Details
Death Carries a Cane (Limited Edition) 4K UHD (UK Import)
Indicator
Presale - Release Date: 22.09.2025
Original title: Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio
Year: 1973
Country: Italy
Region code: A/B/C
Content: 4K UHD
EAN: 5060697925012
Image: 1.85:1 (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision / HDR10
Audio:
Italian - Mono
English - Mono
Subtitles: English
Age rating: 18
Genre: Horror
Cast: Robert Hoffmann, Nieves Navarro, George Martín
Director: Maurizio Pradeaux
Synopsis:
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 while looking through coin-operated binoculars. When witnesses start being roughly 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.
Extras:
- New 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
- 4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 supported)
- 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): editor Eugenio Alabiso reflects on his lengthy career in Italian cinema
- Eugenio Ercolani on Maurizio Pradeaux (2025): the filmmaker and film historian discusses the director's career
- Pierpaolo De Sanctis on Roberto Pregadio (2025): the founder of Four Flies Records explores Death Carries a Cane 's score and the work of its composer
- Original German theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: promotional and advertising 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
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with new essay by Roberto Curti, archival interviews with Nieves Navarro, Robert Hoffmann, and George Martín, and full film credits
- World premiere on 4K UHD
- Limited edition of 5,000 individually numbered units (4,000 4K UHDs and 1,000 Blu-rays) for the UK
