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 planet...Copy !req
7. who came to Earth with powers
and abilities...Copy !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 battle for truth,
justice and the American way.Copy !req
14. And now, another exciting episode
in the Adventures oi Superman.Copy !req
15. Thank you.Copy !req
16. Happy birthday. Mr. Olsen.Copy !req
17. Oh. thanks.Copy !req
18. How did he know it was my birthday?
How did he know my name?Copy !req
19. I guess you're getting
to be quite a celebrity.Copy !req
20. This is something you two cooked up.
Still makes a guy feel good.Copy !req
21. A guy's birthday only comes once a year.Copy !req
22. Now. there's a sharp observation.Copy !req
23. “Marco and Freddie. Novelty act.“
I wonder which one is the trained seal...Copy !req
24. - ... Marco or Freddie?
- I'll bet it's not a trained-seal act.Copy !req
25. I say they're acrobats.
What do you say. Mr. Kent?Copy !req
26. You're both wrong.
It's a ventriloquist act, and pretty good.Copy !req
27. Well. Here we go.Copy !req
28. Thank you. And good evening. Ladies and
gentlemen. Freddie. Say good evening.Copy !req
29. - What's good about it?
- Well. Say good evening to the nice people.Copy !req
30. What's nice about them?Copy !req
31. Freddie. You're being difficult.Copy !req
32. Did you get up
on the wrong side of the bed?Copy !req
33. Well. I'll tell you. Marco.
That bed. Trouble is. it's full of “snew.“Copy !req
34. - What's “snew“?
- Nothing. What's new with you?Copy !req
35. I understand that you missed
school today. Why was that?Copy !req
36. I had a toothache.Copy !req
37. - Well. Did you go to the dentist?
- No. why should I?Copy !req
38. The one that ached was the one
he yanked yesterday.Copy !req
39. - Under the apple tree.
- What's that?Copy !req
40. I said. Under the old apple tree.Copy !req
41. Freddie. It's the third time this week
you've missed school.Copy !req
42. - What's the matter? Don't you like school?
- I can take it or leave it. I think I'll leave it.Copy !req
43. Down by the old millstream.Copy !req
44. - Down by the old millstream.
- Down by—?Copy !req
45. - Down by the old millstream.
- No wonder you're still in the third grade.Copy !req
46. - Why. a boy of 14—
- Eleven and a half.Copy !req
47. - A boy of 14—
- Eleven and a half.Copy !req
48. All right. All right. 11 and a half.
A boy 11 and a half shouldn't...Copy !req
49. Ladies and gentlemen. Excuse me.Copy !req
50. - What happened?
- Is that all there is to the act?Copy !req
51. - No. something went wrong.
- I had a funny feeling...Copy !req
52. that he and the dummy
were talking at the same time.Copy !req
53. - I know that's impossible, but—
- Impossible or not. They were.Copy !req
54. Come on. let's go back and see Marco.Copy !req
55. I give you all the best lines.
all the best gags...Copy !req
56. but that's not enough.
You have to add words of your own.Copy !req
57. What are you trying to do.
take over the act?Copy !req
58. - Mr. Marco. Can I see you a minute?
- Oh. yes. come in.Copy !req
59. - We're from the Daily Planet.
- You were out front. You heard?Copy !req
60. - Yes. we'd like to ask you—
- Look at him sitting there so innocently.Copy !req
61. “In the shade of the old apple tree.
Down by the old millstream.Copy !req
62. Eleven and a half.“
He knows he's 14. He's been 14...Copy !req
63. - ... for the last 10 years.
- It wasn't Freddie's fault, Mr. Marco.Copy !req
64. - Someone else put the words in his mouth.
- Someone else. But who?Copy !req
65. - Obviously someone out in the theater.
