Vsadnik bez golovy
From The Spaghetti Western Database
Vsadnik bez golovy (Soviet Union, Cuba 1972 / Director: Vladimir Vajnštok)
Also known as
The Headless Rider | Reiter ohne Kopf (Germany) | Jeździec bez głowy (Poland)
Cast and crew
- Cast: Ljudmila Saveljeva (Louise Poindexter), Oleg Vidov (Maurice Gerald), Alejandro Lugo (Woodley Poindexter), Eslinda Núñez (Isidora Cavarubina), Enriques Santiesteban (Miguel Diaz), Alexandr Milokostij, Ivan Petrov (Zeb Stump), Aarne Üksküla (Cassius Calhoun), Rolando Dias Reyes (major), Aleksandr Milokostyi (Henry Poindecter), Platon Leslie (judge), Alfonso Gonzales (Pluton), Oleg Popov, V. Belovotskij, V. Iontov, Ye. Kharkevič, A. Kosmaševskij, N. Lexgišvili, V. Molodkin, D. Sechkarjov, Vladimir Vajnštok, V. Veselkin, A. Vladimirov, A. Jefimov.
- Story: Thomas Mayne Reid (the novel "The Headless Rider")
- Screenplay: Vladimir Vajnštok (as Vladimir Vladimirov), Pavel Finn
- Cinematography: Konstantin Ryžov [black & white, color]
- Music: Nikita Bogoslovskij
- Producers: Grachya Mekinjan, Jakov Rivoš
Synopsis
Morris, a poor Irish cowboy, falls in love with a rich Texan girl. When Morris discovers the local citizen is the leader of a gang of outlaws his brother disappears and is seen riding the countryside headless. Morris is almost lynched for his brother’s murder but escapes and takes on the outlaw gang single-handed.
