Original subtitles

Alright, men, take it in.

Well, again we have defied the laws of nature.

We have turned base metal into precious gold.

You are late, Morgana.

Perhaps, Count Cagliostro,

but I have fulfilled my mission.

I see.

And Diana Prince still has the pendant.

Mm-hmm.

Nimler-- that Judas--

he sent it to her in order to expose what I'm doing.

Nimler is dead.

We have no way of knowing if it was him or not.

Nor do we know what else he may have told her,

which is why we must move quickly.

Bring me the pendant, and bring me Diana Prince.

Take another in.

* Wonder Woman

* Wonder Woman

( thunderclap )

* Wonder Woman

* Get us out from under, Wonder Woman *

* Wonder Woman

* Wonder Woman.

MAN: Will the bell captain please report to the front desk?

WOMAN: Mr. Robert Hudson, you have a message at the front desk.

Miss Prince?

His Serene Exalted Highness,

Mustafa bin Hassid, the Emir of Quiana.

I'm humbled by your beauty.

No more than I'm humbled by meeting

one of the most powerful men in the world.

An exaggeration. Of course, not entirely untrue.

Hmm. Then it is true

that the oil countries take their cue from you.

A beautiful woman wishes to discuss

the worldwide price of oil?

You've got to realize that the world couldn't afford prices like that

and it would cause an economic disaster.

Uh, your serene highness...

We shall talk later.

Yes, we shall.

WOMAN: Mr. Clayton, please call your office.

Excuse me.

Oh, yes.

( snorts )

I think that's a real bummer.

The IADC has no right

making you butter up

to 24-karat yuck like that emir.

I think you've got me confused with somebody else.

You have me confused all the time.

Not about who you are.

You're Diana Prince, the spy from IADC.

Uh, that sound we just heard-- that was you blasting my cover.

Tonight I'm just supposed to be another pretty face, thank you very much.

Honorable guests, for your amusement,

we present a maestro of magic.

He'll be appearing later this week at this fine hotel

as part of the international symposium

for the conjuring arts.

But, for now, come gather for Jazreel the great.

My name's Harold. Harold Farnum.

My dad's Congressman Farnum.

I came here tonight just to meet you.

Would you like a drink?

Well, actually...

Geez, I'm sorry.

That's alright.

Uh, I wasn't thirsty anyway.

I really wanted that trick to work, too.

I thought it'd break the ice between us.

Ice?

I've been dying to meet you ever since you moved onto the block.

I live at number 73.

( laughs )

That's nice.

( applause )

I will see you in the neighborhood, Harold.

Are you here on assignment, Miss Prince?

Can I help in any way? Somebody you want tailed?

Documents you want copied?

Nimble-fingered Farnum, they call me.

( laughs )

Thank you, Harold.

If I need you, I'll call you, okay?

For my first demonstration, I will need the assistance

of a beautiful young lady.

Mademoiselle, would you mind

if I made you disappear?

Go ahead, Miss Prince. You can't get hurt.

It's an old trick.

( applause )

Mesdames et messieurs,

the magic chamber is empty... solid... no false doors.

Mademoiselle, if you will?

I shall say the magic words

and, before your very eyes,

this beautiful young lady

will disappear into thin air.

( drum roll )

Al... akba... shazam.

She's wearing the pendant.

Get her out of here.

( applause )

And now it is time to summon

our beautiful young friend back to us.

( drum roll )

( rim shot )

( gasping and screaming )

( drum roll )

( rim shot )

( drum roll )

( rim shot )

( thunderclap )

You must know what happened

to the magician.

And where is Miss Prince?

Young man, I implore you to temper your remarks.

I'm not going to temper anything

until you tell me what happened.

I know how that trick works,

and I want to go down into your basement

and see for myself.

You can save yourself a trip, Harold.

You're okay. I was worried.

Oh, you're a magician.

You should know I'd turn up sooner or later.

I'd like to speak with Jazreel.

He has performed a true feat of magic.

He's made himself disappear.

My men looked for him everywhere.

Well, Your Excellency, I appreciate your trouble.

Thank you.

This is what the magician was after?

That's what Diana said.

It was mailed to her less than a week ago.

She's checking out the box it came in.

It looks ordinary enough to me.

Maybe we ought to have it analyzed.

Would you like me to run it over to Dr. Hutchins?

Yes, if you would. Thank you.

Well, I don't know.

You sent Diana to a reception

to find out what the oil producers were up to

and she almost wound up kidnapped.

That's true.

Stay away from anybody selling oil.

It's the ones carrying the magic wands that worry me.

( chuckling )

Have you all turned against me?

