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Ghost of Zorro
“NEVER SUCH COURAGE NEVER SUCH DARING NEVER SUCH RIDING NEVER SUCH THRILLS”
5.8 / 10• 1949• 2h 47m•NR• English
AdventureWesternAction
Storyline
Although ostensibly the grand-son of the legendary hero, Clayton Moore's Ken Mason is little more than a cowboy in a black mask in this 12 chapter Republic serial. Mason, the head of the telegraph line work crew, assumes his ancestor's trade-mark mask (but not whip) in order to prevent a local czar (Roy Barcroft) from sabotaging the burgeoning telegraph line. Pamela Blake, a brunette starlet formerly known as Adele Pearce, played Mason's imperiled girlfriend, and the serial also benefitted from the usual competent work of Republic's great stunt-performers, including Dale van Sickel, Tom Steele, Eddie Parker, and Joe Yrigoyen.
Cast & Crew
Clayton Moore
Ken Mason
Lead
Pamela Blake
Rita White
Roy Barcroft
Hank Kilgore
George J. Lewis
Moccasin
Gene Roth
George Crane
John Crawford
Agent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4
I. Stanford Jolley
Paul Hobson - Ch. 6, 7
Steve Clark
Jonathan R. White - Ch. 1, 10
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Fred C. Brannon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Ghost of Zorro is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
