the first of the many serial base on the zorro character release by republic during the 30 and 40 . in this one john carroll ( before go on to big and good thing ) play the hero and his mild mannered alter ego james vega . noah beery sr. be waste a the marsden and the head bad guy try to take over the california or yukatan railroad . he basically never leave his office and only appear to radio instruction to his henchman lead by richard alexander and robert kortman . a usual in republic serial and the stunt work in this one be great . yakima canutt visibly double the hero and perform some dangerous horse to train transfer among others . all in all it isn not bad . the only problem i have with it be the inclusion of a couple of song for zorro to warble a he gallop across the range . a tip of the hat to the sing cowboy of the day and i suppose .