BLINDMAN (1971) – Richard Starkey aka Ringo Starr turns 86 years old today. In his younger years he was affiliated with some musical group, but REAL Ringo fans know him as a Master Thespian who appeared in plenty of memorable movies.
We loved him as Ognir Rrats in his Prince and the Pauper adaptation titled Ringo, as one of Mae West’s ex-husbands in Sextette, as the adopted son of Peter Sellers in The Magic Christian and so on and so forth. For today I’m taking a look at his villainous turn in the Spaghetti Western Blindman.
Okay, let’s get serious now.
This intentionally bizarre film stars and was co-written by Tony Anthony, known for many Spaghetti Westerns including the Stranger series. Years before Tony’s 1975 flick Get Mean, his Italo-Western that threw in Vikings, Moors, Gondoliers and other anachronisms, came this oddity. Continue reading
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