The Mark of Zorro (1974 film)

The Mark of Zorro
Written by	John Taintor Foote (screenplay) Brian Taggart (teleplay) Based on the story The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley
Directed by	Don McDougall
Starring	Frank Langella Ricardo Montalban
Theme music composer	Dominic Frontiere
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Rodrick Paul Robert C. Thompson
Cinematography	Jack Woolf
Editor(s)	William Martin
Running time	78 minutes
Distributor	20th Century Fox Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	October 29, 1974 (1974-10-29)

The Mark of Zorro is a 1974 television film and also a backdoor pilot for a television series which ABC-TV declined to pick up. The film used Alfred Newman's musical score for the 1940 film version along with new incidental music composed by Dominic Frontiere.

Plot

The plot follows the 1940 version almost scene-for-scene. In the 1840s, the foppish Don Diego Dela Vega returns from Spain to his family in California to find that his father has been replaced as ruler of the area by the cruel ruler Don Luis Quintero. Despite being a skilled swordsman, Diego downplays his skills in front of the evil Captain Esteban and shows himself to be rather a clown in front of his family. However, Diego secretly picks up the sword of justice as Zorro and fights to return justice to the region and his people.

Main cast

External links

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