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NARRATOR: The Adventures of Superman.

Faster than a speeding bullet.

More powerful than a locomotive.

Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound.

MAN: Look! Up in the sky! MAN 2: It's a bird!

WOMAN: It's a plane! MAN 3: It's Superman!

NARRATOR: Yes, it's Superman,

strange visitor from another planet,

who came to Earth with powers and abilities

far beyond those of mortal men.

Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers,

bend steel in his bare hands,

and who, disguised as Clark Kent,

mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper,

fights a never-ending battle

for truth, justice and the American way.

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All right, you crook, I want straight answers.

Any time you don't tell the truth,

this lie detector shows it.

You know I wouldn't fib to you, Inspector Henderson.

You'd better not.

Your name is Duke Barlow, right?

Yeah.

You and your pal Whitey Krell

were caught robbing the Fifth National Bank?

Yeah.

Superman nabbed us in the act.

How many more of your men were in on the job?

DUKE: None of them. Just me and Whitey.

SUPERMAN: How about that, inspector? Is he telling the truth?

According to this he is.

But you do admit to being part

of a large criminal organization?

The biggest.

It was till you horned in.

More than half the gang's been put in jail

the last few months, thanks to you.

But there's still plenty of us left.

That we already know.

What we want to know is who's the brains of the outfit?

Who plans the crimes?

I couldn't tell ya.

We just get the orders from the top,

then go out and do like we're told.

Yes, but who is he? What's his name?

I couldn't say.

All we know him by is Mr. X.

The polygraph says he's telling the truth.

I told you I wouldn't fib to you.

[SIGHS] All right.

Take him out. Lock him up.

Inspector, you're never gonna clean up this crime syndicate

until you find out who that head man is.

Yeah, you can say that again.

But how can we catch him when his own mobsters

don't even know who he is?

Mr. X.

There must be some way to learn his true identity.

Yeah, we've been working on it.

I've had the whole department

working day and night and getting nowhere.

Not even a clue?

Not even a hint.

Send Sergeant O'Hara in.

Oh, one of the detectives working on your case?

Yes, and one of the best on the force,

and just as baffled as the rest of us.

And when O'Hara's baffled, that's really something.

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You sent for me, inspector?

HENDERSON: Yes.

I want you to meet Superman.

Superman, this is Sergeant O'Hara.

Well, I'm glad to know you, sir.

It's my pleasure, sergeant.

Inspector Henderson tells me

you've been working on the case of Mr. X.

Yes, without much luck, I'm afraid.

I've even been trying to get inside his organization,

but I haven't been able to figure out a way yet.

I see.

Sergeant O'Hara...

will you marry me?

What?!

Why, I'd be delighted.

"In an exclusive interview with Lois Lane,

"Daily Planet reporter,

"Superman revealed his surprise marriage last night

"to Miss Helen J. O'Hara of this city.

"The newly wedded couple will reside at the bride's apartment

"on the 18th floor of the Beresford Arms.

Golly, this will be the first time

anybody will know where Superman lives.

PERRY: What of it? JIMMY: Well, I-I mean,

if we keep the Beresford Arms under surv--

Survei...llance--

If we keep an eye on the Beresford Arms,

we'll find out who Superman is.

Don't be ridiculous, Olsen.

Obviously, he isn't gonna go in and out through the lobby.

He'd use the window.

Besides, aren't the bride and groom

entitled to a little privacy?

Why, of course they are.

And incidentally, Miss Lane,

you told the story of Superman's marriage very well indeed.

Thank you, Mr. White.

At least he did me the courtesy

of giving me the exclusive instead of Clark Kent.

Golly, you sure are lucky, Miss Lane.

It's the scoop of the year.

Yeah, I'm sure lucky all right.

Why aren't you out working?

Well...I don't have any work to do.

Well, go out and find something.

Yes, sir. Yes. Right away.

I've always known how you've felt about Superman, Miss Lane.

I guess his marriage hit you pretty hard.

[SOBS]

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Come.

