1 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:13,860 I make it 3 minutes to midnight. 2 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:15,300 Check. 3 00:00:33,580 --> 00:00:34,640 Yes. 4 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:36,420 Standing by. 5 00:00:36,420 --> 00:00:37,780 Hold on. 6 00:01:49,100 --> 00:01:50,880 Continental warehousing. 7 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:51,980 Right. 8 00:01:59,780 --> 00:02:06,480 Another challenge for the Green Hornet, his aide Kato and their rolling arsenal the Black Beauty. 9 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,180 On police records a wanted criminal, 10 00:02:09,180 --> 00:02:11,820 the Green Hornet is really Britt Reid, 11 00:02:11,820 --> 00:02:14,100 owner publisher of the Daily Sentinel. 12 00:02:14,100 --> 00:02:17,400 His dual identity known only to his secretary 13 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:19,100 and to the district attorney. 14 00:02:19,100 --> 00:02:27,340 And now to protect the rights and lives of decent citizens rides The Green Hornet. 15 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,560 /we join the blanketing/. 16 00:03:43,660 --> 00:03:44,620 Yes. 17 00:03:44,620 --> 00:03:47,600 We've covered the only possible exits for the arsonist, Frank. 18 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:49,380 We haven't seen a single person. 19 00:03:49,380 --> 00:03:53,320 Well, a Firebug generally stays around to make sure that his torch has worked. 20 00:03:53,520 --> 00:03:55,240 This one doesn't. 21 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:59,800 The Commissioner just called, there been 12 injuries so far, too serious. 22 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,340 The entire warehouse is totaled out. 23 00:04:02,740 --> 00:04:06,100 There were two night watchman on duty, but they saw no one. 24 00:04:06,100 --> 00:04:07,820 This is critical, Britt. 25 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,620 There's gonna be a meeting at the Commissioner's Office tomorrow at 10:00. 26 00:04:11,620 --> 00:04:15,340 Make sure that you're there as Britt Reid. 27 00:04:17,480 --> 00:04:19,180 Will you be seated. 28 00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:25,380 Gentlemen, I am particularly gratified that the press is represented here this morning. 29 00:04:25,380 --> 00:04:28,580 The seriousness of this matter cannot be overestimated. 30 00:04:28,580 --> 00:04:31,660 For seven nights now at the stroke of midnight 31 00:04:31,660 --> 00:04:35,480 a madman has set a devastating fire somewhere in our city. 32 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:40,780 Now gentlemen, I have to admit that I have absolutely no idea how to /combat/ this. 33 00:04:40,780 --> 00:04:42,400 We welcome suggestions. 34 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,820 Commissioner Dolan, Mike Axford of The Sentinel. 35 00:04:44,820 --> 00:04:45,980 Yes, Mike. 36 00:04:45,980 --> 00:04:49,080 I don't bring just a suggestion, I brought the solution. 37 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:50,500 What's that? 38 00:05:01,740 --> 00:05:04,340 What is this, Mike? I thought I was just going to see the Commissioner. 39 00:05:04,340 --> 00:05:06,120 This is better, Ben. 40 00:05:09,460 --> 00:05:11,340 Comissioner Dolan, you know Ben Wade. 41 00:05:11,340 --> 00:05:14,580 He was retired from a service a few months ago because of his injury, 42 00:05:14,580 --> 00:05:17,320 but there isn't a man in this town knows more about arson, 43 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:21,360 or determining the methods of its use, or preventing it than Ben Wade. 44 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:24,820 We know all about Mr. Wade. Good to see you, Ben. 45 00:05:24,980 --> 00:05:28,720 Thank you, commissioner. If I can help, I'd like to. 46 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:30,640 It's already been suggested. 47 00:05:30,940 --> 00:05:34,100 When we realize the extent of our problem, your name came up. 48 00:05:34,100 --> 00:05:35,380 Thank you, sir. 49 00:05:35,380 --> 00:05:36,680 But it was rejected. 50 00:05:39,740 --> 00:05:42,660 The job you held cost you the sight of one eye, 51 00:05:42,660 --> 00:05:45,200 we can't possibly risk the loss of the other. 52 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:46,020 But 53 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:50,120 Commissioner, that would be my risk, not yours. 54 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:51,540 I'm sorry, Ben. 55 00:05:51,540 --> 00:05:54,160 The decision's reluctant, but it's firm. 56 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:57,800 You and I know it's against department policy. 