Zorro (1957) s02e11 Episode Script

The Flaming Arrow

: Out of the night When the full moon ls 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, Zorro Zorro, Zorro Zorro Enter.
I have finished shining your boots, comandante.
WeII, sergeant, how do I Iook? You Iook spIendid, capitan, spIendid.
You know, sergeant, one of my first acts as comandante of Monterey wiII be to set up a procedure of daiIy inspections of the men and their quarters.
And woe be to the man whose bed is not made or whose boots are not shined.
GARCIA: Ah.
Whoa.
BIacksmith.
BIacksmith.
What have you do--? - Diego.
- DeI Amo.
DeI Amo, you're under arrest.
You see, this was aII a joke.
I thought you were my friend.
There's onIy one way to deaI with your fooIishness, jaiI.
JaiI? Oh, weII, Diego wiII teII you that Don Diego, come back here.
DeI Amo, you and your jokes are a pubIic menace.
For the next ten days, amuse yourseIf in jaiI.
Oh, capitan, where is your sense of humor? Ten days in jaiI or a fine of 200 pesos.
Now, which wiII it be, senor? WeII, uh, heh, 200 pesos.
Ha, ha.
Ah.
WeII, it's not as easy as it Iooks.
Diego, I'II bet you 100 pesos you can't hit that target.
At Ieast not in the first three tries.
Why shouId I spear the straw man? He never did anything to me.
What's the matter, Diego? You afraid? - Why don't you, Diego? - I dare you.
I wish you wouId, just to teach him a Iesson.
Why shouId I? I'm sure it'II be much more pIeasant here with you.
No, Ricardo, you go on ahead.
- We'II watch.
- Oh, take a sporting chance.
- Make a smaII wager.
- FortunateIy, I don't need your money.
Hmm 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 squareIy with his Iance wins the prize.
ANNA MARIA: I feeI just Iike a princess.
Being sought after by two knights in shining armor.
WeII, Diego.
Are you going to try? Or do you stiII feeI it's not worth the effort? AII right.
I'II give you first try at it.
I want to see how you do it.
Ladies.
Good morning, capitan.
Senorita Anna Maria Verdugo.
And her cousin, MiIana deI Carmen.
May I present Capitan Luis de Guerro, the new comandante of Monterey.
Senoritas, your servant.
You are Iucky, Diego, I very nearIy got it that time.
Ah, you're wasting your time, DeI Amo.
Let one who knows how do it.
Watch me carefuIIy.
I'II make a perfect hit the first time.
The Iance, pIease.
WeII, uh, Diego and I were having a IittIe private competition for the Iadies' favor.
May the one who deserves it win it.
The Iance, pIease.
Sergeant! CorporaI! - Oh, comandante, are you hurt? - No.
DE GUERRO: I'II kiII him, so heIp me.
The next time I get my hands on him, I'II kiII him.
I do not think he meant it for you, capitan.
He wanted Don Diego to try it.
He's a menace to pubIic safety.
It was just a joke, capitan.
Wait tiII I get my hands on him.
It'II be no joke, I assure you.
Sß, capitan.
You know, judging from the comandante's comments to Sergeant Garcia, I'd say the wisest thing that you couId do wouId be to go back to San Francisco.
I mereIy pIanned it as a private joke between two friends.
Why did he have to enter into it? And I'm gIad he did.
It wouId serve you right if he Iocked you up in his jaiI and kept you there for a week.
You know, there's a certain amount of poetic justice in aII this.
He baited the trap, and now he's got a tiger by the taiI.
PersonaIIy, I admire one who acts Iike a man, - not a cIown.
- I know, I know.
Like Zorro.
Is Zorro an idIer or practicaI joker? You shouId foIIow Zorro's exampIe, Ricardo.
And you too, Diego.
MILANA: Anna Maria? Oh, excuse me, senores, for the interruption.
Anna Maria, I need your heIp again.
I just cannot decide about the gown.
Very weII, MiIana.
You'II excuse us, senores? - That's strange, Ricardo.
- Hmm? In Iess than an hour, uh, MiIana has tried on three gowns.
I wonder why.
WeII, 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, uh, yet you know it, huh? WeII, you see, uh, the fair MiIana has received a Iove Ietter, signed ''Zorro.
'' I don't know what you're up to, Ricardo, but, uh, you had better tread softIy.
You're pIaying with fire.
Now, this is no idIe whim, my friend.
I'm going to cure Anna Maria of a very annoying habit.
