Pay or Die!

(1960)

★ 7.5 IMDb · 10 votes

Genres: Crime

Year: 1960

Runtime: 111 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Richard Wilson

Cast: Эрнест Боргнайн, Zohra Lampert, Renata Vanni, Bruno Della Santina, Franco Corsaro, Robert F. Simon, Robert Ellenstein, Howard Caine, Barry Russo, Вито Скотти

Plot

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.