Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man () is a 1976 Italian poliziotteschi crime film, directed by Ruggero Deodato and starring Marc Porel and Ray Lovelock.
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). The film was director Ruggero Deodato's only film in the poliziotteschi genre.
Release
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man was released on 11 March 1976. It has grossed 741,142,540 lira domestically. 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.