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  <div class="large-6 columns">'''[[/Review|Blazing Magnums]]''' ([[:Category:1976|1976]], [[:Category:Italy|Italy]]/[[:Category:Canuxploitation|Canada]]) is a [[:Category:Poliziotteschi|Italian Crime]] film directed by Alberto de Martino.
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==Also Known As==
* Una Magnum Special per Tony Saitta (Italy)
* .44 Special
* O Batsos me to magnum (Greece) (reissue title)
* Blazing Magnum (Philippines) (English title)
* Blazing Magnums
* Feuerstoß (Germany)
* Shadows in an Empty Room
* Special magnum (Greece)
* Strange Shadows in an Empty Room
* Sylkevä Magnum (Finland)
* Sylkevä Magnus (Finland)
* The 44 Specialist  (Philippines) (English title)
* Tod im College (Germany) (TV title)
* Tough Tony Saitta (Europe) (English title)
 
==Taglines==
* Walk with her if you dare...for every step will bring you closer, closer, closer to the meaning of fear!
 
* Enter at your own risk ... for there is no such thing as a truly empty room
 
==Main Details==


===Main Details===
* Released in 1976
* Released in 1976
* Color
* Color
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* Production Co: Fida Cinematografica | Security Investment Trust Company
* Production Co: Fida Cinematografica | Security Investment Trust Company
* Distribution Co: American International Pictures
* Distribution Co: American International Pictures
 
* Directed by Alberto De Martino (aka Martin Herbert)
==Cast and Crew==
* Directed by Alberto De Martino
* Written by Vincenzo Mannino, Gianfranco Clerici  
* Written by Vincenzo Mannino, Gianfranco Clerici  
* Starring Stuart Whitman, John Saxon, Martin Landau, Tisa Farrow, Carole Laure
* Starring Stuart Whitman, John Saxon, Martin Landau, Tisa Farrow, Carole Laure
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* Film Editing by Vincenzo Tomassi (as Vincent P. Thomas)
* Film Editing by Vincenzo Tomassi (as Vincent P. Thomas)


==Film Review==
===Plot Summary===
{{Poliziotteschi}}
*In Canada, a rough Ottawa cop seeks the killer who poisoned his sister.
{{Carsploitation}}
{{Giallo}}


When his sister Louise dies suddenly, hard-boiled cop Tony Saitta refuses to believe that it was simply due to natural causes. When the autopsy reveals that she was poisoned, Saitta focuses his investigation on Dr George Tracer. Several witnesses observed Tracer administering medication to Louise moments before she died and Louise’s ex-boyfriend Fred believes that she and Tracer were having an affair.
===Also Known As===
* Una Magnum Special per Tony Saitta (Italy) | .44 Special | O Batsos me to magnum (Greece) (reissue title) | Blazing Magnum (Philippines) (English title) | Blazing Magnums | Feuerstoß (Germany) | Shadows in an Empty Room | Special magnum (Greece) | Strange Shadows in an Empty Room | Sylkevä Magnum (Finland) | Sylkevä Magnus (Finland) | The 44 Specialist  (Philippines) (English title) | Tod im College (Germany) (TV title) | Tough Tony Saitta (Europe) (English title)


Pretty soon there is a 2nd murder. The body is dumped into an industrial rock grinder and comes out the other end looking like something Fuad Ramses might throw on a barbecue. A picture is found on the corpse that links Louise to the crime and with Dr Tracer in custody, Saitta finds himself forced to consider that his kid sister may have not been as innocent as he had assumed.
===Taglines===
* Walk with her if you dare...for every step will bring you closer, closer, closer to the meaning of fear!
* Enter at your own risk ... for there is no such thing as a truly empty room


