In the adventures of superman [ . . . ] looking for someone . Ive been looking all over the boat for you. Why didnt you knock . So i didnt knock. So sue me. What do you want . Doc sent me to meet you. Oh, just what i thought. I got on at quarantine. Is doc meeting the boat too . You know he never goes out. He sent the bus and a couple of the boys. Theyre waiting for us at customs. Never misses a bet, does he . Youre not so slow yourself, registering as madame charpentier. You should have let us know. I could have missed you. How did you get away with it, madame . Is that the bus down there . Thats it. How you taking the stuff through customs . Right on the button. Wait right here while i line up the interview. Do you see any sign of him . No. Think something went wrong . Well have to wait and see. Dont wanna wait too long. Hey. See something . Right by the entrance of the pier. Take a look over there. Intern this place is crawling. Must be some vip aboard. Driver hey, wed better get outta here. Wait. Lets give em a couple more minutes. Theyre starting to come out of customs. Count young man mais oui. Please. You are so kind. And i do not know this country. And i must catch a train quick. And i have twist my ankle. You see that ambulance over there . Sure. You will give this box to them, no . It is serum for the doctor. They are most anxious to get it. Sure. It is a matter of life and death. Ill hurry it right over. Doctor personally. Sure thing. Oh, i am greatly in your debt. Ooh my ankle. Let me give you a hand. Haha. Merci. You are so sweet. It to the doctor. Well, thats what weve been waiting for. The docs inside. Yeah . I dont see any doctor in there. Inside. Jimmy whats the big idea . Where are you taking me . Just a little ride, sonny boy. Wheres fisher and the count . They never showed up. Whos this boy . Hes got what we were sent for. Listen, doctor wheres the box . I guess this is what you want, though i still dont know what its all about. Where did you get it . A french lady came out of customs and gave it to me. She said she hurt her ankle or something and had to make a train. So i took it over to the ambulance for her. Thats all i know about it. Thats his story. Dr. Albrecht quiet. Did this french lady you mentioned give you any inkling as to what was in the box . And i was to give it only to the doctor. Thats why we brought him here, doc. It sounded fishy. Look, my names olsen. Jim olsen. Im a reporter for the planet. Theres my identification. What were you doing on the pier . I was waiting for a friend of mine to get me an interview with a movie star. Sounds perfectly reasonable. Fisher and the count found themselves in difficulties, so they passed the box to the french lady he speaks of. Is something wrong . Nothing. Except that the box is empty. [phone rings] hello . Albrecht yes. Put him on. Yes, what is it . Dead . Yes. Yes, of course, thats correct. Thats quite obvious. Well. Thanks for calling. Give me a moment to think of our next step, franz. Ill call you back. Fisher is dead. What happened . They just found his body on the boat, in a stateroom which had been occupied by a madame charpentier. Madame charpentier . Whos she . I leave it to you. Fisher was dead. He couldnt leave the boat. But out of nowhere, a french lady sends over a box. An empty box. Nobody told us to be on the lookout for a female impersonator. I have only myself to blame for this. I have not yet learned my lesson. In this world, trust no one, absolutely no one. I wish i knew what this was all about. You know too much already, young man. Maybe he hasnt told us all he knows. Thats right. Maybe youd better find out. What are you gonna do to me . I can assure you that is my least concern at the moment. Give me the overseas operator, please take him inside. Get going. Im not going in there. Get going. I want to put through a call to dr. Hans schuman, frankfurt, germany, United States base hospital 991. Whats that . A delay of three hours on all calls to germany . Well, well have to wait. Shall i, uh, turn on the current now, doctor . No. Not yet. May i come in, inspector . Oh, come in, kent. Oh, any news of jim . No. And im really worried. Well, from what lois and that pier guard saw from the gangplank, id say that jim was just up to a little fancy ambulance chasing. Probably turn up with a whale of a story. Wish i felt as easy about it. Any word on that ambulance yet . I, uh, guess id better let you in on the whole story. It doesnt look so good. What did the boys find out . Well, it was a rented ambulance. A phony name, of course. So we dont know where it went, or who or what it carried. Frankly, they didnt leave us a clue to follow. Mmhm. Ive had a feeling right from the first that there was a direct connection between jims disappearance in that ambulance and the murder in the stateroom. Did you identify the victim yet . Hes the only one we know anything about so far. Smalltime confidence man named fisher. Heres his picture. He used the Health Officer gag to get on at quarantine. What about madame charpentier . , never left her stateroom and completely disappeared after clearing customs. [phone rings] excuse me. Yes. Henderson speaking. I see. