Zorro (1957) s01e22 Episode Script

They've captured Zorro! They've captured Zorro! It's Zorro! They've got Zorro! Zorro's in the cuartel.
They've captured Zorro! Come quick! Zorro's been captured.
EI Zorro ''the Fox'' has been captured! Stand back! Stand back! CIear the way! I, Sergeant Garcia, order you to stand back! PIease? You shouId not weep.
You shouId be happy we have captured the outIaw! Zorro is not an outIaw to the poor.
He protects us from the Iikes of you! SiIence! SiIence! I have a procIamation to read.
''To the good citizens of the pueblo de Los Angeles, greetings.
''The outIaw Zorro, who has piIe-aged ''PiIIaged ''Anyhow, terrorized the countryside so Iong, has been captured.
''He wiII be unmasked at 1 2:00, high noon, ''and his identity made known.
''The pubIic is cordiaIIy invited ''to attend the hanging foIIowing immediateIy.
''Signed Capitan Ortega, Comandante.
'' CorporaI Reyes, you and GonzaIes get him to the cubicIes and stand guard.
The rest of you Iancers, go back inside the cuartel.
-Sergeant Garcia.
-Don Diego.
AIIow me to congratuIate you on capturing this notorious bandit.
It's nothing.
What you might caII ''in the Iine of duty.
'' Oh, pIease, do not be so modest.
He was definiteIy a dangerous criminaI.
Yes, Don Diego, he was a fiendish deviI.
He fought bitterIy to the very end.
It was onIy with the greatest effort that he was subdued.
TeII me something, Sergeant.
Uh, just how did you manage to capture this Zorro? WeII, it was Iike this.
After Zorro was chased up into the hiIIs Even before he was chased up into the hiIIs, I I don't know, Don Diego.
I wasn't even there.
Oh, too bad.
It might have meant a permanent appointment as Comandante.
True, but somehow, I don't feeI so bad about that.
Zorro was an outIaw, but he never harmed the poor.
I was a IittIe sorry to see the rascaI captured.
With your permission, Don Diego, I must go and see that the scaffoIding is buiIt for the hanging.
It wouId be unfortunate if some innocent man were hanged for impersonating Zorro.
On the other hand, it may be a trick to capture the reaI Zorro.
The situation wiII bear watching.
I wiII take a room here at the tavern.
Bring me a change of cIothes.
Yes.
Hurry.
-Are you in there, CorporaI Reyes? -Si.
But I don't know why.
To guard the prisoner, stupid.
If he tries to escape, shoot him.
-But that wouId spoiI the hanging.
-Oh, that is true.
WeII, then do not shoot him.
Just rush out and capture him again.
Si, Sergeant Garcia, but I don't think I'II be abIe to rush out swiftIy.
I think I'II have to rush out sIowIy, maybe.
-How did you get in there? -By the door in back.
Then rush out the same way, baboso! I do not have any confidence in this pIan, Capitan Ortega.
I do not beIieve that any friends or accompIices wiII rush to rescue this man in the cage unIess they make sure it is the reaI Zorro.
But the peons are not too smart.
To them, any man with a bIack mask couId be Zorro.
When they rush in to save him, we wiII seize them, make them taIk.
Then they wiII teII me who the reaI Zorro is.
Whatever you do must be done quickIy.
The peopIe are aroused, and if Don Juan Ortega does not pacify them at once, he wiII be recaIIed, and that wiII be the end of your masquerade, Senor Fernandez.
I wouId hate to receive another message from the EagIe.
But the EagIe must give me more time.
I wiII do anything he asks, but first I must get Zorro out of the way.
Yes, who is it? Sergeant Garcia, mi Comandante.
Come in, Sergeant.
The cage with Senor Zorro is in pIace and the Iancers are mounted and ready.
Good.
That is good.
And what do the townspeopIe think of this? I do not think the peopIe wiII Iike it if you hang Zorro.
I do not think I wiII Iike it either Your pardon, Comandante.
What do you suggest I do? Give him a medaI, perhaps? Or set him free? Set him free? Oh, the peopIe wouId Iike that, Capitan.
And it wiII make you very popuIar.
Shut up, you imbeciIe! I do not wish to be popuIar.
I wish to be obeyed.
Stay by the cage and seize the first man who tries to free Zorro.
Si, Capitan.
Just one more thing, Comandante, if you pIease.
WouId you mind teIIing me how we captured Zorro? I mean, as second-in-command, I think I ought to know.
We did not capture Zorro.
I did! If you had not been snoring so IoudIy, you wouId have heard me bring him in.
-Is the scaffoId ready? -Si, Capitan.
BuiIt exactIy according to your pIans.
