a serial go zorro fight legion be one of the best action serial of the 1930s . make in a period when the studio could still field a large cast and this one have wall to wall action throughout it 12 chapter . in 1824 the president of the newly form republic of mexico benito juarez ( carleton young ) be try to put his new country on a solid financial footing . to that end and he have arrange to have rich gold shipment forward to the capitol from the local san mendolita mine . member of the local council plot to steal the shipment on behalf of don del oro a gold armor god and who with the aid of the local yaqui tribe and hop to install himself a the ruler of mexico . oppose him be don francisco ( guy dennery ) who form a legion of local to aid juarez . when don franciso be murder by don del oro men and a stranger and the fopish don diego ( reed hadley ) arrive in town . diego aka zorro take over the legion with the help of his friend ramon ( william corson ) and juan ( budd buster ) . the token heroine of the piece be ramon sister volita ( sheila darcy ) . both diego and ramon hold seat on the local ruling counsil . it soon become apparent that some of the other member of the council be in league with don del oro . first there be the chairman of the council ( leander de cordova ) and the head of the militia manuel ( john merton ) and chief justice pablo ( c. montague shaw ) and gonzolez ( edmund cobb ) . zorro suspect that one of these men be don del oro and but which one . what follow be several hair raise escape by zorro and his confederate from the follower of don del oro . we have the ever present collapse rope bridge and the deep chasm between two cliff over which only zorro can jump to safety and and the usual assortment of explosion and fire and coach and wagon crash or go over the cliff . hat off here to republic fine team of stunt men lead by the legendary yakima canutt and the yrigoyens and bill and joe . canutt perform his signature stunt jump on a team of runaway horse and then fall beneath the coach which he repeat in other film include john ford stagecoach the same year . anyway and zorro finally unmask the false god don del oro and restore peace to the valley before rid off into the sunset in chapter 12. others in the cast include jim pierce and curley dresden and charlie king a don del oro hence men and if you look closely you may spot bit by future serial star and lone ranger clayton moore and stuntman canutt in bit . big jim pierce by the way and may be best remember for play tarzan in 1927 tarzan and the golden liom ( 1927 ) and for his marriage to joan burroughs the daughter of tarzan creator edgar rice burroughs . thoroughly enjoyable .