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Zorro, the Gay Blade (1981)  link to Zorro, the Gay Blade on IMDb  

Number: 1294

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IMDb Rating:
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6.1/10 (3.5K votes)

Country: United States, 93 minutes

Spoken languages: English

Genres: Action, Comedy, Adventure, Western, Romance

Director(s): Peter Medak

Storyline:
Mexico, 1840s. When the new Spanish Governor begins to grind the peasants under his heel, wealthy landowner Don Diego Vega follows in his late father's footsteps and becomes Zorro, the masked man in black with a sword who rights wrongs and becomes a folk hero to the people of Mexico. When Vega sprains his ankle and cannot figure out how to continue his campaign against the corrupt Captain Esteban, luck stays with Vega when his long-lost twin brother Ramon, who was sent off by their father to the British Royal Navy to make a "man" of him, whom is also flamboyantly gay, and now known as Lt. Bunny Wigglesworth, appears for a visit. 'Bunny' agrees to temporarily take his brother's place as Zorro, but wishes to make some changes. Bunny becomes 'the Gay Blade' in which his new suits are lemon, plum, and scarlet colored, and Bunny insists on using a whip. Bunny also becomes the liaison between Don Vega and the liberal American activist/feminist Charlotte a long-time critic of Captain ...

Cast:

George Hamilton Zorro The Gay Blade / Don Diego Vega / Bunny Wigglesworth
Lauren Hutton Charlotte Taylor Wilson
Brenda Vaccaro Florinda
Ron Leibman Esteban
Donovan Scott Paco

Medium: Original DVD, Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Comments: Netflix on demand

Location: Drawer 10 Slot 114

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 1.85:1