Zorro, the Gay Blade

United States

1981

93 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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PROD C.O. Erickson, George Hamilton

SCR Johnston McCulley, Hal Dresner, Don Moriarty, Bob Randall

CAST George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Brenda Vaccaro, Ron Leibman, Donovan Scott, James Booth, Gustavo Ganem, Frank Welker

In 1840’s Mexico, wealthy landowner Don Diego Vega learns of his late father’s secret as Zorro, the masked folk hero, and Vega adopts his new persona. But when Vega is incapacitated by an injury, he asks Ramon, his very gay, long-lost twin brother (now calling himself ‘Bunny’), to replace him as the caped hero, who makes some drastic changes to his Zorro persona. —IMDb

Director

Peter Medak

Peter Medak (born 23 December 1937) is a Hungarian-born film director of British and American films.

Early life

He was born in Budapest, Hungary to a Jewish family, but in 1956 fled his native country for England due to the Hungarian Revolution. There he began a career in the film business, starting as a trainee and gradually rising until he became a film director.
Career

Medak was signed to direct television films for MCA Universal Pictures in 1963. In 1967 he signed with Paramount Pictures to make feature films. His first feature was Negatives, released in 1968.

Since then he has experienced an uneven career, producing some significant successes and a number of what were considered commercial failures. Some of his most notable works are: The Ruling Class (1972); The Changeling (1980); The Krays (1990), written by the artist and dramatist Philip Ridley; and Let Him Have It (1991). He has also directed a number of television episodes and movies, including… read more