Zorro's Fighting Legion

Zorro's Fighting Legion is a 1939 Republic Pictures serial in twelve chapters, directed by William Witney and John English and starring Reed Hadley as Don Diego Vega, the masked swordsman Zorro. The serial pits Zorro against the mysterious Don Del Oro, a masked villain disguised as a Yaqui Indian god who plots to seize the gold of the Sierra and declare himself emperor of Mexico. Zorro assembles a fighting legion of loyal men to track down Don Del Oro and unmask him. Widely regarded as one of the finest serials ever made, it features some of the best action sequences of the chapterplay era. The serial is in the public domain.