Where is Diana Prince?

Count, we followed your orders.

The driver swears Wonder Woman

tore open the crate and got her out.

We have less than 48 hours

before I'm to deliver the gold to my buyer.

We're prepared to do whatever you ask, maestro.

All we know for sure

is someone is after it, and in a big way.

Well, if the problem lies in the analysis of this pendant,

you can rest assured I'll find it.

That's why we came to you, Dr. Hutchins.

After all, they don't give Nobel Prizes

for attendance records.

Or modesty. Hmm?

Diana wants you to call her

the minute you find something.

Then she'd better stay close to the phone.

I doubt if this will take me long.

That's why we came to you, Dr. Hutchins.

Same address.

Falconi's House of Magic.

Merchandise here is competitively priced.

Not too high, not too low.

Harold, have you been following me?

You mean, have I been tailing you?

You can say that stuff.

I know all the jargon.

Harold...

Yes, I have been tailing you.

Frankly, I was worried.

That magician at the hotel

is up to something

that isn't in any of the books I've read.

Well, I really do appreciate your concern

but, as you can see, I'm okay.

You sure are.

Harold, I'm fine, so you can go home.

Please, Miss Prince, I'm already here.

If you're investigating this store, maybe I can help.

Remember, I am an expert.

Okay. Somehow, I do get the feeling

that I'd be better off knowing exactly where you are.

Let's go.

DIANA: What about the address in the box?

Sorry. It doesn't mean a thing.

You see, this place has been Falconi's House of Magic now

for 20... 25 years.

I've bought cards here,

Chinese boxes, even trick hats.

Speaking of which...

The box means nothing to you, then?

I'll ask around.

You like that trick, huh?

Yeah. Sure do.

It's the longest stream I think I've ever seen.

I'll make you a good deal.

I may just have to take it.

What about the name, Goldblatts?

Sorry. I can't help you.

Just a second. I would like the box back

if you don't mind.

Sorry.

I'm sure.

I've seen too many disappearing acts as it is.

Thank you very much. Come on.

Uh, just a second, Diana.

Harold?

Coming.

( recorder playing mellow tune )

Hey, what are they doing?

( people laughing and chatting )

( recorder playing in distance )

Wow.

Oh.

( crowd laughing )

Wow.

( laughing )

( laughing )

Ah.

( laughing )

What's he going to do now?

Oh. Wow!

Alright!

Hey, whoo!

He got it.

Got some more goodies.

( crowd laughing )

Alright. Whoo!

( soft recorder music playing in distance )

( music stops )

Diana Prince, please.

This is Dr. Hutchins at the university.

It's imperative that I speak with her.

No, I don't think she'd want me to leave a message.

Just tell her that I found

some very startling test results,

and I'm on my way to your headquarters.

The undergraduate lab is down the hall and on your left.

( soft recorder music playing )

I'm sorry. I really don't have time for this right now.

Oh, I...

No, I'm sorry, I don't have any spare change.

Aha. Brought your own.

Case of inflation.

Look, I'm sorry. I've really got to...

Alright. One more.

...who these people are.

Wow.

Alright.

Alright, man!

Look at his face. Whoo!

Hey, that looks like Professor Hutchins.

I think you're right.

CROWD: Whoa!

Alright!

Whoo!

Whoo!

( scattered applause )

MAN: I'll see you tomorrow. See you guys.

( engine starts )

TREVOR: He did leave word that his results were startling.

It must have been more than that

if he felt he had to burn them.

We can't be sure these are his notes.

They're almost completely burned.

Well, the way we have torn up Hutchins' lab

we're going to seem pretty foolish

if he shows up here all of a sudden.

Look, he was due

at the IADC Headquarters yesterday.

His car's still in the parking lot here

and nobody's able to find him.

Chances are, he may never show up.

Bob, take care of that for me?

Did you find anything in the files?

Lots of clippings on Hutchins, and fan mail.

Fan mail?

Did you know that scientists have groupies?

Not until I met Hutchins.

Now, I might have found something outside,

but I'm not sure.

A student swears that he saw Hutchins

performing in a mime troupe.

Hutchins was performing?

That's what the student swears.

With a guy and a girl,

and the guy was a magician.

A magician?

With the white face.

And I think he said

he had a battered top hat or something.

Uh-huh.

Where's the troupe now?

Off campus somewhere, I guess.

I didn't see them.

Why don't you give Diana a call

and have her track them down?

Maybe the magician is the same one

that was at the reception.

Oh, and tell her that, wherever Hutchins is,

he must have the pendant,

because it sure isn't here.

Okay.

You do not know what an honor it is

to have you as my guest here, Dr. Hutchins.

