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El jinete negro (1961)

El jinete negro poster
Directed by
Rogelio A. González
Genre
comedy
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A cowboy gets into comedic situations in a Mexican western setting. This film is a spoof of western movie conventions.

lightheartedcomedicplayfulenergeticcampytongue-in-cheekwhimsical

What happens

El jinete negro is a 1961 Mexican film directed by Rogelio A. González and starring Julio Almada, Mauricio Garcés, María Eugenia San Martín and Kippy Casado. It is a western parody with an early appearance by Garcés, it was one of three ranchera comedies that year by González based on screenplays by Janet Alcoriza (formerly Raquel Rojas) and Fernando Galiana. The other two were El buena suerte and Paloma brava. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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