All language subtitles for Adventures of Superman - 03x02 - The Talking Clue

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, number one.
Uh, step forward.

What's your name,
buddy?

Claude James.

Speak up.
We can't hear you.

I said, Claude James.

Where do you live, Claude?

On cloud nine.

Don't get smart, mister.

Where do you live?

Hotel on Eighth Street.

Don't remember the name.

Were you in
the First Continental Bank

last Tuesday afternoon, Claude?

What would I be doin' there?

Tryin' to make a withdrawal
with a gun in your hand.

Not me.

I always deal with
the Metropolis First National.

All right, step back.

Next.

What's your name, buddy?

Which one?

Well, how many do you have?

Several.

Let's just have one.

Lou.
Lou Chambers.

Okay, Lou.
Step back.

Next.

Your name, mister,

and let's have it
so people can hear it.

Glad to help out any time,
inspector.

Hi, Dad.
Hello, son.

Uh, Kent, this is
my son, Ray.

Yes, we met years ago.
How are you, Ray?

Fine, Mr. Kent.

Must be somethin' big up
to bring you around.

Ah, that attempted
bank stickup.

I needed a few extras
to fill in on the lineup.

Say, you certainly
acted the part.

What was that business
about having several names?

Oh, just something to say,
I guess.

Well, all I've got to say is
that Claude James is the man.

Claude and Muscles McGurk.

Well, you can't find McGurk.

And the bank teller won't
identify James, is that right?

That in a nutshell
is the situation, I'm afraid.

Hm.

Why, Bill, I didn't know

you'd taken up voice culture,
old boy.

[CHUCKLES]

That's
my tape recorder.

Dad promised I could make
some recordings

of the Teletype
machine.

I've the only son
in captivity

whose hobby
is collecting sounds.

Sounds? You mean, instead
of butterflies or stamps,

you collect sounds?

It's a super hobby.

Listen, I'll bet even you can't
guess what this one is.

[GUNSHOTS PINGING]

Well, it sounds like shots.

But, I-I can't figure out
what those pings are in between.

It's the sound of bullets
bouncing off of Superman's body.

Where did you get that?

I took him along
in the squad car.

It just happened that Superman
ended up helped us

catch a couple
of crooks that night.

That kind of stuff
is pretty easy to get actually.

The hard things are
the real short, quick sounds.

You mean, like single words?

[CHUCKLES]
He gets them all.

He's got about a million boxes
full of sounds

on pieces of tape
about that long.

If you spliced
them all together,

it might be pretty
confusing, huh?

Well, you mind
if I get set up here

just in case
the machine goes off?

No, go right ahead.

[SIGHS]

If I could only locate
Muscles McGurk.

Is he really
that slippery, Bill?

Well, we think
he and Claude James

have been pulling jobs
around here for years.

But we can't
nail them down.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Come in.

I'm just taking him
to the lockup, Inspector.

But the chief wanted me
to deliver a complete file

on this character.

The officer record said
that you had it.

That's right,
I was studying it last night.

That's what I like to hear:
a cop doing his homework.

Someday
it'll pay off, Claude.

File's in my safe.

Excuse me, son.

[SAFE LOCK CLICKING]

Here you are.
Thank you, sir.

Does it say in there
how I kicked my grandmother

down the stairs
when I was two years old?

Take him away.
Come on.

He doesn't seem
very worried.

Why should he be,
when he's in the driver's seat?

[TELETYPE CLICKING]

What is it?

They've captured McGurk.

Oh, boy!

And I got it recorded
just as it came over.

And I'd better get it recorded
in the four-star edition.

Excuse me.

Well, you better run it
on page one

and hope it turns out
to be something big.

I'll keep after it, chief.

Should be more details
by the next edition.

Sorry we're late, chief.

Just got word
you wanted to see us.

And here's the glue you wanted
from the supply r-room.

[SIGHS]

Mr. Olsen,

I've lived
a reasonably good life.

I've given money to the poor,

taken care of my mother,

kept my shoes polished
and my nose clean.

And now I'd like to ask you

just one simple little question.

What's the question?

