1. Faster
than a speeding bullet...Copy !req
2. more powerful
than a locomotive...Copy !req
3. able to leap tall buildings
at a single bound...Copy !req
4. Look! Up in the
sky! It's a bird!Copy !req
5. It's a plane!
It's Superman!Copy !req
6. Yes, it's Superman, strange
visitor from another planetCopy !req
7. who came to Earth
with powers and abilitiesCopy !req
8. far beyond those of mortal men.Copy !req
9. Superman, who can change
the course of mighty rivers,Copy !req
10. bend steel in his bare hands,Copy !req
11. and who, disguised
as Clark Kent,Copy !req
12. mild-mannered reporter for a
great metropolitan newspaper,Copy !req
13. fights a never-ending battleCopy !req
14. for truth, justice and
the American way!Copy !req
15. And now, another
exciting episodeCopy !req
16. in The Adventures of Superman!Copy !req
17. When do I get to
pull this trigger?Copy !req
18. Take it easy, Shorty.Copy !req
19. You got nothing
to draw a bead onCopy !req
20. till Kent answers
that telephone.Copy !req
21. How much time have
we got, inspector?Copy !req
22. We better leave in five minutesCopy !req
23. if we expect to
catch that plane.Copy !req
24. Be ready in four.Copy !req
25. Optimist.Copy !req
26. Maybe them California
lines are busy,Copy !req
27. and the boss can't get through.Copy !req
28. What's the matter?
You trigger-happy?Copy !req
29. Just got an itchy finger.Copy !req
30. There she goes. Get set.Copy !req
31. Mind catching that
for me, inspector?Copy !req
32. Hello?Copy !req
33. Hold it, Shorty.Copy !req
34. That's the copper. We want Kent.Copy !req
35. Okay.Copy !req
36. It's for you, Kent.
Long distance.Copy !req
37. Thanks.Copy !req
38. Hello, Kent speaking.Copy !req
39. It's Hollywood.Copy !req
40. All I see is the
back of that copper.Copy !req
41. He'll move.Copy !req
42. Kent, boss.Copy !req
43. Hello, Kent.Copy !req
44. Luigi Dinelli.Copy !req
45. It's Dinelli!Copy !req
46. They tell me you and
Inspector HendersonCopy !req
47. are coming out here
to work in the movies.Copy !req
48. That's right, Dinelli.Copy !req
49. National Studios bought
that series of articlesCopy !req
50. I wrote about you
for the Daily Planet.Copy !req
51. "Czar of the
Underworld," remember?Copy !req
52. I didn't like what them
articles said in the paper, Kent.Copy !req
53. I'm gonna like them
less in the movies.Copy !req
54. Well, now, that's
too bad, Luigi.Copy !req
55. What do you suggest?Copy !req
56. Friends of mine tell meCopy !req
57. that picture shouldn't
ought to be made.Copy !req
58. They say you and Henderson
should call off your trip.Copy !req
59. You tell your friends...Copy !req
60. The copper moved! Come
on, make with the trigger!Copy !req
61. I'm pulling on it,
but nothing happens!Copy !req
62. You're telling me!Copy !req
63. Ah, she must have jammed.Copy !req
64. Well, open her up and fix it.Copy !req
65. The boss will keep him
gabbing until he hears the shot.Copy !req
66. Okay, okay. Take it easy.Copy !req
67. And another thing, Luigi.Copy !req
68. You better tell your friendsCopy !req
69. Czar of the Underworld starts
shooting tomorrow morning.Copy !req
70. And Inspector Henderson and ICopy !req
71. intend to be on
hand for the occasion.Copy !req
72. And you can tell
them for me, Dinelli,Copy !req
73. that this picture will pack
more wallop than a Tommy gun.Copy !req
74. When you see the
stuff we're putting into it,Copy !req
75. you won't be able to find a
hole deep enough to crawl into.Copy !req
76. Luigi?Copy !req
77. That was Inspector Henderson.Copy !req
78. Well, how do you like that?Copy !req
79. I finally get her working again,Copy !req
80. and all I can see is
that copper's back.Copy !req
