02x15 - The Iron Box

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Zorro". Aired: October 10, 1957 –; July 2, 1959.*
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Series is set in Los Angeles of the early nineteenth century, when it was part of the old Spanish California, where the people are oppressed by their rulers.
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02x15 - The Iron Box

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( 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... ♪

ANNOUNCER: The Walt
Disney Studio presents:

ANNOUNCER:

( dramatic theme playing)

(metal clanging)

Tax money for Sergeant Garcia.

The de la 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, little one.

Gracias.

Oh, little one, what a
thief you would make.

Oh, sergeant,
speaking of thieves,

uh, do you think it
would be possible

for us to see that
fabulous iron box?

The one that would make a
thief run from the very sight of it.

Of course, Don Diego.

It is at the shop of
Salvio, the blacksmith.

Would you like to
see it now? Splendid.

( lighthearted theme playing)

(water splashes)

Eugenio, where are you going?

The day is over.

That is no answer.

I want to know
where you're going.

(sighs)

I'm going home to
change my clothes.

You're going to the tavern to
meet that woman, aren't you?

Well, what if I am?

She's not one for you.

Look, Father, I don't
want to talk about it.

Besides, you don't
know anything about her.

I'd like 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 difficult to understand
that somebody should like me?

(sighs) (horses approach)

We have visitors.
We'll discuss this later.

You will remain here and
behave yourself. Is that clear?

Sí.

DIEGO: Salvio.

Buenas tardes, Don Diego.

How can I serve you?

Salvio, Don Diego
wishes to see the iron box.

Of course, Don Diego.
At once. In here, please.

Oh, Eugenio.

This?

Wait until you
see it, Don Diego.

Open it, please, Don Diego.

DIEGO: You call
this tremendous thing

a... An iron box?

For want of a better name.

It weighs over a
thousand pounds.

I can easily believe that.

Why, the walls
are 2 inches thick.

Too thick for anyone to break,

even if they pounded
on them for a week.

I'm very impressed
with all this.

I think I'll write a
letter to the governor.

Tell him how well you've
followed his instructions.

Gracias, Don Diego,
but Salvio made it.

Ah. You supervised it, though.

That is true, I did.

Salvio, you're the
only blacksmith

in California who
could have done this.

You can be proud of yourself.

SALVIO: Eugenio, my
son, he worked on it with me.

DIEGO: You can
be proud of him too.

SALVIO: Sí.

GARCIA: I think the
money will be safe in this,

don't you, Don Diego?

Besides, I will not have
to weaken the garrison

by sending out a
full escort of soldiers.

I think the sight of this alone
will frighten away a bandido.

Oh, by the way, uh,
how do you fasten it?

This is how we fasten
the box, Don Diego.

Well, it certainly looks as
though it could do the job.

Oh, it will, it will.

I have pounded
on it with a hammer.

I couldn't even scratch it.

Hey, this key, it's
very impressive.

GARCIA: Sí, Don Diego.

I am to send the key to
the governor in Monterey.

Then, when the key is
safely in the governor's hands,

we will send the box.

That's an excellent
idea, sergeant.

Once the box is locked, no
one can open it but the governor.

(chuckling): Exactly, Don Diego.

May I have the key, please?

I was going to send this
out on the stage tomorrow,

but since the tax collections
are almost complete,

I think I will send it by
special messenger tonight.

DIEGO: You're very anxious
to get rid of that money, eh?

Sí, Don Diego. It is
a great responsibility.

SALVIO: Oh, here, sergeant.

You might as well
take the lock now too.

GARCIA: Well, Salvio, as soon as I
have received word from the governor,

I will send some of my lancers

to move the box
out into the plaza.

It will be ready. Good.

Oh, be sure to let me
know when you're sending it.

I want to be there
for the ceremonies.

Of course, Don Diego. I...
Ceremonies? What ceremonies?

Well, you are going to
make a speech, aren't you?

A speech? Why, I
hadn't thought of making...

Well, maybe just
a little one, eh?

(laughs)

Once again, Salvio,

that box is a
marvelous piece of work.

Gracias, Don Diego.

You're leaving?

With your permission, Father.

I have an appointment.

Eugenio.

Stay away from her.

Find yourself a nice
girl of your own age

before something happens.

Buenas noches, Father,
and don't wait up for me.

( dramatic theme playing)

(indistinct chattering)

Our young blacksmith
is late tonight.

He'll be here.

He'd better.

That key goes out tomorrow.

This is our last chance
to get an impression of it.

I know it.

Here he is. Shh.

Ah, Moneta.

You're late.

I know. I had a little trouble.

Oh, I don't mind waiting.

Oh, good.

I can't take you to see
the lock and key tonight.

Oh? What's the matter?

Aren't you permitted in the
shop without your father?

Well, of course I am.

It's just that the key has
already been sent ahead

and, uh, Sergeant
Garcia took the lock.

Well, another time perhaps.

Get me some more wine, Eugenio.

Of course, Moneta.

Now what do we do?

I don't know.

We've lost the key.

I'll think of something.

( heroic theme playing)

There, that was the last one.