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, thanks, bob. Checkup on her passport just came through. Forgery, as expected. Weve got to find that woman, inspector. Im convinced shes the only one that can lead us to jim. Americas a mighty large haystack mmhm. Its perfectly obvious that fisher and that ambulance were on the dock to meet madame charpentier, and probably escort her to a prearranged rendezvous. And she decided to doublecross them. That makes sense. Theres one point to be explained. Why did the boys in the ambulance let her get away . Thats pretty easy. They werent expecting a woman. Thats it. And the woman was no lady. The fingerprints in the stateroom and on the gun were male prints. You didnt tell me anything about that, inspector. Could i have a set of those prints, if you can spare em . By the way, if youre thinking of checking with the police in germany, weve already tried. Did they identify them . Unfavorable atmospheric conditions reduced the telephotos to complete distortion. Were gonna try again in the morning. Tomorrow morning may be too late. There must be some other way. Well, if you happen to bump into superman, he might give you a hand. You never can tell. Colonel redding, in charge of Army Intelligence over there, is one of my best friends. Ill see you, inspector. If you come up with anything, let us know. Those are the ones we took off the gun. Those are clear as a bell. Do you have any identification on them in your files . Nothing remotely resembling em. We also got a print of a full hand from the top of the bureau. Must have leaned on it fixing his hair or making up in the mirror. Im just running off a copy for you. Well, these are all i really need, jake. Well, might as well take it along. Give me two seconds in the darkroom, this fixative dries in. Mr. Kent . Where the dickens. . [ . . . ] hiya, colonel. Clark what are you doing here . Just flew in on a little mission. Sure good to see you. Pull up a chair. Good to see you. Mind if i sit here . Not at all. Thanks. Working kind of late, arent you . Plenty to do over here. Man [over intercom] dr. Schuman to see you, sir. Have dr. Schuman wait, corporal. Jack, i need your help. Name it. These belong to a fellow who sailed from bremerhaven on the 9th. He masqueraded as a madame charpentier. Can you identify him for me . Well, lets take a look at our files, looks like were in luck. Lets see. Thats our man, without a question. Otto von kleben, 35. Formerly count von kleben. Lieutenant, wehrmacht. Captured by russians 1944, repatriated in 1947. Here it is. At present employed as orderly in Us Base Hospital 991. Okay to check with him . Of course. Send dr. Schuman in. Guten abend, colonel. I have a kleine favor. Ach, i am sorry. I did not know you were busy. I will see you in the morning. Oh, just a minute, doctor. I want you to meet. Im sorry. Doctor, this unhealthylooking character is an Old Newspaper friend of mine from the states. Clark kent, dr. Schuman. How do you do, herr kent . Nice to meet you, doctor. Sit down, doctor. Clarks interested in talking to an orderly youve got working here, doctor. The name is von kleben. Otto von kleben. Von kleben . Hmm. Ach, i am sorry, but that is not possible. Redding something wrong . Von kleben was discharged two weeks ago. Two weeks ago . As to his present whereabouts, gentlemen. Perhaps i can help you. He docked in the United States this morning. So . Would i be out of turn in inquiring what your interest in this von kleben is . Not at all, doctor. The police found a man murdered in his stateroom. And we have good reason to believe that the murdered man was sent to meet him and escort him ashore. I see. You know the identity of the murdered man . Yes. It was a nazi espionage agent and smalltime confidence man named fisher. Redding name strike a bell . Ach, there are so many fishers in germany, colonel. Doctor, you wouldnt by any chance be able to tell us what von klebens mission in the United States was, would you . Me . After all, herr kent, he was just an orderly here. We have a staff of nearly 1000 people. You havent missed anything around here, have you . I