What have I done
to deserve you?!

You're just lucky, I guess.

[GASPS]

Maybe we'd better come back
a different time.

Uh, say, next year.

Chief, I'll be glad to pay
for the pot of glue.

No, thank you.
No, thank you.

Get out!

Get out!
Uh, Jimmy.

Jimmy.

I don't think he likes
to be called chief.

Now, come on back
to my office,

and I'll explain
your assignment to you.

What's the matter
with you?

Old maid.
Old maid.

Is that what
we're gonna do?

Sit around here all day,
playin' old maid?

I like it.

But it don't look right.

Listen, McGurk.

I've been to a lot
of movies, see.

And I ain't never seen
a couple of hoodlums like us

sittin' around
playin' old maid.

Okay, so we'll play
something different.

Jack straws?

Maybe you'd like to go out

and have a quick game
of hopscotch.

I don't know
what's eatin' you, Claude?

I'll tell you
what's eatin' me,

that 5000 bucks
we had to put up for bail.

That's all the dough
we own.

You're a very difficult guy.

You don't like old maid.

You don't like jack straws.

Tell me,

how would you like
makin' a chump out of a cop?

An inspector-type cop?

You mean like, uh,
Inspector Henderson?

Uh-huh.

This is the type of game
I could really go for.

Okay.

You want it,
you get it.

Sure.

But how you gonna make
a chump out of Henderson?

Gonna have help.

His own son
is gonna help us.

I keep it in my room here

when I'm not out
making recordings.

I don't know what this has
to do with McGurk case.

It has nothing at all to do
with the McGurk case.

Mr. Kent thought Ray's hobby
of collecting unusual noises

would make a good
feature story. I agree.

Sit down, I'll play you some
of the things that I've got.

I keep all my sounds
catalogued in here.

Now, this first one
is pretty easy.

[LION ROARING]

I know what that is.

It's Perry White
in a bad mood.

Jimmy and our editor had
a little run-in a while ago.

Where on Earth did you
get a lion roaring?

The zoo,
at feeding time.

Try this one.

[AIR WHOOSHING]

Wait, Superman,
he's coming!

[LAUGHS]

Sounded so real,
I forgot it was a recording.

That's one of my favorites,
Superman coming to Earth.

Here's one.

[BELL RINGING]

Sounds like my alarm going off
in the morning.

Mm. The bell
in the firehouse.

Nope. That's the burglar alarm

on Marshal's Credit
Jewelry House.

I got the idea 'cause Dad's
doing some research

on the whole city alarm system.

Now, you'll have to listen
real close for this one.

One tick of a watch?

Or a feather falling
on a haystack?

You've heard them talk
about being so quiet

you can hear a pin drop?

That's the sound
of the pin dropping.

You mean, your tape recorder
is actually that sensitive?

Sure. Why, I can even pick up
sounds that we can't hear.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

That's easy,
it's a door knock.

Only that one came
from the real door.

Excuse me.

Front door was open,
so I came in.

I'm the guy that called you
earlier, remember, kid?

Oh, sure. I'd like you to meet
some friends of mine--

Never mind.

I'd like to make
this little transaction alone.

You heard the man, Jim.
Come on.

Okay, kid.
Get me the tape.

The latest one
you've been workin' on.

It's right over here.

Here you are.

Fine.

Here's 100 bucks, kid.

Remember, mum's the word.

You don't have to worry
about a thing.

Thanks a lot.

It's a pleasure.

I'm sorry for the interruption.

No harm done.
You know, I think, uh,

this may turn out to be
a bigger story than I thought.

What might be?

Your hobby, of course.
Let's hear some more.

All right.

Now, let's face it, Bill.

Ever since I wrote
that McGurk story,

the Chief's been on my neck
for the follow-up.

The D.A.'s working
on it now.

But we can't revoke the bail
or submit it to the grand jury

until we have enough evidence.

And I don't think
we're gonna get it.

But why can't you do--?
[PHONE RINGS]

Inspector Henderson?

Yes?

Yeah, uh, thanks.

What's up, Bill?

