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* [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]]
* [[Lauren Hutton]]
* [[Ron Leibman]]
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| cinematography = [[John A. Alonzo]]
| editing = Lori Jane Coleman
| studio = [[Melvin Simon Productions]]<br />Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.
| distributor = [[20th Century Fox]]
| released = {{film date|1981|07|17|}}
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = United States<br />Mexico
| language = English
| budget = $12.6 million<ref>Aubrey Solomon, ''Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History'', Scarecrow Press, 1989 p259</ref>
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==Cast==
* [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]] as Don Diego Vega / Zorro / Bunny Wigglesworth / Ramón Vega<ref>{{cite news|title= Masked Zorro Returns Friday to Make His Mark on Cable TV |first=Jay |last=Sharbutt |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 1, 1990 |url=httphttps://articleswww.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-04/entertainment/-ca-544_1_zorro544-costumesstory.html |access-date=2010-11-06}}</ref>
* [[Lauren Hutton]] as Charlotte Taylor-Wilson
* [[Brenda Vaccaro]] as Florinda
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==Development==
The film began life as a screenplay by future screenwriter and teacher [[David Trottier]], titled ''Zorro, the Comedy Adventure''. Trottier had little involvement with the finished film, barring some minor additions, so was not credited.<ref>{{Cite webnews|url=http://www.scriptmag.com/reviews/tool-reviews/how-the-writers-store-changed-my-life|title = How the Writers Store Changed My Life| newspaper=Script Magazine | date=9 May 2012 }}</ref>
 
==Film score==
The opening credits read: ”Music conducted and adapted by Ian Fraser” and the end credits: “Music adapted from ''[[The Adventures of Don Juan]]'' (1948) by [[Max Steiner]] [and] ''[[Danzas fantásticas|Danzes Fantastica]]'' by [[Joaquín Turina]]”.
 
==Critical reception==
[[Vincent Canby]] gave a mostly positive review in ''[[The New York Times]]'', praising many of the performances in particular. "[George Hamilton] has energy and extreme good will. He also has surrounded himself with some very attractive and funny actors, particularly Mr. Leibman, Brenda Vaccaro, as the alcalde's sex-hungry wife, and beautiful Lauren Hutton".<ref>[http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9405EFDA113BF937A15754C0A967948260 "Zorro The Gay Blade (1981): George Hamilton, Comic Zorro"] Vincent Canby, ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 24, 1981. Accessed January 11, 2013.</ref>
 
The film holds a rating of 50% on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] from 16 reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/zorro_the_gay_blade|title=Zorro, the Gay Blade &#124; Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref>
 
==References==
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