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Directed by | Ferdinando Baldi |
Produced by |
Allen Klein Tony Anthony Saul Swimmer |
Screenplay by |
Vincenzo Cerami Pier Giovanni Anchisi Tony Anthony |
Story by | Tony Anthony |
Starring | Tony Anthony Ringo Starr Lloyd Battista Magda Konopka Raf Baldassarre Agneta Eckemyr |
Music by | Stelvio Cipriani |
Cinematography | Riccardo Pallottini |
Edited by | Roberto Perpignani |
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Distributed by | Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.) (Italy) 20th Century Fox (US) |
Release date
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15 November 1971 (Italy) 12 January 1972 (US) |
Running time
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105 minutes |
Country | Italy United States |
Language | English Italian |
Blindman (also known in Italian as Il pistolero cieco, lit. "The blind gunfighter") is a 1971 Italian spaghetti western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi. The main character is an homage to Kan Shimozawa's Zatoichi character: a blind transient who does odd jobs is in reality a high-skilled warrior.
The film achieved over the years a cult status, mainly for the participation of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr in a role of weight.
A blind, but deadly, gunman, is hired to escort fifty mail order brides to their miner husbands. When he is double crossed by his friends and a Mexican bandit, he heads for Mexico to settle scores and save the women.
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