Ghost of Zorro
Seen it?1949 | 167 min | Adventure, Western, Action
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for action fans. If you loved True Grit, start here.
- The mood
- Exciting.
- The pace
- Epic and sweeping, at 2 hr 47 min.
- What might put you off
- It's long: 2 hr 47 min.
- Made in 1949: an older pace and style.
Although ostensibly the grand-son of the legendary hero, Clayton Moore's Ken Mason is little more than a cowboy in a black mask in this 12 chapter Republic serial. Mason, the head of the telegraph line work crew, assumes his ancestor's trade-mark mask (but not whip) in order to prevent a local czar (Roy Barcroft) from sabotaging the burgeoning telegraph line. Pamela Blake, a brunette starlet formerly known as Adele Pearce, played Mason's imperiled girlfriend, and the serial also benefitted from the usual competent work of Republic's great stunt-performers, including Dale van Sickel, Tom Steele, Eddie Parker, and Joe Yrigoyen.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Fred C. Brannon
- Clayton MooreKen Mason
- Pamela BlakeRita White
- Roy BarcroftHank Kilgore
- George J. LewisMoccasin
- Gene RothGeorge Crane
- John CrawfordAgent Mulvaney - Ch. 3, 4
- I. Stanford JolleyPaul Hobson - Ch. 6, 7
- Steve ClarkJonathan R. White - Ch. 1, 10
- Steve DarrellMarshal Ben Simpson - Ch. 8
- Dale Van SickelMike Hodge - Henchman