The Headless Rider

Name: The Headless Rider
Director: Vladimir Vaynshtok
Genre: Romance, Adventure, Western
Released: 1973-07-25
Duration: 1 h 40 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Oleg Vidov, Ludmila Savelyeva, Eslinda Núñez, Enrique Santisteban, Alejandro Lugo

Directed by Vladimir Vaynshtok

Romance

Adventure

Western

19731h 40m5.7

Overview

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...