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[thunderclap]

J‘ Out of the night When the full moon is bright

J‘ Comes a horseman known as Zorro

J‘ This bold renegade carves a "Z" With his blade

J‘ A "Z" that stands for Zorro

J‘ Zorro!

J‘ The Fox so cunning and free

J‘ Zorro!

J‘ Who makes the sign of the "Z"!

J‘ Zorro, Zorro, Zorro

J‘ Zorro, Zorro J‘

- [knock on door] - Enter.

I have finished shining your boots, comandante.

Well, sergeant, how do I look?

Splendid, capitan, splendid.

You know, sergeant? One of my first acts as comandante of Monterey

will be to set up a procedure of daily inspections

of the men and of their quarters.

And woe be to the man whose bed is not made or whose boots are not shined!

[chuckles]

Whoa.

Blacksmith.

Blacksmith!

[laughing] What have you do...

- Diego! - Del Amo!

- Comandante! - Del Amo, you're under arrest.

This was all a joke. I thought you were my friend.

There's only one way to deal with your foolishness: jail.

Jail? Oh, well, Diego will tell you that...

Don Diego, come back here!

Del Amo, you and yourjokes are a public menace.

For the next ten days amuse yourself in jail.

Oh, capitan, where is your sense of humor?

Ten days in jail or a fine of 200 pesos.

Now, which will it be, senor?

Well, uh, 200 pesos.

Ha!

[laughing] Well, it's not as easy as it looks.

Diego, I'll bet you 100 pesos you can't hit that target.

At least not on the first three tries.

Why should I spear the straw man? He never did anything to me.

[laughs] What's the matter, Diego. You afraid?

- Why don't you, Diego? - I dare you.

lwish you would, just to teach him a lesson.

Why should I? I'm sure it'll be much more pleasant here with you.

No, Ricardo, you go on ahead. We'll watch.

Oh, take a sporting chance, make a small wager.

- Fortunately, I don't need your money. - Mmm.

Anna Maria, I have an idea.

Why don't you offer your kerchief as a token or memento.

The first one that strikes the straw man squarely with this lance wins the prize.

lfeel just like a princess being sought after by two knights in shining armor.

Well, Diego, are you going to try,

or do you still feel it's not worth the effort?

All right. I'll give you first try at it. I want to see how you do it.

Ladies.

[women laughing]

[chuckling]

Good morning, capitan.

Senorita Anna Maria Verdugo, and her cousin Milana del Carmen.

May I present Capitan Luis de Guerro, the new comandante of Monterey.

Senoritas, your servant.

You are lucky, Diego, I very nearly got it that time.

You're wasting your time, Del Amo. Let one who knows how do it.

Watch me carefully. I'll make a perfect hit the first time.

- The lance, please. - Well, Diego and l were having

a little private competition for the ladies' favor.

May the one who deserves it, win it! The lance, please.

- [QaSpingl - [women laughing]

Sergeant! Corporal!

- Oh, comandante, are you hurt? - [groans]

[straining]

[laughing]

[Luis] I will kill him, so help me!

Next time | get my hands on him, |wi|| kill him!

I do not think he meant it for you, capitan.

He wanted Don Diego to try it.

- He's a menace to public safety! - It was just a joke, capitan.

Wait'll | get my hands on him, it'll be no joke, I assure you.

Si, capitan.

You know, judging from the comandante's comments to Sergeant Garcia,

I'd say the wisest thing that you could do would be to go back to San Francisco.

l merely planned it as a private joke between two friends.

Why did he have to enter into it?

And I'm glad he did.

lt'd serve you right if he locked you up in his jail

and kept you there for a week.

- [chuckles] - You know, there's a certain amount

of poetic justice in all this.

He baited the trap, and now he's got a tiger by the tail.

Personally, I admire one who acts like a man.

- Not a clown. - I know, I know, like Zorro.

ls Zorro an idler or practical joker?

You should follow Zorro's example, Ricardo. And you, too, Diego.

Anna Maria. Oh! Excuse me, senores, for the interruption.

Anna Maria, I need your help again. | just cannot decide about the gown.

Very well, Milana. You will excuse us, senores.

- That's strange, Ricardo. - Hmm?

In less than an hour Milana has tried on three gowns. I wonder why.

Well, that's obvious to anybody that understands women.

You see, a romantic rendezvous requires the perfect gown.

