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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 1: 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.

[MARIACHI MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKER]

[BELL RINGING]

Buenas noches. Hello.

Will you sit there, please.

Thank you.

Well,

isn't this nice.

Clark, I still don't understand how you got here.

There aren't any scheduled flights

into this part of Mexico at night.

Well, Lois, haven't you ever heard of unscheduled flights?

Oh, what difference does it make how he got here,

as long as he's here.

He can meet Pepe and Carmelita.

Oh, that's right. Well, come on. Let's order.

Um, I'm treating my friends tonight.

I'd like three enchiladas and three fried beans. Gracias.

Sí. Gracias.

Gracias.

You see how I'm learnin' to speak Spanish?

Uh, yes, I do see, Jimmy.

I'd rather hear it in English.

You know, Mr. White sent me here to find out about this burro.

Oh, that's Carmelita.

I think I hear her comin' now. [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[BELL RINGING]

Hey, Tiger, what's with the beast?

Albert, you can't expect me to know everything.

Hi, Pepe.

How's Carmelita tonight?

Oh, she is fine, Señor Olsen.

Buenas noches, Señorita Lane.

Hello, Pepe. I'd like to have you to meet Clark Kent.

He's from the Daily Planet too.

How do you do, Pepe?

Nice to meet you.

I've heard interesting things about you.

[CHUCKLING] Oh, I am not interesting, Señor Kent. It is Carmelita.

Oh? And just why is Carmelita so interesting?

Oh, well, I will let her show you.

Señor Kent, please think.

Just think, how many times

have you been to Mexico in the last year?

All right. All right, I'm thinking.

Carmelita?

[KNOCKING]

Of all times for Carmelita to goof.

Goof?

Well, I just happen to know

that Clark was only in Mexico once last year.

Uh, no.

No, Lois, that isn't exactly right.

You see, there were a couple of times I was in Mexico

last year that you didn't know about.

So Carmelita's right.

You see? That proves it, Mr. Kent.

Doesn't that prove what, exactly?

Why, Señor Kent, i-it proves that Carmelita can read minds.

Isn't that some trick, Mr. Kent?

Oh, no, Señor Olsen.

I have told you, it is no trick.

We will show you again.

If you will think of how old you are, please.

Carmelita?

[KNOCKING]

[CARMELITA KNOCKS]

That's right... 22.

I don't know how you do this, Pepe.

You sure it isn't some kind of a trick?

No trick, señor.

E-ever since Carmelita was a baby,

when I would be doing my arithmetic,

I discovered that she is tapping out the answer

even before I write it down.

Well, if that's true,

I agree with Lois and Jimmy.

I certainly would like to take you to Metropolis with us.

Oh, I-I don't know, señor.

Carmelita and I are happy the way we are.

Well, I'm sure you are,

but, uh, isn't there something we can do about it?

Can we talk it over again, at least?

Oh, of course, Señor Kent.

I-I am making camp just north of town,

right where the road makes a fork.

Oh, all right.

Then, uh, how about late tomorrow morning?

[CHUCKLING] We will be there.

Buenas noches, señorita.

Good night. Señores.

Good night.

Come on. Carmelita.

[BELL RINGING]

Come on.

Go. Come.

Hey, Tiger, I've been tryin' to tell you

they said Clark Kent of the Daily Planet.

He's a friend of Superman's.

Albert, I'm very well aware of that.

Ah, but Superman's got the whole rest of our gang in jail.

If you hadn't figured to take it on the lam when you did,

we'd be along with 'em. But I did figure it,

so not even Superman got a look at us,

much less this Kent.

Besides, Superman is in Metropolis.

Just the same, let's move out of this burg.

What, and lose our golden opportunity?

Why, Albert, we've gone to considerable risk already

and, so far, failed.

But tonight, we've found our answer.

What answer we find, Tiger?

The burro,

Carmelita, and a way to even things up with Superman

and the Daily Planet.

