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Release Date:
10 October 1957 (USA) more
Plot:
Don Diego de la Vega opposes the corrupt tyrants of Spanish California as the masked swordsman, Zorro. full summary
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An all-time favorite of children's television more (20 total)

Cast

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Guy Williams ... Don Diego de la Vega / ... (82 episodes, 1957-1961)
Gene Sheldon ... Bernardo / ... (82 episodes, 1957-1961)
Henry Calvin ... Sgt. Demetrio Lopez Garcia / ... (81 episodes, 1957-1961)
Don Diamond ... Corp. Reyes / ... (51 episodes, 1957-1959)
George J. Lewis ... Don Alejandro de la Vega / ... (48 episodes, 1957-1961)
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30 min | 30 min (82 episodes)
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Finland:K-7 (DVD rating) (2005) | Argentina:Atp

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Although "Zorro" was the most popular show in its Friday evening slot, the series was pulled in 1959 due to legal wrangling between the Disney Studios and the ABC network. Disney tried to keep the character before the audience by shooting four one-hour episodes for another anthology series, but by the time the lawsuit was settled, the studio had decided the public had lost interest in the character and the series was cancelled. more
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Theme Song Singers: [theme Song] Out of the night/When the full moon is bright/Comes the horseman known as Zorro!/This bold renegade/Carves a "Z" with his blade/The "Z" that stands for "Zorro!"/Zorro!/The fox so cunning and free!/Zorro!/Who makes the sign of the "Z!"/Zorro! Zorro! Zorro! Zorro! more
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An all-time favorite of children's television, 17 March 1999
Author: Gilda Panvini (jilpanvini@aol.com) from Wappingers Falls, NY

It is 1820 and a ship approaches the coast of Spanish California with young Don Diego de la Vega returning to his father's hacienda in the pueblo of Los Angeles. Recalled home after 3 years at University in Spain, Diego learns from the Capitan that the trouble his father hinted at in his letters is due to the political oppression of the new Commandante, Capitan Monastario. Realizing that he cannot hope to fight the soldiers as himself, Diego decides that "if one cannot wear the skin of the lion, put on that of the fox." By day he will appear to be a lazy, bookish, pacifist dandy. By night he will don the black clothes, a cape, and a mask and become the "Friend of the People", El Zorro, the Fox.

Although "Zorro" aired in the early days of television in B&W, it retains a fresh, modern quality, especially in the colorized version. In one half-hour show we get plot, action, comedy, drama, music, and even Spanish dancing. Everything was done under the guidance of Walt Disney and director Norman Foster with attention to detail, high production values, and Spanish flavor. The cast was wonderful, especially Henry Calvin as Sgt. Garcia, Gene Sheldon as the "deaf"-mute servant, Bernardo, George L. Lewis as Don Alejandro, Don Diamond as Cpl. Reyes, and co-star Britt Lomond as the evil Capitan Monastario. The author and inventor of Zorro, Johnston McCulley felt that the pages of his books had come to life in this show. Guy Williams, in the dual role of Diego/Zorro will never be surpassed as either. He remains for a generation of Babyboomers the real Zorro.

"Zorro" airs nightly on the Disney Channel. The 78 episodes are shown alternately all in B&W and then again in the colorized version. Even today it remains my favorite program on television.

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