We didn't have a bit of trouble grabbin' her, boss.

Yeah, that story in the Daily Planet

told us where she lived,

and the rest was easy.

I was sure it would be.

What's the meaning of this?

Why should these men take me out of my apartment

and bring me here against my will?

My dear Mrs. Superman.

Shall we say that I had an impulse

to have you here as my guest?

And when I have an impulse, I never fail to gratify it.

So welcome to my headquarters.

Headquarters? Who are you?

My associates call me Mr. X.

You must be the man the newspapers are talking about.

The head of the crime syndicate.

Yes.

Now, if you'll excuse me while I make a telephone call.

HELEN: You can't hold me prisoner here.

You'll never get away with it.

When my husband hears about--

Oh, he'll hear about it.

I'm calling a friend of his right now

to make sure that he does.

But he won't do anything about it.

This is one time that Superman

is going to find himself quite powerless.

Hello, Daily Planet?

Connect me with Clark Kent.

[PHONE RINGS]

Hello, this is Kent speaking.

What did you just say?

I said this was Mr. X speaking.

My organization is holding Mrs. Superman as hostage.

Will you contact him and give him this message?

Unless he stops interfering with our activities,

he'll never see his wife again.

Will you tell him that?

You bet I'll tell him.

And when I do, you'd better duck for cover.

He'll come over and tear your place down brick by brick.

Oh, no. No, he won't.

In the first place, he doesn't know where we are.

In the second place...

one wrong move

and Mrs. Superman's health

will suffer very severely indeed.

You wouldn't dare harm Mrs. Superman.

Oh, no?

I wouldn't bet on that if I were you.

Hello? Hello!

You see how clever I am?

Superman won't dare try to rescue you.

The only way he can protect you from harm

is by staying away

and keeping his nose out of my business.

You've got it all figured out, haven't you, Mr. X?

You'd be surprised how well I have it figured.

For instance,

take this television camera.

It transmits over a closed private circuit

to this receiving set.

HELEN: What do you use it for?

You'll find out. Blinky.

BLINKY: Yeah, boss.

You know where I want this connected.

BLINKY: Pier 96?

MR. X: Exactly.

Now get going, fast.

Now, we'll give him 10 minutes' start,

then we'll put the second step of my plan into operation.

What step is that, boss?

We phone Perry White, publisher of the Daily Planet.

Yes. Yes, I see. Oh, really?

You think there might be a story in it, eh?

Well, excuse me just a moment, please.

Olsen?

Come in here a moment, please. I have an assignment for you.

Bring Miss Lane with you.

JIMMY: Yes, sir. On the double.

Now, you were saying?

Yes.

Pier 96, eh?

Okay. I've got it.

Well, thank you very much. Thanks for calling. Goodbye.

You sent for us, chief?

Yes, uh, what do you know about Pier 96 down at the harbor?

Pier 96? Well, it's one pier beyond Pier 95.

Well, that's a big help.

Pier 96. Isn't that the one they haven't used

for the past two or three years?

Right.

Have you heard about anyone

parking a bathysphere down there recently?

Well, don't look at me. I didn't park it there.

What is a bathysphere? Something you take a bath in?

It's a diving bell, you blockhead.

You go under the water in it

so you can study the floor of the ocean.

I do.

Oh, no, I don't. Not me.

No one's asking you to.

I just want you and Miss Lane

to go down there and look it over.

I've had an anonymous phone call.

We might find an interesting story in it.

Oh, wait a minute. I think I'll go with you.

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This will be one of the biggest and most daring robberies

this city has ever seen.

Three million dollars just like that.

But why are you telling me all this?

Because you'll never repeat it.

Look, boss.

Blinky's got his TV camera switched on.

So he has. So he has.

Well, well, well.

We are in luck.

My phone call to Perry White worked better than I thought.

What do you mean?

Well, he not only sent the two reporters to Pier 96,

he went there himself.

Now we'll start the third step of my plan.

Hey, look, boss.

That Olsen punk,

he don't wanna get in that thing.