81. I'm sorry, Luigi, but I'm afraid
we'll have to cut this short.Copy !req
82. We have to shove
off for the airport.Copy !req
83. See you in sunny California!Copy !req
84. I'm warning you, Kent.Copy !req
85. You and that copper
won't leave California aliveCopy !req
86. if you go ahead
with that picture.Copy !req
87. It's too late to stop
them now, Luigi.Copy !req
88. They start shooting
tomorrow morning.Copy !req
89. Them friends of mine are
liable to start shooting too.Copy !req
90. Tell them to contact meCopy !req
91. any time after tomorrow
at National Studios.Copy !req
92. Might be sooner than you think.Copy !req
93. Now!Copy !req
94. Keep back, inspector!Copy !req
95. But they tried to plug you!Copy !req
96. Skip it. Come on, we're late.Copy !req
97. But, Kent, that call was a
plant to get you to the phone.Copy !req
98. This was an attempted murder!Copy !req
99. We haven't got time
to worry about that now.Copy !req
100. Come on, let's go!Copy !req
101. Westbound from Metropolis,Copy !req
102. Chicago and Kansas City
now unloading at gate five.Copy !req
103. Got a match, bud?Copy !req
104. So this is Hollywood!Copy !req
105. Not quite. Hollywood's
about 10 miles north of here.Copy !req
106. Oh. Let's get a cab.Copy !req
107. Excuse me, are you
Inspector Henderson?Copy !req
108. That's right.Copy !req
109. Mr. Abner sent me to drive
you and Mr. Kent to the studio.Copy !req
110. Well, this is certainly
rolling out the red carpet!Copy !req
111. Yes, sir! I'll take your bags.Copy !req
112. Thank you.Copy !req
113. Right this way, gentlemen.Copy !req
114. You know, I'd like to meet
a few of these movie starsCopy !req
115. before we pull out.Copy !req
116. I'd settle for five minutes
with that Luigi Dinelli, myself.Copy !req
117. I'd like to repay him for
that telephone call last night.Copy !req
118. He'll get paid once
this movie comes out.Copy !req
119. What's wrong?Copy !req
120. Why did we pull in here?Copy !req
121. The right rear tire's
soft. Gotta check it.Copy !req
122. Only be a couple of
seconds, gentlemen.Copy !req
123. Ah, this is the life, boy!Copy !req
124. Private car, chauffeur...Copy !req
125. Chauffer, my eye.
Duck! It's a trap!Copy !req
126. Kent, where are you?Copy !req
127. Stay down.Copy !req
128. Don't move.Copy !req
129. We walked right into this one.Copy !req
130. Don't worry, we'll
walk right out again.Copy !req
131. Just don't move.Copy !req
132. Got your car around
the back? All set.Copy !req
133. Okay. Luigi's gonna take
care of them two in person.Copy !req
134. Let's go.Copy !req
135. Kent, how'd you do it?
We were locked in here.Copy !req
136. One of the little tricks
that Superman taught me.Copy !req
137. You know, Kent, sometimes I
get a feeling you are Superman.Copy !req
138. I may have to be to
get this picture made.Copy !req
139. Cut it!Copy !req
140. I'd like it once again.Copy !req
141. You were late again with
that pistol cue, Dexter.Copy !req
142. Let's go, Dexter. We can't spend
all day on this shot, you know.Copy !req
143. Call a doctor!Copy !req
144. This man's dead!Copy !req
145. Dead?Copy !req
146. Get that rifle, Kent.Copy !req
147. It's only loaded with blanks.Copy !req
148. That's what you think.Copy !req
149. How many times must I tell youCopy !req
150. not to barge into my
office without knocking?Copy !req
151. I know, chief, but
this is important.Copy !req
152. Don't call me "chief."Copy !req
153. Yes, chief. I mean,
yes, Mr. White.Copy !req
154. Okay, what is it?Copy !req
155. It just came in
over the press wire.Copy !req
156. "Hollywood. Flash.Copy !req
157. "Alan Dexter,
motion-picture star,Copy !req
158. "shot and killed on
