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00:02:00Thanks, Professor.
00:02:24I'm afraid we've lost the Sonotrone,
00:02:26but at least Vulcan didn't get it.
00:02:27Well, we can build another.
00:02:35I guess Durkin is still puzzling out who Rocket Man can be.
00:02:38We're dealing with a more cunning brain than Durkin's, Professor Millard.
00:02:41It's that cunning brain that's forcing me to hide out in this cave.
00:02:44If we could only find some weak spot in Dr. Vulcan's armor,
00:02:47some effective way of blocking his schemes and drawing him out into the open.
00:02:51What if we publicly announced having created the decimator?
00:02:54You know, using it as bait for a trap.
00:02:57That might work.
00:02:58Vulcan would be bound to try to get it.
00:03:00We'll have to wait till the machine's finished.
00:03:02It is finished.
00:03:03You mean the decimator actually operates without an X-20 relay tube?
00:03:05On a small scale.
00:03:06First, I thought the thromium waves would escape through the condenser.
00:03:09Actually, I discovered they could be transmitted to reduced strength through a coil resistor.
00:03:20With what results?
00:03:22What's this?
00:03:27What's this?
00:03:37Know what this is?
00:03:41I'd say it's manganese steel.
00:03:43Right. One of the strongest metals known.
00:03:47Now, just wait a minute.
00:03:57Watch that steel bar.
00:04:07That sounds the high-frequency thromium waves radiating through the coil resistor.
00:04:19That sounds the high-frequency thromium waves radiating through the coil resistor.
00:04:27Well, here's what's happened to your manganese steel.
00:04:56It's surprising, isn't it?
00:05:03It's not only surprising, Professor, but in the hands of the wrong people, it could be terrifying.
00:05:09Now I have a little surprise for you. I've completed work on the X-20 tube.
00:05:15Jeff, do you realize what this means? We'll possess the most potent weapon of his kind in existence.
00:05:22Can you bring me the tube tomorrow morning?
00:05:24Well, I don't know about tomorrow. Vulcan must have figured out that I know Rocketman.
00:05:29Every move I make may be watched. It might not be wise for me to come here again for a few days.
00:05:34It's bad enough being cooped up here. To have to stay underground like a mole unable to work, Jeff, I...
00:05:39I understand, Professor.
00:05:43Well, I guess the time has come to take Bert and Glenda into our confidence.
00:05:48Jeff King to Millard. Come in, Professor Millard.
00:05:53This is Millard.
00:05:54I'm being followed just as we figured might happen.
00:05:57I'm leading whoever it is out into the back country in a nice, long, wild goose chase.
00:06:00What about Bert and Glenda?
00:06:01They're on their way to the cave in Bert's car. They have the relay tube with them. I gave full instructions for finding him.
00:06:03Splendid. I'll install the X-20 tube in the decimator as soon as they arrive.
00:06:07Right. See you later.
00:06:09Hello, Durkin. Hello, Durkin. Durkin speaking.
00:06:15Hi.
00:06:20Hi, sir.
00:06:21their way to the cave in Bert's car.
00:06:24They have the relay tube with them.
00:06:25I gave full instructions for finding him.
00:06:27Splendid.
00:06:28I'll install the X-20 tube in the decimator
00:06:30as soon as they arrive.
00:06:31Right.
00:06:32See you later.
00:06:35Hello, Durkin.
00:06:37Hello, Durkin.
00:06:39Durkin speaking.
00:06:40Jeff King's playing decoy.
00:06:42I just listened in on a radio communication between him
00:06:45and the mate, Professor Mallard.
00:06:47Mallard?
00:06:48But he's dead.
00:06:49He's very much alive.
00:06:51What's more important, he may be Rocket Man.
00:06:54Sure.
00:06:56Sure he is.
00:06:58Where's he hiding?
00:06:59In a cave.
00:07:01Now listen carefully.
00:07:02He's perfected a weapon he once discussed
00:07:05at Science Associates.
00:07:07It's known as a decimator.
00:07:09What do you want us to do?
00:07:10Bring Mallard and the decimator to me.
00:07:13My directional locator indicates that the cave
00:07:16is in the neighborhood of Hermit Mountain.
00:07:18We'll find him.
00:07:20Swing around.
00:07:21Swing around.