57 00:06:03,420 --> 00:06:04,120 Ben. 58 00:06:07,700 --> 00:06:09,320 It's alright, Mike. 59 00:06:14,420 --> 00:06:17,300 Comissioner Dorman, you've got the answer in your hand. 60 00:06:17,300 --> 00:06:18,320 Mike! 61 00:06:18,740 --> 00:06:20,000 A gentlemen, 62 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:26,280 as I see it, our problem is not determining whether the fires are incendiary or not, or how they're set. 63 00:06:26,280 --> 00:06:28,880 Our problem is in anticipating the next move. 64 00:06:31,580 --> 00:06:35,420 The Commissioner warned that even though a pattern of terror has been established, 65 00:06:35,420 --> 00:06:39,020 policing the areas that must be covered presents a formidable problem. 66 00:06:39,100 --> 00:06:46,260 Transportation, warehouses, power plants and water pumping stations are all potential targets, and may be struck next. 67 00:06:46,260 --> 00:06:48,060 Meanwhile on the national scene... 68 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,160 Hundred different targets. 69 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,520 Shouldn't this person, whoever he is, be making his demand soon? 70 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:57,860 If he has demands, I'm not so sure he has any. 71 00:06:57,860 --> 00:07:01,980 Well, I don't understand. Surely he has some price he's going to ask before he stops. 72 00:07:01,980 --> 00:07:05,520 On the other hand, he may be just enjoying the sheer panic he's causing. 73 00:07:07,180 --> 00:07:09,660 Wonder what Sir Lancelot wants now? 74 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:14,880 Maybe Commissioner Dolan is too stubborn to take Ben back. That doesn't mean we have to be too, does it? 75 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:16,200 Not necessarily. 76 00:07:16,340 --> 00:07:20,040 The way these fires have been set, it's been done with advanced planning, right? 77 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:20,760 Right. 78 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:24,320 So if the Commissioner won't hire Ben, the Sentinel does. 79 00:07:24,420 --> 00:07:26,540 Ben figures out how the fires have been triggered, 80 00:07:26,540 --> 00:07:29,940 and we can warn all the plant security people on what to look for. 81 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:31,920 Britt, at least it's a way to go. 82 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,200 Mike, that'll take a lot of time, 83 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:36,920 he has to check all the sights of the past fires. 84 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:42,060 He's fast, and he'd work on a day and night. We've been friends a long time, I know! 85 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,200 Well, I'll think about it, maybe check with the Commissioner. 86 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:46,400 Thanks. 87 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:52,700 It just might work. 88 00:08:57,380 --> 00:08:59,000 "B and H - Warehouse" 89 00:09:40,260 --> 00:09:41,060 Yes. 90 00:09:42,180 --> 00:09:44,220 Well, we still have about 20 minutes, Britt. 91 00:09:44,220 --> 00:09:47,640 I think that with all publicity the Firebug may change his pattern. 92 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:49,140 Helicopters up? 93 00:09:49,340 --> 00:09:51,160 And surveillance on all areas. 94 00:09:51,340 --> 00:09:54,100 I don't think he can pull it off tonight. 95 00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:50,080 Chopper report. 96 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:52,800 Smoke visible, west end, 97 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:55,480 transport maintenance. The pilot will check it out. 98 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,260 We're less than 30 seconds away, Frank. Let's go. 99 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,400 Main plant's going up, call fire emergency! 100 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,580 The Green Hornet! 101 00:13:20,980 --> 00:13:22,160 Hello Ben. 102 00:13:22,700 --> 00:13:24,960 Crawling in kind of late, aren't you? 103 00:13:25,560 --> 00:13:27,220 and in a hot suit. 104 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:29,400 How did you get in here? 105 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:31,920 So you're the Firebug? 106 00:13:32,540 --> 00:13:35,520 Just because I'm wearing a hot suit that doesn't prove anything. 107 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:36,280 No, 108 00:13:37,300 --> 00:13:40,780 but added to these locations and dates, it does. 109 00:13:40,780 --> 00:13:43,140 Every fire, including the one tonight. 110 00:13:43,140 --> 00:13:46,900 I heard that on the radio, I wrote it down. I'm trying to establish a pattern. 111 00:13:46,900 --> 00:13:48,580 /Is that what you mean?/ 112 00:13:48,580 --> 00:13:53,500 I heard the fire report on my police radio just as I got here, and you haven't been home for hours. 