Zorro's Black Whip

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Zorro's Black Whip

Directed by	Spencer Gordon Bennet Wallace Grissel
Produced by	Ronald Davidson
Written by	Basil Dickey Jesse Duffy Grant Nelson Joseph Poland Ruth Roman Johnston McCulley (Original Zorro Novel)
Starring	Linda Stirling George J Lewis Lucien Littlefield Francis McDonald
Cinematography	Bud Thackery
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date(s)	1944
Running time	(12 episodes) / 211 min
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Zorro's Black Whip was a 1944 film serial starring Linda Stirling. The film was made after the popular 1940 Universal remake of The Mark of Zorro and Republic was unable to use the character himself, but still wanted to capitalize on it.

In Zorro's Black Whip the word Zorro never occurs, but a distant female relative of Don Diego in Iowa fights a cabal of corrupt politicians as "The Black Mask". Hammond, owner of the town's stagecoach line and a leading citizen, is opposed to Idaho becoming a state, and kills Randolph Meredith, owner of the town's newspaper, for endorsing it. Meredith's sister Barbara, expert with a bullwhip and pistol, dons a black costume and mask and becomes "The Black Whip", dealing a blow to Hammond and his gang each time they perform some heinous act in their efforts to keep the town, and their power over it, unchanged. Aided by government agent Vic Gordon, Barbara confronts Hammond in a final showdown just as the town votes on whether or not to accept statehood.

1 Cast
2 Chapter Titles
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Cast

Linda Stirling as Barbara Meredith (The Black Whip)
George J Lewis as Vic Gordon
Lucien Littlefield as 'Tenpoint' Jackson
Francis McDonald as Dan Hammond
Hal Taliaferro as Henchman Baxter
John Merton as Henchman Ed Harris

[edit] Chapter Titles

1. The Masked Avenger
2. Tomb of Terror
3. Mob Murder
4. Detour to Death
5. Take Off That Mask!
6. Fatal Gold
7. Wolf Pack
8. The Invisible Victim
9. Avalanche
10.Fangs of Doom
11.Flaming Juggernaut
12.Trail of Tyranny

[edit] Trivia

Linda Stirling as The Black Whip is quite obviously female but, even after a bout of wrestling, the villains do not realise they aren't fighting a man.