Zorro Rides Again (1937)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Directors:

John English
William Witney

Writers:

Barry Shipman (original screenplay) &
John Rathmell (original screenplay) ...

Release Date:

20 November 1937 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance | Western

Plot:

The California-Yucatan Railroad, being built for the good of Mexico, is under siege by a gang of terrorists...

Plot Keywords:

Gang | Mexico | Railroad | Airplane | Interview

Cast

John Carroll	...	James Vega / Zorro
Helen Christian	...	Joyce Andrews
Reed Howes	...	Phillip Andrews
Duncan Renaldo	...	Renaldo
Noah Beery	...	J.A. Marsden
Richard Alexander	...	Brad Dace / 'El Lobo'
Nigel De Brulier	...	Don Manuel Vega [Ch. 1] (as Nigel de Brulier)
Bob Kortman	...	Henchman Trellinger (as Robert Kortman)
Jack Ingram	...	Henchman Carter
Roger Williams	...	Henchman Manning
Edmund Cobb	...	Henchman Larkin [Chs. 2-3]
Mona Rico	...	Carmelita [Chs. 1, 9]
Tom London	...	O'Shea [Ch. 1]
Harry Strang	...	O'Brien [Ch. 10]
Jerry Frank	...	Duncan - Pilot

Runtime:

212 min (12 episodes) | West Germany:170 min (part 1: 92'/part 2: 78')

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Republic Pictures

Trivia:

Chapter Titles: - 1. Death from the Sky - 2. The Fatal Minute - 3. Juggernaut - 4. Unmasked - 5. Sky Pirates - 6. The Fatal Shot - 7. Burning Embers - 8. Plunge of Peril - 9. Tunnel of Terror - 10. Trapped - 11. Right of Way - 12. Retribution

Goofs:

Continuity: In Episode 7, Zorro gives Joyce Andrews the revolver from his left holster and then he is upstairs and the building is on fire there. In Episode 8, Zorro escapes from the burning building and now has both revolvers in the holsters, but has had no contact with Joyce Andrews since he gave her one of his revolvers. In Episode 8, the water flow is restored after the villains had shut off the valve. But Zorro had left the control room without opening the valve.

Quotes:

Joyce Andrews: Murdered! Brutally murdered by this fiend who calls himself El Lobo. He isn't human I tell you. An old man and a little boy - no employee of this company is safe!
Phillip Andrews: But sis...
Joyce Andrews: Oh, if there were only a man like your great-uncle Zorro, Don Manuel. He would know what to do with such as El Lobo

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

Soundtrack:

SONG OF ZORRO

I enjoyed at 12yrs. old & 55yrs this collected serial.

This was one of the best early serials filled with action furnished by Yakima Canutt on the horse. Although later serials would improve the mask it was also unique in it's scripting. It was well written as serials go. It was mentioned somewhere that a serial was silly. True perhaps but we didn't get that serious with them and enjoyed anyway. This Zorro was entertaining and interesting. One of the best cliffhangers endings was with the train, early in the serial.