Zorro 

In nineteenth century Spanish California, heroic masked swordsman Zorro, who's actually a local nobleman, must protect his friends and small town (or pueblo) of Los Angeles from its corrupt magistrate (or alcalde) and other menaces.

Stars:

Patrice Martinez, Duncan Regehr, James Victor

2 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Patrice Martinez	...	Victoria Escalante / ... 89 episodes, 1990-1993
Duncan Regehr	...	Don Diego de la Vega / ... 88 episodes, 1990-1993
James Victor	...	Sergeant Jaime Mendoza 88 episodes, 1990-1993
Juan Diego Botto	...	Felipe 88 episodes, 1990-1993
Henry Darrow	...	Don Alejandro de la Vega 63 episodes, 1990-1993
Michael Tylo	...	Alcalde Luis Ramone / ... 50 episodes, 1990-1991
J.G. Hertzler	...	Alcalde Ignacio de Soto 38 episodes, 1991-1993

Storyline

Don Diego de la Vega opposes the corrupt tyrants of Spanish California as the masked swordsman, Zorro. Hiding behind the mannerisms of a bookish fop, Diego keeps his second identity hidden from everyone but his servant, Felipe. Zorro's greatest enemy is always the Alcalde, who personifies the distant Spanish government in Los Angeles. Cantina-owner (and independent woman far ahead of her time) Victoria Escalante provides the love interest.

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Plot Keywords:

character name as series title | pueblo | mute | secret identity | experiment | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Family | Romance | Western

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Details

Country:

USA France Germany Italy

Language:

English

Release Date:

1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

Zorro: The Legend Continues

Filming Locations:

Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

New World Television, The Family Channel, Ellipse Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (83 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cathi Campo, the series' opening theme singer, is the cousin-in-law of Terry Botwick, who was, at the time, the Vice President of original programming for The Family Channel (owned by Pat Robertson), which aired this series.

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Connections

Referenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Wild World of Batwoman (1993)

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Soundtracks

Zorro Theme Song
Music by Jay Asher
Lyrics by Dennis Spiegel
Performed by Cathi Campo (as Cathi Demman)

User Reviews

Used to watch it with my dad...

I don't remember much about this show, except that my dad is a Zorro fan, so we used to watch this when I was all of four or five. I remember it featured the hot Mexican lady from Three Amigos. There was a bumbling fat guy who looked sort of like a Latino Oliver Hardy. He was naturally the comic relief. I think there was a deaf kid who was sort of Zorro's sidekick. I think the episodes usually culminated in some impressive fencing. I thought the Zorro costume was pretty cool. I believe the theme song was the generic late-80s theme song they used on every action pack show at this time, that kind of passionate hair-metal-meets-orchestral-score music, except it had sort of a Hispanic flavor to it.

Like I said, I have great memories of sitting on my dad's lap watching this show, along with Rifleman and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Unfortunately, at some point there was a scheduling conflict wherein they started showing ST:TNG at the same time they were showing this, so usually we opted for the latter. Had we known TNG would still be showing in reruns fifteen years later, while Zorro would die a quiet death and never be heard from again, I suppose we would have rethought our decision. But you know what they say about hindsight.