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. Thank you.Copy !req
18. Happy birthday, Mr. Olsen.Copy !req
19. Huh? Oh, thanks.Copy !req
20. How did he know
it was my birthday?Copy !req
21. And how did he know my name?Copy !req
22. I guess you're getting
to be quite a celebrity.Copy !req
23. No. This is something
you two cooked up.Copy !req
24. Still makes a guy feel good.Copy !req
25. A guy's birthday only
comes once a year.Copy !req
26. Now there's a sharp observation.Copy !req
27. "Marco and
Freddie, novelty act."Copy !req
28. Well, I wonder which one is the
trained seal, Marco or Freddie.Copy !req
29. I bet it's not a
trained seal act.Copy !req
30. I say they're acrobats.
What do you say, Mr. Kent?Copy !req
31. No, you're both wrong.
It's a ventriloquist act.Copy !req
32. And pretty good, I understand.Copy !req
33. Well, here we go.Copy !req
34. Thank you. And good
evening, ladies and gentlemen.Copy !req
35. Freddie, say good evening.Copy !req
36. What's good about it?Copy !req
37. Well, say good evening
to the nice people.Copy !req
38. Oh, what's nice about them?Copy !req
39. Freddie,
you're being difficult.Copy !req
40. Did you get up on the wrong
side of the bed this morning?Copy !req
41. Well, I'll tell you, Marco,Copy !req
42. that bed, trouble
is it's sort of snew.Copy !req
43. What's snew?Copy !req
44. Nothing. What's new with you?Copy !req
45. I understand that
you missed school today.Copy !req
46. Why was that?Copy !req
47. I, er...
I had a toothache.Copy !req
48. Well, did you go to the dentist?Copy !req
49. No. Why should I?Copy !req
50. The one that ached was
only jerked out yesterday.Copy !req
51. Under the apple tree.Copy !req
52. What's that?Copy !req
53. I said, under
the old apple tree.Copy !req
54. Freddie, this is the third time
this week you've missed school.Copy !req
55. What's the matter?
Don't you like school?Copy !req
56. Oh, I can take it or leave it.Copy !req
57. I think I'll leave it.Copy !req
58. Down by
the old mill stream.Copy !req
59. Down by the old mill stream.Copy !req
60. Down by...? Down
by the old mill stream.Copy !req
61. Missing school so often,Copy !req
62. no wonder you're
still in the third grade.Copy !req
63. Why, a boy of 14...
Eleven and a half.Copy !req
64. A boy of 14...
Eleven and a half.Copy !req
65. All right, all right.
Eleven and a half.Copy !req
66. A boy 11 and a half shouldn't...Copy !req
67. Ladies and gentlemen, excuse me.Copy !req
68. What happened?Copy !req
69. Is that all there is to the act?Copy !req
70. No. Something went wrong.Copy !req
71. Clark, I had a funny
feeling before he rushed offCopy !req
72. that he and the dummy
were talking at the same time.Copy !req
73. I know that's impossible but...
Impossible or not, they were.Copy !req
74. Come on, let's go
back and see Marco.Copy !req
75. I give you all the best
lines, all the best gags.Copy !req
76. But that isn't good enough, you
have to add words of your own.Copy !req
77. What are you trying to
do, take over the act?Copy !req
78. Mr. Marco, can I
see you a minute?Copy !req
79. Oh, yes. Come in.Copy !req
80. We're from
the Daily Planet.Copy !req
81. You were out front?
Then you heard?Copy !req
82. Yes, that's why
we'd like to ask you...Copy !req
83. Look at him sitting
there so innocently.Copy !req
84. "In the shade of
the old apple tree.Copy !req
85. "Down by the old mill stream.Copy !req
86. Eleven and a half."Copy !req
87. He knows he's 14. He's
been 14 for the last 10 years.Copy !req
88. It wasn't Freddie's
fault, Mr. Marco.Copy !req
89. Someone else put
those words in his mouth.Copy !req
90. Someone else? But who?Copy !req
91. Obviously someone
out there in the theater.Copy !req
