El jinete sin cabeza
| 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.
Plot
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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.
Cast
[edit]- 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
[edit]El Jinete sin cabeza was the first film in what was originally a three-part serial called the "Headless Rider" series.[1][2]
Release
[edit]Home media
[edit]The film was released on DVD by Reyes on December 11, 2003. It was later released by Laguna Films on March 30, 2004.[3]
Reception
[edit]Author Michael R. Pitts in his book Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films called the film "[a] creepy, atmospheric horror western".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Paul Green (March 15, 2016). Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns: Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Films, Television and Games, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-4766-2402-0.
- ^ Valentina Vitali (2016). Capital and Popular Cinema: The Dollars are Coming!. Oxford University Press. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-7190-9965-6.
- ^ "El Jinete Sin Cabeza (1958) – Chano Urueta". Allmovie.com. AllMovie. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
- ^ Michael R. Pitts (August 12, 2013). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-4766-0090-1.
External links
[edit]- El Jinete sin cabeza at AllMovie
- El Jinete sin cabeza at IMDb
- El Jinete sin cabeza at Rotten Tomatoes
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