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(THUNDERCLAP)

♪ Out of the night when the full moon is bright

♪ Comes a horseman known as Zorro

♪ This bold renegade carves a "Z" with his blade

♪ A "Z" that stands for Zorro

♪ Zorro!

♪ The Fox so cunning and free

♪ Zorro!

♪ Who makes the sign of the "Z"!

♪ Zorro, Zorro, Zorro

♪ Zorro, Zorro ♪

GARCIA: Guards! Open the gate!

(CROWD CLAMORING)

Hurry! Get the cart inside. Hurry! Move, hurry!

No! Brutes!

Is that any way to treat ladies? A box! Hurry!

A thousand pardons, Senora Torres!

And to you, too, Senorita Elena!

The swine they send me to make soldiers of,

they have the manners of pigs!

Please, ladies.

What do you think you're doing, Captain Monastario?

Is there someone at the door? No, I heard no one knock.

This is no time for formalities, Senor Comandante.

You may ruin everything!

You look worried about something, Licenciado.

I must prepare myself for legal advice, no doubt.

I advise you to listen.

We tell the people we are on their side against the landowners.

If we throw Torres in jail, that's one thing,

but to drag his wife and daughter through the streets in a cart

and lock them up in a cell is another.

Those townspeople may be peons, but they're still Californians

with a deep respect for California womanhood.

Have you heard them shouting?

Calm yourself, Licenciado. Your fears are groundless.

Groundless? Of course!

The townspeople, let them scream.

The louder they scream, the better it suits my purpose.

The person I'm worried about is Zorro, the only one who could ruin my plans.

Exactly! You're giving him ammunition to use against us.

My friend and worthy legal conspirator, let us say I am forcing his hand.

Bait. The Torres women are in jail.

Let their cries for mercy be heard

from one end of the pueblo de Los Angeles to the other!

The louder they scream, the sooner Zorro must ride to save them.

When he does, I will be ready for him.

Hah!

You failed! Oh?

Now do you understand?

Diego? Yes, Father?

Why was I not told about this before, the wife and daughter of my friend

being dragged off to jail like common thieves?

No, thank you. You heard as soon as I.

The difference being I intend to do something about it.

I have a few choice words to say to the Comandante!

Eduardo, call my carriage.

Very well, Father. I'll go. Well spoken, my son.

The neighboring rancheros, Caldon, Valle, Inclan and Cardoza,

they will lend you every available man.

You will have a strong force. Force is the thing we mustn't use.

With the district in rebellion, Monastario would have every right

to crush it with the military and confiscate our lands.

What are you suggesting? When Don Nacho reaches Monterey

and the governor finds out what is happening, we shall get military help.

But if we rebel, the government will support Monastario.

There is truth in what you say, but I cannot see the Torres women suffer.

Patience. I will go and see what I can do.

Mama!

I must speak to you about the Senorita Elena.

No, no, my son. It will not please the patron

if you talk about a woman so far above you.

Then I will not please him!

I cannot help it, Mama. I love the Senorita Elena.

Such people are not for us to love.

It will only make trouble for you. For all of us!

Mama, I...

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Patron, is it true they have taken the Senorita Elena to prison?

Yes, it is true. They have also taken Dona Luisa.

What will they do with her? Dona Luisa?

I mean both ladies, patron.

I don't know, Benito, but I'll find out.

Monastario should be killed!

Philosophy teaches us

that violence is not the solution to the problems that plague mankind.

However, it is a tempting idea.

I will do what is necessary, patron.

Keep away from Monastario. Knowing your concern for Senorita Elena,

he would welcome the chance to kill you.

I am not afraid. People in love so seldom are,

and that is the time they should be most afraid.

If you have no fear for yourself, have some for Senorita Elena.

It would only make matters worse for her.

Was the patron angry, my son?

I do not think so.

And he will save her?

Don Diego would like to, but he will do nothing.

The only one who can help us now is Zorro.

Padre Felipe.

Diego! What brings you from the cool shade of the rancho de la Vega?

Have you heard about Dona Luisa and Elena?

Very sad. I'm praying that the Comandante's heart be softened.

The rancheros are up in arms. They feel the time for praying is over.

It means bloodshed unless we persuade the Comandante to release them.

Have you thought of a way?

No. Only to intercede on their behalf.