National Studios set todayCopy !req
159. "while filming crime exposé
Czar of the Underworld.Copy !req
160. More to follow."Copy !req
161. Let me see that.Copy !req
162. Yes, Mr. White?Copy !req
163. Get me Clark Kent or
Inspector HendersonCopy !req
164. at the National
Studios in Hollywood.Copy !req
165. A perfect setup for the scoop.Copy !req
166. My own reporter right there on
the scene and what happens?Copy !req
167. I've got to get the news
over the press wire.Copy !req
168. Just wait till I get Kent
on the phone. Just wait!Copy !req
169. When did that come in?Copy !req
170. Just a few minutes ago.Copy !req
171. Well, go out and see
if there's any more.Copy !req
172. Yes, sir.Copy !req
173. I have Inspector Henderson
on number four, Mr. White.Copy !req
174. Okay.Copy !req
175. Hello. Hello?Copy !req
176. On number four, Mr. White.Copy !req
177. Hello! Hello!Copy !req
178. Hello?Copy !req
179. Hello. Is that you, Henderson?Copy !req
180. Yes, how are you, Mr. White?Copy !req
181. I'm fit to be tied, that's
how I am. Where's Kent?Copy !req
182. Probably checking
up on something.Copy !req
183. We've had a little trouble
out here, you know.Copy !req
184. Oh, really? How would I know?Copy !req
185. Does anybody ever
tell me anything?Copy !req
186. You tell Kent for me
that in case he's forgotten,Copy !req
187. he's still working
for the Daily PlanetCopy !req
188. and not the National Studios!Copy !req
189. Now, listen, Mr. White...Copy !req
190. And, furthermore,Copy !req
191. when a story breaks
and he's on the scene,Copy !req
192. I expect to get my
information from himCopy !req
193. and not from a press service.Copy !req
194. If that Hollywood
stuff's gone to his head,Copy !req
195. you can tell him from
me he can stay out thereCopy !req
196. and not bother to come back!Copy !req
197. Now, be reasonable.Copy !req
198. "Be reasonable. Be reasonable."Copy !req
199. Great Caesar's ghost!Copy !req
200. Well, if you'll stop shouting
for a minute and let me explain.Copy !req
201. Go ahead, but make it good.Copy !req
202. Well, we haven't had a chance
to breathe since we got out here.Copy !req
203. And then this thing
had to happen.Copy !req
204. What thing?Copy !req
205. Well, Alan Dexter's murder.Copy !req
206. Are you sure it was murder?Copy !req
207. No question about it.Copy !req
208. And Kent didn't notify me.Copy !req
209. Didn't even have
the common decencyCopy !req
210. to call me and tip me off!Copy !req
211. No, I've got to
get my informationCopy !req
212. from a press service!Copy !req
213. Mr. White...Copy !req
214. What does that nincompoop
think I pay his salary for?Copy !req
215. To keep me in the dark
when a big story breaks?Copy !req
216. Hasn't he any loyalty
to me or to the paper?Copy !req
217. Didn't it occur to himCopy !req
218. that we might be interested
in getting that storyCopy !req
219. before every other
newspaper in the country got it?Copy !req
220. Or doesn't he care?Copy !req
221. Now, that's ridiculous.
I told you th...Copy !req
222. I don't care what you told me.Copy !req
223. All I know is Kent was on
the scene when it happened,Copy !req
224. and all I've got in this office
is a news Teletype report.Copy !req
225. Did you hear me?Copy !req
226. A news Teletype reportCopy !req
227. instead of an eyewitness
account from my own reporter!Copy !req
228. I'm sorry, Mr. White, but I
have to attend a meetingCopy !req
229. with the head of the
studio and the police chief.Copy !req
230. I'm not through yet.Copy !req
231. I'm not through by a long shot.Copy !req
232. You tell Kent that if
he thinks for one minuteCopy !req
233. I'm gonna stand by while he...Copy !req
234. Hello? Hello?Copy !req
