Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man

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Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
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Italian film poster for Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Directed by Ruggero Deodato
Screenplay by Fernando Di Leo
Story by
  • Fernando Di Leo
  • Alberto Marras
  • Vincenzo Salviani [1]
Produced by
  • Alberto Marras
  • Vincenzo Salviani [1]
Starring Marc Porel
Ray Lovelock
Cinematography Guglielmo Mancori [1]
Edited byGianfranco Simoncelli [1]
Music by Ubaldo 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]

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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]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 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.

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