The Headless Rider

Released
1973
1h 40min
16 votes
RomanceAdventureWestern

Synopsis

The film takes place in 1850, Texas, United States. Louise, daughter of the wealthy plantation owner Poindexter, master of the hacienda Casa del Corvo, falls in love with a poor mustanger Maurice Gerald. The night their secret rendezvous happens, her brother Henry disappears. Suspicion in murder falls on Gerald, who was found covered in blood, with signs of struggle on the body and on Henry's cloak. One more minute, and an angry crowd would have Gerald lynched, but then the mysterious Headless Horseman appears...

Détails techniques

Titre original

Всадник без головы

Langue originale

RU

Langues parlées

Russian

Production

Compagnies de production

Lenfilm

ICAIC

Pays de production

Cuba

Soviet Union

Image d'arrière-plan 1 du film The Headless Rider
Image d'arrière-plan 2 du film The Headless Rider

Mots-clés

based on novel or bookmurder casewestern