00:00.
00:52A mysterious criminal who calls himself the Eagle
00:56is plotting against the directors of an airplane
00:59factory whom he has tried to frighten with warnings written on the sky in
01:05smoke and fire. The directors have reason to suspect that the Eagle is Nathan
01:10Gregory, owner of a small carnival show, who has accused them of stealing from him
01:16an invention that is worth a fortune. Craig McCoy, stunt flyer with the carnival,
01:23learns that Gregory and his daughter Jean have gone to the factory for a
01:27showdown with the directors and follows to protect them. You've built this
01:32business on the invention you stole from me. Let McCoy go and I'll sign over all my
01:37rights to the invention. Do you really mean to say that you had such an invention?
01:43Certainly I did. Then it's you who've been threatening us. No, I've never threatened
01:48you. That's just a charge you've trumped up against me because you robbed me and
01:53wanted to get rid of me. Oh, that's idiotic.
02:11Now, wait a minute. You can't buy McCoy's release from us, Gregory. In the first place, we haven't got it.
02:18In the second place, we're not afraid of your claim. We bought a legitimate patent from the man
02:23who invented it. Prove that last statement and I'll believe you're not holding McCoy a prisoner.
02:29Green, you bought the patent. Isn't the bill of sale in the safe?
02:34Why, why yes, of course, certainly. Get it, get it, would you please?
02:37All right.
02:49Here it is.
02:54Help!
02:56The eagle!
02:57Don't let him get away!
02:58Hurry!
03:04He killed my father!
03:06I've got him!
03:06I've got him!
03:08I've got him!
03:10McCoy!
03:12So you're the eagle after all.
03:15You...
03:16You killed Daddy!
03:18The best friend you've ever had!
03:19Why, Gene, I didn't...
03:21Why, he isn't dead!
03:22Get some water, quick!
03:24Someone call the police.
03:25Let's put him in a chair.
03:26Police headquarters.
03:32Ward, carve the door.
03:33Yes, sir.
03:38Send a couple of men to Evans Aeroplane Factory.
03:40Right away.
03:41What...
03:42What happened?
03:43Who hit me?
03:45Craig.
03:47Craig?
03:48Yes.
03:50The man you've treated like your own son.
03:54But I...
03:55I...
03:55I can't believe it.
03:56Why, Craig wasn't even here.
03:58Well, it is true.
03:59We caught him here just after the lights went out.
04:02It's all clear to me now.
04:04McCoy has been trying to blackmail us on the strength of what you told him about your invention.
04:10That isn't true, is it, Craig?
04:12No, it isn't.
04:13One of these men is a blackmailer who is trying to get control of the company.
04:17By scaring the rest of them into selling their shares.
04:19Oh, nonsense.
04:20He came here to get that bill of sale and struck you down to get it.
04:26Search him, boys.
04:35He hasn't got it.
04:38Well, if he hasn't got it...
04:41Where is it?
04:42Well, gentlemen.
04:44No one has left the room since the bill of sale disappeared.
04:47Why don't you all submit to a search?
04:50That sounds reasonable to me.
04:52I'll be the first.
04:54But...
04:55Who's going to do the searching?
04:57Mr. Gregory was unconscious when the paper disappeared.
05:01And he couldn't have taken it.
05:03So why don't you let him do the searching?
05:05All right.
05:08All right.
05:33All right.
05:37We're now going to...
05:39Go by.
05:39All right.
05:42All right.
05:44All right.
05:46All right.
05:59Now, how can I help myself in a quelque part of art?
06:01All right.
06:01All right.
06:08What's that?
06:08The window!
06:09Look there!
06:12Hey, fellas!
06:13Hurry up!
06:14Get him!
06:14Get him!
06:15Get him!
06:16Get him!
06:17He went that way!
06:23Thanks, Jean.
06:24Get the bill of sale.
06:25It's in the wastebasket.
06:26Wait.
06:26Whoever put it in there will be back to get it.
06:28Now's our chance to find out who's at the bottom of all this trouble.
06:59Don't move.
07:00I've got you covered.
07:03I knew the guilty man had come back for that paper.
07:06So you're behind all this, are you, Major Evans?
07:08No, you're all wrong.
07:10I knew the bill of sale was hidden in the basket.
07:13And I...
07:14I came back here for the same reason you did.
07:16To catch the thief when he returned.
07:19Then why were you reaching into the waste paper basket?
07:22Well, I just wanted to make sure...
07:24Look!
07:24The wastebasket!
07:32Wait a minute.
07:33I know who got it.
07:35It was Green.
07:36I recognized the ring on his finger.
07:38Well, that clears you.
07:39Yes, but they'll never believe it until you get the bill of sale back.
07:44The police.
07:45I'll have to make a run for it.