92. But why would anyone...?Copy !req
93. Oh, of course, to ruin my act.Copy !req
94. Some unscrupulous rival
who's jealous of my success.Copy !req
95. Can you think of anyone?Copy !req
96. Well, there's... No real
performer would stoop that low.Copy !req
97. Has anything like this
ever happened before?Copy !req
98. Yes, about a month
ago. We were playing Portersville.Copy !req
99. I thought Freddie was
trying to take over the act.Copy !req
100. I had a talk with him
afterwards and he promised...Copy !req
101. Oh, but of course it
wasn't Freddie at all.Copy !req
102. What were the
words he added then?Copy !req
103. Well, he kept saying
he was only 10 years old.Copy !req
104. And I don't remember the rest.Copy !req
105. And there's no explanation
you can think of?Copy !req
106. None at all. It's all
very, very strange.Copy !req
107. Well, thank you, Mr. Marco.Copy !req
108. If anything like
this happens again,Copy !req
109. you'll let us know, won't you?Copy !req
110. We may not be able to do
much but we can help a little.Copy !req
111. I'll let you know. Lois.Copy !req
112. You sent for us, chief?Copy !req
113. Yes, come on in.Copy !req
114. Lois, Kent, do you remember
that business a while backCopy !req
115. with an armored car, the one
from Green's Incorporated?Copy !req
116. Remember it? Are
you kidding, chief?Copy !req
117. An armored car with
half a million in cold cashCopy !req
118. just doesn't
disappear every day.Copy !req
119. Got any new leads, chief?Copy !req
120. No, I haven't.Copy !req
121. All the police know is
what they started out with.Copy !req
122. The car was last seenCopy !req
123. heading onto the
turnpike for Watsonville.Copy !req
124. And never showed up at the
other end, vanished into thin air.Copy !req
125. That's about the size of it.Copy !req
126. Now, here's what I want.Copy !req
127. Hop out to Green's and
see what's happened thereCopy !req
128. since the disappearance.Copy !req
129. Maybe there's been a
shake-up, extra precautions,Copy !req
130. security measures,
things like that.Copy !req
131. Talk to Harry Green, the
president. Get pictures.Copy !req
132. I want a background yarn
for the Sunday supplement,Copy !req
133. something I can
use in two parts.Copy !req
134. Right.Copy !req
135. Oh, and don't forget,
give me plenty of pictures.Copy !req
136. Okay.Copy !req
137. Head just a
little higher, Mr. Green.Copy !req
138. That's it. Now hold it.Copy !req
139. Thank you.Copy !req
140. Now for one of you and
your secretary, Mister, uh...Copy !req
141. Davis. No, no, I...Copy !req
142. Come on, Davis. It doesn't hurt.Copy !req
143. If you'll just stand there
at the corner of the deskCopy !req
144. and hand Mr. Green a paper.Copy !req
145. That's it. Hold it.Copy !req
146. Thank you.Copy !req
147. Now, Mr. Green,
those extra precautionsCopy !req
148. you were telling us about.Copy !req
149. Well, since that
amazing robbery,Copy !req
150. we've worked out a system
which is absolutely foolproof.Copy !req
151. Neither the guard
nor the driver of the carCopy !req
152. knows until the very last minuteCopy !req
153. what time to take off
or what route to follow.Copy !req
154. They operate
under sealed orders.Copy !req
155. Sealed orders? That
sounds interesting.Copy !req
156. There's a car due
to take off right now.Copy !req
157. I'll show you how it works.Copy !req
158. Have the guard on car
11 report to me here.Copy !req
159. Davis, get me the
envelope for car 11.Copy !req
160. Davis and I work out the
routes the night before.Copy !req
161. We only make one copy,
seal it in an envelopeCopy !req
162. and lock the envelope
in my private files.Copy !req
163. No one has keys
but Davis and myself.Copy !req
164. Thank you.Copy !req
