THREE SWORDS OF ZORRO

Le tre spade di Zorro – Italian title

Las tres espadas del Zorro – Spanish title
Zorron 3 miekkaa – Finnish title
Les trois épées de Zorro – French title
Zorro mit den drei Degen – German title
Ta tria xifi tou Zorro – Greek title
As 3 Espadas do Zorro – Portuguese title
Swordsmen Three – English title
Sword of Zorro – English title
Three Swords of Zorro – English title
 
A 1963 Italian, Spanish co-production [Rodes Cinematografica (Rome), Hispamer (Madrid)]
Producers: Sergio Newman, Tulio Bruschi
Director: Richard Blasc (Riccardo Blasco)
Story: Jacques Dumas, Mario Amendola
Screenplay: Mario Amendola, José Gallardo (José Rimbau), Luis Lucas, Daniel Ribera
Cinematography: Julio Ortas (Julio Plaza), Edmondo Affronti [Eastmancolor, PanorVision]
Music: José Pagan (José López), Aldo Piga, Antonio Ramirez Angel (Ángel Arteaga)
Running time: 92 minutes
 
Cast:
Don Diego Ortiz/Zorro – Guy Stockwell
Governor Dan Manuel – Antonio Prieto
Maria – Mikela Wood (Mikaela Cuesta)
Colonel Juan Ortiz/Martinez – Franco Fantasia (Francisco Fantasia)
Virginia de Santa Ana – Gloria Milland (Mara Fiè)
Padre Geronimo – John McDouglas (Giuseppe Addobbatti)
Nodriza – Pilar Gómez Ferrer (Pilar Gómez)
Ana – Anna Petrocchi
Captain Gonzalez – Alfonso Rojas (Alfonso Melquiades)
Criada – Ana Carvajal (Maria Carvajal)
Baiaora – Milagros Guijarro
Lieutenant – Manrico Melchiorre
Soldiers – Luis Marin (José Gutiérrez), José Luis Lizalde, José Luis Lluch
Governor – Santiago Rivero
Felipe – Robert Dean (Juan Luis Galiardo)
Juan Ortiz – Jacinto San Emeterio
Diego as a child – Julio Cesar
Maria as a child – Conchita Rodríguez del Valle
Mexican – Guillermo Vera (Guillermo Diaz)
Tavern patron – Manuel Arbó (Manuel Arbó del Val)
Farmer – Antonio Jiménez Escribano
With: Felix Fernandez (Felix Garcia), Angel Antonio Ramirez (Ángel Arteaga), Raphael Vaquero, Antonio Gradoli, Agustin Gonzalez (Agustin Martínez), Vicente Bañó (Vicente Gomis), Joaquín Bergía, Dolores Bermudez, Alfonso de Córdoba, José Farber, Ángel Fernández (Ángel Pérez), Enrique Ferpi, Antonio Gómez Delgado, Juan M. Méndez (Juan Antonio Hernández Méndez), Rafael Ibáñez, Gonzalo Linares, Presenctacion Palacios, Pedro José Rodríguez, Eloy Rosillo, Ricardo Rubinstein, José Truchado (José Reyes), Patricia Vera

In 1840 the Governor of California terrorizes the region when suddenly a mysterious individual named Zorro appears and becomes the champion of the poor and the oppressed. The Governor finally arrest him and throws him in jail and, in revenge, kills Zorro’s wife. The son of Zorro is saved and raised by the hostess of an inn. Going by the name of Diego, he grows up together with Mary, the daughter of the innkeeper. They spend fifteen years together. The population of the area is still harassed by the Governor but another mysterious knight, also called Zorro, counteracts the misdeeds of the tyrant, he stops a stagecoach attacked by bandits and falls in love with Virginia de Santa Anna, the young bride of the governor. The governor organizes a trap to catch him, but Zorro, shot in the arm flees. In the inn of Mary soldiers find the clothes of Zorro and Diego, who has a deep wound in his arm, despite his protests, he is arrested. In prison he meets Juan Ortiz, who understands that it is his son Diego, whom he believed to be dead along with his mother. Diego, a few days later, he is freed because while he is in prison the exploits of Zorro continue. Even Juan Ortiz manages to escape. The governor’s marriage ceremony of with Virginia is interrupted by the Three Swords of Zorro, Diego, Maria and Juan Ortiz. The governor is finally arrested by an emissary of the federal government, but the ceremony continues, only now instead the groom is Diego.
 
YouTube film clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ba6m9PKjs