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Death Carries a Cane (1973)

Death Carries a Cane poster
Original title
Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio
Directed by
Maurizio Pradeaux
Genre
horror film
Country
Italy, Spain
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
18
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A killer stalks and murders people with a cane in a series of brutal attacks. A detective investigates the killings and tries to catch the culprit before more deaths occur.

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What happens

Death Carries a Cane (Italian: Passi di danza su una lama di rasoio, lit. 'Dance Steps on the Edge of a Razor'), is a 1973 Italian giallo film directed by Maurizio Pradeaux. It starred Robert Hoffmann, Nieves Navarro and Luciano Rossi. The film was later released on video as The Tormentor, Maniac at Large, The Night of the Rolling Heads and Devil Blade. (Pradeaux went on to direct another giallo, the 1977 Death Steps in the Dark.) (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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