- But why would anyone—?Copy !req
66. Oh. of course. To ruin my act.Copy !req
67. Some unscrupulous rival
jealous of my success.Copy !req
68. Can you think of anyone?Copy !req
69. Well. There's— No. No real performer
would stoop that low.Copy !req
70. Has anything like this
ever happened before?Copy !req
71. Yes. a month ago.
We were playing Portersville.Copy !req
72. I thought Freddie was taking over the act.
I talked with him after. And he promised.Copy !req
73. But of course it wasn't Freddie at all.Copy !req
74. What were the words he added then?Copy !req
75. He kept saying he was only 10 years old.
and I don't remember the rest.Copy !req
76. And there's no explanation
you can think of?Copy !req
77. None at all. It's all very. Very strange.Copy !req
78. Well. Thank you. Mr. Marco. If this ever
happens again, will you let us know?Copy !req
79. We may not be able to do much.
but we can help a little.Copy !req
80. - It'll let you know.
- Lois.Copy !req
81. - You sent for us. chief?
- Yes. Come on in.Copy !req
82. Lois. Kent. Do you remember that business
a while back with an armored car...Copy !req
83. - ... the one from Green's Incorporated?
- Remember it? Are you kidding. Chief?Copy !req
84. An armored car with $500,000
in cold cash doesn't disappear every day.Copy !req
85. - Got any new leads. Chief?
- No. I haven't.Copy !req
86. All the police know is
what they started out with:Copy !req
87. The car was last seen heading
onto the turnpike for Watsonville.Copy !req
88. Never showed up at the other end.
Vanished into thin air.Copy !req
89. That's about the size of it.
Now. here's what I want:Copy !req
90. Hop on out to Green's and see what's
happened there since the disappearance.Copy !req
91. Maybe there's been a shake-up.
Extra precautions. Security measures.Copy !req
92. Things like that. Talk to Harry Green.
the president. Get pictures.Copy !req
93. I want a background yarn
for the Sunday supplement.Copy !req
94. - Something I can use in two parts.
- Right.Copy !req
95. Don't forget.
give me plenty of pictures.Copy !req
96. Okay-Copy !req
97. Head just a little higher. Mr. Green.
That's it. Now. hold it.Copy !req
98. Thank you. Now for one of you
and your secretary. Mr...Copy !req
99. - Davis.
- No. I—Copy !req
100. - Davis. It doesn't hurt.
- Just stand at the corner of the desk...Copy !req
101. and hand Mr. Green a paper.Copy !req
102. That's it. Hold it.Copy !req
103. Thank you.Copy !req
104. Now. Mr. Green. Those extra precautions
you were telling us about.Copy !req
105. Since that robbery.
we've worked out a system...Copy !req
106. which is absolutely foolproof.Copy !req
107. Neither the guard nor the driver of the
car knows until the very last minute...Copy !req
108. what time to take off
or what route to follow.Copy !req
109. - They operate under sealed orders.
- Sealed orders? Interesting.Copy !req
110. There's a car due to take off right now.
I'll show you how it works.Copy !req
111. Have the guard on car 11
report to me here.Copy !req
112. Davis. Get me the envelope
for car 11.Copy !req
113. Davis and I work out the routes
the night before.Copy !req
114. We make only make one copy.
seal it in an envelope...Copy !req
115. and lock the envelope
in my private files.Copy !req
116. No one has keys but Davis and myself.
Thank you.Copy !req
117. Guard's here, Mr. Green.Copy !req
118. Send him in.Copy !req
119. - Morning. Chuck.
- Morning. Sir.Copy !req
120. Your instructions. Start at once
for the State Commercial Bank...Copy !req
121. finish loading at 11:30.
then open the envelope. Clear?Copy !req
122. - Yes. sir.
- Very well. Take off now.Copy !req
123. - That does sound like a foolproof scheme.
- It is. Mr. Kent. Absolutely foolproof.Copy !req
124. Thank you very much for your kindness.Copy !req
125. - Thank you.
- Come on. Lois.Copy !req
126. State Commercial Bank.Copy !req
127. Okay. Bob. this is it.Copy !req
128. We're to go out Apple Tree Road
and turn onto the Old Mill cutoff.Copy !req
129. What is it, Bob? Breakdown. Huh?
Looks phony to me.Copy !req
130. - Hi. Jim.
