Original subtitles

( dramatic theme playing)

(thunder crashing)

♪ Out of the night ♪

♪ When the full moon Is bright ♪

♪ Comes the 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 ♪

♪ The fox so cunning and free ♪

♪ Zorro ♪

♪ Who makes the sign of the Z ♪

♪ Zorro, Zorro, Zorro... ♪

ANNOUNCER: The Walt Disney Studio presents:

ANNOUNCER:

( dramatic theme playing)

(metal clanging)

Tax money for Sergeant Garcia.

The de la Vega taxes.

Look at the size of that bag.

Fifteen hundred pesos.

That is the correct amount, Don Diego, gracias.

Por nada, sergeant.

Oh, gracias, little one.

Gracias.

Oh, little one, what a thief you would make.

Oh, sergeant, speaking of thieves,

uh, do you think it would be possible

for us to see that fabulous iron box?

The one that would make a thief run from the very sight of it.

Of course, Don Diego.

It is at the shop of Salvio, the blacksmith.

Would you like to see it now? Splendid.

( lighthearted theme playing)

(water splashes)

Eugenio, where are you going?

The day is over.

That is no answer.

I want to know where you're going.

(sighs)

I'm going home to change my clothes.

You're going to the tavern to meet that woman, aren't you?

Well, what if I am?

She's not one for you.

Look, Father, I don't want to talk about it.

Besides, you don't know anything about her.

I'd like to know.

You're just a boy. She's a grown woman.

What does she see in you?

She cares for me.

Is it so difficult to understand that somebody should like me?

(sighs) (horses approach)

We have visitors. We'll discuss this later.

You will remain here and behave yourself. Is that clear?

Sí.

DIEGO: Salvio.

Buenas tardes, Don Diego.

How can I serve you?

Salvio, Don Diego wishes to see the iron box.

Of course, Don Diego. At once. In here, please.

Oh, Eugenio.

This?

Wait until you see it, Don Diego.

Open it, please, Don Diego.

DIEGO: You call this tremendous thing

a... An iron box?

For want of a better name.

It weighs over a thousand pounds.

I can easily believe that.

Why, the walls are 2 inches thick.

Too thick for anyone to break,

even if they pounded on them for a week.

I'm very impressed with all this.

I think I'll write a letter to the governor.

Tell him how well you've followed his instructions.

Gracias, Don Diego, but Salvio made it.

Ah. You supervised it, though.

That is true, I did.

Salvio, you're the only blacksmith

in California who could have done this.

You can be proud of yourself.

SALVIO: Eugenio, my son, he worked on it with me.

DIEGO: You can be proud of him too.

SALVIO: Sí.

GARCIA: I think the money will be safe in this,

don't you, Don Diego?

Besides, I will not have to weaken the garrison

by sending out a full escort of soldiers.

I think the sight of this alone will frighten away a bandido.

Oh, by the way, uh, how do you fasten it?

This is how we fasten the box, Don Diego.

Well, it certainly looks as though it could do the job.

Oh, it will, it will.

I have pounded on it with a hammer.

I couldn't even scratch it.

Hey, this key, it's very impressive.

GARCIA: Sí, Don Diego.

I am to send the key to the governor in Monterey.

Then, when the key is safely in the governor's hands,

we will send the box.

That's an excellent idea, sergeant.

Once the box is locked, no one can open it but the governor.

(chuckling): Exactly, Don Diego.

May I have the key, please?

I was going to send this out on the stage tomorrow,

but since the tax collections are almost complete,

I think I will send it by special messenger tonight.

DIEGO: You're very anxious to get rid of that money, eh?

Sí, Don Diego. It is a great responsibility.

SALVIO: Oh, here, sergeant.

You might as well take the lock now too.

GARCIA: Well, Salvio, as soon as I have received word from the governor,

I will send some of my lancers

to move the box out into the plaza.

It will be ready. Good.

Oh, be sure to let me know when you're sending it.

I want to be there for the ceremonies.

Of course, Don Diego. I... Ceremonies? What ceremonies?

Well, you are going to make a speech, aren't you?

A speech? Why, I hadn't thought of making...

Well, maybe just a little one, eh?

(laughs)

Once again, Salvio,

that box is a marvelous piece of work.

Gracias, Don Diego.

You're leaving?

With your permission, Father.

I have an appointment.

Eugenio.

Stay away from her.

Find yourself a nice girl of your own age

before something happens.

Buenas noches, Father, and don't wait up for me.

( dramatic theme playing)

(indistinct chattering)

Our young blacksmith is late tonight.

He'll be here.

He'd better.

That key goes out tomorrow.

This is our last chance to get an impression of it.

I know it.

Here he is. Shh.

Ah, Moneta.

You're late.

I know. I had a little trouble.

Oh, I don't mind waiting.

Oh, good.

I can't take you to see the lock and key tonight.

Oh? What's the matter?

Aren't you permitted in the shop without your father?

Well, of course I am.

It's just that the key has already been sent ahead

and, uh, Sergeant Garcia took the lock.

Well, another time perhaps.

Get me some more wine, Eugenio.

Of course, Moneta.

Now what do we do?

I don't know.

We've lost the key.

I'll think of something.

