| El Jinete sin cabeza | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Chano Urueta |
| Written by | Ramón Obón |
| Produced by | Luis Manrique |
| Starring | Luis Aguilar Flor Silvestre Jaime Fernández Pascual García Peña Crox Alvarado Patricia Nieto Guillermo Cramer Alberto Pedret Elvira Lodi Carlos Suárez |
| Cinematography | Raúl Martínez Solares Carlos Nájera |
| Edited by | Carlos Savage Gloria Schoemann Pedro Velázquez |
| Music by | Flor Silvestre |
Production company | Mier y Brooks |
| Distributed by | Clasa-Mohme |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Mexico |
| Language | Spanish |
El jinete sin cabeza (English: The Headless Rider) is a 1957 Mexican horror Western film directed by Chano Urueta. The film centers on a mysterious stranger who rides into town as the locals begin talking about a legendary gunfighter as bodies soon litter the town in the stranger's wake.
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A mysterious stranger on horseback rides into an unnamed Mexican town for an unknown purpose. The superstitious locals soon begin to talk of a legendary gunfighter with the speed to outdraw even the fastest hand. Tensions begin to rise as the stranger leaves a trail of bodies in his wake.
El Jinete sin cabeza was the first film in what was originally a three-part serial called the "Headless Rider" series. [1] [2]
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