Guy Williams (Zorro), Henry Calvin (Sergeant Garcia), Gene Sheldon (Bernardo), Charles Korvin ("The Eagle"), George J. Lewis (Alejandro), Jay Novello (Juan Greco), Henry Rowland (Count Kolinko), Don Diamond, Ralph Clanton, Michael Pate.
Director: CHARLES BARTON. Screenplay: Lowell S. Hawley, Bob Wehling. Based on the "Zorro" stories by Johnston McCulley. Photography: Gordon Avil. Film editors: Cotton Warburton, Roy Livingstone. Art director: Marvin Aubrey Davis. Music: William Lava. Sound: Robert O. Cook. Producer: William H. Anderson. A Walt Disney Buena Vista Production.
Copyright 1958 by Walt Disney Productions. No American theatrical release. U.K. release through Walt Disney: June 1960. Australian release through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: 1 September 1960. 8,272 feet. 92 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: New administrado Varga arrives at Los Angeles and takes possession of Alejandro's hacienda during the latter's absence. Alejandro's son, Diego, overcomes his natural impulse to defend his home and plays the pacifist towards Varga. It is Diego's plan to make use of certain secret passages to eavesdrop on Varga, whom he suspects to be associated with "The Eagle", known to be plotting to seize power in California. Before long, Diego discovers that Varga is himself "The Eagle".
Varga, on the other hand, not only underestimates the apparently effete Diego, but has no idea that Diego is in fact his greatest enemy, Zorro.
Diego eventually learns that Varga intends selling California to a foreign power, but with the aid of his deaf-mute servant Bernardo and of the fat and inept Sergeant Garcia, he successfully foils Varga.
COMMENT: Maybe because our expectations were so low, but there does seem to be a slight overall improvement in this cut-rate Disney "Zorro", made for exposure on American TV but theatrically released in England, New Zealand and Australia. It still rates no more than a three or four in entertainment, and even less in its cut-rate production values and sometimes less than acceptable in technical quality; but nonetheless big production values don't really impress kids. And as long as they can see what's happening, technical quality doesn't really interest them either.
P.S. If that's not the way to spell "administrado", I tend to agree, but I guess it's too late now to take our complaint to Walt Disney.
Director: CHARLES BARTON. Screenplay: Lowell S. Hawley, Bob Wehling. Based on the "Zorro" stories by Johnston McCulley. Photography: Gordon Avil. Film editors: Cotton Warburton, Roy Livingstone. Art director: Marvin Aubrey Davis. Music: William Lava. Sound: Robert O. Cook. Producer: William H. Anderson. A Walt Disney Buena Vista Production.
Copyright 1958 by Walt Disney Productions. No American theatrical release. U.K. release through Walt Disney: June 1960. Australian release through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer: 1 September 1960. 8,272 feet. 92 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: New administrado Varga arrives at Los Angeles and takes possession of Alejandro's hacienda during the latter's absence. Alejandro's son, Diego, overcomes his natural impulse to defend his home and plays the pacifist towards Varga. It is Diego's plan to make use of certain secret passages to eavesdrop on Varga, whom he suspects to be associated with "The Eagle", known to be plotting to seize power in California. Before long, Diego discovers that Varga is himself "The Eagle".
Varga, on the other hand, not only underestimates the apparently effete Diego, but has no idea that Diego is in fact his greatest enemy, Zorro.
Diego eventually learns that Varga intends selling California to a foreign power, but with the aid of his deaf-mute servant Bernardo and of the fat and inept Sergeant Garcia, he successfully foils Varga.
COMMENT: Maybe because our expectations were so low, but there does seem to be a slight overall improvement in this cut-rate Disney "Zorro", made for exposure on American TV but theatrically released in England, New Zealand and Australia. It still rates no more than a three or four in entertainment, and even less in its cut-rate production values and sometimes less than acceptable in technical quality; but nonetheless big production values don't really impress kids. And as long as they can see what's happening, technical quality doesn't really interest them either.
P.S. If that's not the way to spell "administrado", I tend to agree, but I guess it's too late now to take our complaint to Walt Disney.