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The Mark of Zorro

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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

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Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

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 levying unreasonable taxes. Disguised as Zorro - a masked Robin Hood-like swashbuckler - the... 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]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette

Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Screenwriter: John Tainor Foote
Producer: Raymond Griffith
Composer: Alfred Newman

DVD Info

Release:

Oct 18, 2005

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Dual-Sided
  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - English
  • Mono - Spanish, English
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish - optional
  • Side 1: (Colorized)

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - Richard Schickel - Film Historian
  • Side 2: (B&W)

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - Richard Schickel - Film Historian
  • Bonus Trailers

Text Gallery:

  • Biography - Tyrone Power

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It's one of the all-time great swashbucklers.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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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.

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10/21/05
Scott Weinberg
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06/11/05
Emanuel Levy
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Maybe the cutest Zorro to come along until The Gay Blade.

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10/01/03
Christopher Null
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06/11/03
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals
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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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05/30/03
Steven D. Greydanus
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05/24/03
Channel 4 Film
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Far and away the best Zorro ever!

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10/22/02
Ken Hanke
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08/13/02
Rob Vaux
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07/26/02
David Poland
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01/01/00
Jeffrey Lyons
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