The Mark of Zorro

• Director: Don McDougall
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• Genre: Adventure
• Movie Type: Costume Adventure, Swashbuckler
• Main Cast: Frank Langella, Ricardo Montalban
• Release Year: 1974
• Country: US
• Run Time: 74 minutes

Plot

Made for television, The Mark of Zorro is virtually a scene-for-scene remake of the 1940 Tyrone Power theatrical film--the principal difference being that, where Power's version ran 93 minutes, the TV version blurs along at a mere 78 minutes. Frank Langella plays Don Diego, the supposedly foppish Spanish California nobleman who fights for the people's rights in the guise of Zorro. Ricardo Montalban appears in the Basil Rathbone role as the evil oppressor whom Zorro eventually bests with his sword. Gilbert Roland is cast as Zorro's father, allowed a bit of swashbuckling on his own (the 69 year old Roland is astonishingly athletic). Alfred Newman's pulsating score from the original Mark of Zorro is cleverly redeployed in this remake. What's missing in the 1974 Mark of Zorro is the freshness and virtuosity of the earlier film's director Rouben Mamoulien; and, in all due respect to his considerable talent, Frank Langella is no Tyrone Power. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Anne Archer - Teresa; Robert Carricart - Dockworker; Jorge Cervera, Jr. - Sgt. Gonzales; Yvonne De Carlo - Isabella Vega; Tom Lacy - Fray Felipe; Frank Langella - Don Diego/Zorro; Robert Middleton - Don Luis Quintero; Ricardo Montalban - Capt. Esteban; Gilbert Roland; Louise Sorel - Inez Quintero; Jay Hammer - Antonio; Inez Perez - Duenna Maria; Frank Soto - Proprietor; John Rose - Rodrigo; Maurice Hill

Credit

Don McDougall - Director, William Martin - Editor, Dominic Frontiere - Composer (Music Score), Jack Woolf - Cinematographer, Robert C. Thompson - Producer, Brian Taggert - Screenwriter

Similar Movies

Zorro; Mask of the Avenger

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