- Morning. Oh. hey. Mr. Kent...Copy !req
131. I've been reading your story
about the armored-car robbery.Copy !req
132. Clark. Where have you been?
I've been looking—Copy !req
133. - If it's about the story—
- it is.Copy !req
134. The route of the armored car went out
Apple Tree Road to the Old Mill cutoff.Copy !req
135. That's what the dummy said: “Under the
apple tree. Down by the old millstream.“Copy !req
136. Not only that. He said he was
11 and a half years old.Copy !req
137. That's 11:30. The time the armored car
left the bank.Copy !req
138. Looks like you've both figured it out.Copy !req
139. Whoever put those words in the
dummy's mouth was tipping off the crooks.Copy !req
140. - Letting them know when and where.
- We've got to go to Henderson.Copy !req
141. - Sure. Let's go.
- Not you. Jim. You've got some work to do.Copy !req
142. Jim.Copy !req
143. Jeepers.Copy !req
144. If you ask me. there's someone
behind this ventriloquist...Copy !req
145. feeding him the information.Copy !req
146. - How's that again, Kent?
- Well. Now. look.Copy !req
147. First. There are the men
that actually pull the job.Copy !req
148. They get their instructions
through the ventriloquist.Copy !req
149. That's all they know.
Then there's the ventriloquist himself.Copy !req
150. The one that puts the words
in the dummy's mouth.Copy !req
151. He gets his instructions.
let's say. Over the phone.Copy !req
152. And as for the payoff. The ventriloquist
must get his through the mail.Copy !req
153. The crooks take theirs when the
job's through. And as for the rest of it...Copy !req
154. well. It's delivered in some roundabout
way to whoever's behind all this.Copy !req
155. In other words, a chain.Copy !req
156. None of the parties know each other.
so no one can squeal if it goes wrong.Copy !req
157. - That's it.
- Well. I'll buy that. Kent.Copy !req
158. Why do you think there's a second
ventriloquist? Why not Marco?Copy !req
159. Marco? Don't be ridiculous.Copy !req
160. He and the dummy were talking
at the same time.Copy !req
161. We'll check on him. Anyway.Copy !req
162. In the meantime, I better call Harry Green.
tell him we've got some new leads.Copy !req
163. Get me Harry Green.Copy !req
164. Leads? I don't care about leads.
What I want is action.Copy !req
165. Inspector. It's over a month
since the first disappearance...Copy !req
166. and what have you accomplished?
Absolutely nothing.Copy !req
167. And now this second robbery.
what are you doing about that?Copy !req
168. Insurance? Of course we're insured.
That's not the point.Copy !req
169. How long do you think my clients
are going to stand for this?Copy !req
170. Look. Inspector. I told you before. I want
action. And if I don't get action soon...Copy !req
171. I'll call the commissioner.
What is it, Davis?Copy !req
172. - He's from the Planet. About those pictures.
- Oh. yes.Copy !req
173. Here are three I've selected
I think will do.Copy !req
174. They're for the second installment
of that feature story.Copy !req
175. Tell Mr. White if those aren't enough...Copy !req
176. I'll have our public relations
department send some more.Copy !req
177. Thank you. Sir.Copy !req
178. - Mr. Green.
- Yes?Copy !req
179. About those robberies. I wouldn't worry
too much if I were you. You see...Copy !req
180. me and my associates gave
the police an important clue.Copy !req
181. - Is that right?
- Yes. sir.Copy !req
182. We're working on the case too.
so everything will turn out all right.Copy !req
183. Well. That's very nice to know.
Thank you very much. Mr...Copy !req
184. - Olsen. James Bartholomew Olsen.
- Well. Thank you. Mr. Olsen.Copy !req
185. - Davis?
- Yeah. Who are you?Copy !req
186. Don't give me that. You know who I am.
and I know you.Copy !req
187. - You take a good picture. Davis.
- What does that mean?Copy !req
188. I saw that article in the Sunday Planet.
I recognized you right away.Copy !req
189. They used to talk about you
in the big house.Copy !req
190. Only your name wasn't Davis then.
It was Al Roselli.Copy !req
191. You pulled that big jewelry job
back in '41.Copy !req
192. What do you want?Copy !req
193. Guess.Copy !req
194. - Go on. I'm listening.
