Pay or Die!

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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  Richard Wilson

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  Ernest Borgnine
  Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino
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  Zohra Lampert
  Adelina Saulino
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  Renata Vanni
  Mama Saulino
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  Bruno Della Santina
  Papa Saulino
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  Franco Corsaro
  Vito Zarillo
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  Robert F. Simon
  Police Commissioner
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  Robert Ellenstein
  Luigi Di Sarno
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  Howard Caine
  Enrico Caruso
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  Barry Russo
  Lupo Miano (as John Duke)
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  Vito Scotti
  Officer Simonetti
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  John Marley
  D. Caputo, Ragman
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  Alan Austin
  Johnny Viscardi
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  Sheryl Deauville
  Girl attacked in Laundry Scene by Mafia
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  Delia Salvi
  Miss Salvi
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  Margarita Cordova
  Lupo's Girl
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  David Fresco
  Triscola