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Pay or Die (1960)Movie deals with organized crime "protection" rackets. Small shopkeepers are forced to pay for protection or else be brutalized or killed. Director:Richard Wilson |
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Title: Pay or Die (1960)
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Zohra Lampert | ... |
Adelina Saulino
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Alan Austin | ... |
Johnny Viscardi
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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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Luigi Di Sarno
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Enrico Caruso
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Barry Russo | ... |
Lupo Miano
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| Vito Scotti | ... |
Officer Simonetti
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D. Caputo, Ragman
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Nick Pawl | ... |
Palumbo
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Mario Siletti | ... |
Enzo Loria
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Vincent Barbi | ... |
Fabraka, Driver
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Movie deals with organized crime "protection" rackets. Small shopkeepers are forced to pay for protection or else be brutalized or killed. Written by <THX1138@aol.com>
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USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
27 July 1960 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino: Ah, that's what they say about the Italians.
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Adelina Saulino: An Irish man? I never heard of one who was nice... or smart.Police Lt. Joseph Petrosino: Ah, that's what they say about the Italians.
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This is a fine old film about the beginnings of the mafia in America. Their nemesis was the Italian squad of the NYPD of which my grandfather was a part and whose notes and case books were used in the making of the film. The mafia at the time was called the black hand and was made up in this country of cheap hoods who mostly ran protection rackets on the small business owners of little Italy. They were backed by the dons in Sicily and the Italian squad's task was to shut the rackets down. They tried hard but the squad was pretty much broken up after the death of Lt. Petrosino in Sicily. This film shows the good and bad guys of the time and what my grandfather called, very un-pc,"one guinea killing another".