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When daggers are pointed at innocent hearts and rockets are ready to fire.

Where tyrants ride high and govern with fear as the forces of evil conspire.

Then from out of the night, a hero must rise. The courage that even a mask won't

disguise. They turn to the man called Zorro.

Zorro! One who's larger than life and defender of all. He's this man who the

people acclaim.

He's the one who fights back for the poor and oppressed.

A hero.

Who's his name?

I am Colonel Mephisto Palomares of the Royal Spanish Army.

And I call this a soldier pitbull.

Where is your commandant?

At his office.

It's lunchtime. Get him.

You just don't get the alcalde.

Now.

There's a Colonel Palomares out there with some men. They look more like

conquistadores. They don't look friendly.

I don't believe it.

Colonel Palomares.

They called him the butcher during the Yucatan campaign.

He's the ultimate thoughter.

Expert thoughtsman. I wish I had more time to prepare a proper one.

Ah, Colonel Palomares.

This is indeed an honor.

Word of your problems with the rebel bandit Zorro has reached Madrid. I am

to eliminate him.

I'm begging your pardon, Colonel. Zorro is no ordinary bandit. The people have

taken him into their hearts. They thwart my every effort.

Effort? I am here for results.

The king of Spain orders the arrest and execution of the man known as Zorro.

You'll never catch Zorro. You are quite wrong about that.

By sunset, I won the name of every person living in this Pueblo.

Why? What for?

There will be a lottery at midnight to determine who will hang at sunrise in

place of Zorro.

Colonel, you just can't go around executing people without good reason.

Perhaps I have not made myself clear.

Henceforth, one of your citizens will die every day.

Until Zorro is delivered to me.

Clear the tavern.

customers. My men and I prefer privacy in our accommodations.

What is going on in here?

My men need their rest and some privacy.

Colonel, this tavern is the only public place in all of Los Angeles. To close it

to the public would mean... Absolutely nothing to me. Now stand aside and allow

us to get on with our work. Colonel, I really must insist.

You still don't understand until further notice. This is my Pueblo.

Clear the tavern.

Careful, Sergeant, that's sharp.

What are you doing here, Don Diego?

Well, I saw the glorious colonel and his men approaching, and I decided that

discretion might be the better part of valor.

Certainly would have been for the alcalde.

And what is the alcalde going to do about Palomares?

What can he do?

Palomares is a colonel under orders from the king.

Well, we're just going to let a madman take control of the pueblo.

Believe me, the alcalde would like nothing better than to have Palomares

But until Zorro's captured, what can he do?

Colonel, I beg you to reconsider.

Sniveling will not bring me Zorro.

But summary executions.

Not even I would conceive of such a thing.

It is brilliant in its simplicity.

I'm here to draw the name of the individual who will face the gallows at

sunrise. This is not justice. This is murder.

Bring Zorro to me before dawn, and only he will face the hangman's noose.

Senor. Careful, Don Diego.

Do you have particular knowledge of Zorro, senor?

Zorro is a very difficult man to know.

We've always been protected by his secret identity.

And it has kept us safe from the excesses of the military.

It's true.

We do not know who he is or where he is. So your threats of violence will not

help you find him.

I certainly think it's worth a try.

The first person to die under the curse of your Zorro is...

Sergeant Jaime Mendoza.

God, silly.

Military personnel should not be included in this. Oh, but they are,

your name is in the bowl.

What?

Persist with your interference and yours will be the only name in the bowl.

Take him.

I'm sorry, Sergeant.

Zorro should have shown himself by now.

Don't worry. Zorro will help somehow.

Unless he's learned what we already know.

What's that, O 'Curley? That Colonel Palomar is a man with no mercy.

Guards? Please.

People are trying to sleep.

Keep your voice down or your sleep could be longer than you'd like.

In the event of my death, I have given orders for my men to execute two people

each day until your capture. I'm not here to take your life, senor.

Prove it.

Under certain conditions, I'm prepared to surrender.

