Zorro is a 1975 swashbuckler film based on the character created by Johnston McCulley, directed by Duccio Tessari and starring Alain Delon in the title role. The film was an Italian-French co-production, filmed in Almería, Spain.[2] Ottavia Piccolo and Stanley Baker also star, with Zorro being Baker's final film before his death in 1976. It was released by United Artists on March 5, 1975, and was both a critical and commercial success.