Zorro (1957–1959): Season 2, Episode 9 - Ambush - full transcript

Joaquin tries to avenge the attempted ambush by killing Rico and the Governor, but he and Theresa are both caught, and Rico makes Joaquin an offer---to spare Theresa's life if Joaquin will kill the Governor.

( dramatic theme playing)

(thunder crashing)

♪ Out of the night ♪

♪ When the full moon Is 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, Zorro ♪

♪ Zorro, Zorro, Zorro ♪

( dramatic theme playing)

(whistles)

(gunshot)

Don't shoot, it's Diego.

I did not think
you had the nerve

to show your face around here.



Joaquin, what is
the meaning of this?

If you have any weapons,
drop them to the ground

and step over here
with your hands raised.

We have no weapons, Joaquin.

We come as friends.

You're a fine friend, Diego.

You gave me your
word I would be safe

if I rode into Monterey
under a flag of truce.

I would have been killed
had it not been for Zorro.

I'm sorry, Joaquin.
I was betrayed.

You mean the governor did
not keep his promise to you?

I am sure, Theresa,
he acted in good faith.

But he too was betrayed.

Just the same, he is in charge.

He is responsible
for what happens.

Oh, give him time, will you?
He's only been back a few days.

Surely you cannot
hold him responsible

for everything Rico
did in his absence.

Then why did he place a
man like Rico in charge,

to persecute my people,

to drive us from our homes,

to hunt us down
like wild animals?

Sí, he should know better.

You cannot hold the
governor responsible for this.

When you find a rattlesnake
in your bed, you kill it.

But do you not also blame
the man who put it there?

Really, Joaquin,

do you think I would actually
take part in a plot against you?

Had it not been for Zorro,

I would have been
shot down in cold blood

carrying a white flag of truce.

But you, Diego, I
did not see you there

to keep me from being ambushed.

Take him to camp.

( dramatic theme playing)

(Joaquin speaks in Spanish)

That is enough.

You know, I came out here
to tell you how happy I was

that you escaped the ambush.

After a few more hours of this,

I'm not so sure I'll be
happy about it at all.

Joaquin, it could be true what
he says about the governor.

Anyhow, why blame Don Diego?

If he did make a mistake,

I'm sure he did not
do it on purpose.

This you could have
said at my funeral,

had it not been for Zorro.

Where did you get these
accursed things anyway?

You do not recognize
them, Don Diego?

They belong to your
friend, Adjutant Rico.

He uses them to
confine my people.

Why do you call him my
friend? You know I oppose him.

Pay no attention to him.

When he is angry, he is stupid.

And all of the time
lately, he is angry.

DIEGO: She's right, Joaquin.

You've let your anger blind you.

Why, even your friends
you treat as enemies.

I will decide who
my friends are.

Joaquin, you could
be a man of reason,

and so could the governor.

If only the two of you
would get together,

talk this out as reasonable men,
there would be no more trouble.

These are the same arguments
you gave me before, Don Diego,

and they nearly cost me my life.

He meant no harm by it, Joaquin.

And besides, you
managed to get away safely.

The saints protect the poor,

with a little help
from el Zorro,

but Señor Rico,

he will not be so lucky.

What do you mean by that?

Joaquin is very smart,

even though he
is just a vaquero.

He has worked out a plan
to ambush Adjutant Rico,

give him a taste of
his own medicine.

He will find out
what it is like.

What do you think will happen
when you ambush the adjutant?

You think this will be the end?

It will be for him.

Do you not realize that
soldiers will scour these hills

from one end to the other?

You and a hundred other peons

will be driven from
your hiding places,

shot if you run, and
hanged if you remain.

Is this what you
want for your people?

If my people must
live like animals,

hiding in the hills, then
perhaps it is just as well.

You do not
understand, Don Diego.

I know you are our friend,

but until you have
had to live like this,

until you have been
pursued like an animal,

you do not really know.

There are posters in
the marketplace right now

offering a reward for
my capture, dead or alive.

Yes, I know.

Two thousand pesos.

Exactly the same reward
that is offered for Zorro,

dead or alive.

I've been all over
this with Marcelo,

who has worked at the
governor's house for many years.

Every year it is
exactly the same thing.

Always on his
patron saint's day,

the governor goes
first to early Mass,

and then he goes to
the shrine of San Jose,

accompanied by Señor Rico.

It is too bad that
it has to happen

to the governor
on his saint's day.

But this is the
important part of it:

We will know where they will
be and when they will be there.

What was that?

Why do I have to wear
this thing around my ankle?

Supposing I gave you my word?

Your word? Ha.

Oh, why don't you let him out?

Do you want something, Diego?

