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1940 Certificate U
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Posing as a foppish coward, Diego (Tyrone Power), a Spanish nobleman, fights injustice in colonial California. Upon his return from Spain, Diego realizes that Captain Pasquale is terrorizing the district and levying unreasonable taxes. Disguised as Zorro--a masked Robin Hood-like swashbuckler--the young Spaniard menaces the .. Read more

Starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard
Director Rouben Mamoulian
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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The Mark Of Zorro

Posing as a foppish coward, Diego (Tyrone Power), a Spanish nobleman, fights injustice in colonial California. Upon his return from Spain, Diego realizes that Captain Pasquale is terrorizing the district and levying unreasonable taxes. Disguised as Zorro--a masked Robin Hood-like swashbuckler--the young Spaniard menaces the local authorities to the delight of all the peasants. In the meantime, posing as the inept fop, he is able to move through society without being suspected.

Starring Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg, Montagu Love, Janet Beecher, Robert Lowery
Director Rouben Mamoulian
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Dubbed German, Italian, Spanish
Hearing-impaired English, German
Subtitles DVD: Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish
Released DVD: 30 Jun 2003
Production year: 1940
Format DVD

The Mark Of Zorro (1940)

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    This is based on a story called The Curse of Capistrano about the seemingly effete dandy, Don Diego Vega, a sort of American-Mexican Scarlet Pimpernel who leads a double life as Zorro, a masked avenger and expert swordsman and wages a war on tyranny. Combining adventure with a dash of romance and some comedy touches, the film gave Douglas Fairbanks the first of the swashbuckling roles that revealed his astonishing athleticism and earned him immortality. Directed by Fred Niblo, it co-stars Marguerite De La Motte as the woman who has no time for Don Diego, but is in love with Zorro. The story refused to lie down: Fairbanks had another go with Don Q, Son of Zorro in 1925 and it resurfaced in 1998 as The Mask of Zorro, with Antonio Banderas and Anthony Hopkins. But the 1940 version, The Mark of Zorro with Tyrone Power, is generally considered the best.

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  • 3 stars out of 4

    Splendid adventure stuff for boys of all ages, an amalgam of The Scarlet Pimpernel and Robin Hood to which in this version the director adds an overwhelming pictorial sense which makes it stand out as the finest of all.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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    Rated - 5 stars

    Nostalga

    No Zeta Jones in this one, but an entertaining yarn nontheless. Watch out for the stereotyped Latin Americans and comedy speeded up horse chase scenes, classic!

      • A customer from London
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    Rated - 5 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Basil is Brill

    Basil Rathbone, Wind him up and watch him go!

    What a fantastic movie, Basil is the highlight for me in this

      • genrefan from Wolverhampton
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    • The Mark Of Zorro
      Posing as a foppish coward, Diego (Tyrone Power), a Spanish nobleman, fights injustice in colonial California. Upon his return from Spain, Diego realizes that Captain Pasquale is terrorizing the district and levying unreasonable taxes. Disguised as Zorro--a masked Robin Hood-like swashbuckler--the ...