All language subtitles for The Adventures of Superboy (1961)

Superboy. It's the adventures of
Superboy.

Incredible boy of steel, powerful,
fearless, invulnerable, only survivor of

the doomed planet Krypton, home of a
race of fine and noble humans far

advanced over those of our own world.

Superboy, whose scientist father sent
him hurtling into the far reaches of

interstellar space in a tiny craft
moments before great Krypton exploded

into a billion, billion fragments,
speeding the spaceship unerringly on its

course for planet Earth.

Where, landing safely, the infant
Superboy was found and adopted by a

small-town couple, Jonathan and Martha
Kent.

And now, some years later, the child is
young Clark Kent, a student at

Smallville High School, where his meek,
retiring manner hides an exciting secret

known only to himself and his foster
parents.

The secret that Clark Kent is, in
reality, Superboy, champion of the

oppressed. enemy of all evildoers,
dedicated to the cause of truth and

justice.

After he completed the filtration plant
in India, Fonda's company sent him to

South America to supervise construction
of a similar facility there.

But Fonda says he's proudest of the fact
that he was in charge of developing the

new water system right here in our own
hometown of Smallville.

That was a very good talk, Donna. And
your father certainly has an interesting

occupation. Thank you.

Our next speaker on my father's
occupation will be Jimmy Drake.

My father

is the doorman at the Arrow Theater,
period.

Jimmy, is that all you have to say?

That's all there is to say.

May I be excused, Miss Gibson?

Well, time is almost up anyway.

Jimmy, let's take this up again at our
next public speaking class.

Class dismissed.

Let's walk home with him, Pat.

Okay, Lana.

Jimmy! Wake up!

I was listening to all of you talking
about your father's jobs and careers.

Well, what can you say about a doorman
at the Arrow?

Jimmy, my father works in a grocery
store. And my father's just a teacher. I

bet your father makes more money here
than mine does.

Your father owns the grocery store.

And your father's a professor.

They both have standing in the
community.

There's Dad now.

They bought him a new uniform for the
premiere.

Big deal.

See you later.

He's certainly being unfair to his
father. What's wrong with being a

theater doorman?

Well, nothing, Lana. Except, well, you
know, he thinks his dad's job doesn't

amount to much.

Well, Jimmy should consider the man and
not the job.

Mr. Drake had to raise Jimmy without
even a wife to help him.

And I think that's a lot more important
than installing an old filtration system

in South America, don't you?

All right, all right. We're going to sit
around here all

day. Why don't you relax?

Gunner and I have to pull this job. You
don't. Yeah, you don't mind if we do a

little planning, do you?

Two-bit movie house and a two-bit town.
The way you guys talked, you'd think you

were going to take Fort Knox. You think
it's Fort Knox when we split up the

loot.

Seen enough, huh? Yeah.

What is it, Jimmy?

What's what, Dad?

Something's wrong.

Ever since you got home from school,
you've been sighing and staring at the

space.

What happened? Did you fail an exam?

You know I don't fail exams, Dad.

I'm just concentrating.

Well, that's just about the most
distracted concentration I've ever seen.

Now, what happened?

What happened, Jim?

This is going to sound terrible to you,
Dad, but we had oral essays in class

today about our father's occupations.

When my turn came, I couldn't find
anything to say about you.

Well, aside from the costumes he wears,
I don't suppose there's much to say

about a theater doorman, is there?

On the other hand, I make no apologies
for being one.

You know, Jimmy, we can't all be
airplane pilots or great surgeons or

builders of dams in far-off places.

Background, circumstances,
responsibilities.

These are factors that put some of us
into ordinary jobs for all our lives.

So we hope for better things for our
sons.

And Jim, between us, we're going to get
you through college into your chosen

profession.

Now when that's accomplished, I'll
consider myself as successful as anyone

you know.

And you know what I'm talking about?

I think so, Dan.

No, you don't.

But you will.

Hey, Jimmy, look at this.

Now, that's not bad for a correspondent
school artist, is it?

Hey, you're coming along pretty good,
Dad.

Well, that's my homework. Now, suppose
you get back to yours.

Why don't you go sit down?

Shifty, will you relax?

This is going to be perfect. All you've
got to do is you're part of the job

right. Just keep Superboy busy.

Just keep Superboy busy.

I'm the pigeon in this deal.

I'm the one that goes to jail.

For three months.

Six months at the most. Now, isn't that
worth 50,000 bucks?

Besides, Jake and me are taking the real
chances.

Suppose somebody should see us.

Suppose they do.

Who's going to know you?

That plastic surgeon guy made you look
like a couple of movie stars.

Yeah, he did do a good job, didn't he?

Mother would never know us.

You boys stay right here, will you? I'm
going to go check on the movie.

$200,000 worth of diamonds.

Smallville has never seen anything like
this.

Like it says, a Rajah's ransom.