235. Hello, Henderson. Are you there?Copy !req
236. He hung up on me.Copy !req
237. He hung up on me!Copy !req
238. Is, uh...?
Is this Dexter's trailer?Copy !req
239. That's right.Copy !req
240. I take it, gentlemen, that
your verdict is murder.Copy !req
241. No question about it, Mr. Abner.Copy !req
242. Dexter was shot through
the heart by a live bulletCopy !req
243. someone slipped into the
chamber of the automatic rifle.Copy !req
244. Which means Dinelli
has a confederateCopy !req
245. right here in the studio.Copy !req
246. Well, who is it?Copy !req
247. We checked every person
on the stage. No suspects.Copy !req
248. Evidently Dinelli's
playing for keeps.Copy !req
249. And so are we, Mr. Kent.Copy !req
250. He's not going to stop
production on this picture.Copy !req
251. I'll replace Dexter with a new
leading man this afternoon,Copy !req
252. and we'll resume
shooting in the morning.Copy !req
253. What about the actors and crew?Copy !req
254. Will they go along, Mr. Carr?Copy !req
255. One hundred percent.Copy !req
256. Does that go for you
and Inspector Henderson too?Copy !req
257. Mr. Abner, we came
out here to do a job...Copy !req
258. And we're staying
until it's finished.Copy !req
259. Good. Thank you.Copy !req
260. I don't think there's
anything more for me to say.Copy !req
261. I want to see you
in my office, Carr.Copy !req
262. Mr. Carr was telling meCopy !req
263. Dexter lived right
here in this trailer.Copy !req
264. That's right, Mr. Kent.Copy !req
265. He had it fixed up with
all the latest improvements:Copy !req
266. running water, telephone,
all the comforts of home.Copy !req
267. Sounds great.Copy !req
268. Say, do you think
it'd be all right if I...?Copy !req
269. If I slept in here tonight?Copy !req
270. Sure. If you really want to.Copy !req
271. Now, why would anyone
want to sleep aloneCopy !req
272. in a place like that?Copy !req
273. You're welcome to keep me
company if you want, inspector.Copy !req
274. With a complimentary suite
at the Mark Stevens Hotel?Copy !req
275. Ha-ha! No, thank you.Copy !req
276. Like to look at the
inside of the trailer?Copy !req
277. Yes, I would. Thank you.Copy !req
278. Now, what do you
suppose he's up to?Copy !req
279. Oh, reporters always
gotta be snooping around.Copy !req
280. It's in their blood.Copy !req
281. Buy you a beer, chief.Copy !req
282. You took the words
right out of my mouth!Copy !req
283. Yeah? Ollie's here.Copy !req
284. Send him in.Copy !req
285. Hey, boss, I got
news for you! Yeah?Copy !req
286. I was just talking to Frank.Copy !req
287. So what?Copy !req
288. They put another
actor in Dexter's place,Copy !req
289. and they're going
ahead with the picture,Copy !req
290. starting tomorrow morning.Copy !req
291. What else?Copy !req
292. Frank also told me to tell youCopy !req
293. Clark Kent's spending
the night at the studio.Copy !req
294. He's gonna sleep in Dexter's
dressing room on stage 13.Copy !req
295. Where's the copper staying?Copy !req
296. Henderson? The Mark Stevens.Copy !req
297. Tommy? Yeah, boss?Copy !req
298. Is Frank still at the studio?Copy !req
299. No, but he'll be
home in half an hour.Copy !req
300. Okay. Get in touch with him.Copy !req
301. Yeah.Copy !req
302. Tell him he's working tonight.Copy !req
303. Okay, boss.Copy !req
304. Frank Dinelli, the
brother of Luigi.Copy !req
305. That's the one I want
the information on.Copy !req
306. The Los Angeles Police
haven't got any moreCopy !req
307. than what's right there.Copy !req
308. Nothing since 1938?Copy !req
309. That's the year he
got out of San Quentin.Copy !req
310. He disappeared after that.Copy !req
311. He's probably had his face