Well, listen, Tiger, all I want's a million bucks

so we can lam to South America before the federals nail us.

Well, I can't guarantee a million,

but I'm sure there'll be enough.

Now, let's catch the kid.

[BELL RINGS]

Come, Carmelita.

Hey, kid, wait a momento.

Hello, Pepe.

Oh, good evening.

How would you like to earn some money?

I mean, some real money?

Oh, señor, there have been others who wanted Carmelita

to be on television,

but we are happy making the little bit

we make in cafés, at fiestas.

Well, I have no intention of depriving you of that.

We merely want a private demonstration tonight

for a special friend of ours.

Oh, I-I don't know, señor. It is getting late.

Well, here, kid.

Uh, 200 pesos. How's that?

Two hundred pesos.

And more, when you've done what we ask.

Oh, it is a magnificent sum.

Well, Pepe?

Señor, we will do it.

Excellent. Come, Carmelita.

Oh, señor, she... She does not want to go.

Now, listen, kid...

Now, wait a minute, Albert.

I'm sure Pepe can handle her.

Well, señor, sometimes she is very stubborn,

for reasons of her own.

But if I insist...

Carmelita, you must do as I say.

Come, Carmelita.

Now, come along.

[CHUCKLING] Señor, now we go to work.

Come on, Carmelita.

[♪♪♪]

You know, you're givin' us a lot of trouble, Señor Luque.

Just because you happen to own the bank

ain't no reason not to give us the safe combination.

All right, don't strain yourself.

It'll be over pretty quick. [FOOTSTEPS]

[♪♪♪]

Señor, it does not seem right,

entering a bank at night.

Now, Pepe, I wouldn't have these keys

if it wasn't all right for me to be here, would I?

I am not so sure, señor.

Well, everything's set.

You're sure he can't hear anything?

Nah, the blindfold covers his ears.

Besides, I got cotton stuck in 'em too.

Excellent.

Now, Pepe...

No, señor.

I think something is very wrong.

Carmelita and I will not do this demonstration

for what you say is a friend.

Not even for 1000 pesos?

We do not need your pesos.

All right, kid, then you do it for nothin'.

No,

we refuse.

I would really hate to see Albert do anything

to hurt Carmelita.

Hurt Carmelita? ALBERT: Yeah.

If I hit her with the car, we might smash our grill.

Señor, you would not do that.

Believe me, Pepe, he would.

Now, will you cooperate?

Sí, señor.

W-we will do as you say.

TIGER: Good.

Carmelita, don't look at me like that.

I could not have you hurt.

You see, Pepe, there's a man behind the counter

who knows the combination.

All right, Albert, get to the safe.

You...? You mean, we are robbing a bank?

Hey, Tiger.

Suppose the old man ain't thinkin'

about the combination.

He will be.

Primarily because it's the one thing

I told him he mustn't do.

See, it's like me telling you

not to think of the word "hippopotamus"

for the next five minutes.

Oh.

Yeah, but why would I go around thinkin' about hippopotamuses?

All right, let her go, Tiger.

TIGER: All right, Pepe, you may begin.

Tell her to wait until Luque gets a chance

to start thinking from the beginning.

I don't have to tell her, señor.

She knows what you want.

[♪♪♪]

[KNOCKING]

Her right hoof.

That means two turns to the right.

[CARMELITA KNOCKS FOUR TIMES]

Which way?

TIGER: Left.

[CARMELITA KNOCKS TWICE]

TIGER: Two to the right, Albert.

[CARMELITA BEATS THRICE]

TIGER: Five to the left, Albert.

That is all, señor.

All right, Albert, try it.

Hey, Tiger, there's at least

a million hippopotamuses in here.

I-I-I mean, bucks.

Well done, Pepe. You may go now.

You...? You mean, we can leave? Certainly.

But don't forget, Pepe,

if we're caught, you become an accomplice,

and they'd put you in jail for at least 10 years.

And Carmelita...

