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{{Infobox Movie | {{Infobox Movie | ||
|name = The Headless | |name = The Headless Horseman | ||
|picture = Vsadnik poster.jpg | |picture = Vsadnik poster.jpg | ||
|caption = ''Original Poster'' | |caption = ''Original Theatrical Poster'' | ||
|country = [[Image:SOV.jpg|25px]] USSR<br> [[Image:CUBA.jpg|25px]] Cuba | |country = [[Image:SOV.jpg|25px]] USSR<br> [[Image:CUBA.jpg|25px]] Cuba | ||
|director = Vladimir | |director = [[Vladimir Weinstock]] | ||
|date= 1973 | |date= 1973 | ||
|language = Russian<br> Spanish | |language = Russian<br> Spanish | ||
|studio=Lenfim | |studio=Lenfim<BR>ICAIC | ||
|distributor= | |distributor= | ||
|character1=Maurice Gerald | |character1=Maurice Gerald | ||
|actor1=[[Oleg Vidov]] | |actor1=[[Oleg Vidov]] | ||
|character2= | |character2=Louise Poindexter | ||
|actor2=[[ | |actor2=[[Lyudmila Savelyeva]] | ||
|character3=Henry Poindexter | |character3=Isidora Covarubio | ||
| | |actor3=Eslinda Núñez | ||
| | |character4=Henry Poindexter | ||
| | |actor4=[[Aleksandr Milokostyj]] | ||
| | |character5=Zebulon "Zeb" Stump | ||
| | |actor5=[[Ivan Petrov]] | ||
| | |character6=Cassius Calhoun | ||
| | |actor6=[[Aarne Üksküla]] | ||
|character7=Miguel Diaz alias El Coyote | |||
|actor7=[[Enrique Santiesteban]] | |||
|character8=Woodley Poindexter | |||
|actor8=Alejandro Lugo | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''The Headless | '''''The Headless Horseman''''' (original Russian title ''Всадник без головы''; ''Vsadnik bez golovy'', Spanish title ''El Jinete sin Cabeza'') is a 1973 Soviet-Cuban western, based on the famous novel by Thomas Mayne Reid. | ||
{{Film Title|The Headless | {{Film Title|The Headless Horseman}} | ||
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==Colt 1851 Navy== | = Revolvers = | ||
[[Colt 1851 Navy]] | == Colt 1851 Navy == | ||
[[ | [[Colt 1851 Navy]] revolvers are the most common weapons in the movie. They are seen in hands of Maurice Gerald ([[Oleg Vidov]]), Cassius Calhoun ([[Aarne Üksküla]]), Miguel Diaz ([[Enrique Santiesteban]]), Henry Poindexter ([[Aleksandr Milokostyj]]), and numerous local persons. | ||
''Note: see additional images on [[Talk:Headless Horseman, The#Colt 1851 Navy|talk page]]. | |||
[[Image:1851Navy.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Colt 1851 Navy - .36 caliber.]] | |||
[[Image:Vsadnik revolver | [[File:VBG-Colt-5A.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The guests at the ball in Poindexter's hacienda Casa del Corvo hold Colt revolvers during the alarm due to the alleged appearance of Indians.]] | ||
[[Image:Vsadnik revolver | [[File:VBG-Colt-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An officer with a Colt in the same scene. Next moment his Colt switches to a Lefaucheux revolver (see below).]] | ||
[[Image:Vsadnik revolver 4 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A closer view of a Colt in the hand of one of the guests (at the left) in the same scene.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Colt-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A troublemaker in the town is disarmed of his Colt by a perfect stroke of the whip.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Colt-10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Maurice Gerald draws his revolver on Cassius Calhoun during the standoff in the saloon.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Colt-13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Calhoun's Lefaucheux switches to a Colt during the duel.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Colt-14.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Maurice saves Louise Poindexter.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Colt-15.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Vsadnik revolver 1 4.jpg|thumb|none|601px|Miguel Diaz threatens Isidora Covarubio, who uncovers him to be the gang leader El Coyote.]] | |||
[[Image:Vsadnik revolver 1 5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cassius Calhoun drops his Colt in the final scene.]] | |||
== | == Lefaucheux Model 1854 == | ||
Cassius Calhoun ([[Aarne Üksküla]]) is seen with a [[Lefaucheux Model 1854]] revolver that constantly switches to a Colt and back again. Lefaucheux revolvers are also seen in hands of US Army officers and townsmen. | |||
[[Image:Vsadnik revolver | [[Image:Rev m1863stift a900.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Lefaucheux Model 1854 - 12mm Pinfire.]] | ||
[[Image:Vsadnik revolver 3 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Cassius Calhoun holds Lefaucheux revolver at the right.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Lefaucheux-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|An officer that was earlier seen with a Colt now holds a Lefaucheux revolver.]] | |||
