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The Mark of Zorro (1940)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:9
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Posing as a foppish coward, Diego, a Spanish nobleman, fights injustice in colonial California. Upon his return from Spain, Diego realizes that Captain Pasquale is terrorizing the district and... Posing as a foppish coward, Diego, a Spanish nobleman, fights injustice in colonial California. Upon his return from Spain, Diego realizes that Captain Pasquale is terrorizing the district and levying unreasonable taxes. Disguised as Zorro - a masked Robin Hood-like swashbuckler - the young Spaniard menaces the local authorities to the delight of all the peasants. In the meantime, posing as the inept fop, he is able to move through society without being suspected. [More]
Starring: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard
Starring: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg, Montagu Love
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Screenwriter: John Tainor Foote
Producer: Raymond Griffith
Composer: Alfred Newman
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Reviews for The Mark of Zorro
If you really dig the newer Zorro exploits, there's very little reason to think you wouldn't enjoy a nostalgic trip back to the guy's earlier screen adventures.
Powers can't match [Fairbanks'] astonishing acrobatics and doesn't try but the rousing climactic duel against Basil Rathbone's villainous Captain Esteban, one of the best swordfights ever filmed at that time, almost makes up for it.
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