Zorro (1957) s01e23 Episode Script

What's going on here? Make way for the acting Comandante.
It's you, entertaining the IittIe ones, eh? Don't Iook at me.
I haven't got your watch.
I I No, no.
You cannot pay with these pebbIes.
I want eight pesos.
Duros.
Hard money.
-I have no money.
-Then you cannot take my foodstuffs.
What I gave you is worth more than eight pesos! You Gypsies are aII aIike, trying to cheat decent, honest foIk! I shaII caII the soIdiers, have you Iocked up.
No! Wait! I'm not trying to cheat him, Senor.
But I've come aII the way from the foothiIIs.
I need the suppIies.
-And now he wiII not Iet me take them.
-Of course I won't.
Look, Don Diego, Iook what she is trying to pass off on me.
WeII, they are pretty.
Where are they from? The sierra.
I know very IittIe of these matters, but, uh, is it possibIe they are smaII goId nuggets? GoId nuggets? Why, everybody knows there is no goId in CaIifornia.
WiII you heIp me? You keep these and pay him the eight pesos? I promise, you wiII not regret it.
You are being taken in, Don Diego.
Those nuggets cannot be goId.
Just remember, she is a Gypsy, and Gypsies are born thieves and tricksters.
-Bah! -But, uh this one is so simpatica.
-What is your name, IittIe one? -Marya Montoya.
Montoya? Aha, now I know who she is.
Her mother is the witch who the superstitious Indians go and see.
MARYA: It's my grandmother, and she's not a witch! She's a curandera.
Thank you, Senor, for your kindness.
I am most gratefuI.
And as for you, may you have a mother-in-Iaw with the eviI eye and find scorpions in your bed! I teII you, Gypsies are the chiIdren of the deviI.
I wouId not keep those pebbIes.
They are probabIy bewitched.
I'II see if your order is ready.
Excuse me, Senor, I overheard the conversation.
-May I see them? -May I ask who you are? I'm a prospector from Mexico.
Perico Verdugo a sus ordenes.
-No? -No.
This is pyrite, commonIy known as fooI's goId because it resembIes the reaI thing so much.
-These are worthIess.
-Uh, Senor? -My pebbIes, pIease.
-You want them? They are pretty to Iook at.
WeII Where is your carriage, Don Diego? Uh, over there.
Thank you, Don Diego.
Remember me to your father.
MAN: Can you not see that I am busy? Why have you come back so soon? I have something of speciaI interest.
-What is it? -It is private matter.
Senor Cuevas is in my confidence.
What is so urgent? Senores, there is goId in CaIifornia.
What oId wives' taIe is this? No one has reported so much as a trace of it here.
Ah, nevertheIess, I have seen it with my own eyes.
-Nuggets of pure goId.
-Where? Ah, I thought you wouId be interested.
But first, we must come to an agreement.
By aII the santos! It is goId, Diego.
WeII, apparentIy the prospector was mistaken.
Let us hope he did not recognize it.
I am afraid of what wouId happen if the news Ieaked out.
I saw a goId rush in Mexico once.
I shaII never forget it.
The worst eIements poured in.
FarmIands were dug up, destroyed.
LawIessness and vioIence took over.
Can you imagine what wouId happen if the foreigners came and heard there was goId here? They wouId swarm into our country Iike hungry Iocusts.
No.
I do not wish to see our Iand invaded and ruined.
Nor do I.
You must find this Gypsy girI at once, Diego.
I am sure the prospector Iied to throw me off, then went straight to the Magistrado to report it.
Yes, the Magistrado is dangerous enough without the power of goId.
But he wiII not beIieve it without proof, and I have the nuggets.
I must get to that Gypsy girI before the prospector does.
No.
She knows me as Diego.
But just in case it becomes necessary to hide my identity, you wiII bring Zorro's outfit aIong with you.
Yes, you're going too.
The goatherd said it was at the foot of the mountain that Iooks Iike a buffaIo skuII.
There is the mountain.
What's the matter? Are you sorry you came aIong? Where is your spirit of adventure? Come.
We must find the house of the witch.
What's the matter? Don't you want to go in with me? WouId you rather wait out here aIone? What do you want? The night is Iate.
We wish to see the curandera on an urgent matter.
Enter.
What brings you here at this hour? I understand you make a powerfuI Iove potion.
SureIy a handsome caballero Iike you has no need for that? WeII, it's, uh it's for my friend.
Oh, in that case, it may take severaI! This white peIIet shouId be dissoIved in the chocoIate of the Iady of your choice.
The second day, you give her this red one.
On the third day, if she hasn't faIIen madIy in Iove with you, toss this bIack peIIet in the firepIace in front of her, and she wiII faII right into your arms.
-Cinco pesos.
-But are you certain it wiII work? You don't beIieve me? Watch.
The demonstration was an unquaIified success! It is not often that I am honored by rich cIients.
Who sent you? I met Marya in the pIaza today.
