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 byRuggero Deodato
Screenplay byFernando Di Leo
Story by
  • Fernando Di Leo
  • Alberto Marras
  • Vincenzo Salviani[1]
Produced by
  • Alberto Marras
  • Vincenzo Salviani[1]
StarringMarc Porel
Ray Lovelock
CinematographyGuglielmo Mancori[1]
Edited byGianfranco Simoncelli[1]
Music byUbaldo Continiello[1]
Release date
  • 11 March 1976 (1976-03-11) (Italy)
Running time
100 minutes[1]
CountryItaly[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]

Cast

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

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Curti, 2013. p. 181
  2. ^ "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.