The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 88% of the 78 1940s adventure movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless fop, while on the other, he is the masked avenger Zorro.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
239 audience votes
Key crew
- Rouben MamoulianDirector
- John Taintor FooteScreenplay
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Tyrone PowerDon Diego Vega, aka Zorro
- Linda DarnellLolita Quintero
- Basil RathboneCaptain Esteban Pasquale
- Gale SondergaardInez Quintero
- Eugene PalletteFriar Felipe
- J. Edward BrombergDon Luis B. Quintero
- Montagu LoveDon Alejandro Vega
- Janet BeecherSenora Isabella Vega
- George RegasSergeant Gonzales
- Chris-Pin MartinTurnkey
- Robert LoweryRodrigo
- Belle MitchellMaria
Stills
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Themes
maskcaliforniasword fightswashbuckler19th centurycorrupt governorzorro