RussoLupo Miano (as John Duke)Vito ScottiOfficer SimonettiJohn MarleyD. Caputo, RagmanAlan AustinJohnny ViscardiSheryl DeauvilleGirl attacked in Laundry Scene by Mafia

Delia SalviMiss SalviMargarita CordovaLupo's Girl