Man with the Steel Whip [SEP] distributor
1,924, or 1.1%, overspend). It was the most expensive Republic serial of 1954.
It was filmed between 2 March and 22 March 1954 under the working title "Man with a Whip". The serial's production number was 1938.
"Man with the Steel Whip" used stock footage from all of the previous Zorro serials produced by Republic Pictures. The result of this is that the costume and body shape of the hero, El Latigo, keeps changing between scenes, even becoming female in scenes
Man with the Steel Whip
Man with the Steel Whip is a 1954 Republic Movie serial. It uses considerable stock footage from previous Republic serials "Zorro's Black Whip", "The Painted Stallion" and "Daredevils of the West". As with any serial from the 1950s, it is not considered to be one of the best examples of the format. It uses the standard plot of an illicit "land grab" coupled with a new spin on the Zorro story (as Republic wished to use old stock footage