All language subtitles for Adventures of Superman - 06x03 - Divide and Conquer

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.

[���]

I have just come from
the presidential palace.

His Excellency
is in conference

with the newspaper people
from the United States.

Unfortunately,
I left my briefcase

in His Excellency's office.

There was nothing
of value in it, I trust?

Only a clock,
set to go off at 12:00 sharp

and a small quantity
of high explosives.

[CLOCK TICKING QUIETLY]

Se�or White, you do us honor
with your plan to publish

a Latin-American edition
of the Daily Planet here.

I can assure you
of my complete cooperation.

Well, I'm counting on that,
Mr. President.

As I was just saying
to Miss Lane and Mr. Kent:

Your government is a model
of progress and integrity.

You're kind to say so.

Actually, our prosperity comes
from the mines my country owns.

The land is rich in metals.

And you use the money
for the good of the people.

Gracias.

Unfortunately there are certain
unscrupulous politicians

who would like
to put me out of office.

Then they would
take over the mines

and steal the profits
for themselves.

In a very few moments,
Your Excellency.

Yes.

We must leave at once
for the presidential palace.

Now, from this district,
we get gold.

[CLOCK TICKING]

And, uh, down here,
we mine silver,

lead and copper.

You see, we have every type
of metal and--

Excuse me,
Your Excellency.

Chief, I hate to break in,
but we have an appointment

to see the building.
The one for the new plant.

We have all day to see
that building, Kent.

What's the hurry?

We have to leave at once,
sir. I'm sorry.

Would you care to come
along, Mr. President?

No, thank you. I must remain
and sign a few documents.

Then we'll see you later.
Come on, chief, Lois, please.

Clark, of all the outrageous,
highhanded--

I demand an explanation
of your conduct--

Chief, I'm sorry, but we've got
to see that building.

Forgot my hat. You go ahead.
I'll join you later.

Brace yourself.

It should blow up
in a second now.

[TICKING]

Superman!

Look, President Patillo's
office--

He must be dead.

Gracias.
Por nada.

Se�or Presidente,
you're still alive.

Yes, thanks to Superman.

He is more concerned
over my welfare

than certain of my own
countrymen.

We are thankful
that your life has been spared.

But as for Superman...
Arrest him.

Arrest Superman?
He is the one who saved me.

Perhaps it only
looked that way.

Maybe it was he

who brought the bomb
into your office.

Well, but that's for the courts
to decide.

Arrest him.

Stop this nonsense!

I forbid it!

Permit me to remind you:

when an attempt is made
on the life of our president

anyone with him must be arrested
on suspicion, it is the law.

And according
to our constitution,

if you break the law,

you can be removed
from office.

And, just who
would take his place?

As vice president
I would.

I submit to arrest.

If his enemies try again
to assassinate him,

they may succeed.
You must break out of here.

No, no, no.

If I did that,
he'd be impeached tomorrow.

That'd be a disaster
for the entire country.

However, there is one thing
you can do for me.

There's an old friend
of mine back home,

his name is Professor Lucerne.

He's been of tremendous
importance to me

on matters of very grave,
grave consequence.

However, I want you to call him,
or rather cable him,

and tell him
to fly down here at once.

We'll do it right away.
Come along, Lois.

Ah, Professor Lucerne,
do come in.

Nice that you could come.

It seemed urgent.

Yes, it was.
Won't you sit down, please.

As soon as I got
Mr. White's cablegram,

I caught the first plane south.

I just arrived.

Imagine,
you in prison.
[CHUCKLES]

SUPERMAN:
Did Mr. White explain
the circumstances?

LUCERNE:
He and Miss Lane
met me at the airport

and told me everything.

I see.
Then you know my problem.

As I see it,

you're obligated
to stay in prison

to save
the president's job.

And yet you must break out
to protect his life.

And to catch
and punish his enemies.

But how can I be
in two places at once?

Unfortunately,
I wasn't born twins.

Ah, unfortunately not.

But do you remember
a discussion

we once had
about molecular density?

Oh, yes. All matter
is composed of molecules,

and all molecules
are composed of atoms.

Correct.
That applies to solids,

liquids,
gases, everything.

The atomic and molecular
structure of any substance

determines its strength
and weight.

Yes.
Including your own.

I understand.

You are made up
of molecules and atoms.

Everybody is.

Yours happen
to have greater density.

They're packed
more closely together,

giving you
your super-strength

and making it impossible
for you to be injured or hurt.

I see.

Now let me understand this.

If I can expand
my atomic structure

by driving the molecules
farther apart,

then separate them....

There might be two of you
instead of one.
Ah.

Of course if it is possible,
it would require

an extraordinary
concentration of willpower.

Naturally.

But with a person
of your great ability,

I think it might work.

Theoretically,
at least.

Well, thank you. I think
you've solved our problem.

At least,
I'm going to try it.

I must warn you

the experiment
may be dangerous.

If you do separate into two,

then each of you
will be only half as strong

and only half as powerful.

