The Death Collector

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The Death Collector
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 Reel Media International
Release date(s)	October 29, 1976
Running time	85 min.
Country	US
Language	English
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The Death Collector is a 1976 low-budget crime film directed by Ralph De Vito and starring Joseph Cortese, Joe Pesci and Frank Vincent. Also entitled Family Enforcer, it was Ralph De Vito's first and last effort as a director.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reception
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Jerry Bolanti, a mafia-connected hoodlum, is released from jail and needs a job. 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 have a third collector killed. Joe, the second in command of the team of collectors, employs Jerry as the new leader of the first in command. They raid a shop manager, steal $40,000, and then rent a hotel room.

Later, a hired hitman kills the one of the collectors while the other collector is outside the hotel room. Joe is shot and his body is hidden and found by the Jerry. The last remaining collector 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 car in a junkyard and is shot more than 10 times by three hitmen.

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[edit] Cast

Joseph Cortese as Jerry Bolanti
Joe Pesci as Joe
Frank Vincent as Bernie Feldshuh
Lou Crisoula as Anthony Ladavia
Bobby Alto as Serge

[edit] Reception

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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. In their films with Scorsese, Pesci would beat or kill Vincent's character, but not in The Death Collector.