She said nothing about a rendezvous.

I know. It's a secret.

Oh, it's a secret and yet you know it, huh?

Well, you see, the fair Milana has received a love letter.

Signed, "Zorro."

I don't know what you're up to, Ricardo, but you'd better tread softly.

- You're playing with fire. - Now, this is no idle whim, my friend.

I'm going to cure Anna Maria of a very annoying habit.

Have you noticed how she constantly compares you and me with Zorro,

and Zorro always gets the better of it?

Now you've lost me completely.

What does this have to do with Milana receiving a love letter?

Oh, well, l was just about to, uh, suggest

that you and Anna Maria take a stroll in the moonlight this evening.

Upon your return to the hacienda, you will accidentally find Milana and Zorro.

Oh, a very fickle Zorro?

Making love to another woman right under Anna Maria's nose, eh?

Well, do you happen to be Zorro's height and weight?

Oh... mere coincidence.

Now, you be sure to be there with Anna Maria.

that part of your scheme I like, but as to the rest of it, well,

l have a premonition that it might better be left undone.

Like all your schemes.

This, my friend, is because you have an appalling lack of imagination.

[indistinct chattering]

So now, Don Diego, the comandante blames me for falling off his horse.

And all because of your friend.

Well, sergeant, Don Ricardo...

He's not like other men, he's a clown. A practical joker.

That is not how the capitan described him

nor what the capitan called me.

Well, obviously, you need to be reinstated

into the comandante's good graces.

In his present mood, that will not be easy.

Sergeant, supposing that, after all this time, you were to capture Zorro?

Would that not put you back in his favor?

Si, I suppose so, Don Diego.

Well, sergeant, I wouldn't share this secret with anyone, but...

...I happen to know exactly where Zorro is going to be tonight.

You do?

J‘ Sweet senorita

J‘ The fairest flower of Monterey

J‘ Sweet estrellita

J‘ The shining star that lights my way

J‘ Sweet senorita

J‘ Upon your balcony above

J‘ If there 's a secret

J‘ That you disclose

J‘ Throw a rose Oh, sweet senorita

J‘ The bells will ring for us one day

J‘ Then in the chapel

J‘ We 'll kneel and hear the padre pray

J‘ There, on your finger

J‘ A golden ring will shine

J‘ And you will

J‘ Forever be mine J‘

Ah, Milana, my love.

Zorro, this is like a dream.

I thought you were in love with my cousin.

You mean in love with Anna Maria?

Beside you, she is like a magpie beside a dove.

[whispering] Diego, that can't be Zorro!

I know it's Ricardo!

But why? What is he up to?

Hundreds of maidens have thrown themselves before Zorro,

including Anna Maria.

But you are the first, the first to capture my heart.

Do not move, SenorZorro.

I said do not move, SenorZorro.

We have you surrounded.

Sergeant Garcia, what have we here?

Don Diego, you were right, I have captured Zorro.

My congratulations, sergeant. You, too, corporal.

- Gracias. - Unmask him. Let us see who he is.

Si, senorita.

Ricardo. I thought so.

You mean you knew all the time?

Anna Maria, can it be possible? Our friend, Ricardo?

Doesn't surprise me. I've suspected him from the first.

Don Diego, may I speak to you alone?

Con permiso.

Oh, guard your prisoner well, corporal. Remember, he is the Fox!

Don Diego, there must be some mistake.

- Your friend cannot be Zorro. - Well, you caught him red-handed.

Yes, I know, but when Zorro saved the payroll,

Don Ricardo helped him capture the bandidos.

Here was Zorro, here was Don Ricardo.

Well, do you think it's possible

that this is another one of Don Ricardo's practical jokes?

- He is full ofjokes. - Then why don't we enjoy this one?

Let's pretend that he is Zorro. Let him spend a night in a cell.

Don Diego, this will be the bestjoke of all.

This will get even for the time he had you put in jail.

[Garcia] Corporal, take the prisoner to the guardhouse.

All right, Diego, tell them the truth. Tell them I'm not Zorro.

I'm sorry, Ricardo, but I promise you this,

that when Anna Maria and | go on our picnic tomorrow,

we'll both think of you.

Sorry you can't make it.

Come, Don Ricardo, you can tell your story at the trial.

This time I do not think Senor Zorro will escape.

- [knock on door] - Enter.

