The Shadow of Zorro (Spanish: Cabalgando hacia la muerte; Italian: L'ombra di Zorro) is a 1962 Spanish western film directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, written by José Mallorquí and Jess Franco,[1] and starring Frank Latimore,[2] Maria Luz Galicia, Mario Feliciani, Raffaella Carrà, Robert Hundar and Gianni Santuccio.[3]

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The Shadow of Zorro
SpanishCabalgando hacia la muerte

ItalianL'ombra di Zorro
Directed byJoaquín Luis Romero Marchent
Written byJesús Franco
Screenplay by
Story by
  • José Mallorquí
  • Joaquín Romero Hernández
Produced by
Cinematography
  • Enrico Betti Berutto
  • Rafael Pacheco
Edited byMercedes Alonso
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • 22 December 1962 (1962-12-22) (Italy)
Running time
87 min
CountrySpain
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Plot

Two brothers, Billy (Claudio Undari) and Dan (Paul Piaget), head to California, determined to hunt down and kill Zorro to avenge the death of their brother.

Their ploy, Billy will dress up as Zorro and commit a variety of atrocities, hopefully drawing the real Zorro out of retirement.

The real Zorro is Don Jose de la Torre (Frank Latimore), the richest man in California. His fiance Maria (Maria Luz Galicia) doesn’t want to see Zorro resurrected. She wants to marry and live a quiet life.

Don Jose isn’t fond of donning the mask again either.

But when Billy and Dan have trouble learning the identity of Zorro, they start capturing and threatening those who might be able to provide the answers.

Finally, it’s the brutal death of an aging servant named Raimundo that spurs Zorro back into action. [4]

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