The Death Collector (1976)

Original title

Family Enforcer

Directed by

Ralph De Vito

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man gets involved with organized crime in New York. He works for a loan shark and finds his life getting more dangerous.

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What happens

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. It was Ralph De Vito's only film as a director, and Joe Pesci's first billed appearance in a movie. Pesci and Vincent's performances in the film were met with high critical acclaim. Actor Robert De Niro saw the film and recommended it to director Martin Scorsese for Raging Bull, which was the start of De Niro's numerous collaborations with Pesci and Vincent. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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