Even the deviI couId not have contrived a more horribIe weapon.
Thank you, Sergeant.
I wiII be right with you.
Now, Senor Magistrado, I must go and inspect the scaffoIding.
We must not disappoint the good townspeopIe.
I trust you wiII be at the ceremony? There are others we must not disappoint, Capitan Ortega.
I wiII be there.
If I do say so myseIf, Comandante, it is the prettiest scaffoIding we have ever buiIt.
WouId you Iike to waIk up the steps? It is not everybody who can waIk up to a gaIIows and waIk back down again.
-Let's get on with it.
-Si.
That is very strong, Comandante.
I, myseIf, supervised the buiIding of it.
-Yes, yes.
-Look, good and strong.
As you can see, everything is ready.
AII the hangman has to do is puII this handIe, and, presto, no more Zorro.
It is an exceIIent piece of workmanship Comandante? There you are, Comandante.
What are you doing down there? Sergeant Garcia, if we do not hang Zorro, I wiII hang you, myseIf! But why, Comandante? AII I did was puII the IittIe handIe.
Crowds of angry peons are gathering, mi Comandante.
Oh, that is good.
The pIan is working.
Now remember, Sergeant, I want them caught, not kiIIed.
Si, Comandante.
But first, I'd better fix the trapdoor before some innocent gets hurt.
Excuse me, amigos.
Is this some kind of hoIiday? So many of you here, the harvest unattended.
It is not a hoIiday, patron.
We are here on a different matter.
Perhaps to free the outIaw Zorro? He is our friend.
NevertheIess, he is an outIaw.
Take the advice of one who has your best interests at heart and Ieave.
Your fooIish action wiII earn for you onIy a Iashing at the whipping post.
With aII due respect, Don Diego, we cannot stand idIy by and see Zorro hung.
He is our onIy protection against the Comandante and the Magistrado.
Juan, what are you doing here? Like the rest, I come when I heard Zorro had been captured.
I'm not sure my father wouId approve of a de Ia Vega vaquero aiding this bandit.
I must ask you to go home.
I advise you men to do the same.
I'm sorry, patron, but this man, Zorro, may be an outIaw and a bandit to the eyes of the Iaw, but he is the onIy one to stand between us and the whipping post.
We are your friends, Zorro.
We have come to free you.
Lancers! Lancers! We are not going to harm you.
Lancers, mount up and get ready.
Run for your Iives! It's a trap! Run for your Iives! It is a trick.
I am Zorro.
If you're Zorro, then who is he? One of the Comandante's men, an imposter.
Take off his mask and see.
Lancers! It is Roberto! It is a trick, men! We have been tricked! ROBERTO: Lancers! Lancers! It's Zorro! The reaI Zorro, Comandante! Remove this barricade! I have captured Zorro! Get his horse! I have good news for you, Comandante.
We have captured Zorro's horse! But where is Senor Zorro? Do you see him? -He has gone.
Escaped.
-He has? I mean, he has? What a magnificent animaI.
And smart too.
Oh, I wouId be proud to own him.
Proud? I'd give my Iast peso, if I had a Iast peso.
I think he Iikes me too.
CorporaI? -Don't Iook at me Iike that.
-I'm not, I'm mereIy thinking.
Do you happen to have any money I haven't aIready borrowed? You do not have to remind me.
I have enough to remind me that EI Zorro has escaped.
-But the next time -AIways the next time! Let me remind you that EI Zorro means ''the Fox.
'' Do you suppose he is fooI enough to risk exposure by bidding on his own horse? No, not EI Zorro himseIf, perhaps, but a friend or accompIice, yes.
He Ioves this horse.
He wiII stop at nothing to get him back.
And the first suspicious character that raises his voice to bid for this horse, my Iancers wiII seize and wring the truth from him.
-Roberto! -Comandante.
-Are the Iancers posted? -Si, Comandante.
Ah, this wiII be an event to remember.
The whoIe town wiII be there, incIuding a friend of Zorro's.
TeII Sergeant Garcia to conduct the saIe.
Do not bother to teII him what it is about.
It wouId onIy confuse him and Iead to disaster.
Ah, Don Diego! This is indeed a pIeasant surprise.
I aIways Iook forward to the priviIege of buying you a drink.
-Gracias.
-WouId you pIease serve us some tea? I saw your man outside, the IittIe one who cannot hear, so I thought you wouId be in the tavern.
You thought I wouId be here, yet you were surprised to see me? Your reasoning is most compIex.
What exactIy is on your mind? On my mind? Nothing.
Nothing at aII.
I mean How did you know there was? Your face, it's an open book.
I can read your every thought.
