Stedman states that "The Vigilantes Are Coming" "was a reworking of "The Eagle", Rudolph Valentino's silent film." Harmon and Glut expand on that to say it was based on Zorro and "The Lone Ranger Rides Again" in addition to Valentino's "The Eagle". However, no mention is made of this being a derivative work in William Witney's autobiography. The fact that it looks like Zorro, which led several countries to name the movie after Zorro: the film was named "Zorro l'indomptable" in France, "Zorro – Der blutrote Adler" in Germany, "Zorro – den blodrøde ørn" in Denmark and "Zorro – veripunainen kotka" in Finland. The main character is played by Robert Livingston, who would then play the actual Zorro in the movie "The Bold Caballero", also released in 1936.