Blindman

{{about|the film|a person who is blind|Visual impairment|the Ringo Starr song|Back Off Boogaloo}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Blindman

| image = Blindman.jpg

| caption = American theatrical release poster

| director = Ferdinando Baldi

| screenplay = Vincenzo Cerami
Pier Giovanni Anchisi
Tony Anthony

| story = Tony Anthony

| producer = Allen Klein
Tony Anthony
Saul Swimmer

| starring = Tony Anthony
Ringo Starr
Lloyd Battista

| cinematography = Riccardo Pallottini

| editing = Roberto Perpignani

| music = Stelvio Cipriani

| studio = ABKCO Films

| distributor = Produzioni Atlas Consorziate (P.A.C.) {{small|(Italy)}}
20th Century Fox {{small|(International)}}

| released = {{Film date|1971|11|15|Italy|1972|01|12|US|df=yes}}

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = Italy
United States

| language = English
Italian

| budget = $1.3 million{{Cite AV media notes

| title = Texas, Adios (Cut to the Action: The Films of Ferdinando Baldi)

| year = 2018

| page = 24

| author = Hughes, Howard

|author-link=

| type = booklet

| publisher = Arrow Films

| id = FAV177

}}

| gross = $15 million

}}

Blindman (also known in Italian as Il Pistolero Cieco, lit. "The Blind Gunfighter") is a 1971 Spaghetti Western film directed by Ferdinando Baldi and co-written and co-produced by Tony Anthony. The film's protagonist, played by Anthony, is an homage to Kan Shimozawa's Zatoichi character: a blind transient who does odd jobs and is actually a high-skilled warrior.

The film has achieved cult status over the years, mainly due to the involvement of Ringo Starr, a former member of the Beatles, in one of the roles.{{cite book|last=Marco Giusti|title=Dizionario del western all'italiana|year=2007|publisher=Mondadori, 2007|isbn=978-88-04-57277-0|pages=55–56}}

Plot

A blind but deadly gunman is hired to escort 50 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.