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Step into the mysterious world of early cinema with Shadow of the Eagle (1932), a thrilling classic serial starring John Wayne. In this first episode, The Carnival Mystery, strange events unfold around a traveling carnival, where danger, secrets, and suspense begin to rise.

Follow the story as a masked villain known as "The Eagle" spreads fear, while heroes race against time to uncover the truth behind the mystery.

This film is presented for classic film enthusiasts and is believed to be in the public domain. Enhanced for modern viewing.

Enjoy this timeless adventure full of suspense, action, and classic storytelling.
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04:22What do you mean?
04:24Watch my act today.
04:25I'm introducing a new stunt.
04:27Come along, King.
04:29We're on next.
04:30All right.
04:31So long.
05:10Hey, get out under my feet, you little squirt.
05:13Don't get personal, you big maluca.
05:16It's guys like you that make birds like me hate guys like you.
05:20Come on.
05:22Come on.
05:24Come on.
05:50Come on.
05:51Come on.
05:57Come on.
05:58Come on.
05:58She's getting ready to bail out.
06:07Come on.
06:08Go on.
06:12Go on.
06:26Look.
06:26Go on.
06:32Look, the plane isn't flying.
06:38No, he's skyriding.
06:40That must be the new stud he was talking about.
06:43Gee, ain't he the greatest fly he ever saw?
06:48I've only known one as good.
06:50An army flyer.
06:53They call him the Eagle.
06:55He was shot down May 23rd.
06:571980.
07:02May 23rd.
07:04Gee, that's funny.
07:20In the far corner is where I suggest directing the new addition to the plan.
07:24Well, why not?
07:26I don't think we have enough space.
07:29Oh, the space is all right, but I would prefer the north side.
07:44Think.
07:46Doesn't that date mean anything to you?
07:53Well, that's the date the Eagle was shot down.
07:55Look.
07:59The Eagle.
08:07Well, that's all very interesting, gentlemen, but...
08:10now to get back to the new addition to the plan.
08:12That can wait.
08:20Well…
08:33if you look for the mini-nest, please leave.
08:33Get back to the carnival, quick!
08:37Come and see.
08:42Come and see.
08:42Come and see!
08:42Go!
08:42Come and see.
08:44What is this all about, gentlemen?
08:46Just who is this eagle person?
08:49Well, the eagle is...
08:50or at least he was...
08:52the crack flyer of my squadron during the war.
08:55That is until...
08:56Look!
09:15You shot down the eagle...
09:17and stole his invention.
09:19His shadow has returned.
09:21Prepare to pay. Signed, The Eagle.
09:27That note hints that this factory is founded on crime.
09:30And as your manager, I demand an explanation.
09:34Well, you see...
09:35during the war...
09:37we five were members of the same flying unit.
09:41Our ace pilot was known as...
09:44the Eagle.
09:46On May 23rd, 1918...
09:49he was flying a captured enemy plane over their line...
09:53trying to land a spy.
09:56One of our own planes brought him down...
09:58thinking he was an enemy.
10:02What does he mean when he makes reference to...
10:04the stolen invention?
10:07We have no more idea than you have.
10:13We have no idea.
10:13Whoever is responsible for those messages...
10:15can easily be traced.
10:17There's a stunt flyer that arrived in town yesterday...
10:19with the carnival company.
10:21Good idea.
10:22Follow through on that, Green.
10:24I'll go down there now.
10:30You know, I didn't like to mention it because...
10:32it was Green who shot down the eagle.
10:36I saw it all through my field glasses...
10:38but I...
10:39I was unable to help.
10:45I was unable to help.
10:56Well, that's that.
11:04I don't want to start the ball rolling.
11:09The eagle.
11:12Hello?
11:14Green's on his way to the carnival.
11:16You know what to do.
11:18Okay, boss.
11:20Things have started.
11:21Green's on his way to the carnival.
11:33All right, you're going to go.
11:34You know what?
11:35What's the meaning of that message you wrote, Craig?
11:37Oh, just an ad of some sort I suppose!
11:39But who paid you to write it?
11:40Well, I don't know.
11:41It came in a blank envelope...
11:42with a hundred-dollar bill attached to it.
11:45What's troubling you, Jean?
11:47Oh, don't you know who the eagle is?
11:49No, why?
11:53Gene, wait!
12:02Zan, did you see the sky message Craig wrote?
12:06Yes.