[[Image:Vsadnik revolver 4 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A close view of the Lefaucheux revolver in hand of the officer.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Lefaucheux-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A barman in Diaz' saloon carries a Lefaucheux revolver in holster.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Lefaucheux-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Calhoun with a Lefaucheux and Maurice Gerald with a Colt in a standoff.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Lefaucheux-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Calhoun enters the saloon during the duel. In the next moment, his Lefaucheux switches to a Colt.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Lefaucheux-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Calhoun carries a Lefaucheux revolver in a holster.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Lefaucheux-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A townsperson at the right holds a Lefaucheux revolver.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Revolver-B.jpg|thumb|none|600px|US Army Major (Rolando Dias Reyes) draws his Lefaucheux revolver when the murderer is exposed.]] | |||
== | == Beaumont-Adams == | ||
Henry Poindexter ([[Aleksandr Milokostyj]]) and Isidora Covarubio (Eslinda Núñez) are seen with [[Beaumont-Adams Percussion Revolver]]s. | |||
[[Image:Vsadnik revolver 4 | [[Image:Beaumont-Adams Percussion.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Beaumont-Adams Percussion Revolver - .442 Webley]] | ||
[[Image:Vsadnik revolver 2 1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|]] | |||
[[Image:Vsadnik revolver 3 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Henry Poindexter holds his revolver.]] | |||
[[Image:Vsadnik revolver 5 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Isidora's revolver is seen at the center.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Revolver-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of Isidora's revolver.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Revolver-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Isidora carries her revolver in a holster.]] | |||
== | == Unidentified revolvers == | ||
During the scene of the alarm in Casa del Corvo, one of the guests holds a revolver that looks similar to a percussion Colt revolver but is definitely smaller than a Colt 1851 Navy. | |||
[[ | [[File:VBG-Revolver-A.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The man in a grey suit at the left holds a revolver.]] | ||
A snub nose revolver (possibly some kind of [[Webley Bulldog]]) is seen in hands of a townsman during the trial. | |||
[[File:VBG-Revolver-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A short-barreled revolver is seen over Calhoun's shoulder.]] | |||
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== | = Rifles = | ||
== Colt Model 1855 == | |||
[[Image: | El Coyote's henchmen are seen armed with a [[Colt Model 1855]] revolving rifles. | ||
[[File:Coltrevolving.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Colt 1855 Revolving Carbine (percussion) - .56 caliber]] | |||
[[Image:Vsadnik rifle 1 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Close view of the Colt Model 1855 in hands of a henchman.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-ColtRifle-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Same man aims his rifle.]] | |||
[[Image:Vsadnik rifle 1 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another henchman holds a Colt revolving rifle.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-ColtRifle-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the same man with the rifle.]] | |||
== Sharps 1863 Carbine == | |||
US Army cavalrymen and local townspeople are mostly armed with [[Sharps Rifle|Sharps carbines]]. Most likely it's the [[Sharps 1863 Carbine]]. | |||
[[Image:M1863 Sharps carbine.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1863 Sharps carbine - .52 caliber]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A guard in a wagon at the left holds a Sharps carbine.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A townsman with a Sharps carbine leads Henry Poindexter's horse.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A member of the posse holds his Sharps carbine at the right.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A Sharps carbine is seen in the hands of a posse member at the left.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Sharps carbines in the barracks (at the right).]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-11.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Soldiers guard Maurice Gerald during the trial.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-Add1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|In center.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Barrel and muzzle at the right.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-Add2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Background right.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-Add3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Left.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-Add4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Right.]] | |||
== Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine == | |||
In the scene of the trial, some townspeople in the background hold rifles that appear to be anachronistic and out of place [[Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine]]s, probably used due to insufficient number of authentic Sharps carbines. | |||
