Ghost of Zorro (1949)
Although ostensibly the grand-son of the legendary hero, Clayton Moore's Ken Mason is little more than a cowboy in a black mask in this 12 chapter Republic serial. Mason, the head of the telegraph line work crew, assumes his ancestor's trade-mark mask (but not whip) in order to prevent a local czar (Roy Barcroft) from sabotaging the burgeoning telegraph line. Pamela Blake, a brunette starlet formerly known as Adele Pearce, played Mason's imperiled girlfriend, and the serial also benefitted from the usual competent work of Republic's great stunt-performers, including Dale van Sickel, Tom Steele, Eddie Parker, and Joe Yrigoyen.
Director: Fred C. Brannon
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Clayton Moore as Ken Mason |
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Pamela Blake as Rita White |
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Roy Barcroft as Hank Kilgore |
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George J. Lewis as Moccasin |
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Gene Roth as George Crane |
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John Crawford as Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4 |
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I. Stanford Jolley as Paul Hobson - Ch. 6, 7 |
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Steve Clark as Jonathan R. White - Ch. 1, 10 |
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Steve Darrell as Marshal Ben Simpson - Ch. 8 |
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Dale Van Sickel as Mike Hodge - Henchman |
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Tom Steele as Brace |
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Alex Montoya as Yellow Hawk - Henchman |
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Marshall Reed as Fowler - Henchman |
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Frank O'Connor as Doctor - Ch. 8 |
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Jack O'Shea as Freight Agent - Ch. 1, 4 |
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Mike Ragan as Larkin - Henchman (Ch. 2) |
| Production | Franklin Adreon | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Harold Minter | Editor |
| Camera | John MacBurnie | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Cliff Bell Sr. | Editor |
| Sound | Stanley Wilson | Original Music Composer |
| Art | James Redd | Set Decoration |
| Art | Fred A. Ritter | Art Direction |
| Art | John McCarthy Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Fred C. Brannon | Director |
| Writing | Sol Shor | Writer |
| Writing | Royal K. Cole | Writer |
| Writing | William Lively | Writer |
