The Death Collector
Encyclopedia
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 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.
), 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.
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Ralph De Vito and starring Joseph Cortese
Joseph Cortese
Joseph Cortese is an American actor who has been in Evilspeak and American History X. He was married to Kim Delaney from 1989 to 1994.-External links:...
, Joe Pesci
Joe Pesci
Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci is an American actor, comedian, and musician.He is known for playing a variety of different roles, from violent mobsters to comedic leads to quirky sidekicks...
and Frank Vincent
Frank Vincent
Frank Vincent is an American actor, musician, author and entrepreneur. He is a favorite performer of director Martin Scorsese, having played important roles in three of Scorsese's most acclaimed films: Raging Bull , Goodfellas and Casino . He often plays a gangster and works both in features and...
. 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 CorteseJoseph Cortese
Joseph Cortese is an American actor who has been in Evilspeak and American History X. He was married to Kim Delaney from 1989 to 1994.-External links:...
), a mafia
Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
-connected hoodlum , is released from jail and needs a job. Soon after he is released from jail he has sex
Sex
In biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety . Sexual reproduction involves combining specialized cells to form offspring that inherit traits from both parents...
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
Joe Pesci
Joseph Frank "Joe" Pesci is an American actor, comedian, and musician.He is known for playing a variety of different roles, from violent mobsters to comedic leads to quirky sidekicks...
) 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
Hitman
A hitman is a person hired to kill another person.- Hitmen in organized crime :Hitmen are largely linked to the world of organized crime. Hitmen are hired people who kill people for money. Notable examples include Murder, Inc., Mafia hitmen and Richard Kuklinski.- Other cases involving hitmen...
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.
Cast
- Joseph CorteseJoseph CorteseJoseph Cortese is an American actor who has been in Evilspeak and American History X. He was married to Kim Delaney from 1989 to 1994.-External links:...
as Jerry Bolanti - Lou Criscuolo as Anthony Iadavia (billed as Lou Criscuola)
- Joe PesciJoe PesciJoseph Frank "Joe" Pesci is an American actor, comedian, and musician.He is known for playing a variety of different roles, from violent mobsters to comedic leads to quirky sidekicks...
as Joe - Bobby AltoBobby AltoRobert Altomare , known professionally as Bobby Alto, is an American actor, comedian and performer. He and Buddy Mantia made up the Brooklyn-based comedy team Alto & Mantia...
as Serge - Frank VincentFrank VincentFrank Vincent is an American actor, musician, author and entrepreneur. He is a favorite performer of director Martin Scorsese, having played important roles in three of Scorsese's most acclaimed films: Raging Bull , Goodfellas and Casino . He often plays a gangster and works both in features and...
as Bernie Feldshuh - Keith DavisKeith DavisKeith Lamont Davis is an American football safety for the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League. He was signed by the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2002...
as Marley - Anne Johns as Paula
- Jack Ramage as Herb Greene
External links
- Death Collector @ THE DEUCE: Grindhouse Cinema Database