- Source: El jinete sin cabeza
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.
Plot
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.
Cast
Luis Aguilar – Reinaldo, el jinete
Flor Silvestre – Margarita, la jueza
Jaime Fernández – Fernando
Pascual García Peña – Pascual
Crox Alvarado – Don Álvaro
Patricia Nieto – Julieta
Guillermo Cramer – Doctor J. González
Alberto Pedret – Don Julián Méndez
Elvira Lodi – Tía Clotilde
Carlos Suárez – Don Carlos Bustamante
Salvador Godínez – Miembro secta
Fernando Osés – Miembro secta
Production
El Jinete sin cabeza was the first film in what was originally a three-part serial called the "Headless Rider" series.
Release
= Home media
=The film was released on DVD by Reyes on December 11, 2003. It was later released by Laguna Films on March 30, 2004.
Reception
Author Michael R. Pitts in his book Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films called the film "[a] creepy, atmospheric horror western".
References
External links
El Jinete sin cabeza at AllMovie
El Jinete sin cabeza at IMDb
El Jinete sin cabeza at Rotten Tomatoes
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- El jinete sin cabeza
- Jaime Fernández (actor)
- Chano Urueta
- Flor Silvestre
- Crox Alvarado
- Gilberto Gazcón
- Flor Silvestre filmography
- Mauricio Garcés
- List of Como dice el dicho episodes
- Arturo Soto Rangel
