El jinete sin cabeza (1957)

Mexico,
91m
35mm film, black and white
mono, Spanish

A Mexican horror western film directed by Chano Urueta.

Plot Summary

A sect of skull-masked assassins are murdering ranchers who try to sell their land. The ranchers' only hope is a mysterious masked rider…

Credits

Crew
Directed by: Chano Urueta
Mier y Brooks
Producer: Luis Manrique
Written by: Ramón Obón
Director of Photography: Raúl Martínez Solares, Carlos Nájera
Editor: Carlos Savage, Gloria Schoemann, Pedro Velázquez
Sound Recordist: Enrique L. Rendón Jaramillo
Make-up: Antonio Ramírez
Hairdresser: Raquel Guerrero

Cast
Luis Aguilar (el jinete)
Flor Silvestre (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, Fernando Osés (sect member)
Salvador Lozano (Herminio González)

Alternative Titles

The Headless Rider – USA

Sequel to
El tigre enmascarado (1951)

Sequels
La marca de Satanás (1957)
La cabeza de Pancho Villa (1957)

References

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