Blindman

Name: Blindman
Genre: Western
Released: 1972-05-10
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Tony Anthony, Ringo Starr, Lloyd Battista

1971
R
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

1.4K

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Tony Anthony and Ringo Starr in Blindman (1971)

Spaghetti Western Western

After fifty mail-order brides are kidnapped by bandits, the blind gunfighter hired to escort them heads into Mexico in pursuit.After fifty mail-order brides are kidnapped by bandits, the blind gunfighter hired to escort them heads into Mexico in pursuit.After fifty mail-order brides are kidnapped by bandits, the blind gunfighter hired to escort them heads into Mexico in pursuit.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

1.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Sir Ringo Starr wrote and recorded a title song but it wasn't used in the movie. It was released as the B-side of his hit, "Back Off Boogaloo".

Goofs
Domingo's chief henchman is given the nickname "Dude". Prior to the 1960s, "dude" was a synonym for "dandy", which refers to a well-dressed urban male, a description that does not suit the character in this film.

Quotes
Blindman: What... kind of a son of a bitch... puts a snake in a man's food?

Crazy credits
The Italian version ends when Blindman, riding towards the screen, is on the left side of the screen, and a minute-long credits roll (consisting of the actresses playing the brides, four supporting actors, most of the technical crew and the miscellaneous companies) plays over a reprise of The General's theme. The English version ends with an earlier shot of Blindman to the right of the screen, and simply displays text reading "The End" without segueing into any new music or credits.

Connections
Featured in L'Oeil du cyclone: Westernissimo (1995)

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Featured review

6/10

Vincenzo Cerami, RIP

The most noticeable thing about Ferdinando Baldi's "Blindman" is that Ringo Starr plays a supporting role in it. Yes, the annular member of the Beatles appears in a spaghetti western...with his voice dubbed! It's more than a little jarring to hear the man who sang "Yellow Submarine" and "Octopus's Garden" have a neutral accent.

But anyway, it's an OK movie, not great. Tony Anthony plays a man hired to deliver fifty brides to the miners, but the brides get kidnapped and so he has to take charge. It's got a lot of the things that we can expect in a spaghetti western, along with a few things that wouldn't have been acceptable just a few years earlier. It's a fairly interesting flick, partly to see the most famous drummer in the world play a bandit, but mostly just to see this lesser known entry in the genre. Good times.

PS: Producer Saul Swimmer also co-produced the documentary "Let It Be" and directed the documentary about George Harrison's Concert for Bangladesh. In other words, this is one spaghetti western that's all about the Fab Four.