113 00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:56,840 I was trying to get you on the phone to give you what I thought was good news. 114 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:59,260 Ben, why are you doing this? 115 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:06,580 Don't you know? 116 00:14:07,300 --> 00:14:09,100 Forced retirement 117 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:12,520 for man who dedicated himself to the City, 118 00:14:12,980 --> 00:14:14,480 lost an eye for it. 119 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,500 And they offered you another job. 120 00:14:16,500 --> 00:14:21,340 Sure, sit behind a desk, punching holes in paper, 121 00:14:21,340 --> 00:14:24,520 answering the phone when people who call up a sick! 122 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:26,560 /Only they aren't/ sicker than you. 123 00:14:26,780 --> 00:14:28,740 Mike, how would you be? 124 00:14:28,980 --> 00:14:32,020 For three months I've been cooped up in this building, 125 00:14:32,020 --> 00:14:34,080 staring at four walls. 126 00:14:34,340 --> 00:14:36,260 I've turned into a cripple, 127 00:14:36,260 --> 00:14:38,200 mentally not physically. 128 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:40,100 You did it to yourself. 129 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:42,580 Ben, I've known you too long. 130 00:14:42,580 --> 00:14:47,300 You only think you know me, nobody knows me. I'm just beginning to know myself. 131 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,300 And I'm not gonna settle for the pasture, not yet. 132 00:14:50,300 --> 00:14:53,740 So you figured to start a few fires and be needed, and called back. 133 00:14:53,740 --> 00:14:58,160 Look at this! Scrapbook, look at it! 134 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:07,480 'Lt. Ben Wade solved Shipboard Fire' 'Lt. Wade captures arson ring single-handed'. 135 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,100 It's the headlines you miss. 136 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,660 You're about to make the biggest headline yet. 137 00:15:18,020 --> 00:15:19,400 Don't move, Mike. 138 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:30,440 Let me do this for your own good. 139 00:15:31,780 --> 00:15:34,920 Ben, I've been your friend for a lot of years. 140 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:37,080 I have no friends, 141 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,940 and now that you know what I'm doing, 142 00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:41,160 /Lisa/ for you. 143 00:15:46,580 --> 00:15:50,160 "Green Hornet at Scene of Fire" 144 00:15:51,820 --> 00:15:54,480 Big story on Mike's favorite subject! 145 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:55,280 Where is he? 146 00:15:55,280 --> 00:16:00,040 I don't know, he hasn't been in all morning. He hasn't even called, it's not like him. 147 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:04,900 When he left last night he said he was gonna stop by Ben Wade's to tell him that you were considering him for a job. 148 00:16:05,140 --> 00:16:06,640 Have you checked at Ben's? 149 00:16:06,640 --> 00:16:09,220 Yes, and Ben said he never arrived. 150 00:16:09,220 --> 00:16:13,300 And then I called Mike's apartment, and they said that he hadn't been there all night either. 151 00:16:13,500 --> 00:16:15,840 I'm beginning to worry about him. 152 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:03,740 Morning, Ben. Mr. Reid. 153 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,880 May I come in? Sure, yes. 154 00:17:08,940 --> 00:17:10,520 Is Mike here? 155 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:15,540 No sir, like I told your secretary, he hasn't been. I haven't seen him since the Commissioner's Office, 156 00:17:15,540 --> 00:17:19,440 but he did call me this morning, telephone me from his apartment. 157 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:21,060 He did? 158 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:26,300 Well, he'll probably show up around here sooner or later. Nice place you have here! 159 00:17:38,060 --> 00:17:39,960 I have good news for you! 160 00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:41,820 I could use some. 161 00:17:41,820 --> 00:17:43,920 You're now an employee of the Daily Sentinel. 162 00:17:44,080 --> 00:17:46,000 Special investigator, Arson. 163 00:17:46,800 --> 00:17:49,040 You mean you're going to do what the city wouldn't? 164 00:17:49,180 --> 00:17:52,340 Somebody has to. This thing is gotten out of hand. 165 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,480 I'll say it has. 166 00:17:55,360 --> 00:17:56,900 When do we start? 167 00:17:57,300 --> 00:18:01,140 And you think Mike Axford is Wade's prisoner. But why? 168 00:18:01,140 --> 00:18:04,860 Who knows, maybe Mike stumbled on something. He is an old news hound, you know. 169 00:18:04,860 --> 00:18:08,700 Yeah, but Ben Wade's one of his best friends. It sounds ridiculous. 