Zorro (1957) s02e15 Episode Script
The Iron Box
: 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 The fox so cunning and free Zorro Who makes the sign of the Z Zorro, Zorro, Zorro {ANNOUNCER READING Tax money for Sergeant Garcia.
- The de Ia 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, IittIe one.
Gracias.
Oh, IittIe one, what a thief you wouId make.
Oh, sergeant, speaking of thieves, do you think it wouId be possibIe for us to see that fabuIous iron box? The one that wouId make a thief run from the very sight of it.
Of course, Don Diego.
It is at the shop of SaIvio, the bIacksmith.
- WouId you Iike to see it now? - SpIendid.
Eugenio, where are you going? - The day is over.
- That is no answer.
I want to know where you're going.
I'm going home to change my cIothes.
You're going to the tavern to meet that woman, aren't you? - WeII, what if I am? - She's not one for you.
Look, Father, I don't want to taIk about it.
Besides, you don't know anything about her.
I'd Iike 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 difficuIt to understand that somebody shouId Iike me? We have visitors.
We'II discuss this Iater.
You wiII remain here and behave yourseIf.
Is that cIear? - SÃ.
DIEGO: SaIvio.
Buenas tardes, Don Diego.
How can I serve you? SaIvio, Don Diego wishes to see the iron box.
Of course, Don Diego.
At once.
In here, pIease.
Oh, Eugenio.
- This? - Wait untiI you see it, Don Diego.
Open it, pIease, Don Diego.
You caII this tremendous thing an iron box.
For want of a better name.
It weighs over a thousand pounds.
I can easiIy beIieve that.
- Why, the waIIs are 2 inches thick.
- Too thick for anyone to break through.
Even if they pounded on them for a week.
I'm very impressed with aII this.
I think I'II write a Ietter to the governor.
TeII him how weII you've foIIowed his instructions.
Gracias, Don Diego, but SaIvio made it.
- Ah.
You supervised it, though.
- That is true, I did.
SaIvio, you're the onIy bIacksmith in CaIifornia who couId have done this.
You can be proud of yourseIf.
Eugenio, my son, he worked on it with me.
- You can be proud of him too.
- SÃ.
GARCIA: I think the money wiII be safe in this, don't you, Don Diego? I wiII not have to weaken the garrison by sending out a fuII escort of soIdiers.
I think the sight of this aIone wiII frighten away a bandido.
Oh, by the way, uh, how do you fasten it? This is how we fasten the box, Don Diego.
It Iooks as though it couId do the job.
Oh, it wiII, it wiII.
I pounded on it with a hammer.
I couIdn't even scratch it.
Hey, this key, it's very impressive.
SÃ, Don Diego.
I am to send the key to the governor in Monterey.
Then, when the key is safeIy in the governor's hands, we wiII send the box.
That's an exceIIent idea, sergeant.
Once the box is Iocked, no one can open it but the governor.
ExactIy, Don Diego.
Heh-heh.
May I have the key, pIease? I was going to send this out on the stage tomorrow, but since the tax coIIections are aImost compIete I think I wiII send it by speciaI messenger tonight.
DIEGO: You're very anxious to get rid of that money, eh? SÃ, Don Diego, it is a great responsibiIity.
Oh, here, sergeant.
You might as weII take the Iock now too.
WeII, SaIvio, as soon as I have received word from the governor, I wiII send some of my Iancers to move the box out into the pIaza.
- It wiII be ready.
- Good.
Let me know when you're sending it.
I want to be there for the ceremonies.
Of course, Don Diego.
I-- Ceremonies? What ceremonies? WeII, you are going to make a speech, aren't you? A speech? Why, I hadn't thought of making-- WeII, maybe just a IittIe one, eh? Heh-heh.
Heh.
Once again, SaIvio, that box is a marveIous piece of work.
Gracias, Don Diego.
- You're Ieaving? - With your permission, Father.
I have an appointment.
Eugenio.
Stay away from her.
Find yourseIf a nice girI of your own age before something happens.
Buenas noches, Father, and don't wait up for me.
Our young bIacksmith is Iate tonight.
- He'II be here.
- He'd better.
That key goes out tomorrow.
This is our Iast chance to get an impression of it.
I know it.
Here he is.
- Ah Moneta.
- You're Iate.
I know, I had a IittIe troubIe.
- Oh, I don't mind waiting.
- Oh, good.
I can't take you to see the Iock and key tonight.
Oh? What's the matter? Aren't you permitted in the shop without your father? Of course I am.
It's just that the key has aIready been sent and Sergeant Garcia took the Iock.
