The Mark of Zorro (1940)
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
Screenwriter: John Tainor Foote
Producer: Raymond Griffith
Composer: Alfred Newman
DVD Info
Release:
Oct 18, 2005
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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Reviews
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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