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]
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| Directed by | Ruggero Deodato |
| Screenplay by | Fernando Di Leo |
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| Starring | Marc Porel Ray Lovelock |
| Cinematography | Guglielmo Mancori[1] |
| Edited by | Gianfranco Simoncelli[1] |
| Music by | Ubaldo Continiello[1] |
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Running time | 100 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy[1] |
| Box office | ₤741 million |
Cast edit
- 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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
Notes edit
- ^ 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. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2009. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
Further reading edit
- Curti, Roberto (2013). Italian Crime Filmography, 1968-1980. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786469765.
