Zorro Rides Again
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| Directed by |
William Witney John English |
| Produced by | Sol C. Siegel |
| Written by |
Franklin Adreon Morgan Cox Ronald Davidson John Rathmell Barry Shipman Johnston McCulley (original Zorro novel) |
| Starring |
John Carroll Helen Christian Reed Howes Duncan Renaldo Noah Beery, Sr. Richard Alexander |
| Music by |
Alberto Colombo Walter Hirsch Eddie Cherkose (aka Eddie Maxwell) Lou Handman |
| Cinematography | William Nobles |
| Edited by |
Helene Turner Edward Todd |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time
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12 chapters (212 minutes (serial) 68 minutes (feature) 6 26½-minute episodes (TV) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $98,110 (negative cost: $110,753) |
Zorro Rides Again (1937) is a 12-chapter Republic Pictures film serial. It was the eighth of the sixty-six Republic serials, the third with a western theme (a third of Republic's serials were westerns) and the last produced in 1937. The serial was directed by William Witney & John English in their first collaboration. The serial starred John Carroll who also sang the title song as a modern descendant of the original Zorro with Carroll stunt doubled by Yakima Canutt. The plot is a fairly standard western storyline about a villain attempting to illicitly take valuable land (in this case a new railroad). The setting is a hybrid of modern (1930s) and western elements that was used occasionally in B-Westerns (such as the western feature films also produced by Republic). It was also the first in a series of five Zorro serials: Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939), Zorro's Black Whip (1944), Son of Zorro (1947) and Ghost of Zorro (1949).
In contemporary (for the 1937 production) California, villain J. A. Marsden aims to take over the California-Yucatan Railroad with the aid of his henchman El Lobo. The rightful owners, Joyce and Phillip Andrews, naturally object. Their partner, Don Manuel Vega summons his nephew, James Vega, to help them as he is the great grandson of the original Zorro, Don Diego de la Vega. He is disappointed, however, to find that his nephew is a useless fop (presumably Don Manuel had not paid too much attention to his family history).
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