| Zorro Rides Again | |
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| Directed by | William Witney John English |
| Written by | Franklin Adreon Morgan Cox Ronald Davidson John Rathmell Barry Shipman Johnston McCulley (original Zorro novel) |
| Produced by | Sol C. Siegel |
| Starring | John Carroll Helen Christian Reed Howes Duncan Renaldo Noah Beery Sr. Richard Alexander |
| Cinematography | William Nobles |
| Edited by | Helene Turner Edward Todd |
| Music by | Alberto Colombo Walter Hirsch Eddie Cherkose (aka Eddie Maxwell) Lou Handman |
Production company | Republic Pictures |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 12 chapters (212 minutes) (serial)[1] 68 minutes (feature)[1] 6 26½-minute episodes (TV)[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $98,110 (negative cost: $110,753)[1] |
Zorro Rides Again (1937) is a 12-chapter Republic Pictures film serial. It was the eighth of the sixty-six Republic serials, the third with a Western theme (a third of Republic's serials were westerns) and the last produced in 1937. The serial was directed by William Witney & John English in their first collaboration. The serial starred John Carroll who also sang the title song as a modern descendant of the original Zorro with Carroll stunt doubled by Yakima Canutt. The plot is a fairly standard western storyline about a villain attempting to illicitly take valuable land (in this case a new railroad). The setting is a hybrid of modern (1930s) and western elements that was used occasionally in B-Westerns (such as the western feature films also produced by Republic). It was also the first in a series of five Zorro serials, followed by Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939), Zorro's Black Whip (1944), Son of Zorro (1947) and Ghost of Zorro (1949).