
The Grand Duel(1972)
A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.


“Sharp shoots, gun and axe with great accuracy!”
Maurizio Merli stars as a hatchet-wielding bounty hunter with a dark past and an even more desperate future. But when he disrupts the balance of power in a corrupt mining town, he unleashes a firestorm of brutality, betrayal and cold-blooded murder. Now, one man stalks a savage land where justice walks a razor and no bullets slice deeper than vengeance. He is A MAN CALLED BLADE.

Maurizio Merli
Mannaja

John Steiner
Valler

Philippe Leroy
McGowan
Sonja Jeannine
Deborah McGowan

Salvatore Puntillo
Johnny Johnny

Enzo Fiermonte
The government Envoy

Rik Battaglia
Gerald Merton - Mannaja's father

Donald O'Brien
Burt Craven

Martine Brochard
Angela

Antonio Casale
Dahlman
A Man Called Blade is a western film released in 1977 exploring themes of bounty hunter, spaghetti western. Directed by Sergio Martino, it stars Maurizio Merli, John Steiner, Philippe Leroy. Maurizio Merli stars as a hatchet-wielding bounty hunter with a dark past and an even more desperate future. But when he disrupts the balance of power in a corrupt mining town, he unleashes a firestorm of brutality, betrayal and cold-blooded murder. Now, one man stalks a savage land where justice walks a razor and no bullets slice deeper than vengeance. He is A MAN CALLED BLADE.
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