Blindman

Blindman
US film poster
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
Production company	ABKCO Films Primex Italiana
Distributed by	Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.) (Italy) 20th Century Fox (US)
Release dates	15 November 1971 (Italy) 12 January 1972 (US)
Running time	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 film achieved over the years a cult status, mainly for the participation of ex-Beatle Ringo Starr in a role of weight.^[1]

Plot

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.

Cast

Tony Anthony: Blindman/Cieco
Ringo Starr: Candy
Lloyd Battista: Domingo
Magda Konopka: Sweet Mama
Raf Baldassarre: El General
Marisa Solinas: Margherita
Agneta Eckemyr: Pilar
Franz von Treuberg: Pilar's Father
David Dreyer: Dude
Gaetano Scala: Domingo Henchman
Carla Brait: Maid
Janine Reynaud: Prostitute
John Frederick: Sheriff
Guido Mannari: Mexican Officer
Fortunato Arena: Mexican Officer
Salvatore Billa: Domingo Henchman
Renato Romano: Skunk (uncredited)
Elena Pedemonte: Woman with Blindman (uncredited)
Tito García: Train Engineer (uncredited)
Allen Klein: Fat Rifleman (uncredited)
Mal Evans: Bearded Rifleman (uncredited)

Brides

Mary Badin
Dominque Badou
Shirley Corrigan
Giuliana Giuliani
Katerina Lindfelt
Malisa Longo
Alice Mannell
Krista Nell
Helen Parker
Karin Skarreso
Solvi Stubing
Melù Valente

References

↑ Marco Giusti. Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. pp. 55–56. ISBN 88-04-57277-9.

External links

Blindman at the Internet Movie Database

Tony Anthony filmography

As producer and writer	The Boy Who Owned a Melephant (1959) Force of Impulse (1961) 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)

As writer	Without Each Other (1962) The Stranger Returns (1967)

Associated people	Ferdinando Baldi Vincenzo Cerami Allen Klein Robert O'Brien Gene Quintano Saul Swimmer Luigi Vanzi

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