Ricco the Mean Machine Blu-ray

Cauldron Films has announced that it will bring to Blu-ray Tulio Demicheli's Ricco the Mean Machine (1973), starring Christopher Mitchum, Barbara Bouchet, Malisa Longo, Eduardo Fajardo, and José María Caffarel. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market this June.

Description: Ricco Aversi (Chris Mitchum — Summertime Killer) emerges from a short prison sentence to find that Don Avito (Arthur Kennedy — The Tough Ones), the ruthless smuggler who murdered his father, has also stolen his girlfriend. With the help of the ravishing petty thief, Scilla (Barbara Bouchet — Don't Torture a Duckling), he makes his way through the dastardly cast of characters who betrayed him in a legendary fury of blood-drenched vengeance!

Famously marketed as CAULDRON OF DEATH in the US, RICCO is from veteran Italian director Tulio Demicheli (Assignment Terror, Sabata The Killer) and features a long list of familiar faces including Eduardo Fajardo (Django) and Malisa Longo (Urban Warriors) along with all the action you have come to expect from the genre. Cauldron Films debuts the worldwide release of RICCO: THE MEAN MACHINE on Blu-ray restored from a 4k scan of the original, uncut negative and featuring new and archival extras!

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• NEW 4K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
• Audio optiona:
• English 2.0 dual mono, with optional English SDH subtiltes
• Italian 2.0 dual mono w/ newly translated English subtitles
• NEW Malisa of the Mob: Interview with actress Malisa Longo
• NEW A Hombre and a Cult: Interview with actor Antonio Mayans
• NEW Cauldron of Ricos: A video essay by Italian genre film historian Eugenio Ercolani
• Archival interview with Christopher Mitchum
• Trailer
• Reversible cover with alternate artwork
• Slipcover - limited edition only
• Full color booklet w/ liner notes by EUROCRIME director and tough-guy film expert Mike Malloy - limited edition only
• REGION-FREE