Fernando Sancho is Col. Michel Leblanche, a military officer during Maximilian’s rule in Mexico, and he has a growing list of problems.
He just lost some prisoners thanks to the intervention of Zorro.
He has a captain who keeps promising to capture Zorro, but keeps failing to fulfill that promise.
Someone is trying to smuggle a cache of weapons to revolutionary leaders in the area.
And if that isn’t enough, a wealthy friend and womanizer named Don Ricardo de Villaverde is seducing every pretty girl who crosses his path, riling up the peasants even more.
What Leblanche doesn’t know is that Don Ricardo and Zorro are one and the same.
And in Dona Conchita Herrera, daughter of a slain revolutionary, he finds a lovely reason to double down on his efforts to help the revolution.
Alberto Dell’Acqua (Robert Widmark) as Zorro, a revoluntionary ally with a great knack for timing in Son of Zorro (1973)
Fernando Sancho as Col. Michel Leblanche, a military commander with lots of problems in Son of Zorro (1973)
Review:
Fans of Zorro films are likely to find this film mildly entertaining. To everyone else, it’s more likely to come off as a bit tedious.
From Douglas Fairbanks to Tyrone Power to Antonio Banderas, we’re used to tall dark and handsome actors in the role of Zorro. Here, we get pretty boy Alberto Dell’Acqua with a mop of blonde hair.
And he has a sidekick named Pedrito, who provides comic relief by tickling secrets out of Col. Leblanche and has a horse who emits the most foul-smelling of farts at the most inopportune of times.
As for William Berger, he’s second-billed here, but doesn’t show up until 29 minutes into the film. An American helping smuggle arms to the revolutionaries, his role is secondary in nature.
One of the best roles falls to Dada Gallotti as the colonel’s wife who would must rather spend her times — especially her nights — with Don Ricardo.
William Berger as John Warren, the American helping supply the rebels with weapons in Son of Zorro (1973)
Elisa Ramirez as Dona Conchita Herrera, who knows enough about an arms shipment to put her in danger in Son of Zorro (1973)
Directed by:
Gianfranco Baldanello
as Frank G. Carroll
Cast:
Alberto Dell’Acqua … Don Ricardo de Villaverde / Zorro
as Robert Widmark
William Berger … John Warren
Fernando Sancho … Col. Michel Leblanche
Elisa Ramirez … Dona Conchita Herrera
Franco Fantasia … Capt. Francois Bardot
George Wang … Pedro “Garrincha” Garcia
Dada Gallotti … Mathilda Leblanche
Marcello Monti … Pedrito
Andrea Fantasia … Don Jose Herrera
Also with: Mario Dardanelli, Pietro Riccione, Marcello Simonella, Giorgio Dolfin, Lorenzo Piani, Marco Zuanelli, Carlos Bravo, Robert Danesi, Osiride Pevarello, Renzo Pevarello, Franco Ukmar
aka:
Man with the Golden Winchester
Il figlio di Zorro
Music: Marcello Gigante
Runtime: 89 min.
George Wang as Pedro ‘Garrincha’ Garcia, a spy among the revoluntionaries in Son of Zorro (1973)
Franco Fantasia as Capt. Francois Bardot, the officer forever promising to capture Zorro in Son of Zorro (1973)
Memorable lines:
Don Riccardo de Villaverde: “The trouble is, the sight of a pretty woman always stimulates me to action. Especially when I realize how much I can do to make the lady truly happy. I mean, fundamentally, I have to confess, I’m very unselfish. I just want to spread joy in the world.”
Col. Michel Leblanche: “What does he feed that horse?”
Col. Michel Leblanche: “Darling, it was very nice of Riccardo to let us spend the night. You should be a little nicer to him.”
Mathilda, as she climbs into bed with Riccardo: “Okay, darling, I’ll do my best.”
Dona Conchita Herrera, concerned for Zorro: “But he’s alone.”
John Warren: “A man will never be alone when he personifies the faith and the desire for liberty of the people.”
Col. Michel Leblanche: “What a fantastic woman. So much fire! So much temperament!”
Don Riccardo de Villaverde: “Too much fire and too much temperament. And all for the wrong cause.”
Marcello Monti as Pedrito, Zorro’s faithful companion, albeit one with a stinky horse, in Son of Zorro (1973)
Dada Gallotti as Mathilda Leblanche, more interested in spending time with Don Ricardo than her husband in Son of Zorro (1973)
Trivia:
Yes, Franco Fantasia, the captain here, and Andrea Fantasia, the rebel leader, were brothers. Franco came into films as a stuntman and fencing master, making him perfect for a role in Zorro films.
Alberto Dell’Acqua hailed from a family of circus performers and appeared in more than 20 Spaghetti Westerns. According to the Westerns All’Italiana blog, he returned to the circus as a knife thrower when film roles dried up. He received the Tabernas de Cine award for his contribution to the genre at the 2017 Almería Western Film Festival. He died in 2019 at age 73.
Alberto Dell’Acqua (Robert Widmark) as Don Ricardo de Villaverde, the wealthy womanizer in Son of Zorro (1973)
Elisa Ramirez as Dona Conchita Herrera, being questioned as Capt. Bardot (Franco Fantasia) looks on in Son of Zorro (1973)
Andrea Fantasia as Don Jose Herrera, one of the revolutionary leaders and father of Dona Conchita in Son of Zorro (1973)
Alberto Dell’Acqua as Zorro with Elisa Ramirez as Dona Conchita Herrera in Son of Zorro (1973)
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