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Director:
Fred C. Brannon
Writers:
Royal K. Cole (written by) and
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Release Date:
30 June 1959 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Crime | Western more
Tagline:
THE WEST'S FAMOUS MYSTERY RIDER BACK IN ACTION! more
Plot:
It's 1865 and the telegraph is heading west. George Crane, wanting to keep law and order out of his territory... more | add synopsis
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USE OF STOCK FOOTAGE IN SCENES more (2 total)

Cast

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Clayton Moore ... Ken Mason
Pamela Blake ... Rita White
Roy Barcroft ... Hank Kilgore
George J. Lewis ... Moccasin
Gene Roth ... George Crane (as Eugene Roth)
John Crawford ... Agent Mulvaney - chap's 3-4

I. Stanford Jolley ... Paul Hobson - chap's 6-7
Steve Clark ... Jonathan White - chap's 1, 10
Steve Darrell ... Marshal Ben Simpson - chap. 8
Dale Van Sickel ... Mike Hodge, Henchman
Tom Steele ... Henchman Brace
Alex Montoya ... Henchman Yellow Hawk
Marshall Reed ... Henchman Fowler
Frank O'Connor ... Doctor - chap. 8
Jack O'Shea ... Freight Agent [Chap's 1, 4]
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Runtime:
167 min (12 episodes) | France:69 min (shortened version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved | West Germany:12 | Finland:K-12
Filming Locations:
Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA more
Company:
Republic Pictures more

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Chapter Titles: 1. Bandit Territory 2. Forged Orders 3. Robber's Agent 4. Victims of Vengeance 5. Gun Trap 6. Deadline at Midnight 7. Tower of Disaster 8. Mob Justice 9. Money Lure 10.Message of Death 11.Runaway Stagecoach 12.Trail of Blood more
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Featured in "The American Experience: Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst (#17.11)" (2004) more

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7 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
USE OF STOCK FOOTAGE IN SCENES, 17 November 2004
Author: Mike Newton (frontrowkid2002@yahoo.com) from Hamilton OHIO

Much of the footage from Ghost of Zorro was taken from a previous Republic serial DAREDEVILS OF THE WEST (1943) starring Allen Lane and Kay Aldridge. Note the outfits of Clayton Moore and Pamela Blake in one scene where they are riding on a out of control stagecoach about to go over a cliff. They are identical to the outfits worn by Lane and Aldridge in a similar chapter ending. Also the name of the stageline shown on the coach is "Foster Stage Line" indicating it was the same stage used in the 1943 serial. Also in the first chapter, Miss Blake's construction crew is attacked by maurading Indians (Native Americans, for the politically correct readers!!!). She and the others are shown on an obvious indoor set rigged to look like it was shot outdoors. However the footage of Indians attacking came from the other serial. I wrote a detailed article using the actual pressbook copies from the Library of Congress for the first issue of the Classic Images film magazine. As to the quality of Ghost of Zorro, it was made at a time when Republic was using lots of stock footage in their serials and westerns trying to stave off the inevitable. The one benefit which came from its production was that it gave Clayton Moore the portrayal which helped him get the role of TV's Lone Ranger.

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