The Shadow of Zorro (film)

The Shadow of Zorro (Spanish: Cabalgando hacia la muerte; Italian: L'ombra di Zorro) is a 1962 Spanish western film directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, written by José Mallorquí and Jess Franco,^[1] and starring Frank Latimore,^[2] Maria Luz Galicia, Mario Feliciani, Raffaella Carrà, Robert Hundar and Gianni Santuccio.^[3]

The Shadow of Zorro
Spanish	Cabalgando hacia la muerte
Italian	L'ombra di Zorro
Directed by	Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent
Written by	Jesús Franco
Screenplay by	José Mallorquí Joaquín Romero Hernández
Story by	José Mallorquí Joaquín Romero Hernández
Produced by	Alberto Grimaldi Attilio Tosato Norberto Soliño
Cinematography	Enrico Betti Berutto Rafael Pacheco
Edited by	Mercedes Alonso
Music by	Francesco De Masi Manuel Parada
Production companies	Explorer Film '58 Produzioni Europee Associate Copercines, Cooperativa Cinematográfica Lesoeur
Distributed by	Compton-Cameo Films Svea Film Allied Artists Television Exclusivas Floralva Distribución S.A.
Release date	22 December 1962 (1962-12-22) (Italy)
Running time	87 min
Country	Spain

Plot

Two brothers, Billy (Claudio Undari) and Dan (Paul Piaget), head to California, determined to hunt down and kill Zorro to avenge the death of their brother.

Their ploy, Billy will dress up as Zorro and commit a variety of atrocities, hopefully drawing the real Zorro out of retirement.

The real Zorro is Don Jose de la Torre (Frank Latimore), the richest man in California. His fiancé Maria (Maria Luz Galicia) doesn't want to see Zorro resurrected. She wants to marry and live a quiet life.

Don Jose isn't fond of donning the mask again either.

But when Billy and Dan have trouble learning the identity of Zorro, they start capturing and threatening those who might be able to provide the answers.

Finally, it's the brutal death of an aging servant named Raimundo that spurs Zorro back into action.^[4]

Cast

• Frank Latimore as Don José de la Torre - Zorro
• María Luz Galicia as María
• Paul Piaget as Dan
• Robert Hundar as Billy
• José Marco Davó as the governor
• Jesús Tordesillas as Raimundo
• Marco Feliciani as McDonald
• María Silva as Irene
• José Marco as Olo
• Diana Lorys as Mestiza
• Ralph Baldasarre as Chinto
• Marco Tulli as Tom Gray
• Juan Antonio Arévalo as Fernando
• Carlos R. Marchent as Chema
• Sira Origo as governor's wife
• Xan das Bolas as the bank clerk
• Raffaella Carrà as Carmela^[5]
• Miguel Merino as a Dan's man
• Simón Arriago as a Dan's man
• Montoya as the child
• Gonzalo Esquiroz as a Dan's man
• Alberto Cubi
• Pedro R. Quevedo as the banker
• Rufino Inglés as the coachman
• Francisco Camoira as the deaf and blind man
• Gianni Santuccio as the minister
• Guillermo Méndez as the fencing master
• Lorenzo Robledo the capitan
• Howard Vernon as the general
• Rafael Cortés as the citizen in Black Suit