The Mark of Zorro

1940 94 min ★ 7.1 Adventure, Romance, Action

In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless fop, while on the other, he is the masked avenger Zorro.

Cast

Tyrone Power

Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro

Linda Darnell

Lolita Quintero

Basil Rathbone

Captain Esteban Pasquale

Gale Sondergaard

Inez Quintero

Eugene Pallette

Friar Felipe

J. Edward Bromberg

Don Luis B. Quintero

Montagu Love

Don Alejandro Vega

Janet Beecher

Senora Isabella Vega

George Regas

Sergeant Gonzales

Chris-Pin Martin

Turnkey

Details

Director

Rouben Mamoulian

Screenplay

John Taintor Foote

Tagline

"Ride With Zorro . . . The Dashing Don Of California's Most Adventurous Era !"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$1,000,000

Revenue

$4,000,000

Production

20th Century Fox

Reviews

J

John Chard

September 6, 2020

★ 8/10

Pleasant scorpions! Agreeable rattlesnakes! The Mark of Zorro is directed by Rouben Mamoulian and is adapted to screenplay by John Taintor Foote, Garrett Fort and Bess Meredyth from Johnston McCulley's story "The Curse of Capistrano". It stars Tyrone Power, Basil Rathbone, Linda Darnell, Gail Sondergarrd, Eugene Pallette and J. Edward Bromberg. Music is by Alfred Newman and cinematography by Ar...

C

CinemaSerf

December 25, 2022

★ 7/10

Tyrone Power is at his swashbuckling best in this enjoyable story of the brave Spaniard masquerading as a useless drip whilst trying to bring a semblance of law and order back to his father's old province that was then California. Clad in black, and nimble as a ninja, he must constantly try to outwit the forces of the scheming "Don Luis" (J. Edward Bromberg) who is ably aided and abetted by his si...