- I want more money.Copy !req
195. I take a big risk each time
for a measly $1000.Copy !req
196. You get a hundred times that much.
You just sit here and make one phone call.Copy !req
197. - What risk do you take?
- Get out.Copy !req
198. You ain't scaring me none, Davis.
I got enough on you—Copy !req
199. - Get out!
- Oh. now. wait a minute.Copy !req
200. Hello. Give me the chief.
Yeah. Yeah. Quick.Copy !req
201. Chief. This is Jim. I'm down at Green's
office. I just stumbled on something.Copy !req
202. Sure. I got the pictures.
but listen to me. chief. This is important.Copy !req
203. It might crack the whole case.
“What case?“Copy !req
204. The robberies. The armored cars.Copy !req
205. I was just coming out
of Mr. Green's office when I saw—Copy !req
206. Hello. Jim? Jim?
Are you there? Jim?Copy !req
207. - What happened?
- I don't know.Copy !req
208. But I wouldn't be surprised
if that boy's got himself in a jam again.Copy !req
209. Lois. Get Kent and hop right out there.
I'll get in touch with Green.Copy !req
210. Clark. Come on.
Jim's in trouble at Green's.Copy !req
211. - Could you sign here. Please?
- What is it?Copy !req
212. Oh. I see. The men from
the safe-rental company.Copy !req
213. We came to pick up
that safe you're not using.Copy !req
214. How will you get it to the street?
Freight elevator isn't working.Copy !req
215. - There are 15 flights of stairs.
- Don't worry.Copy !req
216. We got a block and tackle rigged up on
the roof. We just lower her out the window.Copy !req
217. Come on. Fred.Copy !req
218. Davis. Just a minute. That young man
Olsen from the Planet.Copy !req
219. Have you seen him around?Copy !req
220. No. I haven't.Copy !req
221. Boy. she's heavy.Copy !req
222. Take her away.Copy !req
223. Holy Toledo. I said it was too heavy.
That other rope will never hold.Copy !req
224. This always happens. If Jim's in trouble—Copy !req
225. It's only two blocks, Clark.
and I can't go through a red light.Copy !req
226. Lois. Look.Copy !req
227. It's Jim. He's in that safe.Copy !req
228. In that safe? But. Clark. How do—?Copy !req
229. - Jimmy. Are you all right?
- Yeah. My legs are a little weak. That's all.Copy !req
230. That was a close one.Copy !req
231. And if it hadn't been for Superman—Copy !req
232. How is it you always manage
to show up at the right time?Copy !req
233. - That's my job. Miss Lane.
- Where was I?Copy !req
234. Up there? Gosh.Copy !req
235. Jim. a word of advice: After this.
keep out of other people's safes.Copy !req
236. You bet.Copy !req
237. Well. Inspector. That's Jim story
just the way it happened.Copy !req
238. So that's why you brought me here tonight.
Now. why couldn't you have told—?Copy !req
239. It'll be right back.Copy !req
240. What? Another job? Tonight?Copy !req
241. Davis. You've got your nerve
after what happened this afternoon.Copy !req
242. What do you mean, what happened?Copy !req
243. Look. Davis. I'll do it.
but from now on my price is 5000.Copy !req
244. That's right, you heard me. 5 grand.Copy !req
245. Well. Okay.Copy !req
246. All you gotta do is tell me what to say.Copy !req
247. Miss Lane. Why didn't you
let me know all this before?Copy !req
248. I could have the whole case
wrapped up by now.Copy !req
249. With Davis and the usher in the pokey.
Green would stop breathing down my neck.Copy !req
250. He's a friend of the commissioner.
you know.Copy !req
251. The usher's going to pass on
some more information tonight.Copy !req
252. - Oh. is he now?
- Yes.Copy !req
253. Tomorrow. There will be a robbery.
Another armored car.Copy !req
254. There will be no robbery.
I'm pulling that guy in right away.Copy !req
255. I wouldn't if I were you. Inspector.
Let him go ahead.Copy !req
256. Put his words in the dummy's mouth.Copy !req
257. True. He'll tell the crooks the time and place
of the robbery. But he'll also be telling us.Copy !req
258. - And you and your men can set a trap.
- No go.Copy !req
259. - I'm nabbing that guy right away.