There's a patrolman
on duty

at the secret weapons
laboratory.

He thinks there's
some prowlers inside.

How could anybody
break in there

without the alarm
going off here?

I don't know, but I better
go over there. Want to come?

No, I'll see you there
later.
Okay.

[SIREN WAILING]

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I guess that's all we can
get our mitts on.

Grab a couple and let's blow.

We could turn this burg
inside out with these, McGurk.

I'll go out and wire that,
uh, burglar alarm.

You see what else you can find.

All right.

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Isn't it a bit late for you
to be up?

Stay back, Superman.

This ain't no ordinary gun.

Look, uh, I'll show you.

I don't wanna hurt anybody,
Superman, not even you.

But I will if I have to.

I warned ya.

It's gotta hurt you.

It's gotta,
it can melt cold steel.

I guess you'll keep until
Inspector Henderson gets here.

But someone has a lot
of explaining to do.

What am I
supposed to do, Kent?

Even with Claude James
in jail,

there've been five big robberies
in the last five days.

And each of these places,
plus the weapons lab,

has an alarm system
connected directly here

at headquarters, right?
Right.

And each of these systems
has been short-circuited

so it wouldn't go off,
am I right?

Right. And that's what
I can't understand.

Well, there's only one
possible explanation.

Whoever's pullin' these jobs

knows the weak points
of each system.

Therefore, there has to be
an information leak somewhere.

All right, Kent.

I've gotta tell somebody,
so it might as well be you.

Our whole network of burglar
alarms is pretty old.

So a couple of weeks ago,

I got hold of all
the wiring plans.

I studied each one,

looking for possible places
the lines could be shorted,

particularly from the outside.

Right, you did study
electronics, didn't you?

Exactly, so I know
what I'm talking about.

Well, I found
a couple of weak spots.

[CHUCKLING]
I even used
my son's tape recorder

to dictate my report
and suggestions.

I had a secretary type it out
and send it to the mayor.

The plans themselves
and a copy of the report

are in that safe there.

Are you sure
they're still there?

I checked an hour ago,
still there.

But you did put the report
on tape, didn't you, Bill?

Sure, what's the matter
with that?

Well, I don't like
to say this,

but I'm afraid I have
your information leak for you.

Well, all right.
Let's have it.

I don't like
doing this to you, Bill.

I don't like it a little bit.

Hello, son.

Hi, Dad.

What's this
all about?

I don't know.

You better explain,
Clark.

Well, this morning,
Lois happened to remember

something that ties in.

I'll let her explain.

The other day,
Jimmy and I saw Ray

sell a man a spool
of tape for $100.

What's that
got to do with it?

The report was on tape,
remember?
Yeah?

Well, the man that bought it
was Muscles McGurk.

McGurk?

I didn't know he was McGurk.

What was on the tape
you sold to McGurk?

Just sounds,
that's all.

I told you to erase the tape

as soon as I was through
with it.

I did, Dad. Honest.

I wanna believe you, son,
but you make it awfully hard.

Why would McGurk be interested
in sounds?

I didn't know it was McGurk.

Look, I got a phone call.

A guy said he heard about my
hobby and wanted to buy a tape.

What for?

He said he was having
a party and he wanted

to use my sounds for some
new sort of a guessing game.

It doesn't make sense, son.

How would McGurk even know
about your hobby?

I don't--

Maybe he saw it in the paper?
The article Miss Lane wrote.

But the article didn't come out
till the next day, Ray.

Dad, I know how it sounds.

But you have to believe me.

I didn't sell you out.

You better go along home, son.

I'll talk to you later.

[���]

I, uh-- I guess
I better go too, Bill.

I'm sorry.

[KNOCKING IN DOOR]

Come in.

Oh, hello, Bill.

Hello, Clark.

I've been expecting you.

I know you're gonna blame me
for a lot of things.

I only wish there were
some other way to say it,

but all I can say
is that I'm sorry.

Oh, that's not
why I came, Clark.

I'm a cop, you're a reporter.
We both have our jobs to do.

And we both have to hurt people
at times we'd rather not.

Thanks for letting me
off the hook.

