''The Avenger, Zorro'' ( es, El Zorro justiciero, it, E continuavano a chiamarlo figlio di...) is a 1972 Spanish-Italian
Western film
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written and directed by
Rafael Romero Marchent
Rafael Romero Marchent (3 May 1926 – 13 February 2020) was a Spanish director, screenwriter and actor.
Life and career
Born in Madrid, the son of the author Joaquín Romero Marchent Gómez de Avellaneda, he started his career as an actor, mai ...
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Plot
Cast
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Fabio Testi
Fabio Testi (born 2 August 1941) is an Italian actor. After growing up witnessing film work done around Lake Garda, Testi entered the sets of the film and began work as a stuntman and a double on set, where he worked as a stuntman on ''The Good, ...
as Don Diego / Zorro
* Carlos Romero Marchent as Fred MacAslim
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Frank Braña
Frank Braña (born Francisco Braña Pérez; 24 February 1934 – 13 February 2012) was a Spanish character actor.
Biography
He was born Francisco Braña Pérez in Pola de Allande, Asturias, Spain on 24 February 1934. Also credited as Frank Bla ...
as Dominguez
* Simone Blondell as Perla Dominguez
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Piero Lulli
Piero Lulli (1 February 1923 – 23 June 1991) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 111 films between 1942 and 1977. He was the brother of actor Folco Lulli.
Selected filmography
* ''A Pilot Returns'' (1942) - De Santis
* ''Love Story ...
as Bill Warner
* Andrés Mejuto as Brook
* Eduardo Calvo as Richter
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Luis Induni
Luis Induni (5 March 1920, in Romano di Lombardia, Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy – 31 December 1979, in Barcelona, Spain) was an Italian film actor of the 1950s 1960s and 1970s.
He made his debut in the western film ''Billy the Kid'' (1962) al ...
as Sheriff
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Riccardo Garrone
Release
''The Avenger, Zorro'' was released on 21 February 1972.
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1972 films
1972 Western (genre) films
Films based on works by Johnston McCulley
Films directed by Rafael Romero Marchent
Films scored by Lallo Gori
Films with screenplays by Rafael Romero Marchent
Italian Western (genre) films
Spanish Western (genre) films
Zorro films
1970s American films
1970s Italian films
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