00:07:50Sir?
00:07:51Not from my capacity every day.
00:07:52guru Marad yo.
00:07:52There's noIR.
00:07:53Sure you.
00:07:53Meet me.
00:07:54Here's the position.
00:07:55You've seen an old win.
00:07:56Get out.
00:08:00All right, King.
00:08:09Hold em here.
00:08:10I'll pick up a couple of the boys and head from Mallard's cave.
00:08:12and head for Millard's cave.
00:08:27I can hardly realize you're actually alive, Professor
00:08:29Millard.
00:08:32I have our friend Jeff King to thank for that.
00:08:35Ah, the X-22.
00:08:38Now we can really put the decimator to a test.
00:08:42It might be a long wait, pal.
00:08:58Better take the load off your feet.
00:09:00Yeah.
00:09:02I think I will.
00:09:12There, with the addition of the X-22,
00:09:16I believe this is one of the most deadly machines
00:09:19ever devised.
00:09:22Calling Professor Millard.
00:09:24Come in, Millard.
00:09:25Calling Professor Millard.
00:09:26This is Jeff King.
00:09:28I'll get it.
00:09:29Don't bother.
00:09:30I'll get it.
00:09:32You hear me, Professor?
00:09:35What's wrong?
00:09:36King's broken free.
00:09:37We've got to work fast.
00:09:39Tie up those two.
00:09:40Sit down.
00:09:41Over here.
00:10:09You're coming with us to visit Dr. Faulkner.
00:10:39확인.
00:10:39Respect with drugs.
00:10:41Come.
00:10:42等 him.
00:10:43Come.
00:10:43Please go.
00:10:44Jose動.
00:10:45Come.
00:10:46Let's go.
00:10:46Feel like the Martha.
00:10:47Be sure.
00:10:49Mom.
00:10:49Come.
00:10:49Come.
00:10:50Come.
00:10:50You're coming.
00:10:51Come.
00:10:52Come.
00:10:52Come.
00:10:53Come.
00:10:53Come.
00:10:53Come.
00:10:53You have to HIS事.
00:10:54Listen to me.
00:10:59How do you ever warmth?
00:11:00Come?
00:11:01Come here.
00:11:04Come montale me.
00:11:04Come tall John.
00:11:04Come on.
00:11:06Let's go.
00:11:06Come.
00:11:07Come on.
00:11:37The mountain's melting.
00:11:42Julia, there must be an air shaft.
00:12:07It's jammed.
00:12:08Save Bert and Glenda.
00:12:09They're tied up at the cave.
00:12:19Rocket man, where's Professor Millard?
00:12:22He's all right, but the tunnel is filling with lava.
00:12:24Come on.
00:12:25Hurry, rocket man.
00:12:46Attack.
00:12:47Let's try this tunnel.
00:13:17It's time to cook your head.
00:13:19You'll be afraid of it as soon as possible.
00:13:21All right.
00:13:23Now, we've got to do this tunnel.
00:13:24You've got to do this tunnel as soon as we've got to run the fleet.
00:13:27For more, in the meantime, we're going to take you to the car.
00:13:29We'll walk you at once!
00:13:30Let's ride with the treasure.
00:13:31Let's call her the treasure.
00:13:32Let's try it!
00:13:33Let's try it!
00:13:35Oh, my God.
00:14:05Oh, my God.
00:14:35Oh, my God.
00:15:05Let's try this tunnel.
00:15:16Look, through this air shaft, quickly.
00:15:40It'll lead us outside.
00:15:41All right, King.
00:15:54Now you admit helping Millard create the illusion that he was killed by the explosion in his laboratory several months ago.
00:15:59Yes.
00:16:00Millard knew it was Vulcan who tried to kill him, so he decided to finish his greatest experiment underground, free from Vulcan's interference.
00:16:07And he did perfect the most devastating weapon known to man.
00:16:10But what good will that do man?
00:16:12The decimator was destroyed.
00:16:13That's true.
00:16:14But I worked with Millard on the decimator, and I may be able to reconstruct it with the help of our research notes.
00:16:21Well, if I can be of any help.
00:16:23It's an honor to help you.
00:16:24Splendid.
00:16:25Thank you, gentlemen.
00:16:26For the moment, I'd rather work alone.
00:16:28If any help is needed, I'll call on you.