- This is your chance to see how it's done.Copy !req
260. To find out what they do with the
armored cars, missing guards and drivers.Copy !req
261. Maybe even the stolen money.Copy !req
262. Thank you. Good evening. Ladies and
gentlemen. Freddie. Say good evening.Copy !req
263. - What's good about it?
- All right. Kent. I'll string along.Copy !req
264. This is the third time you've missed school
and played hooky this week.Copy !req
265. - What's the matter? Don't you like school?
- I can take it or leave it. Think I'll leave it.Copy !req
266. - With Uncle Irving and Aunt Magnolia.
- What's that?Copy !req
267. I said. With Uncle Irving
and Aunt Magnolia.Copy !req
268. No wonder you're still in third grade.
Why. a boy of 14 should—Copy !req
269. Thirteen and a half.Copy !req
270. - A boy of 14—
- Thirteen and a half.Copy !req
271. Ladies and Gentlemen. I'm sorry.
Excuse me.Copy !req
272. Did you get it. Lois?Copy !req
273. Irving Boulevard and Magnolia Street.
Thirteen and a half. That'll be 1:30.Copy !req
274. Good. Irving and Magnolia
at 1:30 tomorrow afternoon.Copy !req
275. We'll be there with bells on.
Now our friend. The usher.Copy !req
276. - You need more than the usher.
- I'll get Davis later.Copy !req
277. Davis isn't the only one.
You want Green too.Copy !req
278. - What are you talking about?
- What's Green got to do with it?Copy !req
279. - Think he'd rob himself?
- It was Green's voice on the phone.Copy !req
280. - You're crazy.
- Okay. I'll prove it to you. See you later.Copy !req
281. Well. There he goes again. Inspector.
where does he disappear to all the time?Copy !req
282. I don't know. Maybe he runs into an alley.
takes off his glasses...Copy !req
283. and turns into Superman.Copy !req
284. Let's go.Copy !req
285. Davis. What“?Copy !req
286. Is something wrong?Copy !req
287. Okay. Green. Your plan worked.
Now we can quit playing cat and mouse.Copy !req
288. Cat and mouse? I don't know
what you're talking about.Copy !req
289. You set me up as a fall guy.
You knew if anything went wrong...Copy !req
290. with your plans. The police would
come for me. A three-time loser.Copy !req
291. - Your record. I knew about that. But what—?
- They came to my apartment. The police.Copy !req
292. But I got away. They're not getting me yet.
Green. I've got a score to settle first.Copy !req
293. Davis. Put that gun away.
Have you lost your senses?Copy !req
294. It'll take that gun. Davis.Copy !req
295. Whoever you are.
stay away from me or I'll shoot.Copy !req
296. Don't be a fool, Davis. You're in
the clear now. Better keep it that way.Copy !req
297. - In the clear? I thought—
- I know what you thought.Copy !req
298. - You're all through. You gave yourself away.
- Shoot him. Davis. Shoot.Copy !req
299. That won't do you any good. Green.
Nothing will.Copy !req
300. You have a date with Inspector Henderson
at police headquarters.Copy !req
301. He'll be interested to know what $500,000
in stolen currency is doing in your safe.Copy !req
302. Still in the original bank wrappers.Copy !req
303. Well. Kent. The trap worked.
We tailed the crooks to their hideout...Copy !req
304. found the cars. The missing men
and money.Copy !req
305. - All of it. inspector?
- Not all. About 200.000.Copy !req
306. That. Plus the 500,000 Superman brought
in last night when he delivered Green.Copy !req
307. Kent. I guess I owe you an apology.Copy !req
308. You were right, after all.
But how you knew—Copy !req
309. Yes. how did you know it was Green
on the other end of that phone?Copy !req
310. Well. Lois. Like I was telling
you last night—Copy !req
311. Yes. Henderson speaking.Copy !req
312. You'll have to speak a little louder.Copy !req
313. All right. If you're so smart.
who's on the other end of the phone?Copy !req
314. The chief. If we're not back at the Planet in
15 seconds. We'll get fired. Now. come on.Copy !req
315. For you. Kent. It's your boss— Hey.Copy !req