lifted, changed his name,Copy !req
312. started life all over againCopy !req
313. somewhere where nobody knew him.Copy !req
314. Mm-hm.Copy !req
315. That address on
Luigi, is it still good?Copy !req
316. We can put our
finger on him anytime.Copy !req
317. The trouble is we can
never get the goods on him.Copy !req
318. He's too smart,
even for the FBI.Copy !req
319. Oh, they always slip
up sooner or later,Copy !req
320. even the smartest of them.Copy !req
321. Yes, I know.Copy !req
322. But Dinelli's been getting
away with murder for 20 years.Copy !req
323. I have a funny feeling
tonight's the night.Copy !req
324. You still planning
on going aheadCopy !req
325. with your plans to
spend the night...?Copy !req
326. You still gonna spend
the night in here?Copy !req
327. Why not?Copy !req
328. Well, if Dexter's murderer
is still around the studio,Copy !req
329. you might give him ideas.Copy !req
330. Nothing like a well-baited
hook to catch a big fish.Copy !req
331. Yes, but you might be baiting
that hook with your life, Kent.Copy !req
332. Don't worry. I intend to take
every precaution to keep it.Copy !req
333. You reporters have
certainly got a lot of nerve.Copy !req
334. Sometimes we have to have it.Copy !req
335. What are you doingCopy !req
336. snooping around here
at this time of night?Copy !req
337. Well, I...Copy !req
338. I was just lining up
my camera anglesCopy !req
339. for tomorrow morning's work.Copy !req
340. What are you pointing
that gun at me for?Copy !req
341. Oh.Copy !req
342. Better luck next time, chief.Copy !req
343. Well, I always say
you can't be too careful.Copy !req
344. I'm sorry, Mr. Carr.Copy !req
345. Mm-hm. Good night.Copy !req
346. Good night!Copy !req
347. Well, I better get going.Copy !req
348. Well, can I drop
you off somewhere?Copy !req
349. I'm just on my way home.Copy !req
350. No, I wanna have a quick
talk with an old friend.Copy !req
351. Well, maybe you're
going in my direction.Copy !req
352. No, I'm gonna mosey along
by myself, if you don't mind.Copy !req
353. This old friend of mine
is allergic to uniforms,Copy !req
354. especially police uniforms.Copy !req
355. Good night. Good night.Copy !req
356. There
have been no new developmentsCopy !req
357. in the mysterious murder
of screen star Alan DexterCopy !req
358. who was shot to
death this morningCopy !req
359. while rehearsing a sceneCopy !req
360. for the forthcoming
motion-picture crime exposéCopy !req
361. Czar of the Underworld.Copy !req
362. The police are
making every effortCopy !req
363. to uncover a clue to
the murderer's identity,Copy !req
364. but as yet have
been unable to explainCopy !req
365. how the live bullet
that killed DexterCopy !req
366. got into the automatic rifleCopy !req
367. fired by a fellow
actor on the movie set.Copy !req
368. Good evening, Dinelli.Copy !req
369. What's the idea?Copy !req
370. The window? I was in a
hurry. I just took a shortcut.Copy !req
371. Wise guy, huh?Copy !req
372. Tommy, Ollie, come in here!Copy !req
373. I was wondering
when you'd do that.Copy !req
374. Any more, Luigi?Copy !req
375. Your aim is bad, Luigi.Copy !req
376. Now, what are you gonna
do with the empty gun?Copy !req
377. Keep away from me!Copy !req
378. What do you want?Copy !req
379. I want you to come
to the studio with meCopy !req
380. so I can show you
how movies are made.Copy !req
381. No, I won't go.Copy !req
382. Yes, you will.Copy !req
383. Come in!Copy !req
384. This steak is so good,
waiter, I think I'll have another.Copy !req
385. Might as well, since
the studio's paying for it.Copy !req
386. Superman!Copy !req
387. How are you, inspector?Copy !req
388. Never happier in my life.Copy !req
