The Mark of Zorro: Diego/Captain Pasquale

The fight between Basil Rathbone’s Captain Pasquale and Tyrone Powers’ Diego/Zorro is one of the fastest, tensest fencing matches in film history. Rathbone was himself a fencer and the speed and precision of the choreography between the two is truly an exciting experience. Other fights are much showier, but as the film builds the characters’ unfriendly rivalry to this intense climax, we know that we’re about to see some great swordplay at work.