165. The guard's here, Mr. Green.Copy !req
166. Send him in.Copy !req
167. Good morning, Chuck.
Good morning, sir.Copy !req
168. Here are your instructions.Copy !req
169. Start at once for the
State Commercial Bank,Copy !req
170. finish loading at 11:30,
then open the envelope.Copy !req
171. Is that clear? Yes, sir.Copy !req
172. Very well. Take off now.Copy !req
173. That does sound like
a foolproof scheme.Copy !req
174. It is, Mr. Kent.
Absolutely foolproof.Copy !req
175. Well, thank you very
much for your kindness.Copy !req
176. Thank you. Goodbye.Copy !req
177. Come on, Lois.Copy !req
178. State Commercial Bank.Copy !req
179. Okay, Bob, this is it.Copy !req
180. We're to go out Apple Tree RoadCopy !req
181. and turn onto
the Old Mill cutoff.Copy !req
182. What is it, Bob? Breakdown, huh?Copy !req
183. Looks phony to me.Copy !req
184. Hi, Jim. Morning.Copy !req
185. Oh, hey, Mr. Kent, I've
been reading your storyCopy !req
186. about the armored car robbery.Copy !req
187. Clark, where have you been?
I've been looking all over.Copy !req
188. It's about that story,
Lois. It certainly is.Copy !req
189. The route of the armored car,Copy !req
190. it went out Apple Tree
Road to the Old Mill cutoff.Copy !req
191. And that's what the
dummy said the other night,Copy !req
192. "Under the apple tree,
down by the old mill stream."Copy !req
193. Not only that, he said he
was 11 and a half years old.Copy !req
194. That's 11:30, the timeCopy !req
195. the armored car
took off from the bank.Copy !req
196. Well, looks like you've
both figured it out.Copy !req
197. Whoever put those words
in the dummy's mouthCopy !req
198. was tipping off the
crooks that pulled the job,Copy !req
199. letting them know
when and where to do it.Copy !req
200. Clark, we've got to go
to Henderson with this.Copy !req
201. Sure. Let's go.Copy !req
202. Not you, Jim. You've
got some work to do.Copy !req
203. Jim.Copy !req
204. Jeepers.Copy !req
205. If you ask me, inspector,Copy !req
206. there's someone
behind this ventriloquist,Copy !req
207. feeding him the information.Copy !req
208. How's that again, Kent?Copy !req
209. Well, now, look,Copy !req
210. first there are the men
that actually pull the job.Copy !req
211. They get their instructions
through the ventriloquist,Copy !req
212. and that's all they know.Copy !req
213. Then there's the
ventriloquist himself,Copy !req
214. the one that puts the
words in the dummy's mouth.Copy !req
215. Now, he gets his instructions,
let's say, over the phone.Copy !req
216. And as for the payoff,Copy !req
217. the ventriloquist must
get his through the mail.Copy !req
218. The crooks take theirs
when the job's through.Copy !req
219. And as for the rest of
it, well, that's deliveredCopy !req
220. in some roundabout way
to whoever's behind all this.Copy !req
221. In other words, a chain.Copy !req
222. None of the parties
know each other,Copy !req
223. so no one can squeal
if anything goes wrong.Copy !req
224. That's it.Copy !req
225. Well, I'll buy that, Kent.Copy !req
226. But what makes you think
there is a second ventriloquist?Copy !req
227. Why couldn't
Marco be the one...?Copy !req
228. Marco? Don't be ridiculous.Copy !req
229. He and the dummy were
talking at the same time.Copy !req
230. We'll check on him anyway.Copy !req
231. In the meantime, I'd
better call Harry Green,Copy !req
232. tell him we've got
some new leads.Copy !req
233. Get me Harry Green.Copy !req
234. Leads? I don't care about
leads. What I want is action.Copy !req
235. Look, inspector,Copy !req
236. it's over a monthCopy !req
237. since that first disappearanceCopy !req
238. and what have you accomplished?Copy !req
239. Absolutely nothing.Copy !req