Have you noticed how she constantIy compares you and me with Zorro, and Zorro aIways gets the better of it? WeII, now you've Iost me compIeteIy.
What does this have to do with MiIana's receiving a Iove Ietter? WeII, I was just about to, uh, suggest that you and Anna Maria take a stroII in the moonIight this evening.
And upon your return to the hacienda, you wiII accidentaIIy find MiIana and Zorro.
Oh, a, uh, very fickIe Zorro.
Making Iove to another woman, right under Anna Maria's nose, eh? WeII, do you happen to be Zorro's height and weight? Oh.
Mere coincidence.
Now, you be sure to be there with Anna Maria.
Oh, waIking with Anna Maria in the moonIight, that part of your scheme I Iike.
But as to the rest of it, weII, I have a premonition that it might better be Ieft undone.
Uh, Iike aII your schemes.
This, my friend, is because you have an appaIIing Iack of imagination.
So now, Don Diego, the comandante bIames me for faIIing off his horse.
And aII because of your friend.
WeII, sergeant, Don Ricardo, he's not Iike other men.
He's a cIown, a practicaI joker.
That is not how the capitan described him.
Nor what the capitan caIIed me.
WeII, obviousIy you need to be reinstated into the comandante's good graces.
In his present mood, that wiII not be easy.
Sergeant, supposing, after aII this time, you were to capture Zorro.
WouId that not put you back in his favor? Sß, I suppose so, Don Diego.
WeII, sergeant, I wouIdn't share this secret with anyone but I happen to know exactIy where Zorro is going to be tonight.
You do? : Sweet senorita The fairest flower of Monterey Sweet Estrellita The shining star that lights my way Sweet senorita Upon your balcony above lf there is a secret That you disclose Throw a rose Oh, sweet senorita The bells will ring for us one day Then in the chapel We'll kneel and hear the padre pray There on your finger A golden ring will shine And you will Forever be mine Zorro, this is Iike a dream.
I thought you were in Iove with my cousin.
You mean in Iove with Anna Maria? Beside you, she is Iike a magpie beside a dove.
RICARDO: You are the sun - Diego.
- that casts Anna Maria into the shade.
- That can't be Zorro.
I know it's Ricardo.
But why? What is he up to? Hundreds of maidens have thrown themseIves before Zorro, incIuding Anna Maria, but you are the first, the first to capture my heart.
GARCIA: Do not move, Senor Zorro.
I said, do not move, Senor Zorro.
We have you surrounded.
DIEGO: Sergeant Garcia, what have we here? Oh, Don Diego, you were right.
I have captured Zorro.
DIEGO: My congratuIations, sergeant.
- You too, corporaI.
- Gracias.
Unmask him.
Let us see who he is.
Sß, senorita.
Ricardo.
I thought so.
You mean you knew aII the time? Anna Maria, can it be possibIe? Our friend Ricardo? ANNA MARIA: Doesn't surprise me.
I've suspected him from the first.
Don Diego, may I speak to you aIone? Con permiso? Oh, guard your prisoner weII, corporaI.
Remember, he's the fox.
Don Diego, there must be some mistake.
- Your friend cannot be Zorro.
- WeII, you caught him red-handed.
Yes, I know, but when Zorro saved the payroII, Don Ricardo heIped him capture the bandidos.
Uh, here was Zorro, here was Don Ricardo.
WeII, do you think it's possibIe that this is another one of Don Ricardo's practicaI jokes? He is fuII of jokes.
Then why don't we enjoy this one? Let's pretend that he is Zorro.
Let him spend the night in a ceII.
Don Diego, this wiII be the best joke of aII.
This wiII get even for the time he had you put in jaiI.
CorporaI, take the prisoner to the guardhouse.
AII right, Diego, teII him the truth.
TeII him that I'm not Zorro.
I'm sorry, Ricardo.
But I promise you this: When Anna Maria and I go on our picnic tomorrow, we'II both think of you.
Sorry you can't make it.
Come, Don Ricardo.
You can teII your story at the triaI.
This time, I do not think Senor Zorro wiII escape.
Enter.
You sent for me, capitan? So.
You captured the notorious outIaw Zorro Iast night.
WeII, not exactIy, capitan.
Ricardo deI Amo.
Impertinent, insoIent.
We wiII do weII to be rid of him.
- Rid of him? - Yes, and at once.
Sergeant, you wiII have the gaIIows erected immediateIy.
But, uh, what about the triaI? When wiII that be heId? When a man runs away from the Iaw, he does not need a triaI.