You could be
wounded by bullets
Mm-hm.

and be hurt by your enemies.

Even flying through the air

might be difficult
or impossible.

Well, it's just a risk
I'll have to take, sir.

And there's
one other danger.

Sometimes a theory may work
one way but not in reverse.

If you do separate into two,

it may be impossible

for you to fuse yourself
together again

into one single Superman.

If this happens

both of you might perish.

Well, professor, I'll worry
about that when the time comes.

From the bottom of my heart,
I wish you luck.

Thank you, professor,
and bless you.

Guard, guard!

I'm ready to leave now.

[���]

[CLATTERING]

[SIGHS]

[���]

Don't you have any idea at all
who's behind all this?

I have a strong suspicion
it is Vice President Obreon

who would like
to take over.

He and Felipe Gonzales,

one of my cabinet members,
are like that.

And they are both
ambitious men.

Ambitious
and greedy for money.

But there must be some way
to stop them.
There is.

In a day or two
I shall dissolve my government

and ask for a new election.

That will put Se�or Obreon
out of office.

But it will
put you out too.

Yes.

But it will also let me
campaign for the truth.

The voters can decide

whether to re-elect me
for honest government

or replace me with a scoundrel
like Obreon.

I am sure
he will be defeated.

And I'm sure
you're right.

And you can count on
the Daily Planet

for support up to the hilt.

Gracias, Se�or White.

Lois, we'd better be getting
back to the hotel.

And you're going to take us on
a tour of the mines tomorrow.

It will be a pleasure.

Thank you
and good night.

Buenas noches.
Hasta ma�ana entonces.

Good night.
Good night.

I've been thinking, chief.
Hasn't it struck you as odd

that we haven't seen
hide nor hair of Clark

since Superman
was put in jail?

What are you getting at?

Well,
I was just wondering,

wouldn't it be funny if Clark
turned out to be Superman?

[DOORBELL BUZZING]

Come in.

Oh, hello, Lois.
Hi, chief.

Hello.

I suppose you've been
wandering the streets all day,

dazed by the bomb.

Well, I was a little close
to it when it exploded.

Well, you better take it easy
for a day or two, Kent.

Oh, by all means,

rest your little,
shattered nerves.

Meanwhile, I have
newspaper work to do.

Uh, just what sort of
newspaper work do you mean?

I have an interview
tomorrow morning

with Vice President Obreon.

I would like to maybe trap him
into admitting something

that might incriminate him.
Hm. I see.

Well, thank you
for the interview, Se�or Obreon.

You're welcome.

Oh,
just one more question.

Of course.

If President Patillo
dissolves his government

and calls
for a new election,

would you run against him?

My dear young woman,

I would not dream of opposing
our beloved president.

What in the world
gave you that idea?

Well, I was just wondering.
Thank you again.

Hasta la vista.

FELIPE:
Adios, Miss Lane.

Felipe, this young girl
knows more than she's telling.

President Patillo
must have hinted to her

that he plans to hold
a general election,

as a vote of confidence.

If there is a new election,

he will win by a landslide.

You will be voted
out of office,

and we will never get
our hands on the mine.

Yes, we must act quickly

before he has time
to call for this election.

We must remove him permanently.

But how?

How?

I happen to know
that he is planning

to take Mr. White and Miss Lane
on an inspection tour

of the abandoned mines
at San Gabriel.

As you know, those mines
go almost a mile deep.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

LOIS:
Are you sure it's safe?

PATILLO:
Oh, quite safe,

unless the mountain
fall down on us.

[ALL CHUCKLE]

Shall we go in?

Are you sure the dynamite
is properly planted

and that there is
a sufficient quantity?

More than enough,
Excellency,

to seal off that tunnel
for 100 years.

Then nothing can save them,
nothing but Superman.

Make your call.

X-2-0 calling X-2-1.

FELIPE [OVER RADIO]:
Come in, X-2-1.

Come in, X-2-1.

GUARD:
This is X-2-1.

The prisoner is still here,
your Excellency.

Bueno.

Un momento.

We will give them
a few minutes

to reach the bottom
of the shaft.

Then...

Adios, el Presidente Patillo.

Well, here we are.

Just think, we're a mile
under the surface of the earth.

I'd hate to be trapped down here
by a cave-in.

There is no chance of that
happening, Se�orita Lane.

I hope not. We'd be in a bad way
if our air supply were cut off.

Oh, come, this is what
I wanted to show you.

All right, my friend, now.

I think, Se�or Vice President,
that perhaps

you should have the honor
of electing yourself

to the presidency.

Thank you, Felipe.

Your sentiment
does you credit.

What was that?

Sounded like dynamite.

Oh, no!

The elevator shaft
is solidly blocked.

You mean, we can't
get back to the top?

No, and fresh air
cannot come down to us.

Isn't there any other way
to get out of here?

There is no other way.

Se�or, I fear
that we are doomed.

President Patillo
and his friends are finished.

What a pity.

A terrible disaster.

For everybody but us.

It might still be
disastrous for us

if by any chance we were
to be connected with this.

