Cast and Crew of Pay or Die!

Cast of
Pay or Die!

About Pay or Die!

  • Released on July 27, 1960
  • Crime

A beautifully rendered, fact-based crime film about a crusading Italian policeman battling Black Hand extortionists in New York’s Little Italy is back on the big screen. In addition to Ernest Borgnine’s brilliantly sensitive portrayal as Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino, this engrossing picture is deftly photographed by Lucien Ballard, beautifully scored by David Raksin with a stellar supporting cast including Zohra Lampert and Alan Austin. Literate, suspenseful and emotionally moving, this memorable film remains the definitive depiction about the emergence of the Mafia in America.

Full Cast of Pay or Die!

Zohra Lampert
plays Adelina Saulino

Renata Vanni
plays Mama Saulino

Bruno Della Santina
plays Papa Saulino

Franco Corsaro
plays Vito Zarillo

Robert F. Simon
plays Police Commissioner

Robert Ellenstein
plays Luigi Di Sarno

Howard Caine
plays Enrico Caruso

Barry Russo
plays Lupo Miano (as John Duke)

Alan Austin
plays Johnny Viscardi

Sheryl Deauville
plays Girl attacked in Laundry Scene by Mafia

Delia Salvi
plays Miss Salvi

Margarita Cordova
plays Lupo's Girl


Crew of Pay or Die!