240. And now this second robbery,
what are you doing about that?Copy !req
241. Insurance? Of
course we are insured.Copy !req
242. That's not the point.Copy !req
243. How long do you think my
clients are going to stand for this?Copy !req
244. Look, inspector, I told
you before, I want actionCopy !req
245. and if I don't get action soon,Copy !req
246. I'll personally call
in the commissioner.Copy !req
247. What is it, Davis?Copy !req
248. This young man's from the
Planet about those pictures.Copy !req
249. Oh, yes.Copy !req
250. Here are three I've
selected I think will do.Copy !req
251. They're for the
second installmentCopy !req
252. of that feature story
your paper's running.Copy !req
253. Tell Mr. White if
those aren't enough,Copy !req
254. I'll have our public relations
department send over some more.Copy !req
255. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
256. Um, Mr. Green. Yes?Copy !req
257. About those robberies,Copy !req
258. I wouldn't worry too
much if I were you.Copy !req
259. You see, me and my associatesCopy !req
260. have just given the
police an important clue.Copy !req
261. Is that right? Yes, sir.Copy !req
262. What's more, we're
working on the case too.Copy !req
263. So you see, everything
will turn out all right.Copy !req
264. Well, that's very nice to know.Copy !req
265. Thank you very
much, Mister, er...Copy !req
266. Olsen. James Bartholomew Olsen.Copy !req
267. Well, thank you, Mr. Olsen.Copy !req
268. Davis?
Yeah. Who are you?Copy !req
269. Don't give me that. You
know who I am and I know you.Copy !req
270. You take a good picture, Davis.Copy !req
271. What does that mean?Copy !req
272. I saw that article in
the Sunday Planet.Copy !req
273. I recognized you right away.Copy !req
274. They used to talk a lot
about you in the big house,Copy !req
275. only your name
wasn't Davis then.Copy !req
276. It was Al Roselli.Copy !req
277. You pulled that
big jewelry job back in '41.Copy !req
278. What do you want?Copy !req
279. Guess.Copy !req
280. Go on, I'm listening.Copy !req
281. I want more money.Copy !req
282. I take a big risk each
time for a measly $1000Copy !req
283. while you get 100
times that much.Copy !req
284. All you do is sit here,
make one phone call,Copy !req
285. start the whole thing rolling.Copy !req
286. What risk do you take? Get out.Copy !req
287. You ain't scaring
me none, Davis.Copy !req
288. I got enough on
you to... Get out!Copy !req
289. Now, wait a minute.Copy !req
290. Hello. Get me the chief.Copy !req
291. Yeah, yeah, quick.Copy !req
292. Hello, chief. This is Jim.Copy !req
293. I'm down at Green's office. I
just stumbled on something.Copy !req
294. Sure I got the pictures.Copy !req
295. But listen to me,
chief, this is important.Copy !req
296. It might crack the whole case.Copy !req
297. What case? Why, the
robberies, the armored cars.Copy !req
298. Look I was just coming out
of Mr. Green's office when I...Copy !req
299. Hello, Jim? Jim,
are you there? Jim?Copy !req
300. What happened?Copy !req
301. I don't know.Copy !req
302. But I wouldn't
be a bit surprisedCopy !req
303. if that boy's got
himself in a jam again.Copy !req
304. Lois, get Kent and
hop right out there.Copy !req
305. I'll get in touch with Green.Copy !req
306. Clark, come on. Jim's
in trouble at Green's.Copy !req
307. Would you sign here, please?Copy !req
308. What is it?Copy !req
309. Oh, I see. The men from
the safe rental company.Copy !req
310. Yeah. We came to pick
up that safe you're not using.Copy !req
311. How will you get
it to the street?Copy !req
312. The freight
elevator isn't workingCopy !req
313. and there are 15
flights of stairs.Copy !req
314. Don't worry, mister.Copy !req