It is not probable, but possible he will listen.

Let us speak to him. By all means.

Sergeant Garcia, we wish to have a word with you.

Oh. Buenas tardes, Padre, and to you, Don Diego.

Oh, my friend, too much vino. You have the head today, huh?

No. Only a slight wound received in the performance of my duty. That is all.

You wish to see me, Senores?

We wish to see the Senora Torres and her daughter.

The Comandante won't like that.

Did he tell you we were not to see them?

Well, no, but... Sergeant...

The Comandante's a man of brilliant planning, isn't he?

Well, yes, but...

If he didn't forbid it, he meant us to see them!

But... Sergeant.

You question the orders of your commanding officer?

Oh, no, Don Diego. Good.

Now, you can do me a favor. What is that, Don Diego?

The inn has received two large casks of a new wine grown in the north.

Oh... I've made a wager with a friend

that this northern wine is not as sweet as our own.

I don't know. It is cooler in the north and the soil more sandy.

That, they say, makes for a sweeter grape.

The sergeant's reputation with wine is well-known.

Wine, Padre, is, you might say, a hobby of mine.

I would like your opinion of this new vintage, Sergeant.

Well, such a request I cannot refuse.

Admit the Reverend Father and Don Diego.

With your permission, Padre, I shall report my findings at once.

(HORSE WHINNYING)

You do wrong to encourage the sergeant.

We're all weak one way or another.

Help him resist temptation.

I have a genuine affection for Garcia. He's a good man.

If his thirst for salvation equaled his thirst for wine,

he would have been canonized long ago.

Diego! Thank heavens you've come. I prayed you would.

I have a message from someone concerned for you.

Father? Benito.

What did he say? That he would try to save you.

He mustn't. He'll be killed.

He feels that you're worth the sacrifice.

He mustn't. Diego, don't let him.

I will speak to him. I will order him to stay on the rancho.

Thank you.

It may be the first order that Benito's ever disobeyed.

Dona Luisa.

Have you seen the Comandante since you were brought here?

Have you been decently fed? Not even water.

The Comandante has forbidden food and drink until after he's seen us.

And he refuses to see you?

This does not seem entirely consistent.

But, then, when was consistency a requirement for military command?

Well, perhaps he will see us. With your permission, ladies.

Is there any hope? Can they make Monastario free us?

Save your hopes for your father,

that he can stir the governor to action against this monster.

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

MONASTARIO: Enter!

Oh, Padre.

Buenas tardes. I bid you welcome.

Well, the scholar again. And to what do I owe this pleasure, de la Vega?

I came with Padre Felipe. Please.

After the trouble you had last night, I'd think you would be content

to stay among your books.

People in trouble are everywhere.

We came about Dona Luisa and her daughter.

I offer you the seat to your robe, but I will not discuss the prisoners.

That is not an ecclesiastical matter.

The Church is always concerned with its children, Comandante,

not with legal distinctions.

You set a very lavish table, Comandante,

but, uh, you haven't bothered to share it with your guests.

Minds are always sharpened by hunger.

The prisoners are thinking over the consequences

of their having helped Senor Torres to escape.

Do I understand that you intend to hold the women as hostages?

I am merely detaining them until they tell me the truth.

At the risk of paraphrasing Pontius Pilate, what is the truth?

A full confession to the seditious acts of the traitor Ignacio Torres.

Sergeant Garcia begs to report.

What is going on here?

This man forced his way in. It was only due to my great alertness...

Do not tell me how clever you are. I know!

Well? You have something to say to me?

Please, Comandante, I came to see the Senorita Elena.

You must let me see her!

Don't tell me what I must do!

Benito's young and impulsive, Comandante. He's also in love.

But most important to me, he's my head vaquero.

I can hardly afford to lose him.

Very well. He is not the game I am after anyway.

As usual, you arrest the wrong man. Let him go.

The wrong man? But how... Enough!

I do this as a favor to your master, de la Vega,

but hear me well, vaquero.

If ever again you mention the name of a Spanish lady with such ardor,

you will wish you had been born without a tongue!

Vamonos!

Si, Comandante!

MONASTARIO: Baboso!

In one day, you can do more harm to Spain's relations with these people

than all our missions can undo in one year.

There are some advantages, Padre.

When you teach the Indians the life of our savior,

you can always use the Comandante to illustrate the tyranny of Caesar.