170 00:18:08,900 --> 00:18:09,800 Does it? 171 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,020 Try this. 172 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:18,240 The arsonist is a man so well versed in setting incendiary fires, he never uses the same method twice. That fits Ben. 173 00:18:18,700 --> 00:18:27,240 Secondly, he's a man that has a complete knowledge of the fire prevention and construction of all the buildings that he struck. Again, Ben Wade. 174 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:32,800 Mike said he plan to drop by, and see Ben last night, but Ben claims that he never did. 175 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:35,720 He said that Mike called him from his home, 176 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:39,000 but no one at Mike's home has seen him all night or this morning. 177 00:18:39,460 --> 00:18:43,620 Is it possible that he's the same man that you almost caught last night? 178 00:18:43,620 --> 00:18:46,080 He's the same size, it's all I can say. 179 00:18:46,260 --> 00:18:46,960 Hm. 180 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:54,540 Well, I fill /there/ all the forms, I belong to you now. 181 00:18:54,540 --> 00:18:56,700 Good, I have your first assignment. 182 00:18:56,700 --> 00:18:58,380 You don't waste any time, do you? 183 00:18:58,380 --> 00:18:59,860 There's none to waste. 184 00:18:59,860 --> 00:19:03,340 A replacement shipment of medical supplies is arriving this afternoon. 185 00:19:03,580 --> 00:19:05,440 I hope you're sneaking them in. 186 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:07,600 We are. Top secret. 187 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:10,420 If we lose it, the situation becomes critical. 188 00:19:10,420 --> 00:19:13,080 That Green Hornet is tricky, we have to be ready. 189 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,040 I got you. Where are you storing it? 190 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:21,780 The Sentinel has a warehouse at the Harbor, shipment is camouflaged as newsprint ink paper. 191 00:19:21,780 --> 00:19:22,940 Good idea. 192 00:19:22,940 --> 00:19:28,160 I want you to go down and check out the warehouse, make certain on no incendiaries. 193 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:30,980 What's to prevent someone from planting them tonight. 194 00:19:30,980 --> 00:19:34,480 We have the police surrounding the place, no one in or out. 195 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:39,420 Mr. Reed, you don't want to just protect the shipment, you'd like to catch the Green Hornet too, wouldn't you? 196 00:19:39,420 --> 00:19:40,460 Of course. 197 00:19:40,460 --> 00:19:44,880 Then pull the police out, let me handle this alone. Don't just scare him away. 198 00:19:45,120 --> 00:19:46,640 Isn't that risky? 199 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:48,560 So as crossing the street. 200 00:19:55,420 --> 00:19:57,780 Everything's coming along fine, Mike. 201 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,660 Two car loads of material have been delivered and stored. 202 00:20:05,260 --> 00:20:06,600 Sit up, Mike. 203 00:20:09,020 --> 00:20:12,120 Ben, for heaven's sake stop this! 204 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:16,000 Come on, get up. We got places to go. 205 00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,820 You asked for a chance, Britt Reid gave it to you. Now you're gonna cross him? 206 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:23,860 That's right, this is gonna be my biggest fire of all. 207 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,980 And what will it accomplish? What about your reputation? 208 00:20:26,980 --> 00:20:29,200 This will still be an unsolved case. 209 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:30,680 Who said unsolved? 210 00:20:30,900 --> 00:20:35,040 I'm gonna capture, I'm gonna kill the Firebug, and the Firebug is gonna be you. 211 00:20:47,300 --> 00:20:49,620 "Daily Sentinel - warehouse no. 3" 212 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,880 Ben, stop this foolishness. Nobody's gonna believe /I/ the arsonist. 213 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:20,100 If I make my case against you, they will. And you'll being dead, there's not gonna be any questions asked. 214 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:52,220 Fine suspect I'll be with my hands tied. 215 00:21:54,620 --> 00:21:58,840 Very foolish, Mike, You shouldn't told me that, you're absolutely right. 216 00:23:53,740 --> 00:23:55,240 What is it, Mike? 217 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:57,160 Boss, I have a favor to ask. 218 00:23:57,520 --> 00:23:58,520 Ask away. 219 00:23:58,700 --> 00:24:01,460 Could we play down this Firebug story? 220 00:24:01,660 --> 00:24:04,600 Ben Wade deserves a better epitaph. 221 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,520 Mike, he tried to kill you! 222 00:24:06,620 --> 00:24:08,300 He didn't, and I'm here. 223 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:11,120 But it's a chance to make you a genuine hero! 224 00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:14,520 What kind of a hero? I don't even know how I get out of the place. 225 00:24:16,420 --> 00:24:18,380 Okay, if that's the way you feel about it. 226 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:20,320 Thanks. 227 00:24:26,020 --> 00:24:27,800 Poor Mike.