# Blindman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Blindman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Blindman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindman > Source revision: 1341599115 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1971 film by Ferdinando Baldi This article is about the film. For a person who is blind, see [Visual impairment](/source/Visual_impairment). For the Ringo Starr song, see [Back Off Boogaloo](/source/Back_Off_Boogaloo). Blindman American theatrical release poster Directed by Ferdinando Baldi Screenplay by Vincenzo Cerami Pier Giovanni Anchisi Tony Anthony Story by Tony Anthony Produced by Allen Klein Tony Anthony Saul Swimmer Starring Tony Anthony Ringo Starr Lloyd Battista Cinematography Riccardo Pallottini Edited by Roberto Perpignani Music by Stelvio Cipriani Production company ABKCO Films Distributed by Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.) (Italy) 20th Century Fox (International) Release dates 15 November 1971 (1971-11-15) (Italy) 12 January 1972 (1972-01-12) (US) Running time 105 minutes Countries Italy United States Languages English Italian Budget $1.3 million[1] Box office $15 million[1] ***Blindman*** (also known in Italian as *Il Pistolero Cieco*, lit. "The Blind Gunfighter") is a 1971 [Spaghetti Western](/source/Spaghetti_Western) film directed by [Ferdinando Baldi](/source/Ferdinando_Baldi) and co-written and co-produced by [Tony Anthony](/source/Tony_Anthony_(actor)). The film's protagonist, played by Anthony, is an homage to [Kan Shimozawa](/source/Kan_Shimozawa)'s [Zatoichi](/source/Zatoichi) character: a blind transient who does odd jobs and is actually a high-skilled warrior. The film has achieved [cult](/source/Cult_film) status over the years, mainly due to the involvement of [Ringo Starr](/source/Ringo_Starr), a former member of [the Beatles](/source/The_Beatles), in one of the roles.[2] ## Plot A blind but deadly gunman is hired to escort 50 [mail order brides](/source/Mail_order_bride) to their [miner](/source/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 - [Tony Anthony](/source/Tony_Anthony_(actor)) as Blindman/Ciego - [Ringo Starr](/source/Ringo_Starr) as Candy - [Lloyd Battista](/source/Lloyd_Battista) as Domingo - [Magda Konopka](/source/Magda_Konopka) as Sweet Mama - [Raf Baldassarre](/source/Raf_Baldassarre) as El General - [Agneta Eckemyr](/source/Agneta_Eckemyr) as Pilar - David Dreyer as Dude - [Marisa Solinas](/source/Marisa_Solinas) as Margherita - [Gaetano Scala](/source/Gaetano_Scala) as Domingo Henchman - Franz von Treuberg as Pilar's Father - Carla Brait as Maid - John Frederick as Sheriff - [Guido Mannari](/source/Guido_Mannari) as Mexican Officer - Fortunato Arena as Mexican Officer - Salvatore Billa as Domingo Henchman - Renato Romano as Skunk (uncredited) - [Tito García](/source/Tito_Garc%C3%ADa) as Train Engineer (uncredited) - [Allen Klein](/source/Allen_Klein) as Fat Rifleman (uncredited) - [Mal Evans](/source/Mal_Evans) as Bearded Rifleman (uncredited) **Brides** - Mary Badin - Dominque Badou - Shirley Corrigan - Giuliana Giuliani - Katerina Lindfelt - [Malisa Longo](/source/Malisa_Longo) - Alice Mannell - [Krista Nell](/source/Krista_Nell) - Helen Parker - Elena Pedemonte - [Janine Reynaud](/source/Janine_Reynaud) - Karin Skarreso - [Solvi Stubing](/source/Solvi_Stubing) - Melù Valente ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ta-arrow-24_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ta-arrow-24_1-1) Hughes, Howard (2018). *[Texas, Adios](/source/Texas%2C_Adios) (Cut to the Action: The Films of Ferdinando Baldi)* (booklet). Arrow Films. p. 24. FAV177. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sed_2-0)** Marco Giusti (2007). *Dizionario del western all'italiana*. Mondadori, 2007. pp. 55–56. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-88-04-57277-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-88-04-57277-0). ## External links - [*Blindman*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066844/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) v t e Films by Tony Anthony Films written The Boy Who Owned a Melephant (1959) Force of Impulse (1961) The Stranger Returns (1967) The Silent Stranger (1968) Come Together (1971, also co-director) Blindman (1971) Pete, Pearl & the Pole (1973) Get Mean (1975) Comin' at Ya! (1981) Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983) As producer Let's Talk About Men (1965) Wild Orchid (1989) Honeymoon Academy (1989) Dollar for the Dead (1998) This article related to an Italian film of the 1970s is a stub. 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