mean, anything of substantial value . What could he have stolen . An xray machine . We have no secret formulas that could have been committed to memory either. Nein, im afraid von klebens business had nothing to do with the hospital. Well, colonel, looks like weve reached the end of another blind alley. Sorry i cannot be of more help, herr kent. My business will wait till tomorrow. Guten abend, gentlemen. That schumans a dead ringer for fisher. Fisher . Yeah. The fellow they found murdered in von klebens stateroom. Oh, schumans been working for us a long while. He couldnt be here maybe he has a twin brother. Well, we could check on it. They look too much alike. Theres some connection somewhere. Whos in charge of medical supplies . Major lee. Okay if we drop in on him . By all means. Hes just across the hall. How are you, colonel . Fine, doc, thanks to your little white pills. [chuckles] major lee, clark kent. Hello. How do you do . Major, have you missed anything in the hospital in the last two weeks. Anything of great value . No, i dont think so. I mean, anything transportable . Well, weve got a Million Dollars worth of radium, if thatll help you. Thats it its no bigger than a peanut, but we keep it in a leadlined safe. Have you used it in the last two weeks . No. I believe dr. Schuman was the last one could we have look in that safe, major . Of course. Come along. Lee what happened . Clark schuman hes locked us in. Redding any phone in here . Lee no. And dont light any matches. Clark anybody hear us if we shout . Lee its airtight and soundproof. Well just have to wait till someone comes down for supplies. Clark if neither one of you moves or makes a sound, ill get us out of here. Is it a deal . Redding what have you been doing, reading up on houdini . Clark absolute silence and no motion for 10 seconds, please. [metal creaking] redding whats that . [metal creaking] clark all right, gentlemen, are you ready . One, two, three well, if it is schuman, evening, inspector. Oh, hello, kent. Where have you been . Oh, over the water and far away. Any progress . Some. Weve located the taxi driver who picked up madame charpentier at the pier. Wonderful. Where did they take her. Or him . [phone rings] this is the answer to your question, i hope. Henderson speaking. Oh, yes, tobey. Great. Yeah, well, lets have em. Santa fe chief. Miami red arrow. Pennsylvania limited. Ah, good work, tobey. Fine. Great. Send johnson in. Henderson madame charpentier left metropolis of these three trains. They left metropolis Central Station at noon today. I have to be going. Hey, wait a minute. Youve got some explaining to do. Listen to this from frankfurt, germany. Inspector henderson, metropolis. Dr. Albert schuman, twin brother, deceased, fisher, confessed that milliondollar radium smuggled through u. S. Customs in speciallydesigned earrings by otto von kleben. Radium consigned to dr. Rudolf albrecht, 444 causeway boulevard. Arrest at once. Credit kent, daily planet, with double play. Signed j. Redding, colonel, u. S. A. Trade secret. Heres von klebens picture. Oh, so this is madame charpentier. Mmhm. I know how you did it. Superman. You can credit him with an assist. Well, i gotta run along. Ill see you. Arent you gonna be in on the kill . Were picking up albrecht tonight. Ill be there. [train crossing bells ring] great day in the morning. Who is it . Superman pretty smart. Hollow lead. Theyve got the whole force out there. Theyll never take me alive. If you dont drop that gun, doctor, youre gonna eat those words. Verfluchter bermensch now what have you done with jim olsen . Give him the current. [cries out] not so fast. Thanks for a very helping hand. Golly, superman, do you know how all this started . No, jim. How . Well, i was waiting on the pier for miss lane to arrange an interview with denise darrieux, the french movie star. Oh, im sorry you missed her. I understand shes very pretty. Golly. [ . . . ] narrator 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 its a bird woman its a plane man 3 its superman yes, its 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, mildmannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a neverending battle for truth, justice and the american way. In the adventures of superman [ . . . ] now, dont go away. [metallic footsteps] baby. Hey, what the . [metallic voice] put up your hands. Youre under arrest. Let him have it. Drop your pistols. Drop them, i say. [alarm ringing] beat it stop, thief. Stop, thief. [muffled groan] here come the police. You cant do this to me. Im Horatio Hinkle of squeen run, ohio. And furthermore, im a graduate of the Famous International correspondence institute for