You sent for me, capitan?

So... you captured the notorious outlaw Zorro last night?

Well, not exactly, capitan.

Ricardo del Amo. lmpertinent. lnsolent.

We will do well to be rid of him.

- Rid of him? - Yes, and at once.

Sergeant, you will have the gallows erected immediately.

But... what about the trial? When will that be held?

When a man runs away from the law, he does not need a trial.

His own actions prove that he's guilty.

Time after time Zorro has escaped and run away,

and I will not give him time for a repeat performance.

But there is one thing that I must explain...

I gave you an order, sergeant!

Have the gallows erected at once!

But, comandante...

And so you see, comandante, even though we knew he was not really Zorro,

we thought it'd be a good joke on him.

He's always playing jokes on other people.

Sergeant, Zorro has saved your life on more than one occasion, is that right?

Si, capitan, but not Don Ricardo.

You are Zorro's friend. You would do anything for him.

You would even lie for him.

Have some of your men erect a scaffold immediately.

And, meanwhile, do not leave the yard.

I'm holding you and Corporal Reyes personally responsible for Zorro.

Let him escape, and you will hang in his place.

Si, comandante.

Oh, sergeant.

Gracias, comandante, but I could not take it.

[hammering continues]

[indistinct murmuring]

Well, don'tjust stand there, do something.

Don Ricardo, what can I do? I dare not leave the yard.

That stupid comandante. If I could only get my hands around his neck!

Maybe Don Diego will come back from the picnic in time.

No, myjoke has turned sour.

Well, there is still Zorro, and if Zorro finds out...

lwish I had never heard of Zorro.

Sergeant, sergeant.

Well, corporal, what is it?

Ah, Don Diego, I'm so glad to see you.

Ah, have patience, Ricardo. You will soon be free.

This is one little joke he will long remember, eh, Don Diego?

[hammering continues]

Oh, senorita! And you, De la Vega.

Well, I suppose you've come by to repeat the sergeant's nonsense.

That Del Amo and Zorro are not one and the same.

It is true, comandante. Ricardo was with me when l was rescued by Zorro.

Zorro has also rescued the sergeant.

And, no doubt, he's rescued Senor de la Vega.

Ricardo's not Zorro, it can be proved.

Indeed. By whom?

Well, you have the senorita's word, and mine.

Ricardo's arrest was merely a joke.

El Zorro is notorious for his jokes, like your friend.

The name is unimportant. Under either one he will hang.

How can you kill an innocent man? Why?

Ricardo injured your pride in public, so now you're going to have him killed

- to avenge your honor, eh? - Enough!

How dare you question my authority?

Not your authority, but your concept ofjustice.

Every man has a right to a fair trial,

and, in court, we could prove Ricardo is innocent.

Don Ricardo or El Zorro, he mocks law and order.

His execution will be a much-needed lesson.

- Private. - [man] Yes, sir?

You will escort the senorita and Don Diego to the inn.

- [man] Yes, sir. - You will remain under guard

until after the execution.

Well, it's too late, sergeant.

Zorro can't save me now.

Prisoner will mount the scaffold.

Spring the trap!

Zorro!

- So you admit your mistake? - You men, shoot him down.

Ready... Aim...

Fire!

- [grunts] - Stop it! Stop it!

[Garcia] Stand back! Give the comandante room.

All right. Order your men to drop their arms.

Put down your weapons.

You heard the comandante, drop your weapons. Drop your weapons.

Now, comandante, which of us is Zorro?

So you admit the man you almost hanged in my name is innocent?

Now, senor, | make you a public warning.

The next time you try to hang a man without a trial,

- l'll cut my "Z" much deeper. - All right.

All right.

Zorro, you saved my life.

How can I thank you?

- How can you thank me, senor? - Si.

By not insulting my good name.

I demand satisfaction from any imposter who claims to be Zorro.

[all laugh]

My friends! And you, too, comandante. | ask you,

how could anyone possibly believe a man like this is Zorro?

[grunting]

[pounding on door]

- Zorro! - Senorita.

- Ricardo, how did this happen? - It was Zorro.

- Zorro did this to you? - Yes, Zorro did this...

I'll kill him, I swear I'll kill him. The next time we meet, I'll kill him!

J‘ Zorro, Zorro, Zorro Zorro

J‘ Zorro, Zorro, Zorro, Zorro J‘