Do you want something to eat?

Do you want some water?

No, nothing like that. Uh...

Didn't I see a guitar?

You want to see
Joaquin's guitar?

Well, I get so
tired sitting here.

I'd like to do something.

I'll get it for you.

Gracias.

(playing out of tune)

Uh, really, who could make
music on a box like this?

You find fault with
my guitar, Don Diego?

I don't think I've
ever heard anything

quite so sour in all my life.

Possibly the fault
is not with the guitar,

but the way you are playing it.

Eh.

Bring it here, Theresa.

(Spanish guitar song playing)

How do you like it now, Diego?

I hardly believe it.

(clapping)

(all clapping)

(applause)

All right, this is
enough. We leave now.

Go take up your positions.

Simeon, get the horses ready.

Strong locks, eh, Diego?

Takes more than a
rock to open them.

Then you were watching?

Well, why did you let me go on?

Because I wanted
you to see what it is

to try and try and get nowhere.

You can go now.

Someone may have
seen our campfire.

We have to keep on the move.

Besides, we have things to do.

( mysterious theme playing)

(dog growls, barks)

GARCIA: Oh, what's
the matter, little doggy?

(dog barking)

But why are you mad at
me? I'm not mad at you.

I'm never mad at anybody,
especially little doggies.

Please, little doggy, go
away. Go home. Go anywhere.

But go away.

It's all right, little doggy.

I'm your friend. I
would not hurt you.

No, please, little doggy. I...

(grunting)

(Garcia panting)

Please.

(dog barking)

Oh, please, little doggy.

(growling)

Sergeant, what are
you doing up there?

What am I doing up here?

Why, I-I get a clearer
view from up here.

I-I can see in all directions.

What do you see, sergeant?

Nothing. Nothing at all.

But you could see it
better from up there?

Yes, I can see it
better from up here

if there was anything
to see. I, uh... Uh...

What are you doing?

Don't move, either one of you.

Now put your hands
over your head.

(dog growling)

(gunshot)

GARCIA: Hold him.

Corporal, we'll get the
reward. REYES: Hold him.

I am holding him.
REYES: Hold him.

You...

(all grunting)

GARCIA: I... I am.

THERESA: Keep
your hands off of him.

Let go of me, you pig.

( dramatic theme playing)

Why were you
hiding down the well?

Speak up, you peon.

All right, if you won't
tell me, I'll tell you.

You knew the governor
and I would walk by there

on our way to Mass in
the morning, didn't you?

You planned to jump out
and attack us, to kill us.

You'd like that, wouldn't you?

You'd like to see us dead.

Let me bring in
two of my guards.

We will make him talk.

He does not have to talk.
All he has to do is listen.

You would like to kill
the governor, eh, peon?

Well, maybe you
will get your chance.

I will get my chance.

Or if I die, others will live.

You cannot stop us.

Possibly I would not even try.

You know that tomorrow

is the governor's
patron saint's day,

but did you know he will go
alone to the shrine of San Jose?

But I thought you were going...
And-And the honor guard.

For the first time
in many years,

I will be unable to
accompany the governor.

I will be busy.

And we will need
every soldier we have

combing the hills to catch
our escaped prisoner.

Our peon here is
about to escape.

See that his knife is
left where he can find it.

And tomorrow, peon,

you will get your chance
to kill the governor

when he comes
alone to the shrine.

But you can't let a man
like this loose with a knife.

How do you know he will
not try to kill you or me?

Because we have his
señorita out there in our jail

and if he fails to
kill the governor,

or if he tries anything else,

then a most unfortunate
accident will befall her.

And when we have
unfortunate accidents in our jail,

they can be most unfortunate.

( suspenseful theme playing)

Uh. Make no sound.

Señor, you have the advantage.

Give me a fighting
chance. There's no time.

Now, tell me, why
did the soldiers leave?

They're looking
for the prisoner.

He escaped.

This I do not believe.

It is true, señor, I swear it.

You will speak the
truth to me, capitán,

or you will never speak again.

To anyone.

It was not my idea.

I am merely a soldier, señor.

I merely follow orders.
And... And when...

At least you allowed
him to finish praying.

JOAQUIN: Zorro. My
apologies, Your Excellency.

I must ask you to
make a slight change

in your plans for the day.

And as for you, señor, you know,

I grow a little weary
of saving your life

since you seem so
intent on throwing it away.

Drop the knife.

Now, if Your Excellency
will be so kind...

Right now you are
both angry men,

but you can be men of reason.

Oh, call each other a few names,

but then I want you to
talk over your troubles.

I have nothing to
say to an outlaw.

And I have nothing
to say to a tyrant.

