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00:00The End
00:01The End
00:02Faster than a speeding bullet
00:14More powerful than a locomotive
00:18Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound
00:23Look, up in the sky, it's a bird
00:26It's a plane
00:26It's Superman
00:27Yes, it's Superman
00:29Strange visitor from another planet
00:31Who came to Earth with powers and abilities
00:33Far beyond those of mortal men
00:35Superman
00:36Who can change the course of mighty rivers
00:39Bend steel in his bare hands
00:41And who, disguised as Clark Kent
00:44Mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper
00:47Fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice
00:50And the American way
00:52And now, another exciting episode
00:55In the Adventures of Superman
00:57T.O.N.
01:01Ah?
01:03Ah?
01:04Ah?
01:05Ah?
01:05Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
01:08Ah, ah
01:10athlete
01:12Afternoon.
01:28Can I help you?
01:30Possibly.
01:30We'll look around.
01:42Hey, what's the big idea?
01:50How much are they?
01:5150 cents a piece, but that's no reason.
01:54I count 10.
01:56That would be $5.
02:12Nothing.
02:19Thank you, sir.
02:42Hello, Miss Lane.
02:56Greetings.
03:00Good heavens, what happened?
03:02Craziest thing.
03:04Two fellas walked in.
03:05One was a nice looking gent carrying a cane.
03:08I just can't believe it.
03:09It's like in a dream where everything gets smashed up.
03:12You mean someone did this deliberately?
03:14The fella stood right here, smashing them on the floor.
03:17Ten of them.
03:18Here's the money.
03:19You mean he paid for them and then smashed them?
03:21No.
03:22The little one smashed and the big one paid.
03:24It's cuckoo.
03:25Oh, you want your picture, huh?
03:28I had a little trouble with the handle,
03:30but if you lift it carefully, I think it'll hold.
03:34Glad to do it.
03:36By the way, I'm sorry about the breakage.
03:37All I'm sorry about is
03:39they didn't smash some of the $50 bases.
03:45Oh, by the way, do you have any China egg cups?
03:48China egg cups?
03:49No, I'm afraid not.
03:50Try Edwards in Front Street.
03:52He'd have them.
03:52Oh, no.
04:09There's no bull in the China shop, lady.
04:11Don't tell me, I'll tell you.
04:12Two men walked into the shop,
04:13a tall one and a short one.
04:15The short one smashed them
04:16and the tall one paid for the statues.
04:17How did you know?
04:18I read mine.
04:20Thanks.
04:43And that was about 4.30.
04:45I see.
04:46Yes, you told me.
04:47Busy?
04:48Come in, Mr. Kent.
04:49You're just the man I want to see.
04:53Nine.
04:54Uh-huh.
04:54Well, thanks a lot.
04:55Bye.
04:56You look like you've just won the Pulitzer Prize.
04:59Mr. Kent,
04:59I have just stumbled onto the wackiest story
05:01this side of a nuthouse.
05:02Now, get this.
05:03At 3 o'clock this afternoon,
05:05two men walked into Benelli's art craft shop...
05:07And smashed a lot of cheap plaster statuettes.
05:10Well, how do you know?
05:11I don't like it around.
05:12Now, don't be difficult, Clark.
05:13They've done the same thing in seven places
05:14and I have a list of 12 more here still to check.
05:17Is there a Davis Brothers 416 Kingsley Drive on your list?
05:22Yes.
05:22Well, Mr. Davis called.
05:24It seems they went into his place
05:25and smashed 14 statues
05:26and he wants us to send a photographer
05:28and shoot the wreckage for free publicity.
05:30What do you make of it?
05:31Well, obviously they're looking for something.
05:33How big are these things?
05:34Oh, not very big.
05:37White plaster, real cheap.
05:38All the same?
05:40Sort of.
05:40Animal subjects.
05:41Horses, cows, dogs, cats.
05:44Clark, will you be a good sport?
05:45Mm-hmm.
05:46I have a hunch there's a story
05:47behind this statue-breaking binge.
05:49Now, let's buy some of them
05:50and see what's inside.
05:52Here, you cover five of the places
05:54and I'll cover six.
