Death Carries a Cane (Blu-Ray, Limited Edition, Region Free)

(Maurizio Pradeaux, 1973, 92 mins)
Release date: 22 September 2025
Limited 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 LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• 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 remembers his time working on the film
  
• 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 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
  
• 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