The Kissing Bandit Page #7

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Little one,

it's time to remember something.

You are a bandit.

And that is what you decided to be, no?

Yes, but there's nothing that says

a bandit can't have a wife, Chico.

- Why, in all the books I've read it just...

- Books.

This is not a book, Ricardo mo.

This is not a dream you are dreaming.

But this is your life now,

a bandit's life.

Hard. Sometimes very short.

But there are also good things

in a bandit's life.

Freedom, excitement and adventure.

Sure, for you.

But for a gentle young girl like Teresa...

...to spend her life hiding,

running away, in danger...

...is that you want for her?

No, no, of course not.

Sure not.

It's funny.

Because I'm a bandit chief,

I was able to win my heroine.

And because I'm a bandit chief,

I have to give her up.

I realize I have no right to her, Chico.

Let's go.

Love is where you find it

Don't be blind

It's all around you everywhere

Take it, take a chance now

For romance now

Tell someone that you care

Spring love comes upon you

When it's gone you feel despair

Soon, though, in the moon glow

You'll find that a new love is there

Love is where you find it

Fate designed it

To be waiting everywhere

It may hide from you for a while

It may come tonight

In a smile

Fan the flame of a new love

In the arms of a new love

Seek and you shall find

Love is where you find it

Don't be blind

It's all around you everywhere

Little one, come on. Let us get out.

General Torro, this is the moment

for which I've been waiting and waiting.

- But we've got business.

- Let's dance.

But I don't dance too good.

Darling.

Teresa...

What I wanted to say was that...

...I'll go away with you now.

That is if you still want me to.

Teresa, I'm a bandit

and maybe you ought to realize...

I wouldn't have you any other way.

Shall we go?

Teresa, would you dance

with me just this once?

All right.

Oh, general, your dancing

is just like you are. Complicated.

Yes, I think so.

Hello. How are you?

I know that face from...

Stop. Stop.

Stop everything in the king's name.

I am Count Belmonte.

Guards, those two men are impostors.

Seize them.

Where is the governor?

Where is the governor?

Where is the governor, I say?

I'm... I'm Don Jose, the governor.

You've made a mistake

that may cost you your head.

You're just what I expected

in the first place.

Send all these people home.

Everybody. Get rid of them.

Bring those two men here.

Look at this man, governor.

This is the man known

as the Kissing Bandit.

The other his chief accomplice.

Guards, take them away.

Throw them in chains.

Have a gallows built. Hang them!

Oh, Count Belmonte, please,

you can't hang them. You just can't.

And who is this?

This is my daughter, Teresa.

She is very pleased to welcome

Your Excellency.

If the senorita would honor me

with her presence for a while...

...I might be inclined to feel

more kindly toward her father...

...in this entire disgraceful situation.

Oh, she would be delighted.

Wouldn't you, dear?

She would be delighted.

Hang the bandits at dawn.

Well, greetings, gentlemen.

What are you so happy about?

Well, I've been demoted to private.

That may sound bad to you,

but I just found out...

...that privates are the only ones

the governor can afford to pay.

So now for the first time I'm getting

money for being in the army.

Well, what do you want

for your last supper?

I don't want nothing.

But what do you want, Gomez?

Because maybe this is

your last supper too.

You're in pretty much hot water,

aren't you?

I am? Again?

Don't you think so?

Why, no. What have I done now?

What do you think the king

is gonna say...

...when he finds out you threw me,

the chief of police, in jail?

- And me, Count Belmonte?

- But you're not.

- You're just impersonating these people.

- Who said that?

- Everybody's talking about it.

- Don't believe them.

You're not General Torro

and Count Belmonte.

- Are you?

- No?

Weren't we introduced to you

by the governor as Belmonte and Torro?

Do you think the governor would lie?

That's a terrible thing to say

about the governor.

I don't like your attitude, Gomez.

I'd be careful if I were you.

Please put down the keys.

They make me nervous.

Everything was clear to me

until a while ago.

Listen to me and we'll clear it up once...

It's all very simple.

- It's not difficult to understand.

We'll take care of everything.

You see, we really like you.

And then you

have nothing to worry about.

Now, don't go no place.

Look, the governor won't like this at all.

What's the matter? Go on. Go on.

Look.

She shouldn't be alone

with a man like him.

But it's not our business. Come on.

This is my business.

That will teach you to stay away

from my girl.

And you ought to be ashamed

of yourself.

Torro. Don Jose, call out the guards.

Torro! Torro!

Stay out of this, Chico.

This is my affair.

Torro, draw your sword

and cut these men to ribbons.

You stay out and I'll stay out.

Teresa, you'd better go inside.

This is no place for a lady.

Very well, Ricardo.

Now, are you ready?

This is outrageous.

I don't fight peasants.

Put up your fists.

How unfair.

- I thought they were in jail.

- Stop it. Stop it.

You don't want to help Count Belmonte.

Well, I... No.

But I shouldn't help a man

who is a bandit.

- It'll be much better if he wins.

- Well, I...

Oh, general...

I mean, Mr. Bandit.

But even if Ricardo wins,

he's still a bandit.

You can pardon him, can't you?

You're the governor, aren't you?

That still leaves the problem of Belmonte.

You could order him out of the territory,

couldn't you?

If he goes back without the taxes,

Alfonso will cut off his head.

What are you worried about?

Why don't you appoint someone

to collect the money for you?

But whom?

You have a man right over here who

has more experience collecting money...

...than anyone else in California.

- I don't want the job.

- There will be a commission.

- Then maybe I'll take it.

- You're hired.

You can use my men to help you.

I don't want your men. I got my own.

It's a deal.

Well, Jose, you are the governor,

aren't you?

Belmonte, get out of California.

I'm the governor.

Fine, little one.

Come on. Let's get out of here.

This California climate

don't agree with you either.

I think you'll find Teresa waiting

for you inside.

Thank you, Dona Isabella,

but I can't stay.

If she cared for me at all,

it was because I was a bandit.

And I'm no longer a bandit.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

I'm going up to pack.

Run after him, Chico.

Make him change his mind.

After all, you've been outlaws together.

- Why not in-laws together?

- Yeah...

Together?

You... You cannot do it, little one.

You cannot go away.

I'm sorry, Chico.

I'm going back to Boston.

- I made up my mind.

- Please, Ricardo.

Go downstairs and talk to Teresa first.

No, Chico, it's all over with.

Then think of me. I'm in terrible trouble.

I cannot face it alone.

It's that... That Isabella.

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