Im Zeichen des Zorro (1940)
Zu Beginn des 19. Jahrhunderts geht es den Bauern in Kalifornien schlecht. Der amtierende Gouverneur Don Luis Quintero nutzt seine Machtposition gnadenlos zu seinem eigenen Vorteil aus. Das geht Don Diego Vega gegen den Strich, der aufgrund der Bitte seines Vaters Don Alejandro von Spanien aus nach Kalifornien gereist ist. Deswegen beschließt Diego, sich nachts in die Figur des rächenden Zorros zu verwandeln, der maskiert und mit flinkem Degen gegen die Tyrannei Quinteros vorgeht. Vor allem dessen militärischer Führer Captain Esteban Pasquale steht auf der Abschussliste Zorros. Während die Machthaber versuchen, das Problem Zorro in den Griff zu bekommen, bahnt sich eine Liebesgeschichte zwischen Don Diego und Quinteros Nichte Lolita an, die ihr Herz an Diego verliert, nachdem sie weiß, dass er auch Zorro ist.
Der Regisseur:
Rouben Mamoulian
Der Autor:
John Taintor Foote
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Tyrone Power as Don Diego Vega, aka Zorro |
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Linda Darnell as Lolita Quintero |
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Basil Rathbone as Captain Esteban Pasquale |
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Gale Sondergaard as Inez Quintero |
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Eugene Pallette as Friar Felipe |
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J. Edward Bromberg as Don Luis B. Quintero |
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Montagu Love as Don Alejandro Vega |
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Janet Beecher as Senora Isabella Vega |
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George Regas as Sergeant Gonzales |
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Chris-Pin Martin as Turnkey |
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Robert Lowery as Rodrigo |
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Belle Mitchell as Maria |
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John Bleifer as Pedro |
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Frank Puglia as Proprietor |
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Pedro de Cordoba as Don Miguel |
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Guy D'Ennery as Don Jose |
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Eugene Borden as Officer of the Day (uncredited) |
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Stanley Andrews as Commanding Officer (uncredited) |
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Fortunio Bonanova as Sentry (uncredited) |
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Ralph Byrd as Student / Officer (uncredited) |
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Robert Cauterio as Manuel (uncredited) |
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Bob Cautiero as Groom (uncredited) |
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Robert Conway as (uncredited) |
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Gino Corrado as Caballero (uncredited) |
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Franco Corsaro as Orderly (uncredited) |
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Andre Cuyas as Servant (uncredited) |
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Jean Del Val as Sentry (uncredited) |
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Joseph DeVillard as Sentry (uncredited) |
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Art Dupuis as Soldier (uncredited) |
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William Edmunds as Peón Selling Cocks (uncredited) |
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George Ghermanoff as Servant (uncredited) |
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Victor Kilian as Boatman (uncredited) |
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Fred Malatesta as Sentry (uncredited) |
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Francisco Marán as Officer (uncredited) |
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Francisco Moreno as Peon (uncredited) |
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Ted North as (uncredited) |
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Hector V. Sarno as Moreno (uncredited) |
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George Sorel as Caballero (uncredited) |
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Charles Stevens as José (uncredited) |
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Rafael Alcayde as Diego's Manservant (uncredited) |
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Paul Sutton as Morales (uncredited) |
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Lucio Villegas as Caballero (uncredited) |
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Harry Worth as Caballero (uncredited) |
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Frank Yaconelli as Don Alejandro's Servant (uncredited) |
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Ed Agresti as Caballero (uncredited) |
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Brandon Beach as Caballero (uncredited) |
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Alfredo Berumen as Soldier (uncredited) |
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George Blagoi as Caballero (uncredited) |
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George Bruggeman as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Herman Hack as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Carl M. Leviness as Caballero (uncredited) |
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Victor Romito as Soldier (uncredited) |
| Directing | Rouben Mamoulian | Director |
| Writing | Garrett Fort | Adaptation |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Johnston McCulley | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travis Banton | Costume Design |
| Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Robert Bischoff | Editor |
| Art | Joseph C. Wright | Art Direction |
| Writing | John Taintor Foote | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bess Meredyth | Adaptation |
| Camera | Arthur C. Miller | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Johnston McCulley | Novel |
| Sound | Alfred Newman | Original Music Composer |
