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  • The Return of El Coyote (1998)
  • 100 min | Adventure, Western
The Return of El Coyote (1998)
100 min | Adventure, Western

A Spanish pulp adventure series from the 1940s and 1950s, unabashedly inspired by "Zorro," is the basis for this campy film with a black-masked hero called "El Coyote." The leading man here is Jose Coronado, another Spanish heartthrob who ...See moreA Spanish pulp adventure series from the 1940s and 1950s, unabashedly inspired by "Zorro," is the basis for this campy film with a black-masked hero called "El Coyote." The leading man here is Jose Coronado, another Spanish heartthrob who does not have the international renown of Antonio Banderas, currently starring in "The Mask of Zorro." Both films are set in 19th-century California, but while Zorro fights Spanish oppression, El Coyote takes up arms a bit later in the century, against cruel Americans. California joined the United States in 1850, and the plot's main villain is an American general who plans to steal haciendas from their rightful Hispanic owners, which include El Coyote's family. The film's charm is its attempt to re-create the style of the popular El Coyote pulp series, with grand pronouncements about pure good and pure evil, and scene changes that often look like a melodrama spoof. The endearing international cast includes the British actor Nigel Davenport as the big hacienda owner who criticizes his son for being a wimp without knowing that he is secretly the dashing, hot-blooded "El Coyote." The film does not have flashy sword fights like the current "Zorro" movie, but it shows that there is more than one way to tell a good adventure yarn. Written by Edited by Radeef Bilal See less
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Enrique Cerezo | Juan Gona (as Juan Martínez-Gona)
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Jul 31, 1998 (Spain)
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41 cast members
Name Known for
Jose Coronado
El Coyote / César de Echagüe (as José Coronado) El Coyote / César de Echagüe (as José Coronado)   See fewer
Nigel Davenport
Félix de Echagüe Félix de Echagüe   See fewer
Ramón Langa
Salinas Salinas   See fewer
Ray Lovelock
Edmond Greene Edmond Greene   See fewer
Isabel Serrano
Antonia Antonia   See fewer
Neil Boorman
Gen. Clarken Gen. Clarken   See fewer
Simón Andreu
Montalbán Montalbán   See fewer
Paul Codman
Capt. Walker Capt. Walker   See fewer
Manuel Alexandre
Julián Julián   See fewer
Manuel Zarzo
García Oviedo García Oviedo   See fewer
Luis Peña
McAdams McAdams   See fewer
Mar Flores
Beatriz Beatriz   See fewer
Chiara Caselli
Leonor de Azevedo Leonor de Azevedo   See fewer
Carmen Rossi
Adelia Adelia   See fewer
Carlos Miguel Caballero
Timoteo Lugones Timoteo Lugones   See fewer
Carlos Alcalde
Leocadio Leocadio   See fewer
Martxelo Rubio
Hombre posada Hombre posada   See fewer
Sonia Bau
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Óscar Zafra
Mexicano 2 Mexicano 2   See fewer
Txema Blasco
Funcionario (as Chema Blasco) Funcionario (as Chema Blasco)   See fewer
Arsenio Mayo
Público 3 Público 3   See fewer
Antonia Gonzaga
Actress Actress   See fewer
Miguel Hermoso Arnao
Mexicano 1 (as Miguel Hermoso) Mexicano 1 (as Miguel Hermoso)   See fewer
Teresa del Olmo
Maria (uncredited) Maria (uncredited)   See fewer
Guillermo Toledo
Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited)   See fewer
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