Well, they'd probably have to dispose of her.

I-I would take my chances, señor,

but Carmelita, I-I cannot sacrifice her.

Hey, Tiger, you just can't let 'em go.

Have no fear from them, Albert. We have more important problems.

Like what? Like we need time

to turn the pesos into dollars.

We're strangers here, Albert.

We'll be immediately suspected.

Now, we must find a method to, uh,

to turn the suspicion away from us

for at least several days.

Gee, Tiger, you think of everything.

Thank you, Albert, I try.

I try, Albert. Now let's collect the, uh, ahem, hippopotami.

What's so interesting, Clark?

Hey. What's so interesting?

Oh, I'm sorry, Lois.

Well, unless my Spanish is more rusty than I thought,

we slept right through a real old-fashioned bank robbery.

A bank robbery? In El Pueblo?

That's right.

It says here, "Last night the Bank of El Pueblo was robbed

"of 15 million pesos.

"Señor Juan Luque, president of the bank,

"is being held by the authorities.

"Luque claims he was abducted but could offer no explanation

as to how his abductors got the combination to the safe."

[WHISTLES]

Fifteen million pesos.

Hey, that's over a million dollars.

And probably represents all the life savings

of everyone in town.

[SIGHING] Well, at least we weren't mixed up in it.

All those poor people.

I wonder if there isn't something I could do to help.

Oh, forget it, Clark.

Every time you go off on a crusade,

Superman has to bail you out.

I suppose you're right, Lois.

I suppose... Isn't it about time

for breakfast? [CHUCKLES]

You have already had breakfast.

Uh, Mr. Kent, that was an hour ago.

Well, you're just gonna have to wait till lunch.

Clark and I are gonna drive out to see Pepe.

Oh, that's okay,

but I don't think you're gonna have

[FOOTSTEPS] far to drive.

Oh, hiya, Pepe.

We're just going over to see you.

Won't you sit down?

Señor Kent,

did you really mean that

about taking us to Metropolis?

Why, of course I meant it, Pepe.

We are ready to go, then. I-immediately, please.

What's the rush, Pepe?

The sooner we get back,

the sooner we've gotta go back to work.

We have decided to go,

so there is no use staying any longer.

But, Pepe, these things take time.

I have to get your papers ready and all sorts of things.

Oh, señor, a-at the border,

Carmelita and I can sneak across.

Oh, we couldn't do it that way, Pepe.

Besides, I'd like a little time.

Uh, I want to find out a little bit more

about a certain bank robbery.

Bank robbery, señor?

What bank robbery, Mr. Kent?

The El Pueblo bank, Jim.

Clark, what do you think you could do about that?

I don't know. I haven't had time to give it much thought.

[KNOCKING]

Hey, look. I think Carmelita's tryin' to say something.

Look!

That is the Superman symbol, no?

That is the Superman symbol, yes.

And Carmelita was looking directly at Clark

when she drew it.

Well, now, Lois, that's... That's perfectly simple.

Carmelita knows a lot of things that none of us know, Mr. Kent.

Maybe even who Superman is.

Well, I'm sure there's some logical explanation.

Well, if there is, let's hear it.

Well, uh,

I was thinking of Superman.

Now, he knows I'm here,

and I was wondering what he'd do

about the bank robbery.

And Carmelita read my mind.

She knew I was thinking about Superman.

Well, that figures.

I should have known you wouldn't think

of doing anything on your own.

Señorita, señores,

if you are determined to stay here,

Carmelita and I must leave you now. Adios.

Now, just a minute, Pepe.

A few more days can't matter, huh?

I'm sorry, señor. We must leave.

Look, Pepe, I'm sure that we can work s...

Señor,

I'm Inspector Tomeo.

Inspector? Of the police.

I am investigating a robbery which occurred last night.

Jeepers, we didn't do it.

Uh, forgive me,

but there are very few strangers in El Pueblo.

Consequently, every stranger is a suspect.

