Blindman

{{Short description|1971 film by Ferdinando Baldi}} {{about|the film|a person who is blind|Visual impairment|the Ringo Starr song|Back Off Boogaloo}} {{Infobox film | name = Blindman | image = Blindman.jpg | caption = American theatrical release poster | director = [[Ferdinando Baldi]] | screenplay = [[Vincenzo Cerami]] Pier Giovanni Anchisi [[Tony Anthony (actor)|Tony Anthony]] | story = Tony Anthony | producer = [[Allen Klein]] Tony Anthony [[Saul Swimmer]] | starring = Tony Anthony [[Ringo Starr]] [[Lloyd Battista]] | cinematography = Riccardo Pallottini | editing = [[Roberto Perpignani]] | music = [[Stelvio Cipriani]] | studio = [[ABKCO Records|ABKCO Films]] | distributor = Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.) {{small|(Italy)}} [[20th Century Fox]] {{small|(International)}} | released = {{Film date|1971|11|15|Italy|1972|01|12|US|df=yes}} | runtime = 105 minutes | country = Italy United States | language = English Italian | budget = $1.3 million<ref name="ta-arrow-24">{{Cite AV media notes | title = [[Texas, Adios]] (Cut to the Action: The Films of Ferdinando Baldi) | year = 2018 | page = 24 | author = Hughes, Howard |author-link= | type = booklet | publisher = Arrow Films | id = FAV177 }}</ref> | gross = $15 million<ref name="ta-arrow-24" /> }} '''''Blindman''''' (also known in Italian as ''Il Pistolero Cieco'', lit. "The Blind Gunfighter") is a 1971 [[Spaghetti Western]] film directed by [[Ferdinando Baldi]] and co-written and co-produced by [[Tony Anthony (actor)|Tony Anthony]]. The film's protagonist, played by Anthony, is an homage to [[Kan Shimozawa]]'s [[Zatoichi]] character: a blind transient who does odd jobs and is actually a high-skilled warrior.

The film has achieved [[Cult film|cult]] status over the years, mainly due to the involvement of [[Ringo Starr]], a former member of [[the Beatles]], in one of the roles.<ref name=sed>{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario del western all'italiana|year=2007|publisher=Mondadori, 2007|isbn=978-88-04-57277-0|pages=55–56}}</ref>

==Plot== A blind but deadly gunman is hired to escort 50 [[mail order bride]]s 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.

==Cast== {{div col}} * [[Tony Anthony (actor)|Tony Anthony]] as Blindman/Ciego * [[Ringo Starr]] as Candy * [[Lloyd Battista]] as Domingo * [[Magda Konopka]] as Sweet Mama * [[Raf Baldassarre]] as El General * [[Agneta Eckemyr]] as Pilar * David Dreyer as Dude * [[Marisa Solinas]] as Margherita * [[Gaetano Scala]] as Domingo Henchman * Franz von Treuberg as Pilar's Father * Carla Brait as Maid * John Frederick as Sheriff * [[Guido Mannari]] as Mexican Officer * Fortunato Arena as Mexican Officer * Salvatore Billa as Domingo Henchman * Renato Romano as Skunk (uncredited) * [[Tito García]] as Train Engineer (uncredited) * [[Allen Klein]] as Fat Rifleman (uncredited) * [[Mal Evans]] as Bearded Rifleman (uncredited) {{div col end}} '''Brides''' {{div col}} * Mary Badin * Dominque Badou * Shirley Corrigan * Giuliana Giuliani * Katerina Lindfelt * [[Malisa Longo]] * Alice Mannell * [[Krista Nell]] * Helen Parker * Elena Pedemonte * [[Janine Reynaud]] * Karin Skarreso * [[Solvi Stubing]] * Melù Valente {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0066844}} {{Tony Anthony filmography}}

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