Pay or Die!(1960)

Name: Pay or Die!
Director: Richard Wilson
Genre: Crime
Released: 1960-01-01
Duration: 111 min
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Renata Vanni, Bruno Della Santina, Franco Corsaro

Ernest Borgnine Zohra Lampert Renata Vanni Bruno Della Santina Franco Corsaro

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.