I demand that you let me go.

Your work in metallurgical fusion

was an inspiration to us.

Your resynthesizing process was a keystone

of our own humble efforts.

I warn you, I'll see that it goes hard with you.

The pendant that was given to Diana Prince--

where is it?

Ha. You'll get nothing from me.

Time is running out, Doctor, for both of us.

You shall tell me

what I want to know.

I'll give you nothing--

nothing at all.

I see.

So you force my hand.

Well, perhaps it's just as well.

It has been some time, Dr. Hutchins,

since we had a customer in our little chamber of horrors.

( evil laughter )

WOMAN: Attention, please.

The Magic Symposium

will be held in the Olympic Room at 8:00.

Conjuring arts?

To be specific,

conjuring is the art we practice.

The term "magic" can even be applied to witchcraft,

that sort of thing.

I'll try to remember.

If you have any other questions, just ask me.

I am your consultant on this case, after all.

Harold, I only thought that

you'd be able to help me find

that mime magician who may have kidnapped

Dr. Hutchins.

I really didn't think

that we'd wind up at a symposium.

But every magician for 500 miles is here.

I know. Unfortunately, finding needles in haystacks

isn't my forte.

MAN: The bell captain, please report to the front desk.

That's Morgana Lafay.

DIANA: I know.

Shall we go in?

But somehow I don't think

she's the street mime we're looking for.

I used to be so in love with her.

That was before I met you.

Hey...

Harold, you're going to hyperventilate

and, if you faint, I'll have to carry you.

I know you're on spy business,

but I hope we're here long enough

to catch the great Count Cagliostro.

I thought he'd quit performing.

Cagliostro?

Well, it couldn't be.

Diana?

It's just that I remember, 200 or 300 years ago,

a man I...

I read about.

Cagliostro from the 18th century.

( knocking )

Come in.

Maestro, are you sure you should allow yourself

this public appearance?

My dear, Morgana,

if I were not to perform for my colleagues

it would only tend to arouse suspicion.

Jazreel, you have the information I obtained

from Hutchins?

I know where the safe is, yes.

Then use this to open it,

and bring the pendant to me.

And take care with that.

It's highly explosive.

MAN: Ladies and gentlemen, that was Murray the Magnificent.

They're waiting for you.

Harold...

Diana, I think the guy with the battered hat

could be here.

Okay, okay.

Now listen, you watch the magician,

and I'll watch the audience, okay?

( applause )

( fanfare playing )

CAGLIOSTRO: Thank you.

And now, I would like to ask this volunteer

to come up from the audience and load this revolver

with three silver bullets.

He will attest to the fact that they're real bullets--

not blanks.

Distinguished members of this body

have already examined... ( sniffs ) the bottles.

Is it loaded? Yes.

CAGLIOSTRO: Would you hand it

to the lady, please?

Thank you.

Morgana, I await

your pleasure.

Now, take careful aim lest it be

the last time we perform this trick.

You know what the targets are?

On the count of three.

( drum roll )

One...

two...

three.

( thunderclap )

Stay away from me. There's a bomb in here.

You must tell the truth.

Alright, now, where is Dr. Hutchins?

I don't know.

Cagliostro didn't tell me.

Cagliostro?

He's behind this?

I received my instructions from him.

He gave me the explosives.

What were you supposed to do with those?

Open the safe in Hutchins' lab

and remove the pendant.

Why? What does Cagliostro want with the pendant?

I don't know.

Where's the safe?

Behind the north wall in the laboratory.

In ten seconds, go inside

call the police

and surrender yourself to them.

( sighs )

Your Highness.

You're late.

I had a previous engagement.

Are you prepared to deliver the gold you promised us?

Do you speak for yourself

or for the other heads of state?

Are all the oil-producing nations in agreement?

Do you know what you're forcing us to do?

We have to raise the price of oil to buy your gold.

I don't think the world can meet our demands.

Then forget about my silly little ingots

of solid gold which I am making available to you

at less than half the current market price.

Don't delude yourself for me, Emir.

You and your friends are willing to jeopardize

the world's economy

in order to line your vaults with gold.

So let your avarice be your guide.

Oh, it is agreed.

You agreed. We agreed.

And the payments?

A down payment of $10,000,000

has been deposited in your account in Switzerland.

I'm a man of honor.

You shall have the gold within two days.

I promise you.

( creaking metal )

It's lead.

( sighs )

All goes perfectly, Morgana.

We shall produce the gold we need

in ample time to meet our deadline.

Do you know what will happen to these ingots?

You know what's happened before.

Ah, but we've improved upon the process.

