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Zorro the Avenger (1962)

Zorro the Avenger poster
Original title
La venganza del Zorro
Directed by
Joaquín Luis Romero Hernández Marchent
Genre
Western film
Country
France, Spain
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A masked hero returns to right wrongs and protect the innocent in a Spanish western setting. The story follows his efforts to bring justice to a corrupt town.

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What happens

Zorro the Avenger (Spanish: La venganza del Zorro), a.k.a. The Shadow of Zorro, is a 1962 Spanish adventure western film directed by Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, and starring Frank Latimore, María Luz Galicia, Howard Vernon, María Andersen and Ralph March. It was one of the hits of the time from the western films. This film supposed a successor to the character of Coyote in films like La justicia del Coyote (1955). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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