315. We've got a block and
tackle rigged up on the roof.Copy !req
316. All we do is lower
her out the window.Copy !req
317. Come on, Fred.Copy !req
318. Oh, Davis, just a minute.Copy !req
319. That young man
Olsen, from the Planet.Copy !req
320. Have you seen him around?Copy !req
321. No, I haven't.Copy !req
322. Boy, she's heavy.Copy !req
323. Take her away.Copy !req
324. Holy Toledo! I said
it was too heavy.Copy !req
325. That other rope will never hold.Copy !req
326. This always happens.
Jim's in trouble.Copy !req
327. Well, it's only
two blocks, Clark,Copy !req
328. and I can't go
through a red light.Copy !req
329. Lois, look!Copy !req
330. It's Jim. He's in that safe.Copy !req
331. He's in that safe?Copy !req
332. But, Clark, how did...?Copy !req
333. Jimmy, are you all
right? Yeah, I guess so.Copy !req
334. My legs are a little
weak, that's all.Copy !req
335. That was a close one.Copy !req
336. And if it hadn't been
for Superman, why...Copy !req
337. How is it you always manage
to show up at the right time?Copy !req
338. That's my job, Miss Lane.Copy !req
339. Where was I? Up there?Copy !req
340. Gosh.Copy !req
341. Jim, a word of advice.Copy !req
342. After this, keep out
of other people's safes.Copy !req
343. You bet.Copy !req
344. Well, inspector, that's Jim's
story just the way it happened.Copy !req
345. So that's why you
brought me here tonight.Copy !req
346. Now, why couldn't you have...?Copy !req
347. I'll be right back.Copy !req
348. What?
Another job? Tonight.Copy !req
349. Davis, you've got your nerveCopy !req
350. after what happened
this afternoon.Copy !req
351. What do you mean,
"What happened?"Copy !req
352. Look, Davis, I'll do it but
from now on, my price is 5000.Copy !req
353. That's right, you
heard me, five grand.Copy !req
354. Well, okay.Copy !req
355. All you gotta do is
tell me what to say.Copy !req
356. Miss Lane, why couldn't you
have let me know all this before?Copy !req
357. I could've had the whole
case wrapped up by now.Copy !req
358. With Davis and the
usher in the pokey,Copy !req
359. maybe Green would stop
breathing down my neck.Copy !req
360. He's a friend of the
commissioner, you know.Copy !req
361. The usher is going to pass on
some more information tonight.Copy !req
362. Oh, is he now? Yes.Copy !req
363. Tomorrow, there'll be another
robbery, another armored car.Copy !req
364. There'll be no robbery. I'm
pulling that guy in right away.Copy !req
365. I wouldn't do that if I
were you, inspector.Copy !req
366. Let him go ahead. Let him put
his words in the dummy's mouth.Copy !req
367. True, he'll be
telling the crooksCopy !req
368. the time and the
place of the robbery.Copy !req
369. At the same time,
he'll be telling us.Copy !req
370. You and your men can set a trap.Copy !req
371. No go. I'm nabbing
that guy right away.Copy !req
372. This is your chance to
see how the robbery's doneCopy !req
373. and find out what they
do with these armored carsCopy !req
374. and the missing
guards and driversCopy !req
375. and maybe even the stolen money.Copy !req
376. Thank you. And good
evening, ladies and gentlemen.Copy !req
377. Freddie, say good evening.Copy !req
378. What's good about it?Copy !req
379. All right, Kent.
I'll string along.Copy !req
380. Freddie, this is the third timeCopy !req
381. you've missed school and
played hooky this week.Copy !req
382. What's the matter?
Don't you like school?Copy !req
383. Oh, I can take it or
leave it. I think I'll leave it.Copy !req
384. With Uncle
Irving and Aunt Magnolia.Copy !req
385. I said, with Uncle IrvingCopy !req
386. and Aunt Magnolia.Copy !req
387. Missing school so often,Copy !req
388. no wonder you're
still in third grade.Copy !req
389. Why, a boy of 14 shouldn't...
