The Mark of Zorro

"Here's the picture in which the world's greatest exponent of good cheer and humor gives you a genuine riot of fun and thrills-pep and action-comedy-love-guaranteeing to drive away all your blues."

Dec 5 1920 Passed 1h 19m
Adventure, Romance, Western

Don Diego Vega pretends to be an indolent fop as a cover for his true identity, the masked avenger Zorro. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Plot

In old Spanish California, the oppressive colonial government is opposed by Zorro, masked champion of the people, who appears out of nowhere with flashing sword and an athletic sense of humor, scarring the faces of evildoers with his Mark. Meanwhile, beautiful Lolita is courted by villainous Captain Ramon, rich but effete Don Diego... and dashing Zorro, who is never seen at the same time as Don Diego. As Zorro continues to evade pursuit, Ramon puts the damsel in distress...

Written by

Johnston McCulley, Douglas Fairbanks, Eugene Miller

Directed by

Fred Niblo

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks, Marguerite De La Motte, Noah Beery

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Douglas Fairbanks Pictures

Languages

No Language

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
2,911
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA