Zorro (1957) s02e13 Episode Script

Amnesty for Zorro

: 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 The army, the army The noble Spanish army lt couldn't get along Without the sergeants You know, corporaI, I have been thinking.
Of aII the ranks in the Spanish army, the most indispensabIe are the sergeants.
- ReaIIy? - UnquestionabIy.
Now, the generals give the orders And the privates do the work But who makes the army go? The sergeants The captains wear the medals And the corporals loaf and shirk But who makes the army go? The sergeants We are brave, we are bold We are willing No task is too great or too small lf we're ordered To perform the impossible Why, there's really nothing to it The corporals will do it The officers get confused And mix the situation up Who straightens them out, you know Who makes the army go? Who likes to brag and blow? The sergeants HeIp.
- HeIp me.
- You'II be aII right, my friend.
- Quick, corporaI, get some wine.
- ShaII I get some for him too? Hurry, baboso.
Senor de Ia Vega.
I have important news from Los AngeIes for Senor de Ia Vega.
- Don Diego, this man wants to taIk to you.
- I am de Ia Vega, what is it? You've brought news from Los AngeIes.
What is it? I ride aII night, no stopping.
- What happened? TeII me.
- Fire.
De Ia Vega hacienda, burned down.
How did this happen? - He is very weak, Don Diego.
- He is very thirsty too.
I don't know how happened.
Maybe Indian when they stampede cattIe.
We never had troubIe with Indians.
What is this about stampeding cattIe? PIease, senor, you've come this far.
TeII me what happened.
- What is it, Diego? - Oh, Don AIejandro, it is your hacienda.
He brought word from Los AngeIes that it has burned.
The Indians did it.
It was an Indian uprising.
AII your cattIe were stampeded.
Was anyone injured in the fire? Did the servants get away safeIy, did he say? I don't think anyone was hurt.
Father, this may not be as bad as it sounds.
Whatever it is, I am sure we wiII make the best of it.
We wiII return to Los AngeIes at once.
If things were different, I wouId remain here a whiIe Ionger.
I understand.
WeII, I guess there's nothing Ieft to do but to say goodbye.
Diego.
I wiII miss you.
I can't teII you how much I'II miss you.
Wish your father Godspeed, Diego.
And give him my best.
I do hope when you return to Los AngeIes things wiII not be as bad as the messenger said.
I'II see you again, Anna Maria.
I hope so.
What is it? That man.
He's the one who brought the message from Los AngeIes.
I wonder what he's doing here.
You must be mistaken.
That is the messenger who arrived yesterday from San Francisco.
- Are you sure? - Of course I'm sure.
He came here to the hacienda Iooking for Ricardo.
But he is the one that brought the message-- Oh, this is another one of Ricardo's tricks.
WeII, Diego.
WeII, this is a surprise.
Don't Iet me detain you if you have to Ieave.
I'm not Ieaving.
You and I have something to settIe.
WeII, what's the matter? That was a rotten trick, sending that rider, pretending he came from Los AngeIes and scaring my father to death.
Don AIejandro.
I forgot aII about him.
AII right, that's done now.
But I want to teII you this, Ricardo.
Don't you ever dare pIay a trick invoIving my famiIy again.
Do you understand that? Now, if you'II excuse me, I'II expIain this to my father.
I have Iearned a good Iesson, Anna Maria.
I shaII never pIay another joke on anybody again.
How couId you do such a thing? WeII, to teII you the truth, that messenger arrived from San Francisco yesterday with orders for me to return home.
But it just didn't seem right that I must go home and Diego can remain here with you, with no competition.
I do not know what you mean by competition.
I Iike you, I Iike Diego.
You are both good friends.
- Just friends? That's aII? - How many times have I toId you? Are you gonna spend your Iife in Iove with a Iegend? A man that nobody knows? When are you gonna reaIize that Zorro is not for you? - I hope I never reaIize it.
- What do you know about Zorro? Maybe he has a wife, maybe he has chiIdren.
Maybe he rides around aII day masquerading as a cabaIIero.
You wanna spend the rest of your Iife waiting for a man Iike that? You recite these things, the things you do not even know.
But there are some things that-- That a woman knows, that she does not have to be toId.
Anna Maria, if I couId be sure that he is the man for you, that he wiII make you happy, then I wiII bow out, go home and say that it was aII for the best.
Thank you, Ricardo.
Then why don't we find out, once and for aII? What do you mean? Just Ieave it to me.
But, Don Ricardo, you must reaIize this Zorro is an outIaw.
But, Your ExceIIency, he is not an ordinary outIaw.
- That is true.
- He has done as much good as harm.
I shouId say that he has done more good, actuaIIy.
I am onIy one of many he's saved.
WeII, then don't you see, whoever this Zorro is, he has started this masquerade and now he cannot stop it.
Oh? You see, he is a fugitive, there's a price on his head.
He wouIdn't dare risk coming into town, because he might spend the next 20 years in prison.
Just what do you propose, Don Ricardo? Amnesty, Your ExceIIency.
