Vsadnik bez golovy

Jul 23 1973 N/A 1h 40m
Adventure, Romance, 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...

Plot

In the middle of the 19th century, after bloody war with Mexico, Americans have begun conquest of the huge territory of Texas. At the new owner of a hacienda of Kasa-del-Korvo of business go far not brilliantly. Besides there is a terrible event: completely his son disappears. Suspicion of murder falls on the young mustanger Maurice Gerald with whom the owner's daughter is in love. When it seems that the execution is inevitable, the main witness of crime suddenly appears.

Written by

Pavel Finn, Thomas Mayne Reid, Vladimir Vaynshtok

Directed by

Vladimir Vaynshtok

Production Countries

Russia, Cuba

Production Companies

Lenfilm

Languages

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
360
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA