Adventures of Superman 1x8

1. Faster than a speeding bullet...

2. more powerful than a locomotive...

3. able to leap tall buildings at a single bound...

4. Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird!

5. It's a plane! It's Superman!

6. Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet

7. who came to Earth with powers and abilities

8. far beyond those of mortal men.

9. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers,

10. bend steel in his bare hands,

11. and who, disguised as Clark Kent,

12. mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper,

13. fights a never-ending battle

14. for truth, justice and the American way!

15. And now, another exciting episode

16. in The Adventures of Superman!

17. Wavelength?

18. One point three.

19. Frequency?

20. One thousand thirty-two megacycles.

21. Fine. Now let us check...

22. What on Earth?

23. Get the machine.

24. Dr. Stanton, you're coming with us.

25. Why should I?

26. What's the meaning of this?

27. Just keep quiet, you won't get hurt.

28. Let go!

29. What do you think you're doing?

30. Don't go to the police with this, Hadley,

31. if you ever want to see Dr. Stanton alive.

32. Well, there it is.

33. Today's lead.

34. That's a story we can all be proud of, chief.

35. Right.

36. And if it hadn't been for that series of articles

37. we ran a few months back, there wouldn't be any Crime Committee.

38. I hope Senator Taylor does

39. as good a job here as he did up north.

40. He can't do otherwise.

41. Look at the witnesses he has lined up, including Lois.

42. Don't forget, she worked three weeks on those series

43. while you were back in Chicago covering the convention.

44. And have I got facts and figures, names, dates, places.

45. All the tie-ups to Mr. Big himself, Lou Cranek.

46. If you only knew what that man controls:

47. slot machines, gambling houses, organized vice.

48. Let's say "did control."

49. Because when Senator Taylor gets through with him,

50. Mr. Big will just be another number

51. in the state penitentiary.

52. Mr. Kent, a fellow to see you named Hadley.

53. Looked like he was about to keel over,

54. so I parked him in your office.

55. Told him you'd be in right away. Thanks, Jim.

56. Excuse me. Yeah.

57. You want to see me?

58. Mr. Kent? Yes.

59. My name is John Hadley.

60. I believe you know my employer Dr. Edward Stanton.

61. Dr Stanton? Let's see.

62. Oh, yes, didn't he deliver that paper last year

63. before the medical convention?

64. That's right. And you interviewed him afterwards.

65. He was quite impressed with you at the time,

66. and when all this happened, I...

67. Well, there was no one else I could think of turning to.

68. Won't you sit down, Mr. Hadley?

69. Uh, yeah, thank you.

70. Mr. Kent, last night Dr. Stanton and I

71. were at work in his laboratory when three masked men broke in.

72. They kidnapped Dr. Stanton and stole the machine.

73. The machine?

74. The hypo-therapy transmitter Dr. Stanton has been working on

75. for the past five years.

76. It's designed to treat minor nervous disorders.

77. In what way?

78. By enabling whoever operates the machine

79. to make direct contract with the person's mind,

80. make suggestions which might help rid that mind

81. of imaginary fears and inhibitions.

82. I see.

83. In other words, mental suggestion from a distance?

84. That's it.

85. If the subject is anywhere within

86. the operating radius of the machine,

87. about... Oh, about 25 miles, his mind can be reached.

88. It can be an amazingly helpful instrument, Mr. Kent,

89. but in the wrong hands it could be terribly, terribly dangerous.

90. Have you been to the police?

91. Oh, no.

92. The kidnappers, those men,

93. they warned me not to go to the police.

94. Dr. Stanton's been like a father to me, Mr. Kent,

95. and, well, I don't want to take a chance

96. of anything happening to him.

97. Well, I don't know exactly what I can do.

98. I thought that...

99. I don't know what I thought.

100. But you're a newspaperman, Mr. Kent,

101. and we've got to get Dr. Stanton and the machine back again

102. before something terrible happens.

