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Overview

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5.5/10   1,947 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Johnston McCulley (character)
Hal Dresner (story) ...
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Release Date:
17 July 1981 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Zexy, Zany, Zensational !
Plot:
Mexico, 1840s. When the new Spanish Governor begins to grind the peasants under his heel, wealthy landowner... more | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination more
User Reviews:
A Classic that never dies more (44 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

George Hamilton ... Don Diego Vega / Zorro / Bunny Wigglesworth / The Gay Blade / Ramon Vega

Lauren Hutton ... Charlotte Taylor Wilson
Brenda Vaccaro ... Florinda
Ron Leibman ... Captain Esteban
Donovan Scott ... Paco
James Booth ... Velasquez
Helen Burns ... Consuelo
Clive Revill ... Garcia
Carolyn Seymour ... Dolores
Eduardo Noriega ... Don Francisco from San Jose
Jorge Russek ... Don Fernando from San Diego
Eduardo Alcaraz ... Don Jose from San Bernardino
Carlos Bravo y Fernández ... Don Luis Obisbo from Bakersfield (as Carlos Bravo)
Roberto Dumont ... Ferraro
Jorge Bolio ... Pablito
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Runtime:
93 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The musical theme for the main credits and Zorro's action sequences was originally scored by Max Steiner and used in Adventures of Don Juan (1948) starring Erol Flynn. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the costume ball fight scene when Zorro slices the Alcades belt to let his pants all down, there is a large slit in the left side of the pants. more
Quotes:
Esteban: A little clumsy, are you not, my friend?
Zorro: To be your friend I would have to be more than clumsy. I would have to be stupid.
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) more
Soundtrack:
The Adventures of Don Juan more

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9 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
A Classic that never dies, 8 January 2006
10/10
Author: fmc3 from United States

It is surprising to me that more people don't know about this picture, since Zorro the Gay Blade is one of the great funny movies of all time. It is certainly George Hamilton's most memorable movie, an over-the-top spoof that never takes itself too seriously. This is NOT Jerry Lewis or the Three Stooges, but an entertaining social commentary written and performed as slapstick. Of course they do all of it firmly tongue-in-cheek.

It does seem that a few people just don't get it. Well, to each his own. But if you liked Hamilton's Love at First Bite or most of the work of Mel Brooks, then this movie is for you. Personally, it reminds me of Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day and the Austin Powers movies. The writing is witty and the one liners are things you will remember and repeat for years. If you haven't seen this one, then you don't know what you are missing.

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