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
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 by	Gianfranco Simoncelli [1]
Music by	Ubaldo Continiello [1]
Release date	11 March 1976 (1976-03-11)(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] Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy, who are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops who thrive on living dangerously. ^[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]

See also

• List of Italian films of 1976

Notes

1. 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.
3. Deodato, Ruggero (11 March 1976), Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore (Action, Crime, Drama), Marc Porel, Ray Lovelock, Adolfo Celi, Centro Produzioni Cinematografiche Città di Milano, T.D.L. Cinematografica, retrieved 8 August 2025

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 IMDb