A bounty hunter is hired by a mining town's crippled mayor to find his daughter, who has been kidnapped by the mayor's corrupt right-hand-man and his outlaw gang.A bounty hunter is hired by a mining town's crippled mayor to find his daughter, who has been kidnapped by the mayor's corrupt right-hand-man and his outlaw gang.A bounty hunter is hired by a mining town's crippled mayor to find his daughter, who has been kidnapped by the mayor's corrupt right-hand-man and his outlaw gang.
Antonio Casale
- Dahlman
- (as Nino Casale)
Rik Battaglia
- Gerald Merton
- (as Rick Battaglia)
Vincenzo Maggio
- Oldtimer
- (as Enzo Maggio)
Sofia Lombardo
- Lucy Merton
- (as Sophia Lombardo)
Giuseppe Cardone
- Poker player
- (uncredited)
Domenico Cianfriglia
- Valler Henchman
- (uncredited)
Arnaldo Dell'Acqua
- Valler Henchman
- (uncredited)
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
- Rioting Miner
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe reason the exteriors have so much fog and smoke was because the filmmakers were trying to hide the fact that the studio, Elios Studio near Rome, needed to be renovated.
- GoofsIn the opening sequence the man captured screams and you can clearly see his modern fillings.
- Alternate versionsUK versions are cut by 6 secs by the BBFC to remove footage of horsefalls.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Spaghetti West (2005)
Featured review
Entertaining Latter Spaghetti Western
Although very much late in the game for an Italian western, (the bulk of which were made between 1965 and 1972) Mannaja (A Man Called Blade) is no slouch. It's actually a good muscular western with lots of violence and dark atmosphere, with the sun blocked out and everything bathed in a fog of dust.
Maurizio Merli plays Blade, a mysterious hatchet wielding bounty hunter with unfinished business to take care of regarding a puritanical mine owner and his psychotic number two, played by John Steiner, who's excellent at portraying nasty weasels.
Also memorable is (the late?) Donal O'Brien, who would later gain infamy as the title character in Doctor Butcher M.D. (Medical Deviate), as a scroungy fugitive who gets his hand cut off by Blade in the first scene and features prominently in the film's finale.
Director Sergio Martino is a master of Italian exploitation and really knows how to deliver the goods, especially in action/adventures. Another of his films I really enjoyed was Slave Of The Cannibal God with Ursula Andress and Stacy Keach.
Also, I really enjoyed the title song even though it was repeated way too often in the course of the film.
Maurizio Merli plays Blade, a mysterious hatchet wielding bounty hunter with unfinished business to take care of regarding a puritanical mine owner and his psychotic number two, played by John Steiner, who's excellent at portraying nasty weasels.
Also memorable is (the late?) Donal O'Brien, who would later gain infamy as the title character in Doctor Butcher M.D. (Medical Deviate), as a scroungy fugitive who gets his hand cut off by Blade in the first scene and features prominently in the film's finale.
Director Sergio Martino is a master of Italian exploitation and really knows how to deliver the goods, especially in action/adventures. Another of his films I really enjoyed was Slave Of The Cannibal God with Ursula Andress and Stacy Keach.
Also, I really enjoyed the title song even though it was repeated way too often in the course of the film.
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- Sep 9, 2009
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- A Man Called Blade
- Filming locations
- Campo Imperatore, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy(Stagecoach / Horse Riding Scenes)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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