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El jinete sin cabeza (1957)

El jinete sin cabeza poster
Directed by
Chano Urueta
Genre
mystery film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A stranger rides into a town where people are gossiping about a legendary gunfighter. Dead bodies start piling up wherever the stranger goes.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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