Ha-ha. It's going to
be a long silence then.

Here.

Here are your keys.

You can unlock your leg irons
and leave whenever you wish.

In that case, I'll
leave right now.

Oh, incidentally,
each of you has

the key to the other one's lock.

Stay out of sight, but
keep an eye on them.

I'm going to see if
Theresa's all right.

All right, young man,
throw me my key.

Oh, no.

You toss me my key first.

And let you go free
while I'm still in irons?

Oh, no, thank you.

You'll probably bash
me over the head.

I have an idea.

I will count to tres,

and we'll both toss our
keys at the same time.

(clears throat)

Uno,

dos,

tres.

I will give you my
word, young man,

to release you if you
will toss me my key.

Like that time you gave me your
word I would not be ambushed

when I carried the white
flag into Monterey, huh?

(horses galloping)

MIGUEL: Open the
gates. Open the gates.

Has the governor
returned? No, señor.

Have any patrols returned? No.

Then something has
gone wrong. Come inside.

Miguel, stand guard. Sí.

I can't understand
what happened.

We went out and
looked by the shrine.

Found the peon's knife,

but no sign of a struggle. No
sign of the governor's body.

But you don't know
anything for sure?

No. All I know is we
better get out of here.

What about the girl?

We'll take her with us.

And if the governor
is still alive tonight,

then she will not be.

( ominous theme playing)

How does our little
tamale peddler feel now?

Still full of fight?

You are a brave soldier, no?

You are not afraid of Theresa.

So long as she is behind bars.

(chuckles)

You be nice to me,
I can be nice to you.

Here. Do you not think I'm kind?

Sí.

I think you are very kind.

Kind of wet and kind of
stupid. You little wildcat.

(laughing) I'll
get you for that.

Ugh. Coward. Pig.

(laughs)

MIGUEL: Water, eh?

I'll show you.

I would not do that,
señor, if I were you.

Good work, el Zorro.
Hit him once for me.

The keys, where are they?

Captain Briones. He had them
with him when he went inside.

(thudding) Zorro.

( suspenseful theme playing)

(grunting)

Get out of the way, capitán.
Let me get a shot at him.

You make a better shield than
you do a swordsman, capitán.

(Zorro grunts)

He can't get away
if we do this right.

BRIONES: Miguel, get a musket.

(grunts)

I'll chase him around your
way. You try to get a shot at him.

THERESA: Zorro, look out.

They're going to shoot
you. Don't let them.

GARCIA: Open the
gates for the governor!

All right, Rico,
Capitán Briones,

stand where you are.
Drop your weapons.

(sword clangs on ground)

GOVERNOR: Halt, Rico.

Zorro. What was he doing here?

Joaquin.

Theresa, where's the key?

Briones has it.

Where are the keys to the cell?

None of your business, peon.

No. You unlock the cell.

It will be interesting
to see what happens

when she gets her hands on you.

It is the only key, peon.
What are you going to do now?

You threw it, now you go get it.

(cries out)

(splashes)

What are you doing down there?

Get him out of there.

Diego.

What's going on? I...

Will somebody
let me out of here?

Corporal, get her out of there.

Where's the key?

That is the trouble,
Your Excellency.

Captain Briones threw
the key down the well.

He what?

Where is the key,
capitán? Have you got it?

It's at the bottom of the well.

GOVERNOR: Well,
go back down and get it.

(Briones cries out)

(splashing)

Tamales.

Get your tamales.

♪ Tamales, hot, hot, hot, hot ♪

♪ Tamales, hot, hot, hot, hot ♪

♪ Fine as can be
Try 'em and see ♪

♪ Get your hotter
Than hot tamales ♪

♪ For the hottest
tamale In Monterey ♪

♪ "Come to Theresa"
The folks all say ♪

♪ Your eyes will water
And your tongue will burn ♪

♪ But they're so delicious
You will soon return ♪

♪ Tamales, hot, hot, hot, hot ♪
♪ Tamales ♪

♪ Tamales, hot, hot, hot, hot ♪
♪ Tamales ♪

BOTH: ♪ Fine as can be ♪

♪ Try them and see ♪

♪ Get your hotter than hot ♪

♪ Tamales ♪
♪ Tamales ♪

♪ Tamales ♪

(laughing)

(all laughing)

Prepare to die.

NARRATOR: Next week: Don
Diego meets a practical joker

whose sense of humor
lands Don Diego in jail.

I'll just kill him with
my bare hands.

But Zorro rides
off with the prize.

For some rollicking
fun, explosive action,

and fast-moving adventure,

be with us next week

when the Walt Disney
Studio presents: Zorro.

( dramatic theme playing)