12:06What did it mean?
12:09I... I don't know.
12:11Where can I find that sky rider?
12:15There he comes now.
12:27Are you the fellow that did that sky riding?
12:29I'm the fellow. What can I do for you?
12:31You can tell me the meaning of that message you just wrote.
12:38What do you want to know for?
12:40Never mind that. I'll do the questioning.
12:43Oh, yeah?
12:44Well, you'll do your own answering, too.
12:46Wait a minute.
12:48Are you going to answer my question?
12:49Or would you rather answer the police?
12:52Police?
12:53Who are you and what are you talking about?
12:55I'm talking about blackmail.
12:57Blackmail?
12:58Yes, this.
13:05You shot down the eagle?
13:07And stole his invention.
13:08His shadow has returned.
13:11Prepare to pay.
13:12The eagle.
13:15What is it, Gene?
13:18Who is this gentleman?
13:21Why, you're...
13:22Aren't you green?
13:24Of my old flying unit?
13:26Gregory.
13:28We...
13:28We thought you were dead.
13:30Or you act as though you're sorry I'm not.
13:33Gregory.
13:35The eagle.
13:38Just a shadow of the old eagle you knew.
13:41Shadow of the eagle?
13:43So you are back of these threats against your old war?
13:46Four buddies, huh?
13:47That's a lie.
13:49Why should he threaten you?
13:50To try and make us pay for an invention he says he has.
13:53I had such an invention, Green.
13:56And I've still got the plans to prove it.
13:58And you suspect your old friends are stealing it?
14:02No.
14:02I hadn't suspected until today.
14:05But now I'm going to see this through.
14:07Yeah?
14:08Well, if you think you're going to blackmail us...
14:10I think you better get off the lot while you're still in one piece.
14:16All right.
14:18But I'm warning you, Gregory.
14:20You'd better forget this scheme or you'll find yourself behind bars.
14:24Go on.
14:33Gregory's plans mean much to you.
14:34They're in an army trunk in his tent.
14:36Big one over there.
14:39It's not true, is it, Daddy?
14:40You're not threatening those men.
14:42Oh, why shouldn't I threaten them?
14:44Didn't they try to kill me?
14:45I see the whole plot now.
14:48Evans ordered me up in an enemy plane.
14:50Green and Danby shot me down with a perfect alibi.
14:54Daddy, please.
14:54And now they've built a fortune on the invention they stole from me.
14:58While we live from hand to mouth.
15:00Poverty's drink and carnival's trooper.
15:02Daddy.
15:03Please, don't.
15:22I just saw a man sneaking into your tent, Mr. Gregory.
15:25Your plans.
16:00Hartford, up!
16:17Cocoy's after Green on a motorcycle.
16:20benimle tries to pass us.
16:23Come on Bob, I'm up.
16:39Oh, my God.
17:15Hello, Danby.
17:16This is Green talking.
17:18Call a meeting at the office tonight.
17:21Yeah.
17:21And get this.
17:23Gregory is alive.
17:24We've got to ask him.
17:25I'll come back quickly.
17:27Goodbye.
17:41Did she get what she wanted?
17:43I think so.
17:44My friend there gave you the tip.
17:46How about slipping her some change?
17:49I don't know why not.
18:06Sure.
18:07We get the papers.
18:09Green gets the blanks.
18:12Well, I'm mercy.
18:14I'll see you all.
18:19Hey, who's going to pay a fair, little boy?
18:23Who are you calling little boy?
18:25You big palooka.
18:29Oh, excuse me.
18:31And make it snappy.
18:40Look at that, gentlemen.
18:41See that?
18:42Aha, right there.
18:44Look at that man back there.
18:45No, he says it doesn't.
18:46No, he says it doesn't.
18:49Where's Gene?
18:50Inside.
18:51Thanks.
18:52Huh?
18:53I got him.
18:54Oh, let's tell Dad.
18:55All right.
19:00Daddy!
19:01Daddy!
19:01Oh, Daddy!
19:08Oh, Craig, he's gone.
19:09They've taken him.
19:11Well, they couldn't have taken him off the lot.
19:14Hey!
19:15Hey!
19:18Where's the shipper?
19:21Why, what's happened?
19:24Daddy's been kidnapped.
19:27Kidnapped?
19:31That's what that big palooka was phoning about.
19:35What do you mean?
19:37They're all meeting at the factory tonight.
