Cabalgando hacia la muerte (El Zorro)
Cabalgando hacia la muerte (Spain · Italy · France 1962 / Director: Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent)
Also known as
El Zorro (Spain) | L'ombra di Zorro (Italy) | The Shadow of Zorro (USA) | Zorro the Avenger (UK) | L'ombre de Zorro (France) | Zorro - Der schwarze Rächer (Germany) | De schaduw van Zorro (Netherlands) | Zorro'nun Golgesi (Turkey) | Zorro Svinger Kärden (Sweden) | Zorro's Skygge (Denmark) | Zorron varjo (Finland) | Shades of ZorroSynopsis
Zorro has retired after having killed a criminal Sergeant in a battle between revolutionary Mexicans and the U.S. cavalry. Now he leads a quiet life in a small Californian town as wealthy Don José. The dead Sergeant's brother and a group of bandits swear revenge on Zorro. One of the bandits puts on Zorro's costume and terrorizes the countryside. After the gang murders Don José’s best friend and kidnaps the woman he is about to marry, he puts on the famous mask again to stop the criminals and restore his good name.
Credits
- Cast (Spanish credits): Frank Latimore (Don José de la Torre, Zorro), María Luz Galicia (María ), Paul Piaget (Dan), Claudio Undari [as Robert Hundar] (Billy), José Marco Davó (Governor Hayes), Jesús Tordesillas (Raimundo), Mario Feliciani [as Marco Feliciani] (MacDonald), María Silva (Irene), José Marco (Sam Olo), Diana Lorys (Dan's girl), Raf Baldassarre [as Ralph Baldasarre] (Chinto), Marco Tulli (Tom Gray), Juan Antonio Arévalo (Fernando), Carlos Romero Marchent [as Carlos R. Marchent] (Chema / Manuel), Sira Origo (governor's wife), Xan das Bolas (John), Raffaella Carrà (Carmela, music lover), Miguel Merino (Dan bandit at cabin), Simón Arriaga [as Simón Arriago] (Dan's henchman), Montoya (shepherd boy), Gonzalo Esquiroz (Dan's henchman), Alberto Cubi, Pedro Rodríguez de Quevedo [as Pedro R. Quevedo] (banker), Rufino Inglés (stage driver), Francisco Camoiras [as Francisco Camoira](Pedro, mute handyman), Gianni Santuccio (Washinton politico) [Italian credit]
- Also with: Guillermo Mendéz (fencing master), Lorenzo Robledo (Captain), Fidel Gonzáles (messenger), Howard Vernon (General), Agustín Bescos (barman), Antonio Orengo (citizen)
- Story: "Zorro" by Johnston McCulley
- Screenplay: Jesus Franco, José Mallorquí (also story (as José Mallorquí Figueroa)), Joaquin L. Hernandez Marchent (as Joaquín Romero Hernández)
- Cinematography: Rafael Pacheco, Enrico Betti Berutto [Eastmancolor, SuperScope 2,35:1]
- Music: Francesco De Masi (Italian version), Manuel Parada (Spanish version)
- Producers: Alberto Grimaldi, Agustin Medina, Marius Lesoeur, Carlo Caiano
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Versions and runtimes
- Runtime: 87 min
Release Dates
- Release Date: 22.12.1962
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