Don't worry, my friend.

I have already
had rumors spread

that Superman escaped
his prison cell

to perpetrate
this outrage.

His guard will swear
that he escaped.

And since Superman was present
at the earlier attempt

on the president's life,

the people will be all
the more likely to believe it.

Right, now we must go
to the prison

to make sure
he stays there.

If he were actually
to escape,

he might yet rescue
the president.

I shudder to think
what might happen to us,

if such a thing
came to pass.

But of course,
such a thing is impossible.

Of course.

Vamanos.

If they could only dig down here
with some excavating machinery.

It would take days,
maybe weeks.

By then it would be too late.

There is nothing powerful
on Earth to get us out in time.

Nothing.

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING
OVER RADIO]

MAN [OVER RADIO]:
Ladies and gentlemen,

we interrupt this music program

to bring you
an important news report.

There has been an explosion
at the San Gabriel mine.

President Patillo is trapped
at the bottom of a shaft,

one mile deep.

With him are two newspaper
people from the United States:

Se�or Perry White
and Se�orita Lois Lane,

as well as two bodyguards.

It is estimated
their air supply

will not last very much longer,

and I am sorry to--

[���]

[COUGHING]

GUARD:
Your Excellency.

OBREON:
The prisoner is still here?

GUARD:
Yes, se�or.

And I have a strange feeling
about this Superman.

What do you mean?

He does not act
as a powerful man.

The mob outside
worries him.

An angry mob
would worry most men.

But Superman,
a real Superman?

And when I pointed my rifle
at him, half in jest,

he was frightened.

Frightened, as any other man
who could die.

Is it possible Superman
is only an empty legend?

If it is true, he would make
a convenient scapegoat for us.

Come.

What would you say
if I were to tell you

that I am considering
ordering your release?

I would say that you have
no authority to do so.

But I do have the authority,

as president of the republic.

As president?

Yes, yes, my friend.
President.

Unfortunately,
President Patillo

and his North American
newspaper friends

perished at a cave-in
at the San Gabriel mine.

No.

So as I was saying,

I may consider
ordering your release.

My decision will depend
upon whether or not

you are able to break through
these steel bars.

Thank you for the demonstration,
my friend.

You have my permission to leave
whenever you wish.

Open the door.

You see? You can walk out
the front door a free man.

Yes, I can walk out
the front door

a free man, as you said,

right into the arms
of your mob.

Or I can leave
by that window.

I'm afraid you can't.

The bars on the window
are at least as strong as these.

Ah, but I had
some help with those.

Stop him!

[GUNFIRE]

[WIND WHOOSHING]

[GUNSHOTS]

[���]

Well, as Lois Lane would say:

"Boy, am I glad to see you!"

It has been a little rugged,
hasn't it?

Professor Lucerne
was right all the way.

How did you get out?

The vice president

gave his official "okay"
for my release.

Or if what he said was true,
he may now be president.

It may very well be true
unless we do something about it.

That means we have to become
one person again...if we can.

It's a cinch, we're no good
the way we are.

We must try.

[SIGHS]

That we must.

[���]

[SIGHS]

I'm afraid he can't last
much longer.

I don't think
any of us will.

I feel so weak.

Come, come, now,
we mustn't give up.

Help may come even yet.

No, se�or, I fear
it can never come in time.

It sounds
like machinery digging.

It's Superman!

Just take it easy,
folks.

I've just dug
a new tunnel.

The fresh air
will revive you in no time.

Then we'll all go out.

There, this document
places the mines

under our personal control.

From now on, the money
will go into our pockets

instead of
the national treasury.

That's where you
are wrong, se�ores.

President Patillo.

And Superman.

Yes, Superman.

Not only did he rescue us,

but you may be
interested to know

that in digging
a new tunnel to reach us,

he uncovered a new vein of ore
worth millions of dollars,

which my government will use
for the benefit of the people.

And now, you are both
under arrest

for trying to destroy me.

You cannot prove
we had anything to do with this.

We have all the proof
we need right here.

Both your fingerprints
are on this detonator box.

Arrest these criminals!

[BUZZES]

[BUZZES]

[DOORBELL BUZZING]

Must be asleep.

Kent! Where in the blazes
are you?

Well, come in, chief.
Come in.

Don't have to kick
the door down, chief.

I don't suppose you'd be
interested in hearing about

what's been happening to us.

Oh, has something
happened, sir?

Oh, not much, really.

We've just been
in a cave-in,

there's been an attempt
on the president's life,

Superman rescued us,

and we've cabled
the story of the year

to the Daily Planet.

While you have been resting
your shattered nerves.

You wanna hear
something funny?

Yes, sir.
At one time,

Miss Lane had
the ridiculous idea

that you were Superman.

Who? Me?
[CHUCKLING]

Well, I realize
it's pretty silly.

You've been sitting here

while Superman was
in that awful jail.

I-- I do see
what you mean, though.

It's difficult,
even for Superman,

to be in two places
at once, isn't it?

[���]

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