19:40The factory?
19:42...
19:42...
19:52...
19:53...
20:04Don't squirm, Green.
20:06You might break your arm.
20:07So it's you, eh?
20:09Well, what's your game?
20:10I'm here to find out what your game is.
20:12We're going to that meeting together.
20:14Please, don't worry.
20:24I'm here to find out what your game is.
20:25I'm here.
20:50Get out of here.
20:50Who is this man, Green?
20:51And what does it mean?
20:53It means Gregory is behind these threats and this fellow is working with him.
20:57That's a lie, Green. You men are out to get Mr. Gregory.
21:00You're holding him prisoner now, and I want to know where he is.
21:02You needn't lie. You've got Mr. Gregory and I want him.
21:05Yeah? Well, come on. You better start.
21:09Hold him, Clark. I got it. Get him. Get him.
21:13I got him, Bill. Somebody's searching him. He may have a gun on him.
21:20Gregory's fake plans.
21:29Blank paper. What have you done with the plans?
21:33Wouldn't you like to know?
21:35You'll tell before we're through, will you?
21:37Well, you men are in no position to make me tell anything.
21:40Oh, yeah? Listen.
21:46Look. Another scimus.
21:48Another scimus.
21:55That's why Letchfield Clark?
22:00He's drawing a line from Clark's name.
22:05I wonder what's happening.
22:07Well, it looks like I'm a marked man, doesn't it?
22:13The eagle has struck him.
22:16Turn off the lights!
22:20He's struck Clark down. Don't let him escape.
22:43No luck? No, not a trace of him.
22:45Let's see how Clark is.
22:50Well, the body's gone.
22:52Well, who could have taken it?
22:53Well, probably the man that shot him.
22:55Gregory's behind all this.
22:56Why, we're in none of his safe.
22:58I'll call the police.
22:59Wait.
23:01Why, we can't afford this.
23:02I can't afford to have the police in on this.
23:04All right.
23:06Then we'll take matters in our own hands.
23:15Did you find him, Frank?
23:16What's the matter?
23:18A man was killed at the airplane factory tonight.
23:20A man was killed?
23:23But what does that do with father?
23:25Well, it was murdered, Jean.
23:27And I'm almost certain I saw your father running away.
23:30Oh, but you must be mad.
23:31Father's crippled.
23:32He hasn't walked for years.
23:34I know it, and yet.
23:36Look, Jean.
23:40Father!
23:41Can't be!
23:49Daddy!
23:50So you can walk.
23:54Oh, why did you keep it from?
23:56Well, I only meant to wait until I was fully recovered.
23:59So it was you I saw at the factory.
24:02Yes, I was there.
24:04But I didn't kill Clark.
24:05Then why did you switch the lights out?
24:07I only did it to save you.
24:09So, you did it to save him, huh?
24:19Well, you'd better try and save yourself, Gregory.
24:23Take him.
24:24What are you going to do?
24:26Do?
24:27What do they generally do with murderers?
24:30Oh, but he hasn't killed anyone.
24:31I know he hasn't.
24:32We heard what he said.
24:34He's a self-confessed killer.
24:37Here, stand aside, McCoy.
24:38We're going to take him.
24:40Over my dead body, you big palookas.
24:46We've got to work fast.
24:47They'll be in here after us any minute.
24:49Get to the airplane, Skipper.
24:50It's your only seat.
24:51Hey, Rube!
24:52Hey, Rube!
24:53Hey, Rube!
24:55Hey, Rube!
25:04Get out of here!
25:15Get out of here!
25:17Get out!
25:18Get out of here!
25:22Get out of here!
25:29Daddy!
25:30Wait for me!
25:37Help!
25:38That's the way!
25:39Give it to a good!
25:49Help, Craig!
25:51Help!
25:52Help!
25:57Help!
26:01Help!
26:11What's the matter, Jean?
26:12Has your father gone mad?
26:14But it isn't that it, Craig.
26:16It's no one disguises him.
26:19Are you hurt?
26:20Oh, I twisted my knee when I fell.
26:24Look, Craig, what does it mean?
26:26Oh, I twisted my knee when I fell.
26:42The tent will take fire. We've got to help.
26:44Oh, we can't walk, Craig.
26:49Look, he's headed this way.
26:50He's headed this way.
26:54Glenda, Craig.
26:56Oh, look.
27:01He's headed this way.
27:01...
27:06...
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