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The Headless Rider (1973)

The Headless Rider (1973)

Romance Adventure Western
Release Date: 1973, July 25
Directors: Vladimir Vaynshtok
Countries: Cuba, Soviet Union
Production: Lenfilm, Lenfilm, ICAIC, ICAIC
Cast: Aleksandr Belyavskiy, Oleg Vidov, Sergei Martinson, Daniil Netrebin, Ivan Petrov, Eslinda Núñez, Aarne Üksküla, Ludmila Savelyeva, Aleksey Zolotnitskiy, Irina Kartashyova, Alejandro Lugo, Artyom Karapetyan

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...

Keywords:

based on novel or book western murder case