103. I'll do the best I can for you, Mr. Hadley.

104. Under the circumstances...

105. Thank you, Mr. Kent. Thank you.

106. I can't make you any promises but I do have an idea.

107. You keep your eye on

108. the personal column in tomorrow's Planet.

109. Hey, boss, did you see this?

110. So what?

111. Don't go getting any ideas.

112. Who, me boss?

113. Me?

114. Yes, you, Curley.

115. Al, bring the doctor in.

116. Do you think we'll have any trouble with him?

117. No.

118. Good morning, doctor. Did you have a good night's sleep?

119. I demand to know where I am and why I was brought here.

120. Certainly.

121. You're in the Blue Mountains, about 20 miles from Metropolis,

122. and you're been brought here to operate this machine for us.

123. What do you know about my transmitter?

124. Everything, doctor.

125. But how? How?

126. Nobody except myself and Hadley ever saw this machine.

127. Remember about three months back, you hired a new chauffer.

128. He was with you a couple of weeks,

129. then got drunk and you had to fire him.

130. Put on your glasses, doctor.

131. Take a good look behind you.

132. Oh.

133. Al doesn't talk much, but he smiles pretty,

134. remembers everything he sees.

135. He's one of my best boys.

136. And who are you?

137. Lou Cranek.

138. The Daily Planet calls me the kingpin of organized crime.

139. An interesting title, eh?

140. Oh, so you're the man

141. Senator Taylor and his committee are trying to expose.

142. Right, and that's where you come in, doctor,

143. you and your machine.

144. You see, Senator Taylor has lined up a bunch of witnesses

145. who can make things very unpleasant for me.

146. So you're going to tune in on them

147. and persuade them to change their minds.

148. You must be insane.

149. My machine was never intended for such a purpose.

150. But it'll work, won't it, doctor?

151. But don't you see?

152. Imposing your will on a subject without his consent,

153. there's... Well, there's no telling

154. what the effect might be.

155. I guess that's a chance we'll have to take.

156. Ten o'clock. Al, turn on the radio.

157. Curley, a chair for the good doctor.

158. Here you are, doc.

159. Sit down.

160. All right, doctor, it's all warmed up for you.

161. Go ahead.

162. I won't do it. It's criminal.

163. Oh, you'll do it.

164. Al.

165. We take you now to the State Building

166. where the Taylor Crime Investigating Committee

167. is about to begin hearings.

168. The senators are in their seats.

169. The first witness is on the stand.

170. The next voice you hear will be that of Senator Taylor.

171. Your name is Wagner, Carl Wagner?

172. Yes, sir.

173. What is your occupation?

174. I'm an accountant.

175. Mr. Wagner, were you ever employed

176. by the Playtime Syndicate?

177. I was their head bookkeeper for several years.

178. Will you tell this committee what type of business

179. the syndicate engaged in?

180. Bookmaking, slot machines and things like that.

181. As head bookkeeper, you were familiar with

182. the corporate setup of the syndicate?

183. That is, you knew who controlled it?

184. I did.

185. That's fine, doctor.

186. You've got them tuned in swell.

187. Mr. Wagner, are you acquainted with a certain Lou Cranek?

188. Tell him no, Wagner!

189. Tell him you never heard of Cranek.

190. I... I've never heard of Cranek.

191. You mean to say you've never heard of

192. the man who owns 75% of the syndicate's stock?

193. No.

194. I... I never heard of Cranek.

195. Do you intend to tell us anything further?

196. I know nothing.

197. I have nothing to say.

198. All right, you're excused.

199. But I warn you, we intend citing you for contempt.

200. We did it, boss, we did it.

201. All right, doctor, you can turn it off now.

202. Well, that's the fastest switch I ever saw.

203. I was sure Wagner would cooperate.

204. He started out to,

205. but something happened that made him change his mind.