What are the conditions for your surrender?

That you and I meet on the field of honor, man to man.

I'm a master swordsman. You wouldn't dare challenge me.

I would indeed, senor.

I promise you an agonizing death.

Justice for the people is not without its price.

Shall we say the plaza at sunrise?

Si.

If I win, you and your men must leave Los Angeles.

And if you lose...

Then you die.

In either case, innocent people will be kept from the gallows.

You are indeed a man of honor.

Gracias, senor.

And a fool.

Guard! Guard!

Put him behind bars.

He hangs at sunrise.

It can be true.

Zorro, is it really you?

Indeed it is, Sergeant.

I hope my arrival didn't awaken you.

Oh, no.

I couldn't sleep anyway.

You see, they're going to hang me tomorrow.

And only Zorro could save me, and now you're here.

They'll hang you.

Excellent point, Sergeant.

I really should do something about this, don't you think?

Yes, of course, but what can you do?

We have Zorro. He's in the jail.

Oh, impossible.

Are you doubting me?

Oh, I'm not doubting you, Colonel. You just make it sound so easy.

It is easy when you know what you are doing, Ramon. The man is nothing more

a criminal. I merely met him on his own terms. What about my man, Sergeant

Mendoza? Now that we have Zorro, his sentence is commuted.

Our little secret, Sergeant.

Or else.

So, you are finally here.

I offered the Colonel a fair fight, but we seem to have had a slight

misunderstanding.

There is no misunderstanding.

You hang in three hours.

Considering that reality, I'm going to unmask you now.

You're going to unmask Zorro?

Sergeant, his capture means your freedom.

Yes, good, but he is Zorro.

Something of a tradition around here.

Perhaps you would rather die in his place.

I didn't say that.

Thought it enough.

I'm going to unmask you now.

I thought you might be paying me a little visit, Talcalde.

So I took the precaution of asking Toronado to stop by.

You are going to have me.

Colonel! We have an appointment with fate, remember?

When it's not you, senor.

I had him. I had him.

Yes, you had him.

With Zorro's escape, the sentence is reinstated.

You hang at dawn.

Bring me an arrow, Felipe.

This is nothing more than a chemical compound held together by charcoal and

sulfur.

All quite harmless, really, unless it's mixed together.

It's all right.

Gunpowder is not really that dangerous until it meets with friction or heat.

Zorro will certainly provide plenty of heat at sunrise.

Bring me another arrow.

Is everything ready?

As you ordered, Colonel.

Read the declaration.

Under emergency military law, an authority of the king in Spain,

a prisoner is sentenced to death by hanging.

What is that?

That's it.

He must be leading an attack on the Poigle. If it's a battle he wants, it's

battle he gets.

Take him out.

Hold still, Sergeant.

Hold very still.

This should be interesting.

Well,

I hope so.

I mean, I'm a loyal soldier, but I hope so.

Ah, Colonel.

May I present to you the head of Zorro, firmly attached to the body.

As you promised, senor.

Just you and me.

win.

Palomares has never been beaten.

As we agreed, Colonel.

Let me go, Vangelis. Señor, may I borrow your mouth?

I place you under arrest.

Where did he go?

Where is he?

Zorro!

How does he do that?

And there he was, sitting right next to me in jail.

You actually saw him there, Sergeant?

Si, Don Diego.

Zorro came this close to the gallows. And yet he managed to escape from the

Alcalde's prison.

Oh, between you and me, this Zorro is a pretty smart fellow.

He is perhaps even a little smarter than the Alcalde.

No. You really think so?

Zorro was completely responsible for Palomares' departure.

But how could he single -handedly drive such a tyrant from the Pueblo? He must

have had help.

Well, I went there.

So there was a certain official military presence.

That's what I thought, Sergeant.

So when Colonel Palomares returns, he'll surely be looking for you as well.

No problem.

When Palomares returns, I will see... Madre de Dios.

Palomares is coming back?