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.

• Richard CollinsWriter
• David RaksinOriginal Music Composer
• Richard WilsonDirector
• Bertram MillhauserWriter

• Ernest BorgninePolice Lt. Joseph Petrosino
• Zohra LampertAdelina Saulino
• Renata VanniMama Saulino
• Bruno Della SantinaPapa Saulino
• Franco CorsaroVito Zarillo
• Robert F. SimonPolice Commissioner
• Robert EllensteinLuigi Di Sarno
• Howard CaineEnrico Caruso
• Barry RussoLupo Miano (as John Duke)
• Vito ScottiOfficer Simonetti
• John MarleyD. Caputo, Ragman
• Alan AustinJohnny Viscardi