Pay Or Die (1960)
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Based on real incidents in the life and death of Lt. Joseph Petrosino (Ernest Borgnine) of the New York police force, this tale set between 1906-1909 details the history of the lieutenant's fight to prove Sicilian Mafia involvement in crimes in his city. Lt. Petrosino has a series of dangerous… More Based on real incidents in the life and death of Lt. Joseph Petrosino (Ernest Borgnine) of the New York police force, this tale set between 1906-1909 details the history of the lieutenant's fight to prove Sicilian Mafia involvement in crimes in his city. Lt. Petrosino has a series of dangerous close calls as he distinguishes himself by saving singer Enrico Caruso from a Mafia bomb outside the Metropolitan Opera, and by also saving the father of Adelina (Zohra Lampert) the woman he loves. Several other exploits eventually lead to Petrosino's trip to Sicily to nail evidence for the Mafia's activities in New York, and for a final meeting with destiny. This represented the last screen credit of scenarist Bertram Millhauser, who died in 1958; he had received his penultimate credit nine years before that, on the 1949 Tokyo Joe. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Wilson
- Genres
- Drama
PG,
- Studio
- Warner Bros.
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Aside from Marty, this is my favorite Ernest Borgnine role where he plays a good guy.
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Cast
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Ernest Borgnine
as Lt. Joseph Petrosino
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Zohra Lampert
as Adelina Saulino
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Alan Austin
as Johnny Viscardi
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Renata Vanni
as Mama Saulino
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Franco Corsaro
as Vito Zarillo
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Robert F. Simon
as Commissioner
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Robert Ellenstein
as Luigi Di Sarno
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Howard Caine
as Enrico Caruso
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John Duke
as Lupo Miano
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John Marley
as Caputo
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Mario Siletti
as Loria
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Mimi Doyle
as Nun
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Mary Carver
as Mrs. Rossi
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Paul Birch
as Mayor
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Vito Scotti
as Simonetti
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Vincent Barbi
as Fabraka
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Sherry Alberoni
as Giulia De Sarno
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Carlo Tricoli
as Don Cesare
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Bart Bradley
as Nicolo
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Marian Collier
as Girl from Opera
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Joseph Sargent
as Sorgente
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Sam Capuano
as Rossi