( heroic theme playing)

There, that was the last one.

Citizens of Los Angeles,

you have seen your tax money placed in this iron box.

And you know...

You know that the key that opens this lock

is safely in the hands of the governor in Monterey.

The only key.

(applause)

So now in a moment, when I close the lock...

(lock clicks) I...

(crowd murmuring)

( mischievous theme playing)

(clanging)

(steam hisses)

(lock clicks)

(all laugh)

Good work, Salvio.

SALVIO: For you, sergeant.

No, please, no, Salvio.

I do not trust myself.

You and Eugenio are the only two men in California

who could have opened this lock.

Ha-ha. We made it, sergeant.

So I think you should have the honor of placing it on the box.

That's a good idea, sergeant.

Sí. Sí.

Everybody. Everybody, over to the caisson.

Salvio is going to put the lock on the box.

We'll get it. Meet us later.

( ominous theme playing)

( dramatic theme playing)

Did you get it? No.

But that was our only chance.

Get our horses quick. We've got to get ahead of that caisson.

But why? Move.

I don't know why I did not think of this before.

We don't need that key.

We have a man who can make one for us.

Bueno.

Bueno. Gracias.

(speaks in Spanish)

( suspenseful theme playing)

Thank the heavens that is over with.

Sergeant, let's have some refreshments.

Of course, Don Diego, gracias.

Oh, uh, would both of you care to join us?

It would be an honor, Don Diego.

Come along, son.

Hello, Moneta.

Buenas tardes, Eugenio.

I saw everything you did. How carefully you filed the key.

And I was so proud of you.

Aren't you angry with me? Angry?

You acted so strange last night.

On the contrary.

I was hoping you would take me for a ride

in the country this evening.

Oh.

Oh.

(both laughing)

Ah-ha.

( stirring theme playing)

(gunshot)

(gunshot)

DRIVER: Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah!

( intense theme playing)

We'll never get that box out of there.

We'll have to open it where it is. Come on.

( dramatic theme playing)

Those irons, are they hot enough?

What about it, blacksmith?

He asked you a question. Answer him.

I cannot open the lock. You're wasting your time.

(grunts)

I tell you I can't open it.

But I saw you. The whole plaza did.

You saw my father. I did nothing.

I listened to you brag what a great locksmith you were.

How you can do anything your father can do and better.

Yes, I was trying to look important in your eyes.

He's lying.

EUGENIO: My father told me

what a fool I was making of myself.

Oh, I'm no locksmith.

We haven't much time.

When this box does not reach the relay station, they'll...

I know, I know.

We'll have to get the old man out here.

Hey, my father's not so easily fooled as I am.

No, I don't think you can get him to take a...

A moonlight ride with a señorita.

(grunting) Hey, hey, hey, hey!

We don't need him.

We might.

Crispin, tie up our young blacksmith.

I'm going to Los Angeles and get Salvio.

Will he come?

He'll come.

I'll just tell him that one of his friends needs help.

And you know what? One of his friends does.

What a beautiful night.

At last, I can get some sleep.

Have you been having trouble sleeping, sergeant?

Oh, sí, Don Diego, with all that tax money around.

But now it is safely on its way.

That it is, sergeant. Well, buenas noches.

Buenas noches, Don Diego.

And to you, little one.

(chuckles)

Hyah!

Salvio?

Oh, the other man.

He's the one who tried to steal the key?

Well, that's very strange, Bernardo.

The man who made the key

and the man who tried to steal the key

riding out of town together.

I think we'll look into this.

( ominous theme playing)

(whistling)

(grunting) (punches landing)

Stop it. Let him alone!

(grunting, gasping)

Now are you going to open the box?

Never. Thief.

He's a tough old rooster, isn't he?

Sí.

But we're going to find out just how tough.

No!

I am a blacksmith, señor. I have been burned before.

Sí, you have, old man.

But has he?

MONETA: Your son is a very handsome boy.

At the moment.

No, don't touch him.

Then you will open the box?

Sí.

That's better.

(sighs)

(coughing)

Father, don't make the key.

Let them do what they want to me.

They're gonna kill us anyway, so don't open the lock.

You heard what my son said, señor.

We'll see what he says when he gets a taste of this.

No!

( action theme playing)

(gunshot)

( stirring theme playing)

(grunts, gasps)

(grunting)

(yells)

Here, try mine.

(hisses, yells)

Señor Zorro, my son?

EUGENIO: Here I am, father. Ha-ha.

Go, join your friends, señorita.

Now, you two don't need me anymore.

No, señor. We can take care of the thieves,

and return the money. Sí.

A son working with his father can do many things.

Adiós, amigos.

Adiós.

(horse whinnies)

( dramatic theme playing)

(whinnying)

♪ Zorro, Zorro ♪

ANNOUNCER: Next week: Caesar Romero

as the gay caballero takes over the Pueblo de Los Angeles.

Is he a man of great wealth,

a reckless imposter, or a common thief?

But that is not the reason I showed you the jewels.

I'm not sure I could bring myself to part with them.

Only Zorro has the answers.

Help! Help! Help!

Help!

Be with us next week

when the gay caballero matches wits with

Zorro.

( main theme playing)