WeII, another time perhaps.
Get me some more wine, Eugenio.
Of course, Moneta.
Now what do we do? - I don't know.
- But we've Iost the key.
I'II think of something.
There, that was the Iast one.
Citizens of Los AngeIes, you have seen your tax money pIaced in this iron box.
Heh.
And you know-- You know that the key that opens this Iock is safeIy in the hands of the governor in Monterey.
The onIy key.
So now in a moment, when I cIose the Iock-- I-- Good work, SaIvio.
- For you, sergeant.
- No, pIease, no, SaIvio.
I do not trust myseIf.
You and Eugenio are the onIy two men in CaIifornia - who couId have opened this Iock.
- Ha-ha.
We made it, sergeant.
So I think you shouId have the honor of pIacing it on the box.
That's a good idea, sergeant.
- SÃ.
- SÃ.
Everybody.
Everybody, over to the caisson.
SaIvio is going to put the Iock on the box.
We'II get it.
Meet us Iater.
- Did you get it? - No.
But that was our onIy chance.
Get our horses.
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.
Vamos.
Adelante.
Thank the heavens that is over with.
- Sergeant, Iet's have some refreshments.
- Of course, Don Diego, gracias.
- Oh, wouId both of you care to join us? - It wouId be an honor, Don Diego.
Come aIong, son.
- HeIIo, Moneta.
- Buenas tardes, Eugenio.
I saw everything you did.
How carefuIIy you fiIed the key.
And I was so proud of you.
- Aren't you angry with me? - Angry? - You acted so strange Iast night.
- On the contrary.
I was hoping you wouId take me for a ride in the country this evening.
Oh.
Oh.
Hyah! Hyah! We'II never get that box out of there.
We'II have to open it where it is.
Come on.
- Those irons, are they hot enough? - What about it, bIacksmith? He asked you a question.
Answer him.
I cannot open the Iock.
You're wasting your time.
I teII you I can't open it.
But I saw you.
The whoIe pIaza did.
You saw my father.
I did nothing.
For weeks, I Iistened to you brag what a great Iocksmith you were.
How you can do anything your father can do.
I was trying to Iook important in your eyes.
He's Iying.
My father toId me what a fooI I was making of myseIf.
Oh, I'm no Iocksmith.
We haven't much time.
When this box does not reach - the reIay station-- NAVA: I know, I know.
We'II have to get the oId man out here.
Hey, my father's not so easiIy fooIed as I am.
No, I don't think you can get him to take a moonIight ride with a senorita.
- We don't need him.
- We might.
Crispin, tie up our young bIacksmith.
I'm going to Los AngeIes and get SaIvio.
- WiII he come? - He'II come.
I'II just teII him that one of his friends needs heIp.
And you know what? One of his friends does.
What a beautifuI night.
- At Iast, I can get some sIeep.
- Have you been having troubIe sIeeping? Oh, sÃ, Don Diego, with aII that tax money around.
- But now it is safeIy on its way.
- That it is, sergeant.
- WeII, buenas noches.
- Buenas noches, Don Diego.
And to you, IittIe one.
Hyah! SaIvio? Oh, the other man.
He's the one who tried to steaI the key? WeII, that's very strange, Bernardo.
The man who made the key and the man who tried to steaI the key riding out of town together.
I think we'II Iook into this.
Stop it.
Let him aIone! - Now are you going to open the box? - Never.
Thief.
- He's a tough oId rooster, isn't he? - SÃ.
But we're going to find out just how tough.
No.
I am a bIacksmith, senor.
I have been burned before.
SÃ, you have, oId man.
But has he? Your son is a very handsome boy.
At the moment.
No, don't touch him.
Then you wiII open the box? SÃ.
That's better.
Father, don't make the key.
Let them do what they want to me.
They're gonna kiII us anyway, so don't open the Iock.
You heard what my son said, senor.
We'II see what he says when he gets a taste of this.
No.
Here, try mine.
- Senor Zorro, my son? - Here I am, father.
Ha-ha.
Go, join your friends, senorita.
- Now, you two don't need me anymore.
- No, senor.
We can take care of the thieves, and return the money.
SÃ.
A son working with his father can do many things.
Adiüs, amigos.
Adiüs.
: Zorro, Zorro Zorro, Zorro Zorro NARRATOR: Next week, Cesar Romero as the gay caballero, takes over the Pueblo de Los Angeles.
ls he a man of great wealth, a reckless imposter or a common thief? But that is not the reason I showed you the jeweIs.
I'm not sure I couId bring myseIf to part with them.
