The Death Collector

Infobox Film
name = Family Enforcer


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director = Ralph De Vito
producer = Peter S. Davis William N. Panzer
writer = Ralph De Vito
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starring = Joseph Cortese Joe Pesci Frank Vincent Bobby Alto
music = Jake Stern
cinematography = Bob Bailin
editing = Dominique Milbank
distributor = Goldstone Film Enterprises
released = flagicon|United States October 29, 1976
runtime = 85 min.
country = US
language = English
budget =
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amg_id = 1:88987
imdb_id = 0072855

"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.

Plot

Jerry Bolanti (Joe Cortese), a mafia-connected hoodlum , is released from jail and needs a job.Soon after he is realeased 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 killed named Butchie. 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 and chases him into a field a 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.

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 Marley
*Anne Johns as Paula
*Jack Ramage as Herb Greene

Reception

Upon seeing Joe Pesci and Frank Vincent in "The Death Collector", Martin Scorsese cast them in "Raging Bull". He later teamed them in "Goodfellas" and "Casino". "

External links

*imdb title | id=0072855 | title=The Death Collector
*amg movie|id=1:88987|title=Family Enforcer