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The Headless Horseman (1922) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1922 · 76 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Edward D. Venturini
- Starring
- Will Rogers, Mary Foy, Charles E. Graham, James Sheridan, Ben Hendricks Jr., Downing Clarke
In Sleepy Hollow, new schoolteacher Ichabod Crane, arriving from New York, learns of the town’s legendary headless horseman, a ghost hunting the head he lost in battle. Soon he courts heiress Katrina Van Tassel, angering suitor Abraham Van Brunt. His strict, narrow‑minded teaching alienates villagers, many hoping to see him driven out.
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