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Death Carries a Cane (Limited Edition) Blu-Ray (UK Import)
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Presale - Release Date: 22.09.2025

Original title: Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio

Year: 1973
Country: Italy
Region code: B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060697925029

Image: 1.85:1 (1080p)

HDR: -

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 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): 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
  
• Limited edition of 5,000 individually numbered units (4,000 4K UHDs and 1,000 Blu-rays) for the UK