It takes longer each time.

It doesn't matter. It will still happen.

But not until after I have sold the gold to the emir

and I have become richer than all the Cagliostros before me dreamed possible.

What is it, my darling?

You know, you seem almost eager for my project to fail.

The more that gold enters your life,

the more I seem to leave it.

Nonsense, my darling. Nonsense.

Hi. Hi.

I was analyzing the pendant

Wonder Woman found in Dr. Hutchins' lab.

Oh.

I have computed my evaluation.

Both Diana and I figure it's lead.

Affirmative... Ha.

...and negative.

What do you mean? It can't be yes and no.

Is it lead or isn't it?

Spectroscopic analysis

reveals an 87.06 lead content...

Hmm.

...and 11.73 gold content.

The remainder is composed of trace metals and oxides.

Hold it. You mean there is gold in that pendant?

Correction: lead content now 87.52 and increasing.

Why, according to you,

the pendant is turning to solid lead

while we're standing here.

Affirmative.

IRA, you mean the pendant used to be gold

and now it's turning to lead?

Affirmative.

My calculations indicate that at one time

the object was solid gold.

Well, then, when Eve gave the pendant to Dr. Hutchins

it was gold; it was the same pendant.

A logical conclusion.

Is it possible that the pendant was lead at one time?

Affirmative...

not only possible, but probable.

Alchemy...

in this day and age.

Alchemy-- the medieval science

which tried to change base metals

such as lead into gold.

Alright, IRA.

The subject is now alchemy.

What name pops into your memory bank?

( clicking )

( whirring )

Count Cagliostro... name first adopted by...

Giuseppe Basalmo, born Palermo, Italy, 1743--

a fake, swindler, alchemist, you name it.

You an expert?

Well, let's just say I've done my homework

especially after I talked...

to our agent in Zurich.

Why? What did he say?

All the oil producers are transferring

funds to their Swiss banks.

It's supposed to go to a special account

held by a Count Cagliostro.

Cagliostro?

A descendant of the original.

Magic and swindling are family traditions.

You think he's the one turning lead into gold?

Well, someone sent me that pendant

to get me on his trail.

Hmm.

We'd better find him

before his billion-dollar con pays off.

You're not kidding.

( sighs )

He's operating in the area, we're sure.

I'm working on a couple of leads right now.

Good.

In the meantime, I think it's time I introduced myself

to the Emir of Quiana.

This is an outrage.

It's an emergency, I assure you.

Never before have I been so rudely torn away

from my daily enterprises.

My men will drop you back at the racetrack.

By that time, five of my horses would have run.

Sit down.

We're going to talk about three things:

Gold, the price of oil and Cagliostro.

Well, the first two, I'm familiar with, of course,

but, uh... Cagli... Caglioso...

that's a name I do not know.

You're not that lucky, Your Highness.

I want you to be careful about any merchandise

you're thinking about buying from him.

M-Merchandise? That's right.

Thanks to Diana Prince, we've put it all together.

You're planning on increasing the price of oil

to pay for the gold you're buying from Cagliostro

at a discount rate.

Why, I... don't even know...

A simple reminder, Your Highness--

one you may discuss with Cagliostro

the next time you see him--

you get only what you pay for.

That pompous little moron doubts my word?

It's Diana Prince.

She and the IADC Have put him up to it.

Maestro, perhaps it's time

for you to take what you have and just leave.

No, no, it is not enough.

The world has much to pay for.

The Cagliostros have been exposed

to 200 years of scorn and ridicule.

A great deal could happen in the next few hours.

Yes...

yes, I can destroy Diana Prince once and for all.

Now you see it.

Now you don't.

The hands, of course

always being quicker than the eye.

Okay, darling, which one is the pea under?

This one.

I-I never seen that before.

( crowd laughs )

WOMAN: Oh, I don't know.

That's awful.

I just got flunked in Psych Two.

Uh, next show at... next show at 4:00.

( door opening )

Well, Mr. Farnum, you certainly got here fast.

Is Miss Prince alright?

This way, please. Something wrong?

No, nothing at all.

Open up.

MAN: Welcome, Mr. Farnum.

( evil laughing )

( laughing continues )

( laughing intensifies )

( laughing dissipating )

Count Cagliostro.

I always respected you.

And well you should.

I am the greatest magician in the world

and you, my young friend, will assist me

in the finale of my current engagement.

You will help me to capture Diana Prince

and crush her.

( evil laughing )

( laughing continues )

You, I'm afraid

are helpless victims of circumstance.

If an ex-employee of mine hadn't tried

to alert Diana Prince of my plans,

neither of you would be here.