05:55Oh, Lois.
05:56Where's your spirit of adventure?
05:57This is silly.
05:58Now, look, I'll be home after I check my place.
06:00If you hear of anything exciting, let me know.
06:06That's the ding, boss.
06:25Follow her.
06:39Now, wait a minute.
06:41If we're going to follow her,
06:42we'll have to get Pete and Charlie
06:43to cover the rest of the shops.
06:45We'll lose her if we don't move fast.
06:46It'll be getting dark.
06:48Go ahead.
06:48We'll call from wherever she stops.
07:18That's her car.
07:39This must be where she lives.
07:41There's a drugstore on the corner.
07:43Call Pete.
07:44Have him cover the rest of the places with Charlie.
07:46I'll wait here for you.
07:48Right.
08:07Eureka!
08:08Eureka!
08:08Eureka!
08:16Eureka!
08:26Hello.
08:27Clark, I found something.
08:29You did?
08:31I bought 15 of the statues,
08:33and guess what?
08:33In the last one,
08:34I found a small brass key.
08:36And that's not all.
08:37They had already been to two of the places on my list.
08:39Hmm?
08:40Now, it doesn't make much sense,
08:41but at one of the places,
08:42McVeigh's,
08:43the owner saw them pick up
08:45a small acorn
08:46and a little toy automobile.
08:48And at another...
08:49Now, wait a minute, Lois.
08:50I want to write that down.
08:53Yes, and a little toy automobile.
08:55And at the other place,
08:56I think it was the art mart,
08:58they found a safety pin
08:59and a small dried-up onion.
09:01Just a minute now.
09:02Safety pin
09:03and a small onion.
09:05Sounds crazy, doesn't it?
09:07Maybe not.
09:07How did you make out?
09:10They'd been to the four places I checked.
09:12I haven't checked the fifth one yet.
09:13It's clear across town.
09:14I'll call them as soon as you hang up.
09:16Oh, getting interested, huh?
09:18Mm-hmm, sort of.
09:20They find anything at your places?
09:22Yes, they found a dollar bill
09:23and a little plastic cow.
09:25It gets crazier and crazier.
09:27I want you to hide that key that you found.
09:30I'll get back to you later.
09:31Okay.
09:37I'll get back to you later.
10:07Elite gift shop.
10:13This is Clark Kent of the Daily Planet.
10:15We're checking on two men
10:16that are going around town
10:16smashing statuettes.
10:18Oh, yes.
10:19They're here now.
10:21Having a wonderful time.
10:24I have 19 of those horrid little things
10:27and if they hadn't smashed them
10:29sooner or later, I would have.
10:32Call the police and have them arrested.
10:33Oh, now, really.
10:35They're not committing any crime.
10:38Why, they've paid for the little monstrosities.
10:41Let them smash them.
10:43Very well.
10:44That was a newspaper reporter.
10:55He told me to have you arrested.
10:56For what?
10:57Oh, don't worry.
10:58You can smash every solitary thing in the shop
11:02so long as you pay for it.
11:04Okay, let's go.
11:28Oh, thanks, Tom.
11:29Mention a gentleman to come again
11:30when you're in a destructive mood.
11:34My name is Kent.
11:36I'm a newspaper reporter.
11:37I'd like some questions answered.
11:38Out of the way, Tom.
11:41Call Inspector Henderson to police headquarters.
11:43Goodness gracious.
11:44But what am I going to hold them on?
11:48I don't care.
11:50Disturbing the peace,
11:51willful destruction, anything.
11:52There's one thing you newspaper boys
11:53have got to learn.
11:54You can't take the law into your own hands.
11:55Now, look, Inspector.
11:56This time, Kent,
11:57you pulled a real phone up.
11:59Those two guys may beat
12:00their crippled grandmothers
12:01five times a day
12:02and ten times on Sunday.
12:04They may be murderers
12:05and second-story men,
12:05but in this case,
12:06so far as the law is concerned,
12:07they haven't done a thing.
12:09Just smashed 19 statutes.
12:11They paid for them.
12:15And what about the three cents
12:16they found in one of them?
12:17Big deal.