What time does the picture get here?
7.30 tonight, along with the producer

and other studio big shots, a hometown
star and $200,000 worth of diamonds.

This picture will do the biggest
business in our history.

Well, I wouldn't want the responsibility
for those diamonds.

Why, Shifty, you're nervous.

Wouldn't you be?

Well, you better not be nervous. Not
while you're shooting that rifle.

Be sure you hit a tie. You've got to
stop him. I'll stop him, all right, if

he shows up.

He'll show.

He comes by here every day, right on
schedule. It's like a train.

I wish I was on one.

There's where you're going.

Go on. Get up there while there's no one
around.

Good luck.

Chief of Police Parker!

She's fired and come out of there!

Chief Parker calling Superboy.

Chief Parker calling Superboy.

What's wrong with the light?

I don't know. Maybe it needs a new bulb.

We'll finish these math problems later,
Lana.

I don't feel like doing any more right
now.

You promised me you'd help me with all
the problems, Clark.

Why can't we do them now?

Never mind, Lana. You come and help me
with the cookies for the church social.

Perhaps when we finish, Clark will feel
like working again.

Well, when the young genius is in the
mood, please notify this eager student.

Come on, Lana.

Chief Parker calling Superboy.

Chief Parker calling Superboy.

Go ahead, Chief.

This is Superboy.

I'm on the Wilton Road about three miles
west of Smallville.

Somebody blasted my tire with a rifle
and it's got me pinned down behind the

car. I'm leaving right away.

Clark?

Clark?

Oh, that boy disappeared again.

Hi, Superboy. Hi, Gene.

He's just been keeping me pinned down. I
don't think he's even trying to hit me.

I wonder why.

Well, I don't know.

I could have radioed for some of my men
instead of for you, but I didn't want

anyone hurt.

Good.

Let's see what I can do with him.

You up there!

You better come out!

Now, remember, Gunner, after you throw
that bomb, don't breathe any of that

sleeping gas. And then cover me while I
grab the stone. Right.

I guess he wants to do it the hard way.

Last chance up there.

Are you coming out?

Or do I come in after you?

Chief Parker from dispatcher. Chief
Parker from dispatcher.

This is Parker. Go ahead.

Jewel robbery at Smallville Theater.

Two guards and employees still
unconscious.

No witnesses so far.

See if you can seal off the town.

I'll be in there as quick as I can.

There he is, Steve.

We just grabbed a diamond display at the
Arrow Theater.

I'll see you later.

Now, before I put the cuffs on you,
let's see how good you are at changing

the tire.

They took my diamonds, my fabulous
display. Did anyone see anything? The

guards were knocked out. They didn't see
anything. Nobody saw anything.

I saw them. Two men in light suits.

Can you describe them any better than
that?

They were just average looking. They
headed east in a convertible. The

license number was PBT-595.

Thank you.

It's the display, a world premiere for
the first time in our history, and we've

lost the Rogers ransom.

I found the abandoned car.

They evidently switched and made a
complete getaway.

No way of telling which direction they
took.

Now, my supervision doesn't do any good
unless I know what the men look like.

Would you recognize either of them, Mr.
Drake?

Yeah, I'm sure I would. Good.

Then let's go down to Chief Parker's
office and look at some mug shots.

But what about my diamond display, my
premier?

What kind of heat do you have at police
headquarters, officer?

Cold furnace.

Why? I'll send you some pretty fair
invitations until we get the real ones

back. May I go with you, Superboy? Sure,
Jimmy.

The two men I saw aren't in these books,
Chief.

You know, Chief, it can't be a
coincidence that Shifty was doing all

that shooting just at the time that
these were stealing the diamonds.

There has to be a connection.

Of course you're right.

Wait a minute.

Shifty Barr.

Let's look him up here.

Sounds fun. Here we are.

Known accomplices and partners in most
of his crimes are two brothers, Jake and

Gunnar Ferg.

You sure those aren't the two men, Fred?

Positive.

No fingerprints at the scene of the
crime. No identification of the

criminals. Looks like we're stuck.

You could draw the two men, couldn't
you, Dad?

Yeah, I guess I could.

I didn't know you were an artist, Fred.

I'm not an artist. He is, too. He's
good. Give him some paper and a pencil,

Chief Parker.

Here you go, Fred.

That was a great idea, Jimmy. But while
your dad's working on it, would you do

me a favor?

Sure, Superboy. What do you want me to
do?

Well, go down to the furnace room and
get me about a dozen pieces of coal.

Coal? What for?

Remember when I told your dad's boss I'd
do something for him?

Yeah? Well, I don't want to go back on
my word.

Get the coal, huh, Jim? Okay.

Say, he's pretty good.

He sure is.

Our friend with the rifle wouldn't tell
you anything when you questioned him,

huh? He wouldn't even tell us his name.
We had to get his fingerprints to

identify him.

Would he take a lie detector test?

Not a chance.

What's more, he knows that we can't make
him take one.

