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Another challenge for the Green Hornet,

his aide Kato and their rolling arsenal the Black Beauty.

On police records a wanted criminal,

the Green Hornet is really Britt Reid,

owner publisher of the Daily Sentinel.

His dual identity known only to his secretary

and to the district attorney.

And now, to protect the rights and lives of decent citizens rides the Green Hornet.

Luck was with us when they got away.

With Casey scanner signal in that fella's pocket let's hope he's leading us right to Mabouse.

The signal is stationary now, he stopped.

It's too bad Casey didn't find out for sure where that truck was located.

Wait a minute.

Something on a police band, I think it's cleared.

This is Major Howard Jackson,

US Air Force.

The convoy under my command was...

taken over and the cargo confiscated.

our position is...

It has come to my attention that despite our understanding police cars have begun to cross into this area.

I warn you,

any attempt to interfere with me will imperil your entire city.

We should make contact with the truck soon.

Rig for silent running, Kato.

From what Casey told us, Mabouse has that truck outfitted with ultra sensitive detection equipment.

Well.

There it is, Vama, my pet.

Enough power to destroy any city in the world.

/For the long/ time coming though, hasn't it?

The detonator has been removed from the Air Force truck, Dr. Mabouse.

Fine.

I have rigged the bomb for remote controls so we're all set.

The truck has been well hidden off the road, it'll never be seen.

Well, I glad to hear you can do something correctly, Shugo.

And I hope your friend the Green Hornet doesn't come too close for his own good.

Tell them to get ready to leave.

Yes sir.

You'll ride with us.

That was our plane that landed on schedule.

Just more than you can say for the Air Force.

Than being early has...

thrown off our timetable.

I think we should stay here a little while longer.

It's no sense unnecessarily exposing ourselves.

Turn on the radar and the monitoring equipment.

See if the area is clear of police.

Yeah, that's odd, but...

we're picking up a strong audio signal, but there's nothing on the radar.

It's coming from in here!

/When did you have the equipment on last/?

5 or 6 minutes ago just before the plane called in.

Were you alone?

Until you and Vama came in.

Vama.

You wouldn't try anything underhanded, would you?

What about you, Shugo?

Oh, you gotta be kidding, doc. Why would I do a thing like that?

Yes, why indeed?

A miniature transmitter.

And you didn't have it with you before, did you?

And you have good friend The Green Hornet has experience in such matters, doesn't he?

Oh no, you gotta believe me, doc, I don't know how that got in here.

Do you believe him, Vama?

Vama has lost faith in you

and that could prove fatal.

We've lost the signal.

Stay on the frequency.

I've turned a volume all the way up.

We may have lost the signal on this side of the mountain.

Radar shows a car heading in this direction at top speed.

Police?

I don't think so, it's running silently.

There's only one car I know of that does that.

I'll make sure the police stay out of the area.

Attention all police units.

Stay at least 5 miles distance from the intersection

of Highway 207 W

or I'll explode the warhead.

Do you think he really might set off the bomb?

He might

by mistake or even intentionally.

There's no telling what he'll do.

We've lost valuable time, Kato.

He knows we on his trail,

his man must have told him.

All the more reason to proceed with caution.

Why did you activate the Hornet signal? You're leading him right to us.

Precisely, Martin.

You must be mad.

Don't ever say that to me.

This is has got to be it, turn it off.

We should be right on top of them.

They must have pulled the truck off the road.

Turn off there.

We have to move carefully, Kato.

Those /**/ is still open.

/Use it/ up to the junction and you go on ahead, Shugo.

Am I clear?

Shugo, I asked is that clear?

Yeah, yeah, it's clear.

Then along here...

A mirror.

And a loudspeaker.

Don't turn around, Green Hornet.

Just throw down your weapons.

Your weapons, please.

It's all done with mirrors, isn't it, Hornet?

I have been an ardent admirer of yours for quite some time.

We should get along well then.

And this can only be Kato.

You've both wandered far afield, haven't you?

When there's action I like to be in on it.

You thought if I drop the ball perhaps you'd pick it up?

Something like that.

If anyone drops this ball, dear friend,

they'll pick us all up

in little pieces.

You'll never pull this off, Mabouse.

Correction,

I already have.

And not only do I have the warhead,

but I also have the Green Hornet.

What about the police?

Your concern for my well-being is most touching.

In fact, to show my deep appreciation

I think I will allow you to act as my stand-in.

What do you think the police will conclude when they discover Shugo in the car with you?

Exactly, my friends.

Their only conclusion can be that the Green Hornet masterminded the entire operation.

What about the warhead?

Gone.

Spirited away by double-crossing underlings.

A neat solution to my problem, wouldn't you say?

The Hornet Sting is aimed directly at the car.

I've set the mechanism so that after it's activated the slightest movement inside the car or on the road will trigger it.

The explosives underneath the car will take care of the rest.

Please, let me go.

After you, gentlemen.

