Zorro Rides Again (1937)
Zorro Rides Again (1937)
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 4500 kbps | 8.0Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
Runtime: 03:32:00 | USA | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western
DVD9 | VIDEO_TS | NTSC | 4:3 | 720x480 | 4500 kbps | 8.0Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps
Runtime: 03:32:00 | USA | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Western
The California-Yucatan Railroad, being built for the good of Mexico, is under siege by a gang of terrorists hoping to force its sale; no one can prove their connection to profiteer Marsden. Manuel Vega, aged co-owner, calls in the aid of his nephew James, great-grandson of the original Zorro. Alas, James seems more adept at golf than derring-do; but after he arrives, Zorro rides again! Can one black-clad man on horseback defeat a gang supplied with airplanes and machine guns?
Directors: John English, William Witney
Cast: Helen Christian, Reed Howes, Duncan Renaldo, Noah Beery, Richard Alexander, John Carroll, Nigel De Brulier, Bob Kortman, Jack Ingram, Roger Williams, Edmund Cobb, Mona Rico, Tom London, Harry Strang, Jerry Frank, Brooks Benedict, Forrest Burns, Lane Chandler, Dice, Frank Ellis, Art Felix, Al Haskell, Jack Hendricks, Henry Isabell, Bob Jamison, Ray Jones, Lew Kelly, Jack Kirk, Frank Leyva, Paul Lopez
Zorro Rides Again (1937)
Zorro Rides Again (1937)
I first saw this serial on TV in the 1950s in New York. It was my first exposure to the "anachronistic westerns" that republic pictures produced at that time. Six Guns, railroads, airplanes horses,gunfights,a machine gun and automobiles; what a combination in a western serial. One would probably have thought seeing this and other republic features made along these lines that people walked around with six guns like the old west in modern times living in California. This formula however in my opinion worked very well. Republic's music scores of that time were wonderful with basically the same themes used in this and other films of 1937. The casting was fine for this serial. John Caroll made a wonder modern Zorro. In a change of pace, Richard Alexander, the unselfish prince Barin of Flash Gordon,1936, makes a marvelous villain as the character, El Lobo (Brad Dace). Kudos to the rest of the cast especially Duncan Renaldo. There is no question that the production company knew how to put together a rousing actioneer of all the components I mentioned above. The closest of films that we see today that even approach the mood and mystique of this serial would probably be the Star Wars epics. This is one of my favorite serials because it has "entertainment value"; one to pop on a vcr to enjoy and relax more than "once a year".
~ kelsci
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Zorro Rides Again (1937)
Zorro Rides Again (1937)
Extras:
Six Theatrical Trailers:
- Darkest Africa (02:01);
- Radar Men from the Moon (01:54);
- Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (02:14);
- SOS Coast Guard (01:51);
- The Undersea Kingdom (02:49);
- Zorro Rides Again (03:36)
Zorro Rides Again (1937)