You try my patience, de la Vega.

Sergeant! GARCIA: Yes, Capitan?

The Padre and de la Vega are leaving. Escort them to the gates.

I have a busy day. Please excuse me.

Will you at least accept bail for the women?

Yes. Nothing less than their full confession.

Will you take supper with me at the inn, Padre?

Thank you, Diego. I'd like supper.

Meet me at the church after dark.

(SINGING IN SPANISH)

Zorro!

Call out the guards!

(BELL CLANGING)

Call out the guards!

(BUGLE CALL)

Zorro! Please hurry!

Capture him!

So at last we will see the outlaw who has eluded the king's justice.

We finally caught him, Capitan! We?

You had nothing to do with it, as usual, baboso!

It will give me great pleasure to hang you, Zorro.

I will declare a holiday for the execution. Now for the unmasking.

(GASPS) Benito!

So this is the famous Zorro?

I never would have suspected Benito.

This lovesick vaquero Zorro? Of course not!

Benito, I warned you to stay away. I'm sorry, patron.

I am responsible, Benito. You did this for me.

I'd do it again. A thousand times.

Sergeant, prepare a gallows for the execution of this prisoner.

Take him away!

Has he had the comfort of confession?

Later. Now I want this yard cleared. Sergeant, clear the yard!

Si, Capitan. Clear the cuartel! Everybody clear out!

I'm sorry, Padre Felipe,

but this means you, too, and Don Diego also. Please?

(HORSE WHINNYING)

Catch it, stupid! Can't you do nothing right?

No one is allowed in, Padre. Pass the Padre.

This time, try to put your clumsy hands where I throw the rope.

(SIGHS) Tie it well.

Padre, don't let him die. Please help.

Mama, we must save him.

We can only pray. Perhaps God will soften the heart of Monastario.

The confession. We've got to sign it.

You would publicly accuse your father of treason?

Father is safe.

The governor will protect him, but they'll kill Benito now.

Mama, we have to.

Guard!

Tell Capitan Monastario we are ready to sign the confession.

I love Father and I would go through any torture before I dishonor him,

but this is a matter of Benito's life.

I suppose we all do what we must.

Yes? You wish to see me?

We will sign, Comandante, only let Benito go.

The confession will free you and your mother, no one else.

Bring out the prisoner.

Andale!

Benito!

Get on with it, Sergeant.

Since it is customary, vaquero, have you anything to say?

May I die without chains?

Remove them. And finish quickly, Padre.

Start the wagon on my signal.

Zorro!

(SHOUTING)

Not on foot! Lancers, after him! Si, Comandante!

Bring my horse! Lancers, mount up!

Get on that horse and ride.

After Zorro! Capture him! After him!

(HORSE WHINNYING)

Alto!

Forget the vaquero. I want Zorro!

Lancers, dismount!

All the rest of you, follow me!

What are you doing? Get on your feet!

Monastario!

Sergeant Garcia. Surround that building.

All by myself, Capitan?

Coward. Get up the ladder! I want Zorro alive!

Ortega. You two. Surround this building. Get above and behind him.

Remember, I want Zorro alive. Now, go!

Surrender, Senor Zorro. I have you surrounded!

Garcia, you imbecile!

Monastario!

Why send children to do a man's job?

Close in from the back. Hurry! Si, Comandante.

I will handle this rooster.

Well, Senor Zorro.

Lancers, follow me!

Get me off of here!

Stop it! Help! Help! Whoa!

Lancers! El Capitan! Zorro's horse!

Be careful! Grab him!

Easy, easy... Catch him!

I would like to prolong this, but I must leave you.

(WHISTLING)

Grab his bridle! Hold it!

Why did you not stop him? We tried to stop him.

He runs like the wind. I don't know what...

When I tried to stop him, he started like this, then he came back...

And then he... And...

(GROANING)

♪ Zorro, Zorro, Zorro

♪ Zorro, Zorro, Zorro ♪

NARRATOR: Next week, the courageous California Dons

band together to fight oppression

Watch the cunning Comandante deploy his lancers to meet their attack.

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

Lancers, attack!

Ride with Zorro and his desperate attempt to save his father

and the ambushed rancheros.

Next week when the Walt Disney Studio brings you

another thrilling adventure of Zorro.