Description

Zorro’s Black Whip is a 1944 in film Republic Pictures film serial starring Linda Stirling. The film was made after the popular 1940 film 20th Century-Fox remake of The Mark of Zorro (1940 film) and Republic wasn’t able to use the character himself, but still wanted to capitalize on it. However, despite the title, Zorro does not feature in this serial. The hero(ine) is called The Black Whip throughout.

Cast

• Linda Stirling as Barbara Meredith, The Black Whip and newspaper proprietrix
• George J. Lewis as Vic Gordon, a US government agent allied with the Black Whip. In a related role, Lewis later portrayed Don Diego de la Vega/Zorro’s father, Don Alejandro de la Vega in the Walt Disney television series Zorro (1957 TV series).
• Lucien Littlefield as “Tenpoint” Jackson, the comic relief newspaper typesetter working with Barbara Meredith
• Francis McDonald as Dan Hammond, villainous owner of the town’s Stagecoach company
• Hal Taliaferro as Baxter, one of Hammond’s Henchman
• John Merton as Ed Harris, one of Hammond’s Henchman
• Stanley Price as Hedges, Hammond’s Clerk-Henchman

=Stunts=

• Babe DeFreest as The Black Whip (doubling Linda Stirling)
• Dale Van Sickel as Vic Gordon/Rock Heavy Karl/Camp Heavy/Danley (doubling George J. Lewis]
• Tom Steele (stuntman) as Baxter/Ed (doubling Hal Taliaferro)
• Helen Thurston