12:19Those statutes cost them nine bucks
12:20and they get back three cents.
12:22Oh, they can get real rich that way.
12:24Sorry, Kent.
12:25I have to release them.
12:26Now, just a minute.
12:28Even if it's certain
12:30from the descriptions
12:30we got from various shopkeepers
12:32that the tall, smooth one
12:33is Paul Martin
12:33one of the top-confident men
12:34in the world?
12:35Law, Kent.
12:36The law.
12:37What has he done
12:38to break the law?
12:39We don't know.
12:40Yet?
12:41Until we do,
12:42we can't hold them.
12:44Yes, sir.
12:45Release those two guys
12:45we just booked.
12:47They fill out form 114
12:48and tell O'Brien
12:49to see to it.
13:05Great Scott!
13:09Lewis!
13:09Get me police headquarters.
13:37After you, Miss Lane.
13:39Sit down, Miss Lane.
13:57Pleased?
14:01Believe me,
14:02I deeply regret it.
14:04Exposing you to these,
14:05shall we say,
14:06disreputable surroundings.
14:07but I'm afraid
14:09you have no one
14:09to blame but yourself.
14:11Never mind the sweet talk.
14:12Get to the point.
14:13There is only one point.
14:15Where is the key
14:16you found
14:17in one of those statuettes?
14:18Aren't you tired
14:19of asking me
14:20that same question?
14:22You'll discover
14:22that I don't tire easily,
14:24Miss Lane.
14:25Nor does my associate.
14:28You interfered in something
14:29that was none of your business.
14:31You stuck your pretty,
14:32inquisitive nose
14:32into a matter
14:33that concerned you
14:34not one whit.
14:34I know.
14:35Curiosity killed the cat.
14:38Well, you may have
14:39to kill more than a cat
14:40before we're through.
14:43Don't threaten me.
14:48Dorn!
14:48Leave her alone.
14:51Look, let's get
14:52one thing straight.
14:53That key belongs to me.
14:54I paid for the statue
14:55it was in
14:56and I own it.
14:57And you and your friend
14:57here can threaten me
14:58until the cows come home
14:59but it won't do you
15:00one solitary bit of good.
15:29Nick, Paul Marden.
15:33Get the plane ready.
15:34We're going up
15:35to the models
15:35to do a little
15:36persuasion job.
15:39Right.
15:59Yes, what is it?
16:19Fingerprint report
16:20on Miss Lane's apartment, sir.
16:22Now, bring it in.
16:23I'm sorry, sir.
16:24There were no prints.
16:25You mean to say...
16:26Oh, never mind.
16:29Well, how do you like that?
16:32Marden's too smart
16:33to leave fingerprints around.
16:34That place looked
16:35like a cyclone, did it?
16:37You'd think
16:37there'd be a print somewhere.
16:38What difference does it make?
16:40We know it was Marden
16:40and his men.
16:42Fingerprints won't help
16:42us locate Lois.
16:44And I have a horrible feeling
16:45if we don't find her soon
16:46it may be too late.
16:59Cops, on the floor.
17:25You folks need any help?
17:33No, thanks.
17:34A wire to the distributor
17:35had popped out.
17:36It's okay now.
17:37All right.
17:38Good night.
17:38Good night.
17:42That was a close one.
17:44Get moving.
17:44Now, we know
17:56that all the statues
17:56were shipped
17:57from one European factory.
17:59We also know
18:00that Marden found
18:01seven objects
18:01in the statues.
18:03And they were
18:03an acorn,
18:04a safety pin,
18:06a toy automobile,
18:07a little plastic cow,
18:09an onion,
18:10a dollar bill,
18:10and three pennies.
18:11It doesn't make any sense.
18:14It must be a code
18:14of some sort.
18:15I haven't had a chance
18:16to work it out yet,
18:17but I've got an idea.
18:20Yes?
18:21We've got one
18:22of Marden's men,
18:23Inspector.
18:24Oh, bring him in.
18:25Swing that chair around.
18:26Okay, leave him here.
18:38Now, sit down.
18:39Hey, ain't you guys
18:40getting a little tired
18:41looking at me?