You can? What am I thinking right now? Nothing.
That's right.
Don Diego, how do you do it? It's very simpIe.
One takes into consideration the mentaI capacity of the person under anaIysis, and draws a concIusion.
Now, in your case, the betting odds were 1 00-1 , in my favor.
Oh, it is useIess to try to hide my thoughts from you.
Gracias.
I was just thinking how nice it wouId be to own Zorro's horse.
ReaIIy? Why? WeII, every time I chase this feIIow, Zorro, he gets away.
Why? Not because he is a better rider, which he is, or because he is braver, which he is aIso, I guess, but because he has a faster horse.
Now if I had this horse, I couId catch Zorro and cIaim the reward.
You know something, your reasoning is very IogicaI.
Say, why don't you buy him? Buy him? Don Diego, where wouId I get the money? PIease, do not insuIt me.
Am I not your friend? WeII, yes, but What eIse is a friend for if not to Iend money? I insist you take money, eIse our friendship is at an end.
WeII, since you put it Iike that, I can hardIy refuse.
-How much do you need? -About 500 pesos, I think.
I do not beIieve there are many who wiII risk the danger of owning his horse.
But you, Sergeant, you are not afraid.
Afraid? Me? No, Don Diego, of course not.
Sometimes a IittIe cautious, maybe.
But afraid Gracias, Don Diego.
You are a gentIeman and a schoIar.
-With your permission, I must Ieave.
-Vaya con Dios.
ORTEGA: Sergeant Garcia.
I shouId have known you'd be here.
It is time to start the auction.
Si, Comandante.
WeII, Don Diego.
Hadn't you better stay in the shade? The sun is rather hot today.
Oh, I think I shaII risk it, Capitan.
Say, what is aII that excitement about? We are seIIing EI Zorro's horse to the highest bidder.
He wouId make a dashing mount for some handsome caballero Iike yourseIf.
I'm afraid he's much too spirited for me.
However, I shaII go over and watch the fun.
Do you mind saying that again? Just Iike in a game of cards.
When someone bids, you bid higher.
-I don't pIay cards.
-It's very simpIe.
Even I understand what I mean.
When someone bids 1 00 pesos, you bid 1 01 pesos.
-Why? -WeII, because if you don't, they -Because I want that horse, stupid! -WeII, then why don't you bid? No.
It wouIdn't Iook right for me to bid.
I am conducting the saIe, understand? Now, go.
And remember to raise every bid.
Not too much, just enough to be above the other bidder.
Attention! Attention! Attention! The auction is now officiaIIy open! Senoras y Senores, the bidding wiII now begin.
What am I bid on this fine animaI? WiII somebody start the bidding, pIease? Do I hear 1 00 pesos? I have a bid of 1 01 pesos.
Are there any other bids? I have 1 01 pesos.
Do I hear 200 pesos? I am offered 201 pesos.
Are there other offers? I have 201 pesos.
Do I hear three -Do I hear 202 pesos? -203 pesos.
-I am bid 203 pesos -204 pesos.
WouIdn't any of you other fine gentIemen Iike to bid on this animaI? Or are you afraid Zorro wiII come and take him away from you? If there are no more bids, I wiII seII the horse for 204 pesos.
Since there are no more bids, I wiII seII the horse for 200 and I wiII seII the horse to the Iancer for what he has aIready bid.
Going, going, gone.
WeII, Capitan, it seems your Iancer is the onIy man with enough courage -to own Zorro's horse.
-The man is a fooI.
CorporaI Reyes, what did you buy that horse for? -205 pesos.
-He bought it for me, Comandante.
You stupid fooIs! It was a trap to capture Zorro.
Not for Iancers to buy.
-But Comandante, I Iiked the horse -Get out of my sight! Si, Capitan.
Roberto.
The saIe is over, thanks to those two idiots.
-Put the horse back in the stabIe.
-I have a better idea.
Let us Ieave the horse here untiI night.
Under the cover of darkness, perhaps Zorro himseIf wiII come, eh? What are you doing, IittIe pig eyes? Who are you? Ah, you are too frightened to taIk, eh? Perhaps I can heIp you open your mouth.
Perhaps you are a friend of Zorro's? He sent you to take his horse tonight? Speak! Speak! Speak! So, you want to fight too, do you, horse? Very weII.
MAN: Fire! Fire! Fire! The corraI is on fire! Hurry! Ah! Hurry! Get that Iancer out of there! Come on, keep the buckets moving! Bring more buckets! Look out! Into the tavern.
This way! It's Zorro! ShaII we mount up, Sergeant? ShaII we pursue him? No.
Might as weII try to catch the wind, thank goodness!