Don't worry. He'll get in.

Newspapermen are noted for their curiosity.

Daily Planet?

Get me Clark Kent.

[RINGS]

Hello, Kent speaking.

What's that? You say you've got Lois and Jimmy and Mr. White?

That's right.

And since all three of them are friends of Superman,

I thought perhaps you might like to warn him

that they're in the gravest danger.

That's what I said, Pier 96.

Not at all.

Glad to oblige.

If I know Superman,

he'll be on his way to Pier 96 as soon as he hears the news.

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We've got to go inside it.

The man who phoned me said

that's where we'd find the story.

What if it starts going down while we're inside?

How can it when there's no one working the controls?

And besides, lots of people

have taken rides in bathyspheres.

All you do is close the hatch, and the water can't come in.

What if it leaks?

For heaven's sake, if you're scared, say so. I'm not.

Come on, Jimmy. Come on.

Oh, all right. I'm coming. Don't rush me.

Oh.

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Miss Lane, come out of there.

All set, boss.

Now sink 'em, boss.

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What's goi'' on here?

We're sinking.

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Superman, do something.

Not while we're still dropping, Miss Lane.

You wouldn't have a chance.

Superman...

this is Mr. X.

You're now 250 feet below the surface.

You'll stay there until I decide to bring you up again.

He not only has your wife in captivity, but us too.

I warn you, don't try anything rash

if you value the lives of your companions

and the safety of Mrs. Superman.

Isn't there anything you can do?

Well, Miss Lane, I could break out of here

and swim to the surface, but--

Then why don't you? We'll swim up with you.

Not at this depth, Jimmy.

The water pressure would crush you in an instant.

You mean we're stuck here?

I'm afraid so, Miss Lane, for the present.

Blinky should be back from the pier at any minute.

You come help me with the dynamite.

You, uh, gonna leave her here alone?

She won't escape.

As you can see,

the windows are barred.

The door has an excellent lock.

Just make yourself at home.

Superman, can you hear me?

I may not have much time.

Is that your wife?

Mr. X and his crime syndicate

are planning the biggest robbery they ever pulled.

There's an armored truck taking $3 million in currency

to the Federal Reserve Bank.

It's coming by a back road,

but Mr. X knows the route and the schedule.

When it crosses the old wooden bridge

over Southport Ravine at 3:00,

they're going to blow up the bridge.

The truck will fall in the ravine and burst open.

The gang will grab the cash and make a getaway.

Superman, this is Sergeant O'Hara.

Do you hear that?

Mr. X and his crime syndicate are planning the biggest--

She called herself Sergeant O'Hara.

Yes, I heard.

So...you're a policewoman.

Yes, and I'm pretty proud of it too.

She was cut off.

He probably caught her giving me the message.

But she'd already given it.

Why do you suppose she started all over again?

Because she wanted them to think

that she hadn't had time to give me the message.

That she was just beginning to talk.

Lucky we caught you before you had a chance

to tell Superman our plans.

Not that it matters now.

Superman.

This is Mr. X.

Too bad your wife turned out to be a policewoman.

I'm afraid she's about to retire from the force

permanently.

As for you and your companions, I regret to inform you

that I have decided to let you stay

at the bottom of the harbor from now on.

That means we're doomed.

Jeepers.

It's the biggest story we've ever had,

and we'll never get it into the paper.

At least you can save yourself

by smashing out of this bathysphere

and swimming to the surface.

Oh, no, Miss Lane.

I've already told you

what would happen to all of you if I did that.

I know, but the water pressure can't crush you.

At least that's the only way you can stop the robbery and...

save your wife.

Blinky should be back in five minutes.

It's time we left for the Southport Bridge.

What do we do with her?

We take her along.

What for, boss?

As a policewoman, she's probably deeply interested in explosives.

I'm sure she'll be interested in what I have in mind.

Interested, not necessarily happy.

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The armored car should be here in exactly 17 minutes.

Then we'd better get busy with the dynamite, eh, boss?