18:42Sit down.
18:44Pick off your hat.
18:47Where's Marden?
18:48How would I know?
18:50You're a two-time loser.
18:53Arm robbery in 39,
18:54felonious assault in 44.
18:56You know what happens
18:57if we clip you now.
18:58Well, I didn't do nothing.
18:59You broke into
19:00Miss Lane's apartment.
19:01That wasn't me.
19:01Who was it?
19:02I don't know.
19:05Okay, punk.
19:06You want to play tag?
19:08We'll play tag.
19:11You better take the south gate.
19:19You can drive right up to the plane.
19:20Okay.
19:21Okay.
19:34Once more.
19:35Where does Marden go when he holds up?
19:37I told you, I don't know.
19:39Okay, you ask for it,
19:40you're going to get it.
19:40You'll be a three-time loser
19:42and go up for life
19:43or she'll have to frame you for it.
19:44No, you can't do that.
19:45Where's Marden?
19:47Well, he's got a place
19:47up in the mountains.
19:49Where?
19:50Rock Hollow.
19:51Is he there now?
19:52I don't know.
19:53I told the guy
19:54who runs his plane.
19:54Plane?
19:55Yeah.
19:56Where's he keep it?
19:57Ramsey Airport.
19:58Hey, Kent, wait a minute.
19:59Can't wait.
20:00No time.
20:00Keep Miss Lane up
20:20at the lodge
20:20until you hear from me.
20:22If you're nice to her,
20:23she might play canasta.
20:24Sure it be.
20:25Happy landings.
20:30Happy landings.
21:00There.
21:13Well, we have an artist
21:14in our midst, Inspector.
21:15At least it'll give you an idea.
21:17Now, the objects
21:18Marden and his men
21:19found in the plaster statuettes
21:20make up what's known
21:21as a rebus.
21:22And here's how it works.
21:24That's an acorn
21:25plus pin.
21:30Now, we subtract car.
21:39Now, we add mu for cow.
21:43Now, we subtract onion.
21:45O-N-I-O-N.
21:53Now, we add a dollar.
21:58And we subtract three cents.
22:02Which leaves 97.
22:06Now, what have we got left?
22:07P-M-O-97.
22:10P-M-O-97.
22:16Let's kick that around
22:17a little bit.
22:18P-M-O-97 doesn't seem
22:19to mean anything.
22:20What about M-P-O-97?
22:27Hmm?
22:28Don't look at me.
22:29I flunked simple arithmetic.
22:31What about P-O-97?
22:32Let's see the M out
22:33for a moment.
22:34Well, it could be
22:35post office 97.
22:37Either a box
22:37or a substation.
22:39Well, good girl.
22:40Now, we'll add the M.
22:44It is a box.
22:46Post office box 97.
22:48Main branch.
22:49That's right.
22:50There's something
22:51in post office box 97
22:53at the main branch
22:54that Martin has gone
22:54into a lot of trouble to get.
22:56Well, what are we sitting here for?
22:57He's got the key.
22:58Because the post office
22:59doesn't open
22:59until seven o'clock
23:00in the morning.
23:01And I'll be there
23:01in person to help,
23:02Mr. Martin.
23:03Open that box.
23:18You're under arrest, Martin.
23:32Inspector,
23:33must you take so long?
23:34Let me do it.
23:35Relax, Lois.
23:42We need a screwdriver.
23:43Well, break it open.
23:44No, no, no.
23:44Wait, wait.
23:48Oh, no.
23:59Is this what
23:59we've been beating
24:00our brains out for?
24:01No, Inspector.
24:07This.
24:10It's a ruby.
24:12The Rensselaer ruby.
24:13That's right.
24:13The largest ruby
24:14in the world.
24:15Stolen three years ago
24:16from the London Museum.
24:17What a story.
24:18Thanks to Kent here.
24:19And to Superman.
24:21Like I always say,
24:22two heads are better than one.
24:48It's almost perfect for winter.
24:52America has been over the world.
24:53What a story.
24:54一�� conoc跟kee
25:06myself.
25:06That's funny.
25:07What?
25:07It's a wrap.
25:10THE END
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