Where to Watch Zorro: The Gay Blade (1981) in the US

What it's about

Mexico, 1840s. When the new Spanish Governor begins to grind the peasants under his heel, wealthy landowner Don Diego Vega follows in his late father's footsteps and becomes Zorro, the masked man in black with a sword who rights wrongs and becomes a folk hero to the people of Mexico. When Vega sprains his ankle and cannot continue his campaign against the corrupt Captain Esteban, his long-lost twin brother Ramon arrives to visit. Bunny was sent off by their father to the British Royal Navy to make a "man" of him, for he is flamboyantly gay, and now known as Lt. Bunny Wigglesworth. 'Bunny' agrees to temporarily take his brother's place as Zorro, but opts make changes in the established Zorro persona. Bunny becomes "the Gay Blade," and his new costumes are lemon, plum, and scarlet colored. He insists on using a whip. Bunny also becomes the liaison between Don Vega and the liberal American activist/feminist Charlotte, a long-time critic of Captain Esteban's policies, and who has a crush on her masked hero.

Cast and crew

Director

Peter Medak

Writer

Hal Dresner, Greg Alt, Don Moriarty

Starring

George Hamilton, Lauren Hutton, Brenda Vaccaro

Details

Release date

Jul 17, 1981

Language

English, Spanish

Country

United States, Mexico

Box office

$11,118,000

Awards

3 wins & 2 nominations

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