Set in 19th century California Marcos Zappa goes undercover as a pirate to expose the crooked Don Pedro Garcia.Set in 19th century California Marcos Zappa goes undercover as a pirate to expose the crooked Don Pedro Garcia.Set in 19th century California Marcos Zappa goes undercover as a pirate to expose the crooked Don Pedro Garcia.
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- (as Dave Wolfe)
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- (uncredited)
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- (uncredited)
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- TriviaHairy-chested Ricardo Montalban was forced to subject himself to a complete upper body wax in order to appear in the shirtless sequences.
- Quotes
Pirate: [after just landing on the California shore, as Zappa and the Captain are walking inland] Captain!
Captain Bardoso: Well, what?
Pirate: I have a feeling, Captain.
Captain Bardoso: Then scratch it, dog.
Pirate: This is a feeling about the Californios. Maybe they're... watching us. Maybe they - when the Californios catch a pirate, they tie him behind a horse and run him until his feet wear down to his ankles.
[the Captain punches him, he falls to the ground]
Marcos Zappa: And his ankles down to his legs, and his legs to the top of his head.
[taps the Captain on his forehead]
- Crazy creditsIntro: - - 1825 - - California became a territory of the newly born Republic of MEXICO. While the infant republic struggled to become a strong nation, pirates and cut-throats schemed and fought to steal the richest prize in history, the golden land called - CALIFORNIA.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
The story took place on California in 19th century shortly afterwards Mexico got its independence from Spain and all landlords from California agreed to be added the independent Mexico, suddenly appears from pirate galleon landind covertly on shore the renegade Marcos Zappa (Ricardo Montalban) a branded traitor from Mexican's cause, he has to meet with a powerful landowner Don Pedro Garcia (Gilbert Roland) that works on the shadows to put in dire straits the California's farmers leader Don José de Vazquez (Antonio Moreno) in a possible marriage of his daughter Manuella (Cyd Charisse) with the Latin lover renegade the now entitled Don Marcos Zappa aiming for discredit Don José as headship, tarnish and also overthrow, thus a shortcut to settle a chaos perpetrated at his behest lead by the pirate Capt. Bardoso (George Tobias) to later he appears as savior and new ruler hereinafter, however Marcos Zappa got an ace at his sleeve.
Strong humor oriented as the illiterate Captain Bardoso often kick out of all places, also the "Butler" Luis (J. Carrol Naish) always putting Zappa in jeopardy due Don Pedro's orderings, letting the good gourmet Zappa grumpy and without appetite, in the early sequence Montalban eaten around dozen type of foods stacking dishes in contrived but funny scene, the gorgeous Cyd Charisse is a chapter apart due her unbeaten beauty, also in sexy flamenco dancing displaying her beautiful legs, Ricardo Montalban a Latin sex symbol in flamboyant Spanish outifts, usually exposing bare chest for the female audience, a cheap picture with fine screenplay, fine sword duel directed by the Argentinian Hugo Fregonese.
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First watch: 1978 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7.
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- Don Renegade
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1