Only Zorro has the answers.
HeIp! HeIp! HeIp! Be with us next week, when the gay caballero matches wits with Zorro.
- The de Ia 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, IittIe one.
Gracias.
Oh, IittIe one, what a thief you wouId make.
Oh, sergeant, speaking of thieves, do you think it wouId be possibIe for us to see that fabuIous iron box? The one that wouId make a thief run from the very sight of it.
Of course, Don Diego.
It is at the shop of SaIvio, the bIacksmith.
- WouId you Iike to see it now? - SpIendid.
Eugenio, where are you going? - The day is over.
- That is no answer.
I want to know where you're going.
I'm going home to change my cIothes.
You're going to the tavern to meet that woman, aren't you? - WeII, what if I am? - She's not one for you.
Look, Father, I don't want to taIk about it.
Besides, you don't know anything about her.
I'd Iike 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 difficuIt to understand that somebody shouId Iike me? We have visitors.
We'II discuss this Iater.
You wiII remain here and behave yourseIf.
Is that cIear? - SÃ.
DIEGO: SaIvio.
Buenas tardes, Don Diego.
How can I serve you? SaIvio, Don Diego wishes to see the iron box.
Of course, Don Diego.
At once.
In here, pIease.
Oh, Eugenio.
- This? - Wait untiI you see it, Don Diego.
Open it, pIease, Don Diego.
You caII this tremendous thing an iron box.
For want of a better name.
It weighs over a thousand pounds.
I can easiIy beIieve that.
- Why, the waIIs are 2 inches thick.
- Too thick for anyone to break through.
Even if they pounded on them for a week.
I'm very impressed with aII this.
I think I'II write a Ietter to the governor.
TeII him how weII you've foIIowed his instructions.
Gracias, Don Diego, but SaIvio made it.
- Ah.
You supervised it, though.
- That is true, I did.
SaIvio, you're the onIy bIacksmith in CaIifornia who couId have done this.
You can be proud of yourseIf.
Eugenio, my son, he worked on it with me.
- You can be proud of him too.
- SÃ.
GARCIA: I think the money wiII be safe in this, don't you, Don Diego? I wiII not have to weaken the garrison by sending out a fuII escort of soIdiers.
I think the sight of this aIone wiII frighten away a bandido.
Oh, by the way, uh, how do you fasten it? This is how we fasten the box, Don Diego.
It Iooks as though it couId do the job.
Oh, it wiII, it wiII.
I pounded on it with a hammer.
I couIdn't even scratch it.
Hey, this key, it's very impressive.
SÃ, Don Diego.
I am to send the key to the governor in Monterey.
Then, when the key is safeIy in the governor's hands, we wiII send the box.
That's an exceIIent idea, sergeant.
Once the box is Iocked, no one can open it but the governor.
ExactIy, Don Diego.
Heh-heh.
May I have the key, pIease? I was going to send this out on the stage tomorrow, but since the tax coIIections are aImost compIete I think I wiII send it by speciaI messenger tonight.
DIEGO: You're very anxious to get rid of that money, eh? SÃ, Don Diego, it is a great responsibiIity.
Oh, here, sergeant.
You might as weII take the Iock now too.
WeII, SaIvio, as soon as I have received word from the governor, I wiII send some of my Iancers to move the box out into the pIaza.
- It wiII be ready.
- Good.
Let me know when you're sending it.
I want to be there for the ceremonies.
Of course, Don Diego.
I-- Ceremonies? What ceremonies? WeII, you are going to make a speech, aren't you? A speech? Why, I hadn't thought of making-- WeII, maybe just a IittIe one, eh? Heh-heh.
Heh.
Once again, SaIvio, that box is a marveIous piece of work.
Gracias, Don Diego.
- You're Ieaving? - With your permission, Father.
I have an appointment.
Eugenio.
Stay away from her.
Find yourseIf a nice girI of your own age before something happens.
Buenas noches, Father, and don't wait up for me.
Our young bIacksmith is Iate tonight.
- He'II be here.
- He'd better.
That key goes out tomorrow.
This is our Iast chance to get an impression of it.
I know it.
Here he is.
- Ah Moneta.
- You're Iate.
I know, I had a IittIe troubIe.
- Oh, I don't mind waiting.
- Oh, good.
I can't take you to see the Iock and key tonight.
Oh? What's the matter? Aren't you permitted in the shop without your father? Of course I am.
It's just that the key has aIready been sent and Sergeant Garcia took the Iock.
WeII, another time perhaps.
Get me some more wine, Eugenio.
Of course, Moneta.
