BEWARE SPOILERS BEWARE SPOILERS BEWARE SPOILERS BEWARE SPOILERS;This movie is connected for me to Richard Thorpe's THE BLACK HAND, not because it speaks of the authentic mafia in America, shown in a realistic way, but because of some characters link. The killing of the policeman are in both movies. Ernest Borgnine's character, the policeman mailing a letter just before getting killed, is the very same character of J Caroll Naish in THE BLACK HAND; only that in Richard Thorpe's film, J Caroll Naish is a supporting character, with Gene Kelly as the lead. Here, in PAY OR DIE, the cop is the lead. See what I mean? This is an awesome mafia film, made in the early sixties, the gangster and mafia biographies era: RISE AND FALL OF LEGS DIAMOND, MURDER INC, PURPLE GANG, YOUNG DILLINGER, MAD DOG CALL, PORTRAIT OF A MOBSTER.
Review of Pay or Die!
