Blindman (1971)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Ferdinando Baldi

Writers:

Pier Giovanni Anchisi (screenplay)
Tony Anthony (screenplay)

Release Date:

12 January 1972 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Blindman, Blindman, what did he do? Stole 50 women that belong to you.

Plot:

A blind, but deadly, gunman, is hired to escort fifty mail order brides to their miner husbands. His business partners double cross him...

Plot Keywords:

Mail Order Bride | Nudity | Female Nudity | Mexican | Violence

Cast

Tony Anthony	...	Blindman
Ringo Starr	...	Candy
Lloyd Battista	...	Domingo
Magda Konopka	...	Sweet Mama
Raf Baldassarre	...	Mexican general
Marisa Solinas	...	Margherita
Franz von Treuberg	...	Pilar's Father (as Franz Treuberg)
David Dreyer	...	Dude
Gaetano Scala
Agneta Eckemyr	...	Pilar
Mary Badin	...	Bride
Dominique Badou	...	Bride
Carla Brait	...	Black maid
Shirley Corrigan	...	Bride
Giuliana Giuliani	...	Bride

Also Known As:

Il cieco (Italy)
Il pistolero cieco (Italy)

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

Italy | USA

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:MA (TV rating) | Germany:18 | West Germany:18 (nf) | Finland:(Banned) (1972) | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:X | USA:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Allen & Betty Klein and Company (ABKCO)

Quotes:

Blindman: Every night I kneel down and I say my prayers. And every night I ask the good lord 'lord-who are my friends?', and you know something? Every night he don't answer.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Spaghetti West (2005) (V)

Top 20 Easily

This Spaghetti Western can be easily ranked as one of the top 20 of all time. T. Anthony was phenomenal for getting bad reviews and especially slandered for his acting he pulled off the blind role amazingly. I definitely agree, he is among the better actors such as Nero, Van Cleef, Kinski, and Milian. He is a better actor than Gemma and that is for sure. Blindman is a person who will not quit and is determined not to allow his handicap to get in the way with his business and that is to deliver 50 women to the miners. The movie was actioned packed throughout and kept the audience at full attention. I was honestly thinking to myself how is this plot going to be believable but it is very fun to watch and entertaining throughout. The movie added some very funny comedy to it which spiced it up a bit. I highly recommend this movie to die-hard spaghetti western fans.