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Duel at the Rio Grande
Duel at the Rio Grande
Directed by	Mario Caiano
Written by	Casey Robinson
Produced by	Harry Joe Brown
Starring	Sean Flynn
Music by	Gregorio Garcia Segura
Release date	25 December 1963;
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	Spain; Italy; France
Language	English

Duel at the Rio Grande is a 1963 Italian/French/Spanish co-production film starring Sean Flynn. The film is loosely based on The Mark of Zorro. It was produced by Harry Joe Brown.^[1]

It is also known as Il Segno di Zorro (The Sign Of Zorro).

Plot

Ramon Martinez y Rayol, a half Basque/half Castilian caballero leaves his native Spain for Mexico at the request of his mother. She tells him that the father he was told was dead, is actually alive and living in Mexico and has asked for his son's help. When he arrives in Mexico he finds that his father has died under mysterious circumstances. Determining that his father has met with foul play, he uses "the sign of Zorro", to lead a campaign against a corrupt generalissimo. Along the way he wins the heart of a beautiful senorita.

Cast

Sean Flynn as Ramon Martinez y Rayol
Folco Lulli as Jose
Gaby André as Senora Guiterrez
Danielle de Metz as Manuela
Enrique Diosdado as Gobernador
Armando Calvo as Gen. Gutiérrez
Helga Liné as Mercedes
Carlo Tamberlani as Alcalde
Mino Doro as Don Luis
Mario Petri as teniente Martino
Walter Barnes as Mario
Elena Barrios as Señora Martinez
Mimo Billi
Xan das Bolas as Mejicano
Gigi Bonos as padre Diaz

Production

The film's original title was, Il Segno di Zorro which translates as "The Sign of Zorro". To avoid copyright issues,(Disney had released a compilation film of their TV series with the title, Sign of Zorro (1960)), Harry Joe Brown released the film under the less Zorro sounding title of "Duel at the Rio Grande" and had removed from the film almost any mention of Zorro.

Nathan Juran may have worked on the US release. In the English print credits, the director is listed as N. Juran.^[2]