Thursday, August 8, 2013

SHADOW OF ZORRO


Cabalgando hacia la muerte – Spanish title
El Zorro – Spanish title
La sombra del Zorro – Spanish title
L’ombra di Zorro – Italian title
De schaduw van Zorro – Dutch title
Zorron varjo – Finnish title
L’ombre de Zoro – French title
Zorro der Schwarze Rächer – German title
Zorro’nun Golgesi – Turkish title
Shades of Zorro – English title
Shadow of Zorro – English title

A 1962 Spanish, Italian, French co-production [Copercines (Madrid), P.E.A. Producione (Rome), Eurocine (Paris)]
Producer: Albert Grimaldi, Agustin Medina, Marius Lesoeur, Carlo Caiano
Director: Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent
Story: “Zorro” by Johnson McCulley
Screnplay: José Mallorquí (José Figuerola), Joaquín Romero Hernández (Joaquín Marchent), JesusFranco
Cinematography: Rafael Pacheco (Rafael de Usa), Enrico Betti Berutto [Eastmancolor, SuperScope]
Music: Manuel Parada (Manuel de la Puente), Francesco De Masi
Running time: 87 minutes

Cast:
Don José de la Torre/Zorro – Frank Latimore (Frank Kline)
Raymond – Jesús Tordesillas
María – María Luz Galicia (María Gonzalo)
Deaf-mute - Francisco Camoiras
Dan – Paul Piaget (Paul Ducurroy)
Billy – Robert Hundar (Claudio Undari)
Governor - José Marco Davó
Governor’s wife - Sira Origo
MacDonald – Marco Feliciani (Mario Feliciani)
Chinto – Ralph Baldassarre (Raffaele Baldassarre)
John Grey – Marco Tulli (Primo Marcotulli)
Fernando - Juan Antonio Arévalo
Chema – Carlos Romero Marchent
Carmela – Rafaela Carrà (Raffaella Pelloni)
Irene – María Silva (María Palencia)
Bandits - Manuel Merino, Simón Ariaga, Gonzalo Esquiroz, José Farber, Alberto Cubi, Warner Karass
Olo - José Marco
Official – Lorenzo Robledo
Child – Montoya (Elena Montoya)
Minister – Gianni Santuccio (Giovanni Santuccio)
Banker - Pedro R. Quevedo (Pedro Rodríguez de Quevedo), Xan das Bolas (Tomás Peña)
Mexican/Mexican girl - Diana Lorys (Anna Vega)
Coach driver - Rufino Ingles (Rufino Garcia)
Fencing master – Guillermo Méndez


The last gasps of the revolt against the Mexican Californians are suffocated by an American cavalry charge. Zorro, whose identity is unknown to all, except to Maria and Raimundo, in his act of justice kills the Sergeant who was guilty of countless abuses. Zorro, a master in the simulation of a coward in the role of Don José de la Torre but brave and invincible under the black mask, is the protagonist of exciting adventures leading to the capture of Billy's brother, Charly, a criminally insane outlaw, who disguised as Zorro, rides near the border spreading terror and death throughout the country. Billy manages to capture Maria, who he considers very close to the masked man, in order to use her as bait to complete his revenge. Zorro, rides to the rescue but only the real Zorro will live after a duel.

1 comment:

  1. Biltmore: I think the Belgium/Dutch title should read "De schaduw van Zorro"

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