07:47But I have a plan to get that bill of sale back.
07:49Now listen.
07:54This gives us two chances.
07:56If the first one fails, I'll be there to make my play.
07:58And we're bound to win.
08:01Get your father in the car and get the motor running.
08:03I'll be there.
08:04Hello, sir.
08:11I'll be there in the lights.
08:12Oh.
08:24A teacher looks like.
08:39I've got him.
08:40It's me, you've got your fool.
08:58I've got him.
08:59I've got him.
09:01I've got him.
09:11I've got him.
09:12I've got him.
09:14I've got him.
09:23I've got him.
09:31I've got him.
09:58I've got him.
09:58Did you catch him?
09:59No, he got away in the car.
10:00Which way did he go?
10:00He went with Gregory Neal.
10:01He's daughter.
10:02You can catch him at the carnival.
10:12No lights.
10:13Well, that's funny.
10:14I thought sure the troop would keep the show going.
10:39Well, what's the matter?
10:41Why isn't the show going on?
10:43The show is closed, Skipper.
10:45This measly double-crosser has clapped an attachment on it.
10:49For the two, we have to pay your own.
10:52Mr. Gregory?
10:53Yes.
10:57Good night.
11:05You rat.
11:07Hey, Sheriff.
11:12You forgot your hat.
11:13Give it to me.
11:16Wise guy.
11:22Oh!
11:34Never mind, Daddy.
11:35We'll get the show back somehow.
11:37But it's...
11:38It's all I had.
11:40No, it isn't, Mr. Gregory.
11:45You're still the inventor of an airplane attachment that's making a fortune.
11:49Yes.
11:50For the directors of the Evans Airplane Company.
11:53Yes, but Major Evans is on our side now.
11:57What good does that do?
11:59Plenty.
11:59Green turned off those lights and snatched that bill of sale away from you because it's a forgery.
12:03And I'm going to prove that to Major Evans.
12:06But what good does that do, Father?
12:09Well, when Major Evans knows that Green's claim is a fake,
12:12he'll recognize your father's rights and give him a square deal.
12:16You could buy a dozen carnivals then, Dad.
12:35I'm leaving in a minute to go after that bill of sale.
12:38And I think with your help, we can get it.
12:40You can always count on me, brother.
12:43Sure.
12:45Well, now, here's what we'll do.
12:50Well, Skipper, I think our troubles are about over.
12:52Come on, Henry.
13:21I'm glad you've come.
13:23I'm tired of running from the law.
13:26The directors have withdrawn their charges against you, Gregory.
13:30It's Craig McCoy we want.
13:32He's not here.
13:34Okay, but he's on his way here and we'll wait till he comes.
14:12Major Evans, to see you, sir.
14:23Have you got the bill of sale, Green?
14:25Why, what makes you think that...
14:27Oh, come on, don't stall.
14:28We've got to work fast.
14:30Gregory and his gang are on their way here to get it right now.
14:46We'd be crazy to take that out of there.
14:49They'll never know where to look for the safe.
14:51They'll ransack the whole house.
14:52Don't take any chance.
15:00McCoy.
15:02Housebreaking, huh?
15:04Phone the police, Major.
15:15Line's dead.
15:17Somebody's cut the wire.
15:18Oh, yeah.
15:20Why did you come sneaking into my house?
15:23To get the bill of sale.
15:25Hmm.
15:25I see.
15:27And how did you plan to get that bill of sale?
15:30Well, I figured on getting in here and finding out where the safe is.
15:35And you'll admit I accomplished that much.
15:37Yeah.
15:39Well...
15:40And then what?
15:40Well, then I planned to knock the vase over so that you'd come running in.
15:44And that worked out all right.
15:49All right.
15:50Go on.
15:50Keep talking.
15:51Well, my next move was to keep you talking while my partner got into the next room
15:56and sneaked the bill of sale out of the safe.
15:58And we seemed to have accomplished that, too.
16:01Ah.
16:02A trick, eh?
16:05Bring it in here.
16:12You sure had me worried with that cock and bull story.
16:16Well, if you think that bill of sale is in the safe now, you still have something to worry about.
16:31What's all the kidding about, anyway?
16:34All right, Major.
16:35Keep him covered.
16:36And now, Mr. Green, I'll relieve you of that paper.
16:39Stand back, McCoy.
16:40Give me the paper, Green.
16:42Come on.
16:42Give it to me.
16:44So you've double-crossed me, have you, Major?
16:47Well, you're not so smart.
16:51Don't move, Evans.
16:53Always have two or three strings to your bowl, Major.
17:02All right.
17:04You're a fool.
17:06We're in a fine jam now.
17:27Give me that bill of sale.
17:28Come and get it.
17:33I don't know.
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