Review by ma-cortes

Italian rendition about famous personage and freely based on the Johnston McCulley's novel . Here Zorro results a foppish named Don Rodrigo : Howard Ross who is a secretary of a nasty governor : Arturo Dominici and his tyrannical son , the chief of the local troops . Zorro is the relentless hero of the opressed villagers , while relishing his secret identity in mask , cape and sword . Along the way , Zorro saves the damsel in distress, Isabelle : Diana De Santis , who being captured her father , she is coerced to marry the governor's son : a really villain role by Charles Borromel . Then Don Rodrigo to impede this forced wedding asks Isabelle for marrying her , but she is really in love with the brave Zorro.

So-so Zorrro decently starred by Howard Ross , including adventures , swashbuckling , thrills , emotion , romance , humor , go-riding and lots of fencing . A light and medium-budgeted Zorro recounting the legendary character and partially following the ordinary canon. Mediocre but acceptable Zorro in Spaghetti Western style , but it has nothing to do with the classic character and the Hollywood vintage films starred by Douglas Fairbanks and Tyrone Power . The motion picture was regular but professionally directed by Piero Pierotti . He was an artisan who wrote and directed a lot of adventure movies , Peplum and Historical films , such as : The Black Archer ,Marco Polo , Fury of the Vikings , Rome versus Rome , Pedro El Cruel, Hecules against Corsaire Noir , Hercules versus Rome, Robin Hood , Maciste in Hell , Hercules and the Masked Rider .

This is one of many European renditions , mostly Italian/Spanish co-productions based on the intimate character , these are the following ones : "Shadow of Zorro" by Joaquin Romero Marchent with Frank Latimore , Robert Hundar , Fernando Sancho , Maria Luz Galicia , and its sequel titled "Revenge of Zorro" by Joaquin Marchent and similar actors . "Three Swords of Zorro" by Ricardo Blasco with Guy Stockwell , Mikaela and its sequel titled "Oath of Zorro" by Blasco with Tony Russel Maria José Alfonso , Agustín González. Director Jose Luis Merino directed three Zorros starred by Charles Quiney tiled : "Zorro rider of Justice" , "Zorro of Monterrey" and "Last Adventure of Zorro" . "Zorro versus Maciste" with Pierre Brice , Moira Orfei and Alan Steel or Sergio Ciani . "Zorro versus Three Musketeers" with Pierre Brice , Livio Lorenzon , Giacomo Rossi Stuart . "Zorro the Navarra Marquis" by Franco Montemurro with Nadir Moretti , Daniele Vargas , Malisa Longo . "Zorro in the Court of Spain" by Franco Montemurro with Spyros Focas, Franco Ressel. " Il Figlio Di Zorro" by Gianfranco Baldanello with Ottaviano Dell'Acqua or Robert Widmark , Fernando Sancho , William Berger . "Zorro" by Duccio Tessari with Alain Delon , Ottavia Piccolo , Moustache , Stanley Baker , among others.