Chief, how long do you think he'll go to
jail for that stunty pool today?

Oh, three to six months.

Worst we can charge him with is
malicious mischief and resisting arrest.

Plus, of course, we could tie him in
with a jewel robbery.

If he is tied in with a jewel robbery
and you can't prove it...

Three or six months in jail is pretty
light for his cut of the diamonds.

That's right.

I'm convinced those are exactly the odds
that he's playing for.

But proving it is another matter.

Superboy? Be right with you, Chief.

Thanks,

Jimmy. Sure.

But what are you going to use it for?

Just this.

As you know from what you've studied in
school, diamonds are nothing more or

less than pure carbon, which has been
subjected to tremendous heat and

pressure. And, of course, coal is
carbon.

So, I subject this piece of coal...

Super pressure.

And in a moment, I've created synthetic
diamonds.

Practically as good as the real thing.

Good enough anyway for your dad's boss
in his lobby display.

As soon as I made a few more batches.

This one's a blonde.

No, I just haven't filled it in yet.
They both had dark hair, like this.

Oh.

Oh, good, good.

Well, make it as accurate as you can.
It's important.

There,

that ought to do it.

Now, take them down to the theater, Jim.

Sure. But I wanted to wait and see Dad's
drawings.

Later, Jim.

These are pretty important to Mr.
Edlund, you know.

Sure.

They're excellent drawings, Mr. Drake.
They sure are.

The point is, do they really look like
the two men?

I'd stake my life on it. Yeah.

Chief, could you have Shifty Barnes
brought in here? Why not?

Have Shifty Barnes brought in here.

You think you can really get anything
out of him?

I don't know for sure, but I think I can
give him a lie detector test without his

even knowing it. How?

Well, as you know, lie detectors work on
the simple premise that a subject's

pulse steps up in spite of himself if he
tells a lie.

Sure. I see.

You're going to listen to his pulse with
your super hearing.

That's right.

Here you come.

Do you know anything about the diamond
robbery?

Do you know Jake and Gunner Ferdy?

Do you

know these two

men?

We don't need him anymore, Chief. All
right, take him back.

He was in on the diamond robbery.

He knows the Ferdie brothers.

He recognized them in the sketches.

So, Jake and Gunner had plastic surgery
to change their faces.

Right.

Now, would you be willing to be the bait
in the trap?

It might be very dangerous.

I'll do whatever you say.

Good.

Now, we'll put these sketches on the
wire to every newspaper in the country.

Giving the name and the address of the
artist.

And you must stay in your apartment.

Don't go out for any reason.

The criminals know that they can't be
convicted by the sketches alone.

But they can be convicted by an
eyewitness. The artist who drew the

sketches. So, eliminate the artist.

You know, these drawings don't mean a
thing.

It's the guy that made them that's
important.

We get rid of him, we get rid of all our
worries.

You're right.

You know, he's pretty good at that.

In fact, he's too good for his own good.

Where'd you say he lives?

Over the movie house in Smallville.

Let's go back there and pay him a visit.

You've been looking out that window all
morning. How come you keep staring at

that old building?

I wasn't staring at it, Lana.

I guess I was staring through it.

Well, you better get busy with your math
problems.

Or does the genius just have to guess at
the multiple choice answers?

You're not discussing the exam, are you,
Lana?

Well, in a way, yes, but we weren't
helping each other.

You may be disturbing the others.

finished, Miss Gibson.

May I be excused?

Well, if you think you've checked all
the answers, yes.

Thank you.

Hello? Hello, Mr. Drake?

Yeah.

I'm calling from the emergency hospital.

Your son has been injured, not
critically, but...

Can you get over here right away?

I'll be right there.

Your kid's all right, but you're not in
the car.

What?

Well, he's still out, all right.

We'll fix it so that he'll stay out for
good.

We'll make it look like a clear case of
hit and run with no connection with us

or the diamond robbery.

They're sober, boy.

Keep going.

Put it to the floor.

They tricked me.

They said they were calling from the
emergency hospital.

That's where they'll be going.

Fred, the insurance company is rewarding
you with a full scholarship for Jimmy at

any college that he wants to attend.

That's not all.

They're offering you a job in their
offices in Metropolis. That may be more

money than you're getting now.

Well, what do you say, Jim?

Should I quit my job and leave
Smallville?

Whatever you decide, Dad.

I'm with you.

Well, then tell him no thanks, Chief.

I like the people here, and I'd like to
go on with my art lesson.

Who knows? Maybe someday.

Superboy, I want to thank you for saving
my life. You're welcome, Mr. Drake.

Lots of luck to you, Jimmy.

See you, Steve.

Students, we'll continue today with our
public speaking class.

Last time, we left off with Jimmy Drake.

So today, we will start with him.

Jimmy?

My father is the doorman at the Arrow
Theater.

But he's the best theater doorman in the
United States.

And that isn't all he is.

He's a brave man.

A kind man.