Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man

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]

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

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