Look out there, Bill.

Pretty big town, isn't it?

Too big at times.

Well, what I'm trying
to say is,

somebody gave Muscles McGurk

some very valuable
information. All right.

For the present it looks like
it might've been Ray.

But there are over
a million people out there.

And it could've been
any one of 'em.

Yeah, but which one?

That's what
we've gotta find out.

Meanwhile, the important thing
is that you realize

it couldn't have been Ray.

[CHUCKLES]
No son of yours

could go wrong, Bill,
you know that.

I appreciate you saying that,
Clark, I really do.

Of course, in my heart
I know it too.

I've got to believe it.

Having trouble
believing it?

That's my trouble.

In my business
I've seen it happen

to lots better men
than I am.

Aw, there aren't any better men
than you are, Bill,

and I don't think there's
a better kid than Ray, either.

But the kid could've gotten
himself in a jam, you know?

And even if he is a good kid,
he could've made a mistake.

Anybody can make a mistake.

That's when you gotta really
stand behind him.

I intend to.

Ray could be the wrongest kid
in the world,

but he's still my kid.

But perhaps
it's been my fault.

Maybe I failed him.

Nonsense.

Well, it hasn't been easy
trying to raise the boy

without a mother.

But I've tried, Clark.

I've tried.
And if I have failed--

You haven't failed him.
It's all gonna work out.

I-I'm sure of it.

Well, I hope so.

So in the meantime,

I've suspended myself
from the force.

You've done what?

That's what I came
to tell you.

There's a lot of things
a cop can do,

but arresting his own son
isn't one of them.

[SIGHS]

[���]

Get up, kid.

We're goin'
for a little ride.

A ride? Where?

I guess it won't hurt
to tell ya.

It's a place called Echo Canyon.
Nice and quiet.

You'll like it, kid,
if you behave.

I ain't goin' anywhere
with you, McGurk.

So you know
my name now, huh?

Then you should know
I'm not afraid

to use this
on your old man.

You win.

I've caused him enough trouble
as it is already.

I'd sure like to know
what this is all about.

Where are we goin' and why?

Sure, I'll tell you, kid.

But not with that
machine running.

I don't know
what you're talkin' about.

Then I'll tell ya.

You and me are gonna
take that machine of yours,

and we're gonna go
to a nice quiet place

with all the tapes.

Then you're gonna play me
every one of them things.

What good's that
gonna do you?

Well, if you've got anything
on them tapes

as valuable as what was on
the first one,

I wanna know about it.

There's nothin' on those tapes
but sounds.

Sure, and that's all
that there was on the first one.

Now, I'll take the machine,

you pick up
the rest of the stuff.

Come on.
Let's get outta here.

Come on, kid,
we haven't got all day.

Hey, what are you doin'
over there?

Some of these tape ends
are loose.

You don't want spools unwinding
all over town, do ya?

Okay, okay, but let's get goin'.

When will I be back?

You shouldn't worry
about when, kid,

you should worry about if.

Now, grab your coat.
You might need it.

[PHONE RINGS]

Kent speaking.

Oh, hello, Bill.

What?

I'm sorry.

Of course, I'll be right over.

The boy's gone, Clark.

It doesn't mean
he's gone for good, Bill.

His tape recorder's gone.

Yes, but he took that with him
a lot, didn't he?

Sure, but his whole collection
of sounds is gone.

They were his most
prized possession.

He wouldn't take them
unless he were leaving for good.

It does look like
he's run away.

Yeah, go ahead.
Finish it.

It also makes him
look ten times guiltier.

He didn't leave any notes,
I've looked around.

Well, just a minute.
He did leave something.

What's that?

Just two little pieces
of tape recording.

Hey, they don't tell us
anything.

Well, not yet,
but let's give it a chance.

Look here, Bill.
See the edges?

They're all ragged, like they
were torn off in a hurry.

You think he left them
deliberately?

There's one way
to find out.

We'll go to the office and use
the chief's tape recorder.

Then I'll splice these
onto a new spool and--

And we'll hope
we hear something.

What are we standing
here for?
Let's go.

