The Headless Rider
1973 · 100 min · ★ 5.9 · Romance, Adventure, Western
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...
Directed by Vladimir Vaynshtok · Written by Pavel Finn
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Oleg Vidov Morris Gerald -
Ludmila Savelyeva Louisa Poindexter -
Eslinda Núñez Isidora Kovarubio De Los-L'yanos -
Enrique Santisteban El Koyot - A Alejandro Lugo Poyndekster
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Aarne Üksküla Cassius Calhoun -
Ivan Petrov Zeb Stamp - A Alfonso Godínez Plato
- R Rolando Diaz Reyes major
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Aleksandr Milokostyj Henry Poindexter - P Platon Leslie judge
- V Viktor Belovolskiy
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