The Mark of Zorro

8/14/2026

Having taken a leaf from David Niven's "Sir Percy" book ("The Elusive Pimpernel" - 1950), "Don Diego" (Frank Langella) travels from the court in Madrid to his father's home in California only to find unwelcome change is afoot. Dad "Don Alejandro" (Gilbert Roland) is no longer the local governor and has been replaced by the nasty "Don Luis" (Robert Middleton) who is propped up by the scheming "Capt. Esteban" (Rocardo Montalban) and who are together reigning terror down on the local population. They quickly dismiss the foppish "Diego" as no threat to their ambitions and indeed even try to arrange a marriage for him, but what chance their plans can succeed when the mysterious, black-caped, "Zorro" simultaneously appears on the scene to fight for the underdogs? Accompanied by a mischievous sco