Yes, do a good job.

I'll stay here and keep an eye on Mrs. Superman.

It should be quite an explosion.

Too bad you won't be here to tell about it.

Miss Lane's right, Superman.

No matter what happens to us, you've got to get out of here.

It's a quarter of 3 now.

They're gonna blow up that bridge in 15 minutes.

I know. I know.

If there's only some way to stop them

without sacrificing all your lives.

JIMMY: If you were only on the outside,

you could just lift the bathysphere

up to the surface.

Lift it?

That's it.

Jimmy, you've just given me an idea.

Now, that plate holds the cable to the top of the sphere.

If I can pull the plate off and get ahold of the cable,

I can pull us up.

Of course, a little water may come in,

but I don't think it'll be dangerous.

Let's try.

We're goin' up!

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All set, boss. Good.

Come along. We'll inspect it.

I don't wanna see it.

I said come along.

You too, Dugan.

Expert workmanship. Tie her to the rail.

What for?

You'll see.

No.

Go ahead. Tie her.

There.

I hope that won't be too uncomfortable.

Does it matter?

Not really.

In a few minutes, you won't feel it at all.

I sure hope he makes it.

If he doesn't, it's all up with us.

And your wife.

How about it, boss? Is it time to light the fuse?

How long have you got it set for?

It'll burn exactly five minutes, then whammo.

Well, we'll wait just a few minutes more.

The armored truck is still eight minutes away

with $3 million aboard.

[GRUNTING]

What do you say, boss? Ain't it about time?

You can prepare to light it in exactly one more minute.

Hurry, Superman, hurry!

It's six minutes to 3!

I can feel these wet pants shrinkin' on me!

Now, boss?

Thirty seconds.

[WATER BUBBLING]

We're breaking the surface.

All right, Miss Lane.

Open the door and step out on the pier.

It won't budge.

Stand back, please.

Superman, come on.

I can't, Miss Lane.

If I release this cable,

the sphere will go to the bottom.

But you can't stay there.

I realize that. Now please go.

What are you gonna do?

Eventually, after you get out of here,

I'm going to let go of this cable,

and the sphere will sink.

Then I'll swim to the surface.

Now, will you kindly get out of here?

We'll get a couple of hundred yards away

to be on the safe side.

Now light the fuse.

In five minutes it'll all be over.

[ENGINE STARTS]

Any moment now.

What's the cotton for, Blinky?

Makin' earplugs.

Ooh, I never did like loud noises.

[GRUNTING]

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[TIRES SCREECH]

Stop!

Turn around and take the other road into town.

Hurry!

[AIR WHOOSHING]

Just about time.

Eh?

What'd ya say, boss?

He said it's just about time for the blowup.

Uh-oh.

[FUSE CRACKLING]

[AIR WHOOSHES]

Superman!

Come on.

Now let's go collect our $3 million.

Superman!

I'm sorry to disappoint you, gentlemen.

The only place you're going is to jail.

Eh? What'd you say?

Superman!

Shoot him, you clowns. Shoot him!

I give up.

That's the first wise decision you've made today.

So you see, Superman and I weren't really married at all.

He figured that if Mr. X thought we were married,

he'd try to get at Superman through me.

He figured right, and it almost cost you your life.

That's my job, Mr. White.

And I had to get inside the gang.

You're a brave man, O'Hara.

Golly,

now that you're not married to Superman, uh...

I might ask you to marry me.

If I were the marryin' kind.

Oh, thank you. Thanks a lot, Jimmy,

but I think I'll just wait around

for Superman to ask me again, for real.

Well, I feel I must warn you, you've got competition.

Well, Jimmy, it looks like ordinary fellas like you and I

don't have a chance anymore.

These young ladies don't seem to think

there's anyone in the world but Superman.

BOTH: Well, is there?

[ALL LAUGHING]

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NARRATOR: Don't miss the next thrill-packed episode

in the amazing Adventures of Superman.

Superman is based on the original character

appearing in Superman magazine.

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