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Pay or Die!: Directed by Richard Wilson. With Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Alan Austin, Renata Vanni. Between 1906-1909, NYPD Lieutenant Joe Petrosino heads the 'Italian Squad' and tries to stamp out organized crime from the city, often times amid assassination attempts by the Mafia.
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- Biography, Crime, Drama
- Richard Wilson
- 1960-07-27
Pay or Die is a 1960 American biographical and crime film directed by Richard Wilson and starring Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Howard Caine, Alan Austin, and Robert F. Simon. The film is a dramatization of the career of New York City police officer Joseph Petrosino, a pioneer in the fight against organized crime in America.
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.
Pay or Die! (1960) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Set in turn-of-20th-century New York, Pay or Die! concerns Joseph Petrosino (Ernest Borgnine), a Sicilian-born NYPD lieutenant who founded Manhattan’s Police Department Italian squad and met his death while exposing the notorious Black Hand gang.
The true story of Det. Joe Petrosino, a young Italian detective in the NYPD who investigated the Black Hand, precursor of the Mafia, at the height of their power. To counter extortion terrorism, Petrosino (who was actually murdered in Sicily during his investigation) forms America's first police bomb squad (as bombs figured heavily into the ...
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Pay or Die is the real lie story of honest cop, Lt. Joe Petrosino who with his squad of Italian cops fought the Black Hand who terrorized their fellow Italians neighborhood store owners by demanding protection money.
