The Headless Rider (1973)
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...
- Released
- 1973-07-25
- Genres
- Romance, Adventure, Western
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Vladimir Vaynshtok
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 20 votes
Cast
- Oleg Vidov as Morris Gerald
- Ludmila Savelyeva as Louisa Poindexter
- Eslinda Núñez as Isidora Kovarubio De Los-L'yanos
- Enrique Santisteban as El Koyot
- Alejandro Lugo as Poyndekster
- Aarne Üksküla as Cassius Calhoun
- Ivan Petrov as Zeb Stamp
- Alfonso Godínez as Plato
- Rolando Diaz Reyes as major
- Aleksandr Milokostyj as Henry Poindexter
- Platon Leslie as judge
- Viktor Belovolskiy
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