DEATH CARRIES A CANE - BD

(Maurizio Pradeaux, 1973, 92 mins)
Release date: 30 March 2026
Standard Edition Blu-ray

Robert Hoffmann (A Black Veil for Lisa), Nieves Navarro aka Susan Scott (The Big Gundown), and George Martín (A Pistol for Ringo) star in Death Carries a Cane, a stylish giallo mystery from director Maurizio Pradeaux (Churchill’s Leopards). 

Tourist Kitty (Navarro) stumbles upon a murder whilst looking through coin-operated binoculars. When witnesses start being gruesomely bumped off, Kitty teams up with boyfriend Alberto (Hoffmann) to try and find the black-clad killer... if he doesn’t find her first!

With supporting performances from Rosita Torosh (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage) and Simón Andreu (The Blood Spattered Bride), Death Carries a Cane is a bloody and shocking classic of Italian genre cinema.

INDICATOR STANDARD EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• Brand-new 4K restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
  
• Two presentations of the film: Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio, the Italian-language version; and Death Carries a Cane, the English-language version
  
• Original mono audio
  
• Audio commentary with film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth, and Nathaniel Thompson (2024)
  
• A Life in the Suite (2024, 22 mins): renowned editor Eugenio Alabiso reflects on his lengthy career in Italian cinema
  
• The Devil Wears Pradeaux (2025, 15 mins): Ercolani considers the film’s place within the original giallo cycle, and looks at writer-director Maurizio Pradeaux’s wider career
  
• Symphonies of Sleaze (2025, 17 mins): Pierpaolo De Sanctis, the founder of Italian soundtrack specialists Four Flies Records, explores the oeuvre of composer Roberto Pregadio
  
• Tormentor: alternative US Wizard Video VHS titles
  
• Original German theatrical trailer
  
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
  
• New and improved English translation subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
  
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English-language soundtrack

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BBFC cert: 15
REGION FREE
EAN: 5060697925265