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Plot summary
In 1840s Madrid, Don Diego de la Vega is caught in a married woman's bedchamber and fights her husband Garcia and his brothers. His mute servant Paco brings a letter from Diego's father summoning him home, and months later the two reach Los Angeles, where Diego learns that his father has died and that his childhood friend Esteban, now captain of the guard, has become acting alcalde. Charlotte Taylor Wilson, a political activist from Boston, interrupts Esteban's first speech. At a masked ball celebrating his elevation, Diego receives a black cape, a hat and a sword that belonged to Zorro, with a letter revealing that his father wore them. Diego decides to announce Zorro's return at the ball, and a duel there ends with him leaping from a wall and injuring his foot.
Cast
- Helen Burnsas Consuelo
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981)
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- The film opens with a prologue dedicating it to Rouben Mamoulian, director of the 1940 classic The Mark of Zorro, establishing this comedy as a tongue-in-cheek sequel to that earlier film.
- George Hamilton earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy at the 39th Golden Globe Awards for playing the dual role of Don Diego de la Vega (Zorro) and his gay twin brother Bunny Wigglesworth.
- The film began as a screenplay called Zorro, the Comedy Adventure written by David Trottier, who had little involvement in the finished production beyond some minor additions and was left uncredited.
- George Hamilton landed the role of Zorro on the strength of his earlier success in the comedy Love at First Bite.
