| El Jinete sin cabeza | |
| Director: | Chano Urueta |
| Producer: | Luis Manrique |
| Starring: | Luis Aguilar Flor Silvestre Jaime Fernández Pascual García Peña Crox Alvarado Patricia Nieto Guillermo Cramer Alberto Pedret Elvira Lodi Carlos Suárez |
| Music: | Flor Silvestre |
| Cinematography: | Raúl Martínez Solares Carlos Nájera |
| Editing: | Carlos Savage Gloria Schoemann Pedro Velázquez |
| Studio: | Mier y Brooks |
| Distributor: | Clasa-Mohme |
| Runtime: | 91 minutes |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Language: | Spanish |
El jinete sin cabeza (English: The Headless Rider) is a 1957 Mexican horror Western 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.
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.
El Jinete sin cabeza was the first film in what was originally a three-part serial called the "Headless Rider" series.[1] [2]
The film was released on DVD by Reyes on December 11, 2003. It was later released by Laguna Films on March 30, 2004.[3]
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]