El jinete sin cabeza
El Jinete sin cabeza | |
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Directed by | Chano Urueta |
Produced by | Luis Manrique |
Written by | Ramón Obón |
Starring |
Luis Aguilar Flor Silvestre Jaime Fernández Pascual García Peña Crox Alvarado Patricia Nieto Guillermo Cramer Alberto Pedret Elvira Lodi Carlos Suárez |
Music by | Flor Silvestre |
Cinematography |
Raúl Martínez Solares Carlos Nájera |
Edited by |
Carlos Savage Gloria Schoemann Pedro Velázquez |
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 ("The Headless Horseman") is a 1957 Mexican horror 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.[1][2]
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.[3]
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".[4]
References
- ↑ Paul Green (15 March 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 27 July 2018.
- ↑ Michael R. Pitts (12 August 2013). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-4766-0090-1.
External links
- El Jinete sin cabeza at AllMovie
- El Jinete sin cabeza on IMDb
- El Jinete sin cabeza at Rotten Tomatoes