Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man

Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore) 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.