The Mark of Zorro

About this Broadcast

A 19th-century nobleman returns to his Californian home to find the local people cowed by the tyranny of a cruel military officer. Adopting the guise of a masked hero, he fights oppression wherever he finds it, while posing as a foppish aristocrat in his day-to-day life to divert suspicion. Swashbuckling adventure, starring Frank Langella, Ricardo Montalban, Gilbert Roland and Yvonne De Carlo

1974 subtitles audio-description

Adventure Movie/Drama

Cast & Crew

Frank Langella (Actor) .. Don Diego/Zorro

Ricardo Montalban (Actor) .. Capt Esteban

Gilbert Roland (Actor) .. Don Alejandro Vega

Yvonne De Carlo (Actor) .. Isabella Vega

Inez Perez (Actor) .. Duenna Maria

Jorge Cervera Jr (Actor) .. Sgt Gonzales

Louise Sorel (Actor) .. Inez Quintero

Robert Middleton (Actor) .. Don Luis Quintero

Don McDougall (Director)

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Did You Know..

Frank Langella (Actor) .. Don Diego/Zorro

Born: January 01, 1938 in New Jersey

Best Known For: Being a versatile stage and screen actor.

Early-life: Frank A Langella Jr was born in New Jersey on January 1, 1938. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1959 with a degree in drama. He made his Broadway debut in a 1966 production of Yerma. He followed this with a role in A Cry of Players.

Career: Despite a career largely spent on the stage, Langella has appeared in a number of films, including Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970), Dracula (1979), Superman Returns (2006), Frost/Nixon (2008), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), and Robot & Frank (2012). He won his first Tony Award on Broadway for his 1975 performance in Seascape. Other wins came in 2002 for Fortune's Fool, and in 2007 for Frost/Nixon.

Quote: 'Actors want to show off and dance in front of you and get your love, because they don't think they're worthy of it in any other way.'

Trivia: He played the role of Skeletor in Masters of the Universe (1987) as a gift to his children who were fans of He-Man.