detectives and crime deduction. And, i might add, i graduated cum laude. And i am the duly accredited rural correspondent for the metropolis daily planet. And guard yeah, yeah, i know. And youre also the owner of the tin dummy that wrecked the Jewelry Store and got away with 60 grand worth of diamonds. Dont go making false accusations you know there are slander laws in this state. And guard sure, sure. There he is. Mr. Kent. Mr. Kent. Is that you . Yes, horatio. You can release him in my custody. Mr. Kent, ill be happy to release him to anybodys custody. By gulliver, i knew i could depend on my colleagues of the fourth estate. Take him. Hes all yours. T was nice of you to come. Now lets get hero and get out of here. Hero . My electronic robot. Oh, yes. Well, now, horatio, about that robot yes . Well, theres something far more important. Oh, stop beating around the bush, clark. You see, horatio, the police are holding you responsible for the theft of 60,000 worth of diamonds from that Jewelry Store. Me . Why why, i prevented the robbery. That is to say, hero did. He routed the thieves and they fled, leaving their booty behind them. All except the diamonds. Ratio, youre in serious trouble. By gulliver, ill recover them. Wheres hero . Just get me hero and whats the matter . Well, horatio, thats another thing. Your robot was stolen from the police garage. Good heavens. Good merciful heavens mr. Kent, do you realize that in the hands of unprincipled persons, that robot could be dangerous . I certainly do, horatio. And thats what worries me. Go to my apartment and wait there till you hear from me. But what about hero . Ill be looking for the robot. And so will i. Mr. Kent says. You see, youve been released in his custody. Very good, ill do it. But it goes against the grain to stand idly by. Definitely against the grain. Jim, why dont you go with horatio and keep him from getting lonesome . Stay with him. Okay, mr. Kent, ill take c i mean, uh. Ill keep him company. All right. Come on, lois. We havent got too much time. [whirring] i thought you said that thing could do anything a man could do. It did this morning. Honest it did, boss. Alked. And it even made a grab for roco and me, didnt it, roc . Thats right, chopper. It can see out of them glass eyes. I send you guys to knock off a Jewelry Store, and what do you come back with . Gold watches . No. Platinum bracelets . No. Diamond rings . No. A walking sardine can. Turn that thing off. Its giving me the creeps. This things got wonderful possibilities, chopper. If only we knew what made it tick. Yeah, the only guy that knows that is sitting in the cooler. Maybe we could bail him out. Very bright, knothead. And maybe sometime we could bail ourselves in. [phone rings] they did, huh . Nice going, chuck. Hey, what did you say that name was . Spell it horatio. Hinkle. Standish arms. Apartments. West 30693. Nice going. I owe you a couple of bills, kid. A newspaper reporter, name of clark kent, bailed this monkey out. Chuck tailed em to the standish arms apartments. Well, what are we waiting for . Whos waiting . The eyes are exactly like the lenses of a television camera. Whatever the robot sees is transmitted to the view plate on the control panel. Jeepers. [rings] hello . Yes, this is Horatio Hinkle speaking. You want to get your robot back, mister, and youre willing to pay 100 bucks, you be on the Southwest Corner of 8th and main in 20 minutes. No one with you. You understand . Try any funny business, and well work this robot over with a sledgehammer. Mmhm. Good news . Well, uh, that is yes and, uh, no. That is to say, it just occurs to me an icecream soda would come in very handy at the moment. I wonder, jim, would you mind running down to the drugstore and bringing up a couple . I can order em, horatio. Theyll send em up. Oh. Oh that is oh, yes, of course. Come to think of it, im not very thirsty. Oh, that reminds me. I forgot to show you the new, improved model of my little giant smoke bomb. Its quite harmless, but ive added a new ingredient which causes a momentary mental blackout as well as a visual blackout. Oh i dont care what kent said. Im running a newspaper, not a home for mental defectives but, chief, horatio may be a little ecc a little . yeah. Brilliant enough to get away with 60,000 worth of diamonds. Thats ridiculous, inspector, and you know it. Is it . Then whos got the diamonds . The crooks. What crooks . When the prowl car got to the store, your addlepated friend was there alone with the robot. And he himself said that he prevented the crooks from stealing a thing. Clark now, look. The important job is to recover that robot. Horatios waiting patiently in my apa