Zorro

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Zorro (Italy · France 1975 / Director: Duccio Tessari)

Technically not a western, as it takes place in South America.

Also known as

El Zorro (Spain) | A Marca do Zorro (Brazil) | Zoro (Japan)
Zorro movie poster

Synopsis

Alain Delon stars as the newly appointed governor who immediately butts heads with corrupt Colonel Huerta (Stanley Baker). To rescue the peasants from Huerta's despotry, the governor becomes the caped-and-masked do-gooder Zorro.

Credits

  • Cast (Italian): Alain Delon (Don Diego, El Zorro), Ottavia Piccolo (Contessina Ortensia Pulido), Enzo Cerusico (Joaquín), Moustache (Sergeant Garcia), Giacomo Rossi-Stuart [as Giacomo Rossi Stuart] (Fritz von Merkel), Giampiero Albertini (Brother Francisco), Marino Masé (Miguel Vega de la Serna), Raika Juri [as Rajka Jurcec] (Maria), Adriana Asti (Aunt Carmen), Stanley Baker (Colonel Huerta)
  • Uncredited actors: Yvan Chiffre (tavern assassin), Gaetano Scala (tavern assassin), Lina Franchi (tavern housekeeper), Franca Scagnetti (tavern busgirl), Giuseppe Marrocu (tavern waiter), Paulino Rito (Chico), Pedro Besari (footman), Tito Garcia (street chicken vendor), José Riesgo (street grocer), Fabían Conde (goat vendor, juror), Rafael Albaicín (juror), Vicente Roca (nobleman, juror), Agustín Bescos (palace nobleman), Antonio Orengo (nobleman), Ángel Menéndez (Señor Pulido), José Luis Chinchilla (Huerta officer), Domenico Cianfriglia (Huerta soldier), Franco Ukmar (Huerta soldier), Arnaldo Dell'Acqua (Huerta guard), Raul Lovecchio (Huerta guard), Giovanni Bonadonna (Huerta guard), Rocco Lerro (rebelling villager), Rafael Cortés (villager under canopy)
  • Director: Duccio Tessari
  • Screenplay: Giorgio Arlorio
  • Cinematography: Giulio Albonico [Eastmancolor - Panoramico 1,85:1]
  • Camera Operator: Nino Celeste
  • Music: Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
  • Songs: "Zorro is back" + "To you mi chica" sung by Oliver Onions
  • Maestro d'armi: Yvan Chiffre [as Ivan Chiffre]

Reviews

Trivia

  • The internationally produced Zorro is set in South America instead of the California locales of the series.
  • The film never really takes itself seriously, not even during the final, well-staged duel between Zorro and Huerta.

Versions and runtimes

  • Runtime: 125 min

Release Dates

  • March 6, 1975 (Italy)

Filming locations

External Links

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