206. Come on, Clark, let's see if we can get a statement.

207. Mr. Wagner, we're from the Daily Planet, and I...

208. Leave me alone, do you hear? Stop pestering me.

209. Leave me alone.

210. What's wrong with him?

211. I don't know.

212. Whatever it is, it seems pretty serious.

213. Better follow him.

214. Move over! They're after me!

215. Come on, Clark.

216. Come on, Clark.

217. Hey, you, come back here! Come back here!

218. What's the idea? Hey, come back with my bus.

219. Hey, somebody crazy stole my bus.

220. I was tightening the brakes... Is there anyone inside?

221. Three kids. There's a steep hill ahead,

222. and those brakes won't hold.

223. Good heavens, Clark. We've got to do something. Come on.

224. Don't you think someone ought to take care

225. of that poor woman back there in the car?

226. You can stay here if you want to

227. but I'm going to try save those children.

228. Let's go, miss.

229. Golly, it's Superman!

230. Superman.

231. The children are all right, Miss Lane,

232. just a little shaken up.

233. Oh, thank goodness. And Wagner, what about him?

234. See for yourself.

235. What, is he dead?

236. How did it happen?

237. I believe his mind was destroyed.

238. His mind? I don't understand.

239. Someone destroyed his ability to think and reason.

240. The brain itself was fatally injured.

241. Why, that sounds fantastic.

242. How is it done?

243. Clark Kent can probably tell you that.

244. Can you fix those brakes?

245. Oh, yeah, yeah. Sure I can.

246. Good.

247. Then I suggest you stay with the children

248. until the brakes are fixed.

249. All right.

250. Goodbye, Miss Lane.

251. Lois, after all that's happened,

252. we can't let you take the chance.

253. The chief's right, Lois, it's much too dangerous.

254. Why don't you just give them the stuff in your files?

255. The real stuff isn't in the files, it's in my head:

256. meetings I overheard between Cranek and others,

257. stuff so hot I didn't dare write it down.

258. Lois, for the last time, are you going to listen to reason?

259. Chief, I'm going to be on that witness stand today at 3:00

260. and that's all there is to it.

261. We've got to stop her some way, chief.

262. I know it. I wish you'd tell me how.

263. I'll get hold of Hadley.

264. We'll have a talk with Senator Taylor.

265. I hope it does some good.

266. Now, just a moment, Mr. Kent, let me get this clear.

267. You're asking me to call off the hearing

268. simply on the basis of this theory of yours?

269. It's no theory, senator, it's a fact.

270. An infernal machine in the hands of sinister forces

271. being used to intimidate my witnesses

272. then destroying their minds?

273. That's a little hard to take.

274. How else can you explain the deaths of three witnesses?

275. Well, there is such a thing as coincidence.

276. Coincidence? All three in a row and all of brain injuries?

277. Isn't that stretching coincidence a little bit?

278. Well, in any case, it's a matter for the police to clear up.

279. I'm sure they're doing all they can.

280. There are other witnesses to be heard, senator.

281. We don't want anything to happen to them.

282. Isn't it possible to postpone these hearings for a while?

283. Postpone them?

284. Mr. Kent, this committee has a limited amount of time

285. and a limited amount of money, taxpayers' money.

286. They're counting on us to get the job done

287. as fast and economically as we can.

288. I'm sorry but the hearings will go on as scheduled.

289. And now if you'll excuse me.

290. Mr. Hadley, this machine operates

291. on ultrahigh frequency, doesn't it?

292. Yes.

293. And you say it takes a long time to warm up?

294. Must use a great deal of power, doesn't it?

295. Oh, yes. A great deal.

296. Would you say it uses enough power

297. to create a disturbance on a radar screen?

298. Yes. Yes, I believe it would.

299. Mr. Kent! Dr. Stanton's private plane,

300. it has radar, radiotelephone, all the latest devices.

301. Where's this plane now?

302. At the airport, all fueled and ready to take off.

303. We can be there in 15 minutes.

304. We'd better go, Hadley.

305. We've got a large area to cover

306. and very little time to do it in.

307. C-147, cleared for takeoff.

308. That's it, boss. Blitz.

309. Now, that makes it you owe me, uh...

310. a buck 60.