Oh yes.

I know the police are staying a few miles back,

and as soon as we pull out, they'll move forward a little.

But even if you remain as still as statues, they'll be passing through here in a matter of minutes.

And the vibration caused by their car

will be more than enough.

What are we gonna do?

The first thing we're going to do is stay calm.

There's no way out.

Listen.

Kato.

Yeah.

I'm going to fire the rear rockets.

The reaction may jolt the car forward far enough to clear the explosion.

No.

There should be a split second between the time that I fire the rockets and the stingray activates the explosives.

And that instant the car should move away.

What if it doesn't move away fast enough?

It's the only chance that we've got.

When that police car gets in the area, it's vibrations are gonna set off the explosives.

How close is your hand to the rockets swich?

About 3 or 4 inches.

He said any movement would set that thing off.

We're just going to have to risk it.

I'm getting out of here.

Don't be a fool.

I've got it.

Let's take these ropes off and get out of here.

There's a helicopter directly overhead.

Helicopter's given our position away.

Police cars are altering course.

They're staying well back though.

They wouldn't dare stop us.

We should have heard from the plane by now.

Radio them, find out if there's anything wrong.

Kato,

is that old section of the post road still open?

I think so.

I'm gonna take a gamble on catching Mabouse.

There's an abandoned airstrip near the old post road.

That's a good possibility that's where they're heading.

If they are, we'll be waiting for them.

How about your cars?

We're tracking them, but we're holding back according to plan.

We've got a fix in their position right now, we've got a copter right over them.

Now I figure they're heading for an abandoned airstrip.

I say we've got to trap these fellas while they're on the ground.

If they get that thing in the air, we're really in trouble.

What do you think, Colonel?

He's right.

Do your people have information on every airstrip? Old, new and abandoned?

We do.

Can you close off /arieal **/, every possible landing spot,

including that one?

Right now.

Air Force jets buzzed them as they were about to sit down. They can't land.

They have to.

They're not going to land.

Everything was arranged, my plan went off magnificently.

They must land.

It's too late, doc, they've cut off transmission with us.

Who but I could have conceived of

nuclear blackmail.

All the power a man could ever dream of.

Tell the drivers to pull over and stop.

Vama.

Unload the warhead, leave it.

Put it in the brush over there.

I can't have power,

I'll have revenge.

They want the warhead that badly I'm gonna give it to them,

in a million pieces.

You're gonna blow it up right here?

Don't be ridiculous, Martin. Not now.

Not /until we're in/ range.

By the way,

they've lost the game.

When I detonate the warhead

the entire city will be leveled.

Doctor, you can't do it, this isn't what we planned.

It was only to be used as a threat.

I swore vengeance would be mine.

And now, it will be.

Doctor, I beg you, don't do it.

Don't make me a part of it.

All right then.

You'll stay.

Please, I...

I'll go with you.

Oh no,

you're staying,

we're leaving.

Doctor.

Please.

Doctor.

With that jet cover he'll never try for a rendezvous at that airstrip.

We'll have to double back.

It's one of Mabouse's men.

Please, let me out here. Where's Mabouse?

It is no time for that. Listen to me.

You're gonna tell me where Mabouse is and the warhead.

He's gone and if we don't get out of here /while we're here/ we will be blown sky-high. Then we'll be blown sky-high. Where is he?

The warhead's back there in the brush, but he's taken off with a detonator.

Can he set it off by remote control?

Yes.

Can you disarm the bomb?

No, and he's gonna wait till he gets far enough away from here and then blow it.

Exactly what does he have to do to detonate it?

He activates the button and then presses it.

Get in.

Take off, Kato.

Kato, anything?

Not yet.

But even at maximum speed that van can't possibly get away from us.

So we catch up with it

and we have the moment we need.

Rig for silent running.

He must have picked us up with his radar.

He may not have it running.

He must have it running.

No.

I know him.

He's got the detonator, he doesn't care about being followed.

Kato.

Vama.

Out.

And this is how Vama produced those lightning bolts.

What is it?

Looks like a battery, isn't?

It is. It's a nickel-cadmium power cell, and the boys in the lab read its output at 25,000 volts.

You see these wires

ran from a compartment in her belt up to her insulated gloves.

By raising her arms she activated it.

What about the saucer everyone claimed to have seen?

Well, the air force checked that out, it's a large weather balloon.

Mabouse painted it with iridescent paint

and then he reflected some high intensity strobe light of a large mirror onto the balloon.

But how do they faked the crash?

It was just gasoline soaked over a junk metal.

and /all/ the balloon down on the ground exploded it and then

set fire to the scrap metal.

Of course at night it looked like the real thing.

It's getting late, Mr. Reid.

Oh yeah.

You uh...

going somewhere?

Tara Sinclair's birthday, we're going to the /up brah/.

Hey uh...

Why don't you take this with you?

You'll be a sensation.

No, thanks. I could never do justice to...

Vama.