Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man

Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
	Italian film poster for Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Directed by	Ruggero Deodato
Produced by	Alberto Marras; Vincenzo Salviani[1];
Screenplay by	Fernando Di Leo
Story by	Fernando Di Leo; Alberto Marras; Vincenzo Salviani[1];
Starring	Marc Porel; Ray Lovelock
Music by	Ubaldo Continiello[1]
Cinematography	Guglielmo Mancori[1]
Edited by	Gianfranco Simoncelli[1]
Release date	11 March 1976 (Italy);
Running time	100 minutes[1]
Country	Italy[1]
Box office	₤741 million

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] Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino said the film is "one of the greatest titles of all time, and it lives up to its name!"[3]

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]

Notes

Curti, 2013. p. 181
"Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
"The Cornetto Trilogy Golden Mile, Day 9: Edgar Wright And Quentin Tarantino Record One Of The Greatest DVD Commentaries... Ever!". cinemablend.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

External links

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[Curti-1] Curti, 2013. p. 181

[NY_Times-2] "Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 August 2008.

[3] "The Cornetto Trilogy Golden Mile, Day 9: Edgar Wright And Quentin Tarantino Record One Of The Greatest DVD Commentaries... Ever!". cinemablend.com. Retrieved 26 January 2015.