For heaven's sakes, Clark,

you thread that tape
like a man threads a needle.

It's just
about through, Lois.

There, I think
that's got it.

I thread the two little pieces
on the beginning of a new reel.

Well, turn it on, Clark,
and let's get it over with.

[EXPLOSIONS]

Jeepers, it sounds
to me like--

Quiet, you young idiot.

MALE VOICE [ECHOING]:
Hello.

Hello.
Hello.

Well, it was worth a try.
Even if it came to nothing.

Well, I don't know, Bill.

When a hunch is all you
got left, I say work on it.

Do you still think those sounds
mean something?

An explosion and somebody
saying, "Hello."

I don't get it.

Let's try it again.

[EXPLOSIONS]

MALE VOICE [ECHOING]:
Hello.

Hello.
Hello.

Hello.

Ah, it's no use.
We're up a blind alley.

[SIGHS]

Lois, get your pad
and pencil.

Now, I want you to write down
just what everyone says.

Jim, I think
I'll start with you.

What did those sounds
mean to you?

I told you.

An explosion and somebody
saying, "Hello."

Just a voice.

Chief?

I'll go along with Olsen
on the first one.

But the second one,
I'd say that Ray was trying

to get an echo rather
than just a voice.

And I think you're right
about the echo,

but the first sounded
more like thunder to me.

Lois?

Sounded more like a cannon.

Cannon?

Let's see what we've got.

Explosion, explosion.
thunder, cannon,

voice, echo. echo.

Well, where do we go
from here?

Well, let's try putting
any two together.

And remember, they may
be backwards.

Explosion echo.

Echo thunder.

Thunder voice.

Voice cannon.

Echo cannon.

Voice--
What did you say, Jim?

Echo cannon.

Clark, that sounds
like Echo Canyon.

And that's where Muscles McGurk
had a hideout 10 years ago.

Now this is making sense.
Why don't you all go there?

What are you gonna do?

I'll go to the jail and check
with McGurk's partner.

But never mind about me,
I'll see you later. Go on.

[BIRD CHIRPING]

And what was that one?

Happens to be
a parakeet squawking.

One more smart remark,
and I'm gonna get mad.

Here's one you'll enjoy.

[CELL DOOR CLOSING]

Hey, what did I tell you
about being a wise guy?

It's just the sound of a jail
door closing, Mr. McGurk.

Well, it ain't
gonna close on me.

Jail door closing.

[AIR WHOOSHING]

Hey, what's that noise
I hear outside?

Oh, I don't know.

It's probably the wind.

No, no.

I've heard that sound before.

Sounds like something flying.

That's it.
That's it.

It's Superman.

He's flying
over the canyon.

Superman?
But how could he--?

I don't know, but I ain't
waitin' to find out.

Too bad this is just a tape.

I could sure use Superman now.

[���]

[THUD]

He can't do this to me.

Oh, I wouldn't say that.
Would you, McGurk?

That kid with his sounds.

Some hobby.

You better find a hobby
for yourself.

You're gonna have
a lot of time on your hands.

I bet that reporter Clark Kent
had somethin' to do with this.

I'll bet he did.

Now, if you remember,

this microphone was on top
of this safe

when Inspector Henderson
had to open it.

I just meant to leave it there
for a minute.

Nobody's blaming you
for anything, son.

We've done too much
of that already.

This is the original tape
that McGurk bought from Ray.

Listen.

[DIAL CLICKING]

Did you hear the tumblers click?

Four, two, seven.

I don't hear anything.

How can you?

Oh, uh, Bill and I listened to
that earlier at McGurk's hideout

with the doctor's stethoscope
we found there.

I see, they listened to the tape
with the stethoscope,

counted the clicks,
that gave them the combination.

And Claude dressed
like a janitor,

got into the office
and photographed the documents.

They sure came close
to getting away with it.

It taught me
a lesson.

And I don't mean
about police work either.

Forget it, Dad.
I have.

Incidentally, Mr. Kent,

the next time you get
in touch with Superman,

tell him I said thanks.

I think he's already had
his thanks, Ray.

[���]

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