Including you, Pepe.

Me?

Well, I can understand that, inspector. Uh...

Oh, my name is Clark Kent.

This is Miss Lane, Mr. Olsen.

And we'll be very glad to do anything we can to help you.

With permission, Sergeant Castillo and I

would like to search your lodgings.

Well, search away, inspector.

That one's mine.

Mr. Kent and Mr. Olsen stay in there.

Gracias, señorita.

Sergeant.

I don't know how they can suspect you.

Oh, don't worry, Pepe.

As Jimmy says, "we didn't do it."

Somehow, I do not like this.

Well, they won't find 15 million pesos in our rooms.

Well, nevertheless,

I do not like the police

to spoil your visit to my country.

Whoever robbed the bank did that already, Pepe.

I am afraid you're all under arrest.

Arrest? You can't arrest us.

Of course, [HANDCUFFS CLICK]

I could be wrong about that.

This is ridiculous. Clark, do...?

Hey, where did he go?

He won't go far, Miss Lane.

But an innocent man won't run.

Jeepers. Wait till the chief hears about this.

Ooh, If we ever get out of here,

I think we'd be better off staying in Mexico.

Believe me, if I had done it,

I would confess to see you go free.

But I would never rob a bank,

especially my own bank.

Oh, we don't think you did it, Señor Luque.

We didn't think we did it, either,

and look at us.

Well, at least they didn't arrest Pepe.

[SIGHS] That would be the last straw,

thinking he was involved in it.

I wonder where Mr. Kent is.

Oh, he's probably trembling

behind some cactus bush. [SIGHS]

Señor Superman!

Inspector.

I understand some friends of mine are in a little trouble.

You mean the newspaper people?

Yes, forgive my butting in, inspector, but it's impossible

these people could have had any connection with the robbery.

Señor Superman,

even in Mexico, your words mean a great deal.

But 10,000 of the stolen pesos was found

in Mr. Kent's bungalow.

He must have known we'd find it,

or he would not have run away.

Well, I'm afraid, inspector,

we'll have to let the, uh, good Mr. Kent account

for his actions a little later.

However, I would like to work on the case.

It would be a great pleasure, Señor Superman.

Well, thank you very much.

Now I'd like every scrap of evidence you have.

Well, there is not too much.

To begin with, Señor Luque is the president and owner

of the Bank of El Pueblo.

[♪♪♪]

Señorita Lane.

Señor Olsen.

Hey, it's Pepe. Hey.

Pepe, what are you doing here?

I have to come to help you escape.

You shouldn't get involved in this.

Señorita, I am already involved.

Carmelita and I, we helped rob the bank.

Jeepers, Pepe,

you don't have to take the rap for us.

No, it is true. We were forced to.

But I will explain later. Now you must escape.

Ooh, I don't know if we should or not.

Oh, well, I'll do anything to get outta here.

Catch, Señor Olsen.

Throw it up, Señor Pepe.

Tie it around the bars, señor.

Jeepers. I hope they don't pull

the whole jail down on us.

No, señor.

We just pull out the wall, I hope.

Well, if you're gonna break outta jail,

nothing like doing it in broad daylight, I always say.

Now, Carmelita.

In the name of justice, pull.

Pull! Come, Carmelita.

I fear that my career

as a trusted bank president

is over.

[GRUNTING] Pull! Pull!

Hurry up.

Right down there, through the alley.

Come, Carmelita.

I'm afraid you'll have to come along with us.

Fortunately, Albert and I just happened to be passing by.

We warned you not to tell anyone, Pepe.

Where are you taking us?

We have a nice little spot all picked out for you.

Over this way, please.

Come on.

Don't worry, Carmelita.

I'll find you.

Yeah. Hey, Tiger, what about the burro?

Leave her. After all, she can't talk.

Ah.

That's all I can tell you, Señor Superman,

except the serial numbers prove this money came from a bank.

Oh, there's no question about that.