389. So I see.Copy !req
390. Well, after all, the studio's...Copy !req
391. The studio's paying
for it. I know, I know.Copy !req
392. Well, is it any fault of mineCopy !req
393. if Kent decides to stay awayCopy !req
394. when all this is
given to us for free?Copy !req
395. I hardly think Kent's
just twiddling his thumbs.Copy !req
396. What brought you out here?Copy !req
397. Same business that brought
you and Kent, inspector.Copy !req
398. We could sure use you.Copy !req
399. This Dinelli's a tough customer.Copy !req
400. I think we've got
him where I want him.Copy !req
401. You've seen him already?Copy !req
402. Returned the
greetings he extendedCopy !req
403. to you and Kent this morning.Copy !req
404. Ah, we can always count on you.Copy !req
405. Inspector, how would you
like to be on the kill tonight?Copy !req
406. The kill?Copy !req
407. Yes, if you can tear yourself
away from your dinner.Copy !req
408. Oh, I've finished mine already.Copy !req
409. I was eating Kent's.Copy !req
410. I see.Copy !req
411. Well, here's the situation.Copy !req
412. I just left Dinelli sound asleepCopy !req
413. in a trailer on stage
13 at the studio.Copy !req
414. Dinelli in the trailer?Copy !req
415. How'd you do it?Copy !req
416. Oh, a little
artificial persuasion.Copy !req
417. Yes, but where's Kent?Copy !req
418. Oh, he's around somewhere.Copy !req
419. The point is, if the
murderer shows upCopy !req
420. to try any more funny business,Copy !req
421. I'd much rather Dinelli
be in that trailer than Kent.Copy !req
422. No telling who
it is in the dark.Copy !req
423. Exactly.Copy !req
424. Well, shall we...? Shall we go?Copy !req
425. After you.Copy !req
426. What's that noise?Copy !req
427. It's the motor on that car!Copy !req
428. Open that trailer door!Copy !req
429. That little carbon-monoxide
deal was meant for me.Copy !req
430. For you?Copy !req
431. I mean, for Kent.Copy !req
432. I better take a look at Dinelli.Copy !req
433. You better leave it open.Copy !req
434. It's all right. It's
clear in there now.Copy !req
435. How is he? All right.Copy !req
436. He's out cold, but we
got here just in time.Copy !req
437. What was that?Copy !req
438. It's our murderer! Where?Copy !req
439. Up there on that light platform!Copy !req
440. Down, inspector!Copy !req
441. Chief!Copy !req
442. Yes.Copy !req
443. Chief to you and
all the rest of them.Copy !req
444. My real name is Frank...Copy !req
445. All right, inspector.Copy !req
446. Put the cuffs on him!Copy !req
447. What do you know,
Luigi Dinelli in custody!Copy !req
448. You got nothing on me!Copy !req
449. This time we have, Luigi.
We've got you for keeps.Copy !req
450. What for? Murder, my friend.Copy !req
451. The murder of your own
brother, Frank Dinelli.Copy !req
452. I didn't kill him! He
was dying already.Copy !req
453. I only put him
out of his misery.Copy !req
454. That's your story.Copy !req
455. It's possible you killed himCopy !req
456. to keep him from talking.Copy !req
457. What do I care if he talked?
Got nothing to do with me.Copy !req
458. I got nothing to be afraid of!Copy !req
459. What about the
murder of Alan Dexter?Copy !req
460. Okay, so Frank
put the live bulletCopy !req
461. in that rifle they were
playing with on the movie set.Copy !req
462. It's got nothing to do with me!Copy !req
463. Yes, it has. You were
giving Frank his orders.Copy !req
464. I'd like to see you prove that.Copy !req
465. We'll prove it.Copy !req
466. Kent would get a
big kick out of this.Copy !req
467. The Czar of the
Underworld in bracelets.Copy !req
468. Too bad he isn't here.Copy !req
469. Oh, he's here.Copy !req
470. In a way.Copy !req