Your employee sent her the pendant.

He hoped to lead her to the magic shop

believing that ultimately, she would expose

the little problem I have with my gold.

Little problem?

No one can or ever will be able

to change worthless metals into gold, Cagliostro.

Perhaps not, Dr. Hutchins,

but I have come close enough to have my gold change me

into the richest man of all time.

Diana Prince is on to you, Cagliostro,

and I knew that magic shop was a setup.

I have a homing device sewn into my left sock.

The whole IADC is probably outside right now.

CAGLIOSTRO: An amusing idea, Mr. Farnum,

but let's not wait for Miss Prince

to come storming over the walls.

I have a much more civilized rendezvous in mind.

What are you going to do?

Watch closely.

( buzzing )

Prince here.

WOMAN: Miss Prince, I have a call for you from Harold Farnum.

He says it's urgent.

Okay, patch him through.

( imitating Farnum ): Diana, is that you?

PRINCE: Harold?

I'm glad I got you.

Listen, I think I got a lead for you,

but you got to come quick.

Meet me down on orchid.

You know where that old deserted house of horrors is?

Yeah.

Great. See you there in a half an hour.

Harold...

( sighs )

I think I will send a friend instead.

( starts engine )

You're a real louse, Cagliostro.

I thought I was rather good.

Impersonation has always been one of my minor talents.

I'm telling you, buddy,

if you do anything to hurt Miss Prince...

Take them downstairs.

What are you going to do with us?

CAGLIOSTRO: Out of courtesy, I shall wait for Miss Prince

and then I shall drown the three of you like rats.

You're going to destroy them?

That's of no concern to you.

Like you did Nimler?

Nimler was a traitor.

But these are innocent people.

They are in my way.

Now, I have a reception to arrange, if you don't mind.

Of course, Count Cagliostro.

I got it. I know how we can get out.

Why don't you see if your homing device will transmit Morse code?

No.

Everything I need is here...

except...

Got to have another. You got a pencil?

What are you going to do, write a letter of protest to the magician's guild?

No, I'm going to make a carbon-arc torch

and cut through that door.

I can see the headline now--

"Nobel Prize-winning metallurgist drowns

with Houdini, Jr."

Wonder Woman...

Morgana, spare me any more tricks.

Just tell me where Hutchins and the boy are.

They're in a cell in the basement

and you'd better hurry.

I told you no more tricks. It's the truth.

Cagliostro plans on killing both of them and Diana Prince.

In fact, I was on my way to warn her.

Is Cagliostro in there, too?

Yes, he is... with his gold.

The emir's going to pick up the shipment.

Not if I can help it. Wonder Woman...

You'd better be careful.

Cagliostro's a magician, the best.

He even had me fooled.

Thank you, Morgana.

Do I still need to warn Diana Prince?

Maybe you'd better.

Okay.

( zapping )

( chuckling )

See?

I told you it'd work.

Great. In five short years, we'll be free men.

Wonder Woman!

There's a door just outside to your right.

Get to a phone. Call Steve Trevor at the IADC.

Tell him to meet me here with the police. Hurry.

CAGLIOSTRO: This last pallet

completes the shipment, as agreed.

Yes, and...

within ten minutes, my bank will make

the full payment to your account.

Very good.

Cagliostro...

So, Wonder Woman, you've returned

to thwart the Cagliostros as you have for centuries,

but this time, you shall lose.

You have it backwards, Cagliostro.

I've already won.

What's happening?

You were about to make a big mistake, Your Highness.

That gold you think you're buying

it'll turn to lead within two days.

Lead?

So, now, Cagliostro...

CAGLIOSTRO: No, Wonder Woman.

I am not my father, nor any of my ancestors.

This is one Cagliostro who shall escape you.

Stop her!

( sirens wailing )

MAN: Police! You're under arrest!

( whistle blowing )

Steve, Cagliostro's gone. Gone?

The gold is in the emir's truck.

So, you were going to go through with the deal

despite our warning.

That swindler.

True, but you were willing

to destroy the world's economy for personal gain.

My bank.

In less than ten minutes

it will make payment to Caglioso's account.

I've got to stop it!

Thanks, Wonder Woman. Let's get these two out of here.

Wonder Woman...

this is for getting me and Dr. Hutchins out of that cell.

( gasps )

I did it!

Why couldn't Diana have been here?

Well, I'll make sure she hears.

You actually did a trick and it worked.

* Wonder Woman

* Here to fight the force of evil *

* And your chance won't be denied *

* Woman of the hour with your super power *

* We're so glad you're on our side! *

* Wonder Woman!

* You're a wonder, Wonder Woman! *