Before the true nature of the crimes are unravelled, and the killers identity revealed, Saitta will find himself having a fistfight with 3 transvestites, putting the squeeze on a midget informer, jumping a freight train in his car and taking down a chopper with his blazing magnum.
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‘Una Magnum Special’ has a truly exceptional cast including [[John Saxon]] ([[Tenebre]], [[Black Christmas]]), Martin Landau ([[Alone In The Dark]]) and Gayle Hunnicut ([[The Legend of Hell House]]).
[[Category:1976]][[Category:Films]][[Category:Action/Adventure]][[Category:Poliziotteschi]][[Category:Giallo]][[Category:Carsploitation]][[Category:Italy]][[Category:American International Pictures]][[Category:Canuxploitation]][[Category:John Saxon]][[Category:Stuart Whitman]][[Category:Alberto de Martino]][[Category:Armando Trovajoli]]
 
Tisa Farrow ([[Zombi 2]], [[Anthropophagus]]) plays Louise’s blind flatmate and coincidentally her more famous sister Mia also played a blind girl menaced by a murderer in Richard Fleischer’s underrated See No Evil (aka Blind Terror).
 
And how could I forget the gorgeous Carole Laure as Louise who you can see an awful lot more of, with and without a coating of chocolate, in Dusan Makavejev’s brilliantly demented [[Sweet Movie]].
 
Although not a great actor, Stuart Whitman ([[Night of The Lepus]]) really engages with the physical demands of his leading role. Tony Saitta obviously graduated from the Harry Callahan school of social graces as he doesn’t think twice about administering a fist to the guts of anyone not telling him exactly what he wants to hear.
 
The plot is constantly intriguing and the action comes thick and fast. There’s one almighty high-speed car chase that really has to be seen to be believed. If you’re not holding your beer aloft and cheering at the end of this bonanza of automotive carnage then you really shouldn’t be looking at this web-site.
 
The film has been exhibited under a variety of titles: ‘Strange Shadows In An Empty Room’ leads you to believe you will be watching a giallo where as  ‘Blazing Magnum’ gives the impression you’re in for an [[Enzo G. Castellari]] style crime caper. In fact the film successfully blends elements of both, however under any title it’s a bonafide 5 star, gold plated grindhouse action classic.
 
'''Reviewed by [[User:Narcan|Narcan]] - 08 NOV 2009'''
 
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Latest revision as of 19:15, 17 February 2024

Blazing Magnums (1976, Italy/Canada) is a Italian Crime film directed by Alberto de Martino.

Blazingmagnumspost.jpg

Main Details

  • Released in 1976
  • Color
  • Running Time: Canada:100 min | USA:99 min | France:100 min | West Germany:88 min
  • Production Co: Fida Cinematografica | Security Investment Trust Company
  • Distribution Co: American International Pictures
  • Directed by Alberto De Martino (aka Martin Herbert)
  • Written by Vincenzo Mannino, Gianfranco Clerici
  • Starring Stuart Whitman, John Saxon, Martin Landau, Tisa Farrow, Carole Laure
  • Produced by Edmondo Amati, Maurizio Amati
  • Original Music by Armando Trovajoli
  • Cinematography by Anthony Ford
  • Film Editing by Vincenzo Tomassi (as Vincent P. Thomas)

Plot Summary

  • In Canada, a rough Ottawa cop seeks the killer who poisoned his sister.

Also Known As

  • Una Magnum Special per Tony Saitta (Italy) | .44 Special | O Batsos me to magnum (Greece) (reissue title) | Blazing Magnum (Philippines) (English title) | Blazing Magnums | Feuerstoß (Germany) | Shadows in an Empty Room | Special magnum (Greece) | Strange Shadows in an Empty Room | Sylkevä Magnum (Finland) | Sylkevä Magnus (Finland) | The 44 Specialist (Philippines) (English title) | Tod im College (Germany) (TV title) | Tough Tony Saitta (Europe) (English title)

Taglines

  • Walk with her if you dare...for every step will bring you closer, closer, closer to the meaning of fear!
  • Enter at your own risk ... for there is no such thing as a truly empty room
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