Bad luck in 1953 turned into good luck in 1957 for Guy Williams — the giant of a man who is now delighting TV audiences with his portrayal of the masked rider Zorro. Four years ago, Guy's movie career seemed to have reached an abrupt end when the actor was thrown from a horse and suffered serious injury to his left shoulder and arm. He came out of the accident with impairment of muscular control of the left arm. In desperate hope that exercise could restore muscular co-ordination, Guy started fencing lessons. Within six months, he had regained full use of the arm and had become a crack fencer. This skill clinched the dashing role of Zorro for Guy a short four years later.
But who is Zorro? First, the product of Johnston McCulley, who created in fiction form the romantic hero who led a double life — son of a wealthy California rancher by day, the masked defender of the oppressed by night. In mask and cape, Zorro battles the evil Monastario, a tyrannical despot besetting the good people of the Spanish Los Angeles of the 1800's. Zorro has sworn to defeat Monastario — and leaves upon the scene of each of his victories the jagged letter "Z," etched with the tip of his rapier.
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