Citizens of Los Angeles,

you have seen your tax
money placed in this iron box.

And you know...

You know that the
key that opens this lock

is safely in the hands of
the governor in Monterey.

The only key.

(applause)

So now in a moment,
when I close the lock...

(lock clicks) I...

(crowd murmuring)

( mischievous theme playing)

(clanging)

(steam hisses)

(lock clicks)

(all laugh)

Good work, Salvio.

SALVIO: For you, sergeant.

No, please, no, Salvio.

I do not trust myself.

You and Eugenio are the
only two men in California

who could have opened this lock.

Ha-ha. We made it, sergeant.

So I think you should have the
honor of placing it on the box.

That's a good idea, sergeant.

Sí. Sí.

Everybody. Everybody,
over to the caisson.

Salvio is going to put
the lock on the box.

We'll get it. Meet us later.

( ominous theme playing)

( dramatic theme playing)

Did you get it? No.

But that was our only chance.

Get our horses quick. 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.

(speaks in Spanish)

( suspenseful theme playing)

Thank the heavens
that is over with.

Sergeant, let's have
some refreshments.

Of course, Don Diego, gracias.

Oh, uh, would both
of you care to join us?

It would be an honor, Don Diego.

Come along, son.

Hello, Moneta.

Buenas tardes, Eugenio.

I saw everything you did.
How carefully you filed the key.

And I was so proud of you.

Aren't you angry with me? Angry?

You acted so strange last night.

On the contrary.

I was hoping you
would take me for a ride

in the country this evening.

Oh.

Oh.

(both laughing)

Ah-ha.

( stirring theme playing)

(g*nsh*t)

(g*nsh*t)

DRIVER: Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

Hyah! Hyah!

( intense theme playing)

We'll never get
that box out of there.

We'll have to open it
where it is. Come on.

( dramatic theme playing)

Those irons, are
they hot enough?

What about it, blacksmith?

He asked you a
question. Answer him.

I cannot open the lock.
You're wasting your time.

(grunts)

I tell you I can't open it.

But I saw you. The
whole plaza did.

You saw my
father. I did nothing.

I listened to you brag what
a great locksmith you were.

How you can do anything
your father can do and better.

Yes, I was trying to look
important in your eyes.

He's lying.

EUGENIO: My father told me

what a fool I was
making of myself.

Oh, I'm no locksmith.

We haven't much time.

When this box does not
reach the relay station, they'll...

I know, I know.

We'll have to get
the old man out here.

Hey, my father's not
so easily fooled as I am.

No, I don't think you
can get him to take a...

A moonlight ride
with a señorita.

(grunting) Hey, hey, hey, hey!

We don't need him.

We might.

Crispin, tie up our
young blacksmith.

I'm going to Los
Angeles and get Salvio.

Will he come?

He'll come.

I'll just tell him that one
of his friends needs help.

And you know what?
One of his friends does.

What a beautiful night.

At last, I can get some sleep.

Have you been having
trouble sleeping, sergeant?

Oh, sí, Don Diego, with
all that tax money around.

But now it is safely on its way.

That it is, sergeant.
Well, buenas noches.

Buenas noches, Don Diego.

And to you, little one.

(chuckles)

Hyah!

Salvio?

Oh, the other man.

He's the one who
tried to steal the key?

Well, that's very
strange, Bernardo.

The man who made the key

and the man who
tried to steal the key

riding out of town together.

I think we'll look into this.

( ominous theme playing)

(whistling)

(grunting) (punches landing)

Stop it. Let him alone!

(grunting, gasping)

Now are you going
to open the box?

Never. Thief.

He's a tough old
rooster, isn't he?

Sí.

But we're going to
find out just how tough.

No!

I am a blacksmith, señor.
I have been b*rned before.

Sí, you have, old man.

But has he?

MONETA: Your son is
a very handsome boy.

At the moment.

No, don't touch him.

Then you will open the box?

Sí.

That's better.

(sighs)

(coughing)

Father, don't make the key.

Let them do what
they want to me.

They're gonna k*ll us
anyway, so don't open the lock.

You heard what
my son said, señor.

We'll see what he says
when he gets a taste of this.

No!

( action theme playing)

(g*nsh*t)

( stirring theme playing)

(grunts, gasps)

(grunting)

(yells)

Here, try mine.

(hisses, yells)

Señor Zorro, my son?

EUGENIO: Here I
am, father. Ha-ha.

Go, join your friends, señorita.

Now, you two don't
need me anymore.

No, señor. We can
take care of the thieves,

and return the money. Sí.

A son working with his
father can do many things.

Adiós, amigos.

Adiós.

(horse whinnies)

( dramatic theme playing)

(whinnying)

♪ Zorro, Zorro ♪

ANNOUNCER: Next
week: Caesar Romero

as the gay caballero takes
over the Pueblo de Los Angeles.

Is he a man of great wealth,

a reckless imposter,
or a common thief?

But that is not the reason
I showed you the jewels.

I'm not sure I could bring
myself to part with them.

Only Zorro has the answers.

Help! Help! Help!

Help!

Be with us next week

when the gay caballero
matches wits with

Zorro.

( main theme playing)
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