Posing as a foppish coward, Diego, a Spanish nobleman, fights injustice in colonial California. Upon his return from Spain, Diego realizes that Captain Pasquale is terrorizing the district and levying unreasonable taxes. Disguised as Zorro - a masked Robin Hood-like swashbuckler - the young Spaniard menaces the local authorities to the delight of all the peasants. In the meantime, posing as the inept fop, he is able to move through society without being suspected.
本片以喜剧恶搞的形式展现古朴小镇发生的一系列搞笑故事。电影讲述一名时髦、爽朗的女孩逃家出走,误闯到一个安静古朴的小镇,和刚刚回乡的客栈店主等乡民一起,与来征地的房地产老板做斗争。