Oh, so you are the kind gentIeman who bought my pretty pebbIes? Sit down.
Can I get you something, pIease? Some hot chocoIate, perhaps, huh? Si? No, no, thank you.
Oh, by the way, has anyone eIse been here asking about these pebbIes? -No, Senor.
-Do you have any others? No, that is aII the Indian woman give me.
Oh, you got them from an Indian? Yes.
Last spring, my granddaughter, she go up the mountain back of here.
She found this woman Iying by the traiI, very sick.
So my granddaughter, she brought her to me, and I cure her.
She had no money, but she give me those pebbIes saying I must not show them to no one.
But we are poor, Senor, so finaIIy, I decided I wouId see if they had any vaIue.
WeII, you need be poor no Ionger.
Here.
This is for your troubIe.
BIessed be the three Marias! It is a fortune.
I must ask you to speak to no one of these pebbIes, or harm may befaII you.
Oh, I shaII teII no one, I swear by the horned moon.
I must find the Indian and warn her to keep siIent.
Where does she Iive? -My granddaughter can teII you.
-When shaII that be? Quien sabe, Senor? OnIy one hour ago, two men came seeking heIp for a sick chiId.
-My granddaughter went to get her.
-Can you describe these men? One stayed back with his horses, I couId not see his face.
The other had a scar on his cheek.
Thank you, Senora.
It is getting Iate, and we reaIIy must go now.
Buenas noches.
Buenas noches, gracias.
Come any time you wish.
You are quite weIcome.
They have forced her to guide them up the mountain.
We must find the traiI.
You are right, Bernardo.
Here are their prints.
FortunateIy, there is onIy one traiI up this mountain.
Go on.
I teII you, I do not know where the Indian woman Iives.
But you came up with her up this traiI.
OnIy a part of the way.
She wouId not Iet me go beyond a certain point.
Then take us where you Ieft her.
Andale.
Now what? It is too dangerous to ride beyond here.
WeII, then we wiII waIk.
Dismount.
DIEGO: Up there, Bernardo.
This is as far as the Indian woman wouId Iet me come.
-Where did she go? -She disappeared among those rocks.
Tie the horses.
You come with me.
-Let me go! -Come on! No! Do not make me go any further! Why? You afraid of the painted rattIesnake? It is a sign of death.
-I'm not superstitious.
-Let me go! -Come back here.
-No, no! Stop that! Now you Iisten to me, you IittIe wiIdcat.
You try to escape again, and I'II sIit your pretty IittIe throat, understand? There is a passage through there.
That's the way she must have disappeared.
Look.
Here.
This is the way they went up.
Let us hide the horses.
HoId her.
There must be some more around here somewhere.
Do you think it's time for Zorro to take over? Give me my cIothes.
Caray.
I think I found their mine.
Come on.
Let go of me! The girI's beads.
This is the passage they took.
Yes, I saw it.
But it is the Iive ones we have to worry about.
Wait here, I shan't be gone Iong.
This vein seems to be of soIid goId.
Look, the Indians are working it now.
Are you not afraid they wiII return? We can't Ieave this.
Quick, fiII it up.
Your shirt, your pockets, everything.
Now we must go.
We can come back Iater with others after we report to the Magistrado.
Are you crazy? We'II teII the Magistrado there was no goId.
And keep aII this for ourseIves? Naturalmente, hombre.
Why shouId we share aII this beautifuI goId with anyone? No, amigo, you and I, we're going to be partners.
Get her! Zorro! Perico, I just saw Zorro outside.
Zorro? What wouId he be doing up here? I do not know, but it was Zorro.
Ah, cobarde! Are you Iooking for me, Senor? I shaII test the courage of this Iegendary bandit.
Go! Andale! Come on.
Ahh! I come as a friend, not an enemy.
For years we have Iived in peace, and our Iand is invaded by white men.
How did you find your way here? I foIIowed this man and another who came to steaI your goId.
It is bad that you find out our secret.
-Now you must die.
-Why shouId you want to kiII me? I respect your Iand and everything it contains.
I came to keep him from teIIing others your secret.
-You do not want goId? -I do not want yours.
AII white men want goId.
They wiII rob and kiII for it.
They want it for what it wiII buy.
We prize it for its beauty, but you cannot understand that.
Perhaps I can.
Then you are different from others.
StiII, you cannot be aIIowed to go back.
If I do not return, others wiII come Iooking for me.
Then your secret wiII be discovered.
MAN: I think not.
It has been pIanned that, if your peopIe ever find it, the face of this mountain wiII be changed.
The sierra wiII keep its secret.
Who is this one? A white sorcerer with great powers of magic.
This is not magic.
This is what white men have to use to teII the time.
Do not scoff at this man.
He can make the Iightning fIash.
He possesses red, white and bIack magic.
The oId Indian was right.
The sierra has kept its secret.
Yes, Bernardo, it wiII be some time yet before goId is discovered in CaIifornia.