The Headless Rider
The Headless Rider

The Headless Rider

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1973
1h 40m
5.7(17 votes)
Romance
Adventure
Western

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...

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Lenfilm
ICAIC

Cast & Crew

41 members
Acting

Олег Видов

Morris Gerald

Олег Видов
Acting

Людмила Савельева

Louisa Poindexter

Людмила Савельева
Acting

Eslinda Núñez

Isidora Kovarubio De Los-L'yanos

Eslinda Núñez
Acting

Enrique Santisteban

El Koyot

Enrique Santisteban
Acting

Alejandro Lugo

Poyndekster

Alejandro Lugo
Acting

Aarne Üksküla

Cassius Calhoun

Aarne Üksküla
Acting

Иван Петров

Zeb Stamp

Иван Петров
Art

Alfonso Godínez

Plato

Alfonso Godínez
Acting

Dias Reyes

major

Dias Reyes
Acting

Александр Милокостый

Henry Poindexter

Александр Милокостый
Acting

Платон Лесли

judge

Платон Лесли
Acting

Виктор Беловольский

Unknown Role

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Acting

Vyktor Veselkyn

prosecutor

Vyktor Veselkyn
Acting

Андрей Владимиров

Dick Melon

No Image
Acting

А. Ефимов

Unknown Role

No Image
Acting

Vladimir Iontov

Unknown Role

No Image
Acting

Aleksandr Kosmachevsky

Unknown Role

No Image
Acting

И. Лезгишвили

defense attorney in court

No Image
Acting

В. Молодкин

Unknown Role

No Image
Acting

О. Попов

Unknown Role

No Image
Acting

Дмитрий Сечкарёв

Unknown Role

No Image
Acting

Екатерина Харкевич

Unknown Role

No Image
Acting

Алексей Арабей

(uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Sergey Selenyuk

(uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Farah María

(uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Семён Стеценко

(uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Евгений Титов

(uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Абдужабор Турдиев

(uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Аскольд Лясота

(uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Алексей Консовский

Cassius Calhoun (voice) (uncredited)

Алексей Консовский
Acting

Эдуард Изотов

Morris Gerald (voice) (uncredited)

Эдуард Изотов
Acting

Александр Белявский

El Koyot (voice) (uncredited)

Александр Белявский
Acting

Феликс Яворский

Poyndekster (voice) (uncredited)

Феликс Яворский
Acting

Алексей Золотницкий

Henry Poindexter (voice) (uncredited)

Алексей Золотницкий
Acting

Даниил Нетребин

Plato (voice) (uncredited)

Даниил Нетребин
Acting

Ирина Карташева

Isidora Kovarubio De Los-L'yanos (voice) (uncredited)

Ирина Карташева
Acting

Юрий Боголюбов

Zeb Stamp (voice) (uncredited)

Юрий Боголюбов
Acting

Михаил Погоржельский

major / Dick Melon (voice) (uncredited)

Михаил Погоржельский
Directing

Николай Александрович

judge (voice) (uncredited)

Николай Александрович
Acting

Артём Карапетян

prosecutor (voice) (uncredited)

Артём Карапетян
Acting

Сергей Мартинсон

defense attorney in court (voice) (uncredited)

Сергей Мартинсон

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