Thirteen and a half.Copy !req
390. A boy of 14...Copy !req
391. Thirteen and a half.Copy !req
392. Ladies and gentlemen,
I'm sorry. Excuse me.Copy !req
393. Did you get it, Lois?Copy !req
394. Irving Boulevard
and Magnolia Street.Copy !req
395. Thirteen and a
half, that'll be 1:30.Copy !req
396. Good, Irving and Magnolia
at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon.Copy !req
397. We'll be there with bells on.
And now our friend the usher.Copy !req
398. You'll need more than the usher.Copy !req
399. I'll get Davis later.Copy !req
400. Davis isn't the only
one. You want Green too.Copy !req
401. What are you
talking about, Clark?Copy !req
402. What's Green got to do with it?
Think he'd rob his own company?Copy !req
403. It was Green's voice
I heard on the phone.Copy !req
404. Oh, you're crazy.Copy !req
405. Okay, I'll prove it to
you. See you later.Copy !req
406. Well, there he goes again.Copy !req
407. Inspector, where does he
disappear to all the time?Copy !req
408. I don't know.Copy !req
409. Maybe he runs into an
alley, takes off his glassesCopy !req
410. and turns into Superman.Copy !req
411. Let's go.Copy !req
412. Davis. What?Copy !req
413. Is something wrong?Copy !req
414. Okay, Green. Your plan worked.Copy !req
415. Now we can quit
playing cat and mouse.Copy !req
416. Cat and mouse? I don't know
what on earth you're talking about.Copy !req
417. You set me up as the fall guy.Copy !req
418. You knew that if anything
went wrong with your plans,Copy !req
419. the first one the
police would come forCopy !req
420. is me, a three-time loser.Copy !req
421. Your record? Of course
I knew about that but...Copy !req
422. They came to my
apartment, the police.Copy !req
423. But I got away. They're
not getting me yet, Green.Copy !req
424. I've got a score
to settle first.Copy !req
425. Davis, put that gun away.
Have you lost your senses?Copy !req
426. I'll take that gun, Davis.Copy !req
427. Whoever you are, stay
away from me or I'll shoot.Copy !req
428. Don't be a fool, Davis.Copy !req
429. You're in the clear now,
better keep it that way.Copy !req
430. In the clear? But I thought...Copy !req
431. I know what you thought, Green,Copy !req
432. but you're all through,
you've given yourself away.Copy !req
433. Shoot him, Davis, shoot!Copy !req
434. That won't do you any
good, Green. Nothing will.Copy !req
435. You have a date withCopy !req
436. Inspector Henderson
at police headquarters.Copy !req
437. He'll be interested to know
what half a million dollarsCopy !req
438. in stolen currency
is doing in your safe,Copy !req
439. still in the original
bank wrappers.Copy !req
440. Well, Kent, the trap worked.Copy !req
441. We tailed the crooks
to their hideout,Copy !req
442. recovered the armored cars,
the missing men and the money.Copy !req
443. All of it, inspector?Copy !req
444. No, not all. About 200,000.Copy !req
445. But that plus the half millionCopy !req
446. that Superman brought in last
night when he delivered Green.Copy !req
447. Er, Kent, I guess I
owe you an apology.Copy !req
448. You were right after all
but how you knew that...Copy !req
449. Yes, how did you
know it was GreenCopy !req
450. on the other end of that phone?Copy !req
451. Well, Lois, like I was
telling you last night...Copy !req
452. Yes. Henderson speaking.Copy !req
453. Oh, you'll have to
speak a little louder.Copy !req
454. All right, Clark,
if you're so smart,Copy !req
455. who's on the other
end of the phone now?Copy !req
456. The chief, and if we're
not back at the PlanetCopy !req
457. in 15 seconds flat, we're
both gonna get fired.Copy !req
458. Now, come on.Copy !req
459. Oh, for you, Kent. Your boss...Copy !req
460. Hey!Copy !req