The Death Collector
| Family Enforcer | |
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| Directed by | Ralph De Vito |
| Produced by | Peter S. Davis William N. Panzer |
| Written by | Ralph De Vito |
| Starring | Joseph Cortese Joe Pesci Frank Vincent Bobby Alto |
| Music by | Jake Stern |
| Cinematography | Bob Bailin |
| Editing by | Dominique Milbank |
| Distributed by | Goldstone Film Enterprises |
| Release date(s) |  October 29, 1976 |
| Running time | 85 min. |
| Country | US |
| Language | English |
The Death Collector (also known as The Family Enforcer) is a 1976 low-budget crime film directed by Ralph De Vito and starring Joseph Cortese, Joe Pesci and Frank Vincent. Also sometimes entitled Family Enforcer, it was Ralph De Vito's first and last effort as a director and Joe Pesci's first billed appearance in a movie.
[edit] Plot
Jerry Bolanti (Joe Cortese), a mafia-connected hoodlum , is released from jail and needs a job. Soon after he is released from jail he has sex with a plumber's wife. He pays a visit to his friend's restaurant and becomes a debt collector, and his first job is to collect from Bernie Feldshuh. Meanwhile, two other debt collectors that work together, Joe (Joe Pesci) and Serge (Bobby Alto), have a third collector, named Butchie, killed. Joe, the leader of the debt collecting duo, employs Jerry as the new leader. They raid a shop manager, steal $40,000, and then rent a hotel room.
While Jerry is down stairs in the hotel restaurant a hitman shoots Serge to death, while Serge is on the toilet. Jerry hunts down the hitman, chases him into a field and shoots him with a shotgun in the torso twice. The collector is looking for a caravan for his girlfriend and he in a junkyard and is shot more than 20 times by three hitmen.
[edit] Cast
- Joseph Cortese as Jerry Bolanti
- Lou Criscuolo as Anthony Iadavia (billed as Lou Criscuola)
- Joe Pesci as Joe
- Bobby Alto as Serge
- Frank Vincent as Bernie Feldshuh
- Keith Davis as Matley
- Anne Johns as Paula
- Jack Ramage as Herb Greene
[edit] External links
- The Death Collector at the Internet Movie Database
- Family Enforcer is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
- Death Collector @ THE DEUCE: Grindhouse Cinema Database
- Family Enforcer at AllRovi
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