Pay or Die

Pay or Die
Film poster
Directed by	Richard Wilson
Written by	Bertram Millhauser Richard J. Collins
Produced by	Richard Wilson
Starring	Ernest Borgnine
Cinematography	Lucien Ballard
Edited by	Walter Hannemann
Music by	David Raksin
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures
Release date	July 27, 1960 (1960-07-27)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1,500,000 (US/ Canada)[1]

Pay or Die is a 1960 American biographical and crime film directed by Richard Wilson and starring Ernest Borgnine, Zohra Lampert, Howard Caine, Alan Austin, and Robert F. Simon.

The film is a dramatization of the career of New York City police officer Joseph Petrosino, a pioneer in the fight against organized crime in America. The film deals primarily with Petrosino and his Italian Squad's opposition to the extortion rackets of the Black Hand in lower Manhattan's Little Italy.