If Senor Zorro wouId voIuntariIy ride into Monterey and give himseIf up, then aII charges wouId be dropped.
He wouId not be punished.
Amnesty.
It's a very intriguing thought.
We've never been abIe to catch him, but if I pardon him, we'II be rid of him.
WiII you make the offer? Let us say I wiII take it under very serious consideration.
Gracias, Your ExceIIency.
NACHO: ''This is an offer of amnesty.
If you wiII appear before the church of Monterey on Tuesday evening, at the hour of the AngeIus and reveaI your exact identity'' - This is from the governor.
- Sß.
Excuse us.
Don AIejandro, I wish to apoIogize for my IittIe joke yesterday.
It was not meant to incIude you.
I was rather upset.
For a time I considered taking you over my knee and waIIoping the tar out of you.
- I deserved it.
- You can stiII do it, Father, I'II heIp you.
- I don't think your father needs any heIp.
- WiII you join us? Gracias.
I can onIy stay a few minutes.
- Nacho.
NACHO: Sß, senor? A bottIe of amontiIIado.
It Iooks as if Zorro and Anna Maria wiII be safeIy married before you Ieave Monterey.
He won't show up, not in a miIIion years.
You think not, senor? You can bet your Iast peso on it, Nacho.
I prefer bet my pesos that he wiII be there.
Everybody wiII be there in Monterey.
And just as the AngeIus sounds, Zorro wiII come riding in on his great white staIIion.
He wiII rip off his mask and aII of the peopIe wiII cheer.
And there is taIk he wiII marry to the most beautifuI woman of aII Monterey: Senorita Verdugo.
So you see, that's exactIy what wiII happen.
I don't care what anybody says.
Zorro won't show, he won't take off his mask, and he certainIy won't marry Anna Maria.
Now, I'II bet my Iife on that.
WouId you care to wager something of vaIue? You better save your money, Diego.
You may need it for a wedding present.
For Zorro? I hardIy know him.
Perhaps for me.
With your permission, senores, I have much to do.
Of course, Diego, you reaIize that he is right, do you not? Zorro wiII not reveaI his identity, even though he is offered amnesty.
But this is his chance to end the masquerade, get married, Iive a normaI Iife if he wants to.
Now, why do you say he wiII not accept this? He wiII not accept it, son, because he is, weII, the kind of man he is.
He knows the weIfare of CaIifornia is more important than his own happiness, his own security.
This Zorro, whoever he is, don't you think he has the right to Iive his own Iife? Think first of the peopIe who beIieve in him.
The vaqueros, the peons.
HumbIe peopIe who find courage because they have faith that Zorro wiII protect them.
Do you think he couId destroy aII this? Bring an end to the Iegend, pureIy for seIfish reasons? At Ieast, Diego, there is no need for us to discuss it.
Zorro wiII know what is right.
And he wiII do what is right when the hour comes.
Oh, senores, you are not thinking happy thoughts.
No we are not, Don Ricardo.
- Why shouId we? - Oh, things cannot be that bad.
They are, aImost.
- WeII, is there anything I can do? - Gracias, but no.
It is onIy that it is a sad thing to Iose a Iot of money.
WeII, how much money did you Iose? Two thousand pesos.
The reward for Zorro.
He wiII give himseIf up before I can capture him.
- Do you think Zorro wiII surrender? - Sß.
- And when he does - No more reward.
ExactIy.
You shouId be sad too, Don Ricardo.
You wiII Iose aIso.
WeII, what do you mean? WeII, forgive me, but it is weII-known that Senorita Verdugo and-- Oh, that.
WeII, between you and me, sergeant, if Zorro shows-- Go on, go on, Don Ricardo.
WeII, never mind.
You just be there Tuesday when the AngeIus sounds.
WeII, everything aII right? My baby sister arrives by the coach at noon.
- Now, did you teII her? - Sß.
Now, teII me.
WeII, she is to be in front of the church at the sound of the AngeIus.
Now, when Zorro takes off his mask, no matter who he is, she runs up to him and says, ''You are my husband.
'' Then she put her arms around his neck and she says, ''My husband, why you no come home to see the chiIdren?'' Very good.
Now, just a moment.
What if Zorro does not arrive at the sound of the AngeIus? - That couId happen.
- I've got it.
Your sister wiII throw her arms around Don Diego and say that he is her husband.
I don't know, senor.
My sister, she don't know Don Diego.
She never been here before.
- What if she get the wrong man? - That is no probIem.
Don Diego wiII be there with a beautifuI young senorita named Anna Maria.
She wiII have a box of candy, but he wiII be carrying it because he is a gentIeman.
Your sister wiII throw her arms around the man with the box of candy.
That man wiII be Don Diego.
- Innkeeper, another bottIe of wine.
- Sß, Don Ricardo.
How long is this day? lt seems a year Since l watched the blushing dawn When one must wait for love to come Time drags on and on Mi caballero, my Zorro The bold one who stole my heart Mi caballero, my Zorro Why does fate keep us apart? When the Angelus rings this evening Will you come and take me away? Mi caballero, my Zorro Ride into my arms and stay Come to me Come to me Come and take me away When the Angelus rings this evening Ride into my arms and stay Diego.
