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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, Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg, Montagu Love
Director	Rouben Mamoulian
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller

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- 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.
- 32286
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  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... read more »
  
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  - 16 Jul 2004 at 13:42
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  desmondy des
  
  first rate swashbuckler! tyrone power is better than errol flynn especially in swordfight. linda darnell is ravishing and basil rathbone is evilly good! they ... read more »
  
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- - DESMONDY
  - 3 reviews
  - 21 Nov 2011 at 18:19
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  stirring stuff : a classic of its genre from The Golden Age
  
  WasTy Power better than Errol Flynn as the archetypal swashbuckler ? Not quite ( this does not match The Adventures Of Robin Hood)......
  
  but it has a... read more »
  
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- - roncoach
  - 263 reviews
  - suffolk
  - 17 Jul 2010 at 23:37
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  Still the best
  
  Despite b&w it's still the best version. Fast paced and slick,amusing dialogue, believable acting, swashbuckling at its best. No other version comes ... read more »
  
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  - Aldershot
  - 30 Aug 2009 at 15:16
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  Basil is Brill
  
  Basil Rathbone, Wind him up and watch him go!
  
  What a fantastic movie, Basil is the highlight for me in this
  
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- - genrefan
  - 21 reviews
  - Wolverhampton
  - 11 Mar 2008 at 11:40
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  smashing!
  
  I think this in the first Zorro film ever... 1940 and I was born 30+ yrs later.
  
  It's amazing to ... read more »
  
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  - Birmingham
  - 17 Oct 2006 at 15:47
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  old film
  
  ok ish for an old film
  
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  - wilts england
  - 22 Aug 2006 at 13:47
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  Rollicking fun
  
  Good fun from a truly on form Tyrone Power playing a sort of Lone Ranger type character, but from an earlier epoch. Great support, from, among others, Basil ... read more »
  
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- - Cato
  - 591 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 01 Feb 2006 at 18:17
- - 0
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  An Understated Classic
  
  This is much, much, better than you might think... and not just another swashbuckling saga. Tyrone Power is tremendous fun as the hero. whilst Basil Rathbone is... read more »
  
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  - woking
  - 13 Jun 2005 at 13:01
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  The Mark Of A Good Film
  
  Great swashbuckling adventure old fashioned fun. Plus Basil Rathbone. Rent It now.
  
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  - Essex, England
  - 28 Feb 2005 at 14:24
- - 1
  - 1
  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... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 16 Jul 2004 at 13:42
View all members' reviews (10)

- - 1
  - 1
  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... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 10947
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - London
  - 16 Jul 2004 at 13:42
- - 0
  - 0
  The Mark Of A Good Film
  
  Great swashbuckling adventure old fashioned fun. Plus Basil Rathbone. Rent It now.
  
  Report this review
- 76575
- - a customer
  - Essex, England
  - 28 Feb 2005 at 14:24
- - 0
  - 0
  Rollicking fun
  
  Good fun from a truly on form Tyrone Power playing a sort of Lone Ranger type character, but from an earlier epoch. Great support, from, among others, Basil ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 201441
- - Cato
  - 591 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 01 Feb 2006 at 18:17
- - 0
  - 0
  An Understated Classic
  
  This is much, much, better than you might think... and not just another swashbuckling saga. Tyrone Power is tremendous fun as the hero. whilst Basil Rathbone is... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 337666
- - MUFFINMAN
  - woking
  - 13 Jun 2005 at 13:01
- - 1
  - 1
  smashing!
  
  I think this in the first Zorro film ever... 1940 and I was born 30+ yrs later.
  
  It's amazing to ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 375112
- - a customer
  - Birmingham
  - 17 Oct 2006 at 15:47
- - 1
  - 1
  Basil is Brill
  
  Basil Rathbone, Wind him up and watch him go!
  
  What a fantastic movie, Basil is the highlight for me in this
  
  Report this review
- 537863
- - genrefan
  - 21 reviews
  - Wolverhampton
  - 11 Mar 2008 at 11:40
- - 0
  - 1
  Still the best
  
  Despite b&w it's still the best version. Fast paced and slick,amusing dialogue, believable acting, swashbuckling at its best. No other version comes ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 804708
- - a customer
  - Aldershot
  - 30 Aug 2009 at 15:16
- - 0
  - 1
  desmondy des
  
  first rate swashbuckler! tyrone power is better than errol flynn especially in swordfight. linda darnell is ravishing and basil rathbone is evilly good! they ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1065463
- - DESMONDY
  - 3 reviews
  - 21 Nov 2011 at 18:19
- - 0
  - 2
  old film
  
  ok ish for an old film
  
  Report this review
- 278023
- - a customer
  - wilts england
  - 22 Aug 2006 at 13:47
- - 11
  - 12
  stirring stuff : a classic of its genre from The Golden Age
  
  WasTy Power better than Errol Flynn as the archetypal swashbuckler ? Not quite ( this does not match The Adventures Of Robin Hood)......
  
  but it has a... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 906257
- - roncoach
  - 263 reviews
  - suffolk
  - 17 Jul 2010 at 23:37

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Critics' reviews
- 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.
- 32286
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- A superb swashbuckler, less athletic than the silent Fairbanks version but making up for it on the romantic side, and... read more on Time Out
- 45584
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
- "...[Power creates] a comic contrast to Zorro's swordsmanship..." -- Rating: B+
- 11284
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59

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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 ...