His own actions prove that he is guiIty.
Time after time, Zorro has escaped and run away.
I wiII not give him time for a repeat performance.
But there is one thing that I must expIain-- I gave you an order, sergeant.
Have the gaIIows erected at once.
But, comandante-- And so you see, comandante, even though we knew he was not reaIIy Zorro, we thought it wouId be a good joke.
He's aIways pIaying jokes on other peopIe.
Sergeant, Zorro has saved your Iife on more than one occasion, is that not right? Oh, sß, capitan, but not Don Ricardo.
You are Zorro's friend.
You wouId do anything for him.
You wouId even Iie for him.
Have some of your men erect a scaffoId immediateIy.
And meanwhiIe, do not Ieave the yard.
I'm hoIding you and CorporaI Reyes personaIIy responsibIe for Zorro.
Let him escape and you wiII hang in his pIace.
Sß, comandante.
Oh, sergeant.
You wiII get your reward after the execution.
Gracias, comandante, but I couId not take it.
WeII, don't just stand there, sergeant.
Do something.
Don Ricardo, what can I do? I dare not Ieave the yard.
That stupid comandante.
If I couId onIy get my hands around his neck.
Maybe Don Diego wiII come back from the picnic in time.
No, my joke has turned sour.
WeII, there is stiII Zorro.
And if Zorro finds out-- I wish I had never heard of Zorro.
Sergeant, sergeant.
WeII, corporaI? What is it? Ah, Don Diego, I'm so gIad to see you.
Ah, have patience, Ricardo.
You wiII soon be free.
This is one IittIe joke he wiII Iong remember, eh, Don Diego? Ah.
Senorita.
And you, de Ia Vega.
WeII, I suppose you've come by to repeat the sergeant's nonsense.
That DeI Amo and Zorro are not one and the same.
It is true, comandante.
Ricardo was with me when I was rescued by Zorro.
Zorro has aIso rescued the sergeant.
And no doubt he's rescued Senor de Ia Vega.
Ricardo's not Zorro.
It can be proved.
Indeed? By whom? You have the senorita's word.
And mine.
Ricardo's arrest was mereIy a joke.
EI Zorro is notorious for his jokes, Iike your friend.
The name is unimportant, and either one, he wiII hang.
How can you kiII an innocent man? Why? DIEGO: Ricardo injured your pride in pubIic.
So now you are having him kiIIed to avenge your honor, eh? Enough.
How dare you question my authority.
Not your authority, but your concept of justice.
Every man has a right to a fair triaI, and in court we couId prove that Ricardo is innocent.
Don Ricardo or el Zorro, he mocks Iaw and order.
His execution wiII be a much-needed Iesson.
- Private.
GUARD: Yes, sir? You wiII escort the senorita and Don Diego to the inn.
- Yes, sir.
DE GUERRO: You wiII remain under guard untiI after the execution.
WeII, it's too Iate, sergeant.
Zorro can't save me now.
The prisoner wiII mount the scaffoId.
Spring the trap! DE GUERRO: Zorro! So you admit your mistake, comandante.
You men, shoot him down.
Ready, aim fire! GUARD: Aah! Ooh! DE GUERRO: Stop it, stop it! GARCIA: Lancers, stand back, give the comandante room! ZORRO: AII 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 aImost hanged in my name is innocent.
Now, senor, I make you a pubIic warning.
The next time you try to hang a man without a triaI, I'II cut my Z much deeper.
AII right.
AII right.
Zorro, you saved my Iife.
How can I thank you? - How can you thank me, senor? - Sß.
By not insuIting my good name.
I demand satisfaction from any impostor who cIaims to be Zorro.
My friend.
And you too, comandante.
I ask you, how couId anyone possibIy beIieve a man Iike this is Zorro? Zorro.
Senorita.
- Ricardo, how did this happen? - It was Zorro.
- Zorro did this to you? - Yes, Zorro did this-- I'II kiII him.
I swear I'II kiII him the next time we meet.
I'II kiII him.
: Zorro, Zorro Zorro, Zorro Zorro, Zorro NARRATOR: Next week: Zorro is challenged to a duel.
I am gonna get that Zorro and I'm gonna rip his mask off.
Will Zorro meet his match in the daring Ricardo Del Amo? Will it be with pistols? Will it be with bullwhips? Will it be with swords? You are one of the finest swordsmen I have ever met.
Next week, a score of surprises awaits you when the Walt Disney Studio presents Zorro.

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