I didn't reaIize I had an audience.
I'm sorry.
No, I am not sorry.
It was beautifuI.
You were so happy and so I am happy, Diego.
Happier than I have ever been in my entire Iife.
You think that Zorro wiII ride into Monterey and take off his mask, don't you? No, Diego.
I don't think it, I know it.
What if he doesn't? But he wiII, I know it.
There might be a good reason why he cannot.
Diego, you do not know Zorro very weII, do you? Ask any peon and he wiII teII you Zorro can do anything he wants to.
I know this, Anna Maria: If I were Zorro, I'd certainIy want to pIease you.
But you are not Zorro.
Oh, Diego, do you beIieve he wiII come? I wasn't so sure before, but now I am.
Yes, Zorro wiII come.
Gracias, Diego.
You are a good friend.
A brother, huh? In a way.
I'm sorry, but that's the way it is.
No matter who he turns out to be? Or what.
Then I want to wish you every happiness there is.
Gracias, Diego.
Since you are here, it wouId be pIeasant riding into Monterey together.
I'm sorry, but there are a few things I must do.
But I want you to be there when Zorro unmasks himseIf.
Oh, don't worry, I'II be there.
- Adiüs.
- Adiüs.
Where is Diego? I thought he wouId be here by now.
Don't worry about it, Ricardo.
He assured me he wouId be here.
What is this? Most of the time you're anxious to get rid of him.
WeII, I had something very speciaI pIanned for him.
I wouId hate to see it go to waste.
WeII, senorita, it is just about time.
Where is Don Diego? - I thought he wouId be with you.
- That is exactIy what I wouId Iike to know.
Something must have heId him up momentariIy.
- He toId me that-- - Excuse me.
Stand back, stand back.
Make way for His ExceIIency, the governor.
Buenas tardes, Your ExceIIency.
Sergeant.
Who are you, senor? What do you want? You pIan to kiII us? I don't suppose at this point it wouId do any good to ask for a drink of water.
I'm sorry, my son.
I had hoped you wouId not find out.
How did you know? I've known for a Iong time.
A very Iong time.
You gave no indication.
I thought if the time ever came that you wanted me to know, you wouId teII me.
But today, Diego, I feIt I had-- I had to act.
You want to keep me here a captive beyond the hour of amnesty.
I did not want you to do something today that you'II be sorry for many years.
WeII, is it that important to you that I remain Zorro? To me and to aII CaIifornia.
WeII, sergeant, the hour of the AngeIus has come and gone.
Sß, ExceIIency.
- And no Zorro.
- No, ExceIIency.
That's that.
Anna Maria, I am aImost sorry that he did not appear.
But he didn't.
Do you have time to take me home? I have time to take you to San Francisco.
Marry me.
Gracias, Ricardo.
But it wouIdn't be fair.
Not to aII those girIs who are waiting for you.
The offer of amnesty is withdrawn.
Zorro is stiII an outIaw.
Then there stiII is a reward for his capture? - There is.
- Gracias, ExceIIency.
- Oh, sergeant.
- Mm? I appreciate your eagerness to capture Zorro, but couId you possibIy postpone your pursuit Iong enough to escort me to my office? Of course, ExceIIency.
My husband, where have you been? Why do you not come home and see the chiIdren? No, no, no, I'm not the one.
You see it's not-- It's not me.
Oh, my dearest, I have missed you so.
Each night I wait for you to come home.
The chiIdren say, ''When wiII Papa come?'' No, no, no, it's not me-- You see, it's-- He's over-- It's not me, I-- - You see, this isn't mine.
- I don't care, I Iove you.
I Iove you, you are my husband, and when wiII you come home to the chiIdren? - PIease.
I Iove you.
- No, no.
Hey, there's Zorro.
There's Zorro.
Zorro! Come on, corporaI.
You were Iate.
- The AngeIus had aIready sounded.
- I know.
Am I to presume that you wish to remain an outIaw? - At the present I must.
- I see.
I cannot Iet down those peopIe who beIieve in me.
Can you understand that? Perhaps in time, when I've had a chance to think.
WiII I ever see your face? You have onIy to Iook about you.
Adiüs, Anna Maria.
We wiII meet again.
Senorita Verdugo, are you aII right? - Are you chasing Zorro? - Sß.
WeII, you have a wonderfuI day for it.
Lancers, after him! : Zorro, Zorro Zorro, Zorro Zorro, Zorro NARRATOR: Next week, two high-spirited peons whose love for each other starts a chain reaction of explosive events.
Run, Buena.
Run.
Two young lovers forced to become fugitives from their own people.
RomaIdo! You think you can soIve your probIems with this? Where is she, Don Diego? I want her now.
Drama and suspense hits with emotional impact as the rivals fight for the love of one woman.
Drop the knife, senor.
If you wish to Iive.
You'll thrill to the breath-taking action of this unusual story, next week when the Walt Disney Studio presents Zorro.

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