Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
- Fernando Di Leo
- Alberto Marras
- Vincenzo Salviani[1]
- Alberto Marras
- Vincenzo Salviani[1]
Ray Lovelock
- 11 March 1976 (1976-03-11) (Italy)
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (Italian: Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore) is a 1976 Italian poliziotteschi crime film, directed by Ruggero Deodato and starring Marc Porel and Ray Lovelock.[2]
Cast
- Marc Porel as Fred
- Ray Lovelock as Tony
- Adolfo Celi as The Boss
- Franco Citti as Rudy Ruginski
- Silvia Dionisio as Norma
- Marino Masé as Rick Conti
- Renato Salvatori as Roberto Pasquini, a.k.a. Bibi
- Sergio Ammirata as Sergeant
- Bruno Corazzari as Morandi
- Daniele Dublino as Corrupt police inspector
- Sofia Dionisio as Lina Pasquini (credited as "Flavia Fabiani")
- Tom Felleghy as Major
- Margherita Horowitz as Mona, a hostage woman
- Gina Mascetti as Maricca
- Marcello Monti as 3rd kidnapper
- Claudio Nicastro as Commissioner
- Gino Pagnani as Paul, the dog trainer
- Enzo Pulcrano as Mario, Pasquini's henchman
- Alvaro Vitali as Concierge at Pasquini's building
Production
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man was based on a screenplay by Fernando Di Leo, originally titled Poliziotti si nasce poliziotti si muore (Born a Cop, Die a Cop).[1] The film was director Ruggero Deodato's only film in the poliziotteschi genre.[1]
Release
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man was released on 11 March 1976.[1] It has grossed 741,142,540 lira domestically.[1] The film was censored on its initial release in Italy. The cut scene involved a scene with Renato Salvatori's character Bibi who has his men gouge out the eyes of a thug played by Bruno Corazzari, and then crush the eyeball under his feet.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Curti, 2013. p. 181
- ^ "Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
Further reading
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
External links
- Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man at AllMovie
- Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man at IMDb
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