[[Image:M38Carbine.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm R]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Colt-19.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A pair of possible M38 Carbines are seen in the background.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-A.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The barrel of a possible M38 Carbine is seen to the left of Calhoun.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-B.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The appearance of the rifle to the right of Calhoun seems to be that of an M38 Carbine.]] | |||
= Muskets = | |||
== Percussion Cap Musket/Shotgun == | |||
Aged hunter Zebulon "Zeb" Stump ([[Ivan Petrov]]) carries a percussion cap musket or shotgun with a very long barrel throughout the movie. | |||
[[File:VBG-StumpMusket-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A full view of Zeb Stump's musket.]] | |||
[[Image:Vsadnik brown bess 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Barrel can be seen.]] | [[Image:Vsadnik brown bess 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Barrel can be seen.]] | ||
[[Image:Vsadnik brown bess 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Vsadnik brown bess 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Zeb Stump examines the tracks.]] | ||
[[File:VBG-StumpMusket-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another view of the scene.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-StumpMusket-6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[File:VBG-StumpMusket-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Zeb Stump stops the lynching of Maurice Gerald.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-StumpMusket-8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A good view of the percussion cap lock.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-StumpMusket-9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[File:VBG-StumpMusket-10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Zeb Stump fires at the Headless Horseman.]] | |||
Many townspeople carry percussion cap muskets or shotguns with standard-length barrels. | |||
[[File:VBG-Musket-1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A musket and a Sharps carbine are seen (at the right) during the alarm in Casa del Corvo.]] | |||
[[ | [[File:VBG-Musket-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A townsman holds a musket in the background.]] | ||
[[ | [[Image:Vsadnik kentuki 1 1.jpg|thumb|none|601px|A musket is seen on the wall of Maurice Gerald's cabin. Note that the bandoleer holds metallic rifle cartridges that would not be compatible with this gun and appear to be from a later time period.]] | ||
[[File:VBG-Rifle-2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Townsmen with various long guns during the trial.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Musket-4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A sitting townsman holds a musket during the trial.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Musket-5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A man at the right holds a percussion cap musket.]] | |||
[[File:VBG-Musket-7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A good view of the barrel.]] | |||
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The Headless Horseman (original Russian title Всадник без головы; Vsadnik bez golovy, Spanish title El Jinete sin Cabeza) is a 1973 Soviet-Cuban western, based on the famous novel by Thomas Mayne Reid.
The following weapons were used in the film The Headless Horseman:
Revolvers
Colt 1851 Navy revolvers are the most common weapons in the movie. They are seen in hands of Maurice Gerald (Oleg Vidov), Cassius Calhoun (Aarne Üksküla), Miguel Diaz (Enrique Santiesteban), Henry Poindexter (Aleksandr Milokostyj), and numerous local persons.
Note: see additional images on talk page.
Lefaucheux Model 1854
Cassius Calhoun (Aarne Üksküla) is seen with a Lefaucheux Model 1854 revolver that constantly switches to a Colt and back again. Lefaucheux revolvers are also seen in hands of US Army officers and townsmen.
Beaumont-Adams
Henry Poindexter (Aleksandr Milokostyj) and Isidora Covarubio (Eslinda Núñez) are seen with Beaumont-Adams Percussion Revolvers.
Unidentified revolvers
During the scene of the alarm in Casa del Corvo, one of the guests holds a revolver that looks similar to a percussion Colt revolver but is definitely smaller than a Colt 1851 Navy.
A snub nose revolver (possibly some kind of Webley Bulldog) is seen in hands of a townsman during the trial.
Rifles
Colt Model 1855
El Coyote's henchmen are seen armed with a Colt Model 1855 revolving rifles.
Sharps 1863 Carbine
US Army cavalrymen and local townspeople are mostly armed with Sharps carbines. Most likely it's the Sharps 1863 Carbine.
Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbine
In the scene of the trial, some townspeople in the background hold rifles that appear to be anachronistic and out of place Mosin Nagant M1938 Carbines, probably used due to insufficient number of authentic Sharps carbines.
Muskets
Percussion Cap Musket/Shotgun
Aged hunter Zebulon "Zeb" Stump (Ivan Petrov) carries a percussion cap musket or shotgun with a very long barrel throughout the movie.
Many townspeople carry percussion cap muskets or shotguns with standard-length barrels.