Now what do we do? - I don't know.
- But we've Iost the key.
I'II think of something.
There, that was the Iast one.
Citizens of Los AngeIes, you have seen your tax money pIaced in this iron box.
Heh.
And you know-- You know that the key that opens this Iock is safeIy in the hands of the governor in Monterey.
The onIy key.
So now in a moment, when I cIose the Iock-- I-- Good work, SaIvio.
- For you, sergeant.
- No, pIease, no, SaIvio.
I do not trust myseIf.
You and Eugenio are the onIy two men in CaIifornia - who couId have opened this Iock.
- Ha-ha.
We made it, sergeant.
So I think you shouId have the honor of pIacing it on the box.
That's a good idea, sergeant.
- SÃ.
- SÃ.
Everybody.
Everybody, over to the caisson.
SaIvio is going to put the Iock on the box.
We'II get it.
Meet us Iater.
- Did you get it? - No.
But that was our onIy chance.
Get our horses.
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.
Vamos.
Adelante.
Thank the heavens that is over with.
- Sergeant, Iet's have some refreshments.
- Of course, Don Diego, gracias.
- Oh, wouId both of you care to join us? - It wouId be an honor, Don Diego.
Come aIong, son.
- HeIIo, Moneta.
- Buenas tardes, Eugenio.
I saw everything you did.
How carefuIIy you fiIed the key.
And I was so proud of you.
- Aren't you angry with me? - Angry? - You acted so strange Iast night.
- On the contrary.
I was hoping you wouId take me for a ride in the country this evening.
Oh.
Oh.
Hyah! Hyah! We'II never get that box out of there.
We'II have to open it where it is.
Come on.
- Those irons, are they hot enough? - What about it, bIacksmith? He asked you a question.
Answer him.
I cannot open the Iock.
You're wasting your time.
I teII you I can't open it.
But I saw you.
The whoIe pIaza did.
You saw my father.
I did nothing.
For weeks, I Iistened to you brag what a great Iocksmith you were.
How you can do anything your father can do.
I was trying to Iook important in your eyes.
He's Iying.
My father toId me what a fooI I was making of myseIf.
Oh, I'm no Iocksmith.
We haven't much time.
When this box does not reach - the reIay station-- NAVA: I know, I know.
We'II have to get the oId man out here.
Hey, my father's not so easiIy fooIed as I am.
No, I don't think you can get him to take a moonIight ride with a senorita.
- We don't need him.
- We might.
Crispin, tie up our young bIacksmith.
I'm going to Los AngeIes and get SaIvio.
- WiII he come? - He'II come.
I'II just teII him that one of his friends needs heIp.
And you know what? One of his friends does.
What a beautifuI night.
- At Iast, I can get some sIeep.
- Have you been having troubIe sIeeping? Oh, sÃ, Don Diego, with aII that tax money around.
- But now it is safeIy on its way.
- That it is, sergeant.
- WeII, buenas noches.
- Buenas noches, Don Diego.
And to you, IittIe one.
Hyah! SaIvio? Oh, the other man.
He's the one who tried to steaI the key? WeII, that's very strange, Bernardo.
The man who made the key and the man who tried to steaI the key riding out of town together.
I think we'II Iook into this.
Stop it.
Let him aIone! - Now are you going to open the box? - Never.
Thief.
- He's a tough oId rooster, isn't he? - SÃ.
But we're going to find out just how tough.
No.
I am a bIacksmith, senor.
I have been burned before.
SÃ, you have, oId man.
But has he? Your son is a very handsome boy.
At the moment.
No, don't touch him.
Then you wiII open the box? SÃ.
That's better.
Father, don't make the key.
Let them do what they want to me.
They're gonna kiII us anyway, so don't open the Iock.
You heard what my son said, senor.
We'II see what he says when he gets a taste of this.
No.
Here, try mine.
- Senor Zorro, my son? - Here I am, father.
Ha-ha.
Go, join your friends, senorita.
- Now, you two don't need me anymore.
- No, senor.
We can take care of the thieves, and return the money.
SÃ.
A son working with his father can do many things.
Adiüs, amigos.
Adiüs.
: Zorro, Zorro Zorro, Zorro Zorro NARRATOR: Next week, Cesar Romero as the gay caballero, takes over the Pueblo de Los Angeles.
ls he a man of great wealth, a reckless imposter or a common thief? But that is not the reason I showed you the jeweIs.
I'm not sure I couId bring myseIf to part with them.
Only Zorro has the answers.
HeIp! HeIp! HeIp! Be with us next week, when the gay caballero matches wits with Zorro.