But could that money have been planted there

by the real thieves

to sort of confuse the police

while they made good their escape?

That's a possibility.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

What's that?

[♪♪♪]

I don't know how this animal got in,

but he seems to know you.

[CHUCKLES] You might be right at that.

Carmelita, did you want to tell me something?

Oh.

Well, is it about, uh, Pepe

and Lois and Jimmy?

Hm.

Are they in danger, Carmelita?

Inspector,

I think we better get down

to your jail right away.

Come on, Carmelita.

[♪♪♪]

LOIS: Whatever you're doing,

you don't think you'll get away with it, do you?

Of course.

Does that answer your question?

Well, I guess so, Jim.

I can even tell ya how it works.

This pipe is a natural-gas line still in construction.

Go ahead, Albert.

Light it.

Do not understand.

I hope. TIGER: You will.

As you see, there is very little pressure now,

but when we open the main valve a mile down the line...

[GRUNTS] The pressure will build up,

there'll be a big explosion,

your ropes'll burn away.

No evidence.

Looks like you got caught

in a gas-line explosion, that's all.

ALBERT: He's clever, ain't he?

Come along, Albert.

I just remembered something, Miss Lane.

What, Jim? We promised the chief

we'd stay outta trouble.

[SCOFFS]

[♪♪♪]

They have escaped. All of them.

Your friends must have been in league

with the bank president.

No, inspector, I don't think so.

Carmelita.

Carmelita, did you have anything to do

with pulling that wall down?

Oh, you did.

Did, uh, our friends escape by themselves?

They didn't.

Well, uh, did those other two Americans

take them away?

Carmelita, were you able to read their minds

and find out where they were gonna take them?

Oh, good.

Now, uh, in what direction

did they take them?

Was it north?

Northeast?

East?

Southeast?

South?

Southwest?

Oh, southwest. Good.

Now, about how many miles from here?

[KNOCKING]

[KNOCKS TWICE]

Oh, that's fine. Southwest, and seven miles away.

Thank you, Carmelita.

Inspector, you better get some men

and get out there by car.

Oh, take awful good care of Carmelita.

Yes, sir.

[♪♪♪]

Open it up, Albert.

After all, we don't want our friends to get cold.

Sometimes I wish Carmelita had never learned to read minds.

Well, at least Mr. Kent escaped.

Oh, of course,

he would.

Oh, look at those flames, Jimmy.

[♪♪♪]

[PANTING]

Ain't that enough, Tiger?

All the way, Albert. All the way.

PEPE: Adios, amigos.

[♪♪♪]

Superman!

Superman. [BLOWING]

I'm not dreamin', I hope.

Oh, you must be.

How did you find us?

Well, you can thank Carmelita for that.

She knew exactly where you'd be.

She was able to pinpoint the exact location,

just as long as I kept asking her questions.

It's a good thing Carmelita can read minds, no?

Oh, it's a very good thing, Pepe.

Oh, uh, Señor Tomeo will be here in a little while

and give you a lift back to town.

Fine. Where are you going?

Well, I'm gonna follow that main line

and see what's at the other end.

Oh, uh, put this out, will you, when I go?

Okay.

[WIND HOWLING]

That should do it, Tiger.

Fine, Albert. Now, I believe...

Something's wrong. The pressure's backed up.

I don't know about you, Tiger, [WIND HOWLING]

but I'm gettin' outta here.

Superman! Superman!

[GUNSHOTS]

[BLOWING]

Even I can read your minds now.

You're both thinking of spending

the rest of your lives in prison.

Metropolis, here we come. [CHUCKLES]

With very little help from you, Clark.

Yes, I'm sorry.

I guess I wasn't much help, Lois.

Carmelita, I'd like to make a deal with you.

If you won't tell anybody

about that insignia with the S on it,

I promise you I won't tell any of my readers

that you're the only bank-robbing burro

in the world.

Deal?

Attagirl.

[♪♪♪]

[♪♪♪]

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.