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RUNTIME
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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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The Death of a Stallion
1983 1h 25m ES
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6.7
SOLID
★6.7TMDB · 3
Drama
Synopsis
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When a dedicated jockey finds that the local politicians are not to be trusted and begins to feel his romance with a beautiful woman slowly slipping away, his last-ditch effort to risk it all for his trusted horse Palomo shows that sometimes animals are truly man's best friend.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Valentín Trujillo
Carmen Montejo
Lourdes Munguía
Miguel Ángel Gómez
Mario Almada
Pedro Infante Jr.
Carlos Agostí
Ruben Benavides
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Pedro Galindo III
- Languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Mexico
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Pedro Galindo III directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Mexico. Dialogue in Spanish.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 243 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Valentín Trujillo and Carmen Montejo and Lourdes Munguía carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0278575 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 85 min · 1h 25m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- ES
Also by
Pedro Galindo III
Key crew
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- horse
- romance
- government corruption
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1983-11-10
