The Mark of Zorro

:

Overview

The Mark of Zorro
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
14 ratings
Your Rating:
write a review
NR,1hr 33min
Genre:
Released:
November 8, 1940
Director:
Distributor:
20th Century Fox
Synopsis: This is perhaps the best of the many Zorro films as Tyrone Power gives an outstanding performance as the alternately swishing and swashbuckling son of a 19th century California aristocrat. As a champion of the oppressed, Zorro must face a wicked governor portrayed by J. Edward Bromberg, who, of course, has a beautiful niece whom our hero loves. Basil Rathbone is a delightfully evil assistant to the governor. Based on Johnston McCulley's novel The Curse of Capistrano, The Mark of Zorro was a remake ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
The Mark of Zorro is just about as much fun as a picture can be. A true swashbuckling adventure, Zorro is one of the finest costume adventure stories ever filmed, one that's laced with a healthy dollop of romance and more than a smidgen of comedy. It's all wildly improbable, of course, one of the ancestors of the superhero comic strip/film, and anyone who is bothered by a woman's inability to recognize ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Zorro, Don Diego Vega
Lolita Quintero
Captain Estaban Pasquale
Inez Quintero
advertisement