311. Write it down.

312. Oh.

313. Play another one, huh? All right.

314. What's the matter with the doc?

315. Something bothering you, doctor?

316. Look at that.

317. Take it easy. That's nothing to get excited about.

318. Three men have died because of my machine.

319. I warned you, Cranek, I warned you in the beginning.

320. So what?

321. Cranek, I let myself be forced into this because I was weak,

322. but not anymore.

323. There's nothing you or your two hoodlums can do to me

324. that will make me go ahead with this, nothing.

325. Is that so?

326. We interrupt this program of recorded music.

327. Due to a last minute change in schedule,

328. this afternoon's session of the Taylor Crime Committee

329. has been moved up half an hour.

330. In exactly three minutes time, that's 2:30,

331. we will take you direct to the committee room

332. where the first witness will be Miss Lois Lane,

333. a reporter on the Metropolis Daily Planet.

334. Forget it, boys. We haven't got the time.

335. But, boss, if we don't persuade him quick,

336. who's gonna work the machine?

337. Me. I've watched him do it, and I got it all figured out.

338. Al, keep an eye on the doctor. We'll take care of him later.

339. Any luck, Mr. Kent?

340. Not so far. All we're getting are normal ground patterns.

341. I hope this works.

342. We seem to have covered most of the area already.

343. What time is it?

344. Two-thirty.

345. Well, let's keep going for a while.

346. If nothing comes of this, we still have plenty of time

347. to get back to the city and keep Lois from taking the stand.

348. What's the matter, boss, having trouble?

349. I'll get it in a minute.

350. Look!

351. That's it. I'm sure of it.

352. It isn't likely that any other high-powered machine

353. would be operating in these mountains.

354. Take her down, Hadley. We'll circle around, take a look.

355. That's it. Down there.

356. There. It looks like a hunting lodge.

357. What do we do now, Mr. Kent? Land and investigate?

358. No. I'll call Perry White.

359. With this to go on, why he can keep Lois off that stand

360. until the police get up here to investigate.

361. There, you almost got it.

362. Cranek, if you only knew

363. what that man controlled...

364. Hello.

365. Hello, chief. Clark Kent.

366. Look, get hold of Lois...

367. What?

368. Lois is on the stand right now.

369. Good heavens, what will we do?

370. I'm afraid there's only one thing to do.

371. Look!

372. That's it, boss, you got it.

373. Cranek, get away from that machine.

374. Dr. Stanton, are you all right?

375. I...

376. Yes, fine.

377. Whoever you are, I want to thank you for...

378. Your machine, you've destroyed it.

379. I... I had to.

380. It was a terrible, terrible thing I created.

381. It was meant to do good, to help people,

382. and all it's done has...

383. You mustn't blame yourself, doctor.

384. There will always be people

385. who somehow try to turn good into evil.

386. You can build another machine.

387. No. I'll never build another one, never.

388. Doctor, call the police

389. and have them come and take care of these men.

390. But, Mr. Kent, I still haven't got this straight.

391. Do you mean to say I blacked out,

392. yet still managed to land the plane safely?

393. Can you think of any other explanation, Mr. Hadley?

394. Well, goodness me, I had no idea I was such a fine pilot.

395. Kent, where on Earth have you been?

396. Well, chief, Mr. Hadley and I...

397. Well, never mind. While you were off wherever you were,

398. Superman showed up and nabbed Cranek and the machine.

399. And what's more, Dr. Stanton's

400. going to testify before the committee.

401. With what he's got to say,

402. Cranek's goose will be thoroughly cooked.

403. Why we're telling you this, I don't know.

404. I've a good mind to give you a nickel,

405. let you read it in tomorrow's paper.

406. Where were you?

407. Well, chief, if you'll just let me explain...

408. Yes, Clark, where were you? Explain.

409. Well, Lois, I thought you were in danger. I just tried to help.

410. You? Why should I need your help when I can always count on...

411. I know.

412. Superman.