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Zorro (1957)

Zorro poster
Genre
adventure television series
Country
United States
Length
2 seasons, 78 episodes
Rated
TV-G
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 204 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In 1820s Spanish California, a wealthy gentleman named Don Diego secretly takes on the identity of Zorro. As Zorro, he uses his sword-fighting skills and cleverness to defend Hispanic settlers and Native peoples from corrupt officials. The show follows his adventures in Los Angeles as he fights injustice while maintaining his secret identity.

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What happens

Zorro (also known as Disney's Zorro) is an American action-adventure Spanish Western television series produced by Walt Disney Productions and starring Guy Williams. Based on the Zorro character created by Johnston McCulley in his 1919 novella, the series premiered on October 10, 1957, on ABC. The final network broadcast was July 2, 1959. Seventy-eight episodes were produced, and four hour-long specials were aired on the Walt Disney anthology series between October 30, 1960, and April 2, 1961. The series is set in Los Angeles of 1820, when it was still part of Spanish California and before Mexican independence. Zorro aids Hispanic settlers and indigenous peoples oppressed by the local rulers. A remastering, in which color was added, was released in 1992. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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