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5.5/10   83 votes
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Director:
Ernest Pintoff
Writers:
Jeff Lieberman (writer)
Ernest Pintoff (writer)
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Release Date:
December 1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
A Psycho-Karate Killer Brutalizes His Victims And Your Emotions! more
Plot:
A homicide detective goes after a woman-hating serial killer, who uses knives to murder his victims. | add synopsis
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Cast

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John Marley ... Tommy Blade
Jon Cypher ... Petersen
Kathryn Walker ... Maggie
William Prince ... Powers
Michael McGuire ... Quincy

Joe Santos ... Spinelli
John Schuck ... Reardon
Peter White ... Freund
Keene Curtis ... Steiner
Karen Machon ... Connors

Raina Barrett ... Karen Novak
Ted Lange ... Henry Watson

Marshall Efron ... Fat man
Arthur French ... Sanchez
Steve Landesberg ... Debaum
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
90 min | USA:79 min (video release)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:R | USA:PG (video rating) | Iceland:16
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA
Company:
Pintoff Productions more

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Movie Connections:
References Apocalypse Now (1979) more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Good video fare, 20 April 2000
7/10
Author: Ryan J. Gilmer (ryanjgilmer007@aol.com) from Plymouth, MN, USA

Blade (1973) does not compare with the other movies of the same title. Then again it is not trying to. What Blade is is a short thriller/drama about a tough cop trying to solve a murder case. This setting sounds a little like The French Connection (ala Popeye Doyale) and the movie could be considered a poor-mans version of that movie. Blade also has Morgan Freeman in one of his earlier roles and is a quality rent. Nothing spectacular, but nothing utterly disappointing either. viewed/owned on VHS

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