Zorro's Black Whip [Serial] (1944)
- Director(s):
- Wallace A. Grissell, Spencer Gordon Bennet, (more
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Popular latter-day serial queen Linda Stirling starred in the title role in this well-made 12 chapter serial produced by genre specialist Republic Pictures. Stirling plays Barbara Mededith, a pretty girl who takes over her murdered brother's crusading newspaper. She also assumes the dead sibling's identity as "The Black Whip," righting the wrongs of Crescent City very much in the manner of her famous ancestor, Zorro. Off course, "being a mere woman," Barbara needs the assistance of a stalwart young man, in this case Vic Gordon (George J. Lewis), a government secret agent. Arguably the most popular serial heroine since the days of Pearl White, Linda Stirling's other top-billed serial role was as The Tiger Woman (1944). The choice of Lewis as Stirling's male lead was surprising; the Mexican-born Lewis, although handsome enough and a veteran of Universal's popular "Collegians" 2-reelers, had recently played mostly villains. Produced by Ronald Davidson, Zorro's Black Whip benefitted from second unit direction by stunt-man extraordinaire Yakima Canutt and special effects by the famed Theodore Lydecker. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 250 mins
Complete Cast:
- Tom Chatterton - The Merchant
- Duke Green - Evans
- John Hamilton - The Banker
- Jay Kirby - Randolph Meredith
- George Lewis - Vic Gordon
- Tom London - Commissioner James Bradley
- Francis McDonald - Hammond
- Marshall Reed
- Tom Steele - Hull
- Hal Taliaferro
- Ken Terrell
- Wally Wales - Baxter
- Carey Loftin
- Augie Gomez
- Duke Taylor
- Fred Graham
- Herman Hack
- Si Jenks - Zeke Haydon
- Jack Kirk - The Marshal
- Lucien Littlefield - Tenpoint
- Cliff Lyons
- John Merton - Harris
- Carl Sepulveda
- Linda Stirling - Barbara Meredith (Black Whip)
- Forrest Taylor
- Dale Van Sickel - Danley
- Horace B. Carpenter
- Stanley Price - Hedges
- Cliff Parkinson
- Roy Brent
- Director(s):
- Wallace A. Grissell, Spencer Gordon Bennet
- Writer(s):
- Basil Dickey, Jesse Duffy, Joseph F. Poland
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