Blindman, a blind gunfighter who must rely on his horse and his hearing, chasing after 50 women he has shopped for texas miners. Tony anthony stars as the sightless hero whos assigned to escort fifty gorgeous mailorder brides across the wilds of texas. Blindman 1971 mit tony anthony, ringo starr, lloyd battista, magda konopka, raf baldassarre musik. Blind bag haul with mlp blind bags, lps blind bags surprise toy friends stf. The films protagonist, played by anthony, is an homage to kan shimozawas zatoichi character. A blind gunman tony anthony escorts a group of fifty women to texas, where they are to be. A 90minute pilot movie of the same name aired prior to the debut of the series as an abc movie of the week. Blindman 1971 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Now, a restored, highdef version of the flick will be released on dvd, bluray and digitally on november 4. Ringo gets second billing although his part is more third billing worthy. Abkco films in 1971, ringo starr had a starring role in a cult spaghetti western movie called blindman, which was directed by veteran italian filmmaker ferdinando baldi. Vintage 1971 spaghetti western blindman 8x10 color movie. Tony anthony plays sight challenged gunman blindman, a man on a mission to rescue a bevy of bridestobe whom hed been transporting across country to satiate the.
A young man with a death wish and a 79yearold high on life find love in hal ashbys cult black comedy. The newly restored versions are in hd, mastered from the original 35mm negative. Invisible man in mexico 1958 the anonymous venetian 1970 american taboo 1983 downhill racer 1969 sunshine 1973 opening night 1977 wishmaster 3 beyond the gates of hell 2001 the man from acapulco 1973 one trick pony 1980 echoes of paradise 1987 the kiss 1988 blind justice 1994 oasis of fear 1971. In the english countryside, sarah rexton mia farrow, recently blinded in a horse riding accident, moves in with her uncles family and gallantly. Blindman 1971 posted by mark franklin on feb 3, 2017 tony anthony stars as the blindman, whos been hired to escort 50 mail order brides to a mining camp in lost creek, texas. Blindman, a unique spaghetti western full of sarcasm, has one of the genres. The main character is an homage to kan shimozawas zatoichi character. Rohan is a kind, happy young man who has been blind since birth and works as a voiceover artist for a living.
Overview of blindman, 1972, directed by ferninando baldi, with tony anthony, ringo starr, lloyd battista, at turner classic movies. At night, neville avoids the mutants, who, due to their sensitivity to. After fifty mailorder brides are kidnapped by bandits, the blind gunfighter hired to escort them heads into mexico in pursuit. The fact is that blindman is very much a film of its time and 1971 was.
Unfortunately, for blindman, it turns out that his. We wish we had a nickel for every time some producer cleverly titled his film blind mans bluff then offered us a sightless hero or heroine. The blind gunfighter is a 1971 spaghetti western film directed by ferdinando baldi and cowritten and coproduced by tony anthony. Beneath the ringo starr stuntcasting and the blindsploitation hook, blindman is a competent and fairly entertaining late entry spaghetti western. Deadpan rich boy harold bud cort keeps staging elaborate suicide tableaux to get the attention of his mother vivian pickles, but she keeps planning his brilliant future for him instead. With tony anthony, ringo starr, lloyd battista, magda konopka. A different kind of spaghetti western based on japanese blind swordsmen movies and filled with nudity. Sometimes a movie comes along with a title so perfect youre afraid to see it because that might spoil everything.
Such a work is crimson bat, blind swordswoman, which plays every now and then in the japanese film series up at francis w. Tony anthony is the blindman, a blind gunfighter who rarely misses, and then makes up for his misses by getting off another shot. Blindman, a unique spaghetti western full of sarcasm, has one of the genres most bizarre storylines. Through friends, he meets supriya, a working woman who is also blind, but proudly independent. The gunman is known as blindman, precisely because he is a blind man. Those cringeworthy scenes, in addition to the rather large blood squibs used during shootouts resulted in blindman being heavily cut or even banned outright in 1971 when it was released. Blindman movie 1971 tony anthony, ringo starr, lloyd battista. Rohan toughest journey starts in his quest of vengeance for supriyas indirect murderers. With richard boone, suzanne pleshette, stella stevens, john marley.
