In the sleepy, out-of-the-way Spanish colonial hamlet of Los Angeles, young Diego de la Vega is determined to discover the cause of an outbreak of cattle rustling and the accompanying disappearances of some of the pueblos craftsmen. Eventually, he and his best friend, Bernardo, find that an evil aristocrat, don Moncada, is responsible for the kidnappings and is planning to set up his own kingdom. Diego's fearless, upright father leads a small army...

Zorro makes it his mission to save the people of California from abusive and corrupt governor and his army.

In nineteenth-century California, Don Diego de la Vega lives the life of a cowardly society man by day and becomes the masked avenger Zorro at night, seeking to right the wrongs caused by soldiers and nobility.

In 19th-century California, Don Diego has recently returned from Spain. He confronts the tyrannical military rule of General Alvarado and Captain Juan Ramon by assuming a foppish public persona, while simultaneously springing into action as Zorro, the masked crusader for the rights of the common people.