Blindmanstarring tony anthony and ringo starr is what i consider a special spaghetti western movie. It is a line which tony anthony as the eponymous blindman repeats to. Tony anthony stars as the blindman, whos been hired to escort 50 mail order brides to a mining camp in lost creek, texas. All courtesy of the very capable exploitation director ferdinando baldi. Blindman also known in italian as il pistolero cieco, lit. This is a tony anthony film first and foremost, and it is he who keeps the movie going, his nameless character cracking quips which range from spoton to headshakingly bad like most of my jokes all the way through. Blindman 1971 a bland and imminently forgettable spaghetti western, blindman rarely engages. Blindman is a 1971 spaghetti western film directed by ferdinando baldi and co written and coproduced by tony anthony. Blind mans bluff 1991 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. He is also a fast and deadly with a gun and has an apparent psychic connection with his horse.
The film fits rather comfortably into the latter part of longfellows famous nursery rhyme. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspense, suspenseful, cult film and scary films and tv shows about with blind man, blindness, murder, danger, friendship, death, rivalry, female nudity, violence and crimes plots mostly in drama, horror and thriller genres shot in usa, france. A blind, but deadly, gunman, is hired to escort fifty mail order brides to their miner husbands. R, 1 h 45 min tony anthony, ringo starr, lloyd battista, magda konopka director. Blindman is a 1971 spaghetti western film directed by ferdinando baldi and cowritten and coproduced by tony anthony. His business partners double cross him by selling the women to bandit domingo. Just when you thought youve seen them all,here is one. Blindman 1972 cast and crew a blind sharpshooter tony anthony with a guide horse clashes with bandits who want to steal his shipment of mailorder brides. The fact is that blindman is very much a film of its time and 1971 was a time when the boundaries of censorship in regard to nudity on screen were being drastically relaxed for the first time. Pier giovanni anchisi, tony anthony, tony anthony, lloyd battista. Problem is, a man called skunk has absconded with the 50 women. A blind actor discovers his wife is cheating on him with his best friend, and hatches a plot to murder them both.
Blindman 1971 one of the most stylish and enjoyable spaghetti westerns to come out of the early 70s features blind gunman tony anthony escorting a group of fifty women to texas, where they are to be married to miners. His business partners double cross him, selling the women. The blind gunfighter is a 1971 italian spaghetti western film directed by ferdinando baldi. Blindman, the 1971 cult spaghetti western starring tony anthony and ringo starr and directed by ferdinando baldi david and goliath starring orson welles, will be released on dvd, bluray and in digital formats on november 4 by abkco films. Longstreet is an american crime drama series that was broadcast on the abc in the 19711972 season see 1971 in television. A different kind of spaghetti western based on japanese blind swordsmen movies and filled with nudity and violence. Blindman, a 1971 spaghetti western featuring ringo starr. Director ferdinando baldis spaghetti take on the immensely popular. His business partners double cross him, selling the women to bandit domingo. The former beatles drummer portrayed a lovesick mexican bandit named candy in the film, which was inspired by the. Agneta eckemyr, magda konopka, malisa longo, and janine.
A blind, but deadly gunman tony anthony, is hired to escort fifty mailorder brides to their miner husbands. A pistolpacker with a sureshot reputation gets a very unusual assignment in the spaghetti western spoof blindman 1971. Problem is, hes sold the 50 women to a mexican bandit named domingo. Blindman is a curiosity from 1971 that i previously panned after viewing an allegedly remastered dvd edition that looked barely better than a vhs transfer. A blind gunman tony anthony escorts a group of fifty women to texas, where they are to be married to miners. The story of a sharpshooting blindman trying to find 50 women stolen from him in the wild west gets quickly lost in the desert and mostly walks around in circles. The list contains the best, new and most relevant blind man movies ordered by relevance. Sadly the blind man cant understand the magnitude of his peculiar good fortune.