00:16:32You're not going to leave these things in here overnight, are you?
00:16:49They'll be as safe here as any other place, Bert.
00:16:52This is one of the most heavily guarded buildings in the entire southwest.
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00:17:18にま
00:17:22ああ
00:17:22だい
00:17:25さえ partially
00:17:26もう
00:17:27だい
00:17:28かa
00:17:30ああ
00:17:31R.F.D. 48, Ming-Scholes.
00:17:37R.F.D. 48, Ming-Scholes.
00:17:40R.F.D. 48, Ming-Scholes.
00:17:42R.F.D. 48, Ming-Scholes.
00:17:45R.F.D. 48, Ming-Scholes.
00:17:48Von Strun, so you're Dr. Balkan.
00:17:50R.F.D. 48, Ming-Scholes.
00:17:53Cut out the double talk.
00:17:55Why have you been murdering our best scientists
00:17:57and stealing their secrets to sell to foreigners?
00:17:58R.F.D. 48, Ming-Scholes.
00:18:00Now quit stalling Von Strun.
00:18:02Wait a minute, Bertian.
00:18:08I believe this man is under the influence of an hypnotic sedative.
00:18:10Then maybe he isn't Dr. Balkan.
00:18:12R.F.D. I don't think so.
00:18:14But let's hope he knows who Balkan is.
00:18:15I'll mix an antidote and we'll find out how much he remembers.
00:18:17He better stand by.
00:18:19R.F.D. Right.
00:18:30Here, Von Strum.
00:18:34No.
00:18:35No, Vulcan!
00:18:37Who is Vulcan?
00:18:38Quickly, Von Strum.
00:18:39Who is Dr. Vulcan?
00:18:40Vulcan.
00:18:41He's...
00:18:48What?
00:18:52Jeff, how did I get back here?
00:18:55Back from where?
00:18:57I don't know.
00:18:58I can't remember.
00:19:00We went to Gramercy's for lunch, all of us, after the meeting.
00:19:04And...
00:19:06I don't understand.
00:19:08I was sitting there with a cup of tea and...
00:19:11That was hours ago.
00:19:13Can't you recall anything since?
00:19:15Hours ago?
00:19:17When you came in here, you were repeating the combination to the safe.
00:19:21But as you were leaving, you kept saying RFD-48.
00:19:25What does that mean?
00:19:26Mean?
00:19:28What does it mean?
00:19:30I don't know.
00:19:32I think I do.
00:19:34Vulcan induced Von Strum's hypnosis.
00:19:36Gave him orders to steal Professor Millard's papers...
00:19:38And deliver them to the address on Mink's Shoals.
00:19:40Do you know where that is?
00:19:41Yes, a few miles south of here.
00:19:43And I'll find out exactly where RFD-48 is in the morning when the post office opens.
00:19:47I'm going to deliver these papers to Vulcan.
00:19:50But what about Von Strum?
00:19:52I think Glenda will let us hide him in her apartment, where he'll be saved from Vulcan...
00:19:55And where you can keep trying to revive his memory.
00:19:57Oh, good idea.
00:19:58Come on, Professor.
00:20:00Walk up to the highway and look out for Von Strum. I'll be inside.
00:20:22Professor Von Strum?
00:20:24Hey, you ain't the professor.
00:20:43Professor Von Strom, you ain't the professor.
00:21:13Any sign of the professor?
00:21:33Yes, Von Strom's under guard.
00:21:36I hoped your boss himself would show up at that safe.
00:21:39What are you talking about, King?
00:21:41Dr. Vulcan.
00:21:42I want him.
00:21:43Look around.
00:21:45There's no Dr. Vulcan here.
00:21:47You know where he is, and you're going to take me to him.
00:21:50Stand up.
00:22:12You win, King.
00:22:13I'll take you to Vulcan.
00:22:14All right.
00:22:15Outside.
00:22:16Take it easy.
00:22:17I'll take you to Vulcan.
00:22:18All right.
00:22:19Outside.
00:22:20Take it easy.
00:22:21Hey, Turk.
00:22:22Keep him back.
00:22:23Hey, Turk.
00:22:24Keep him back.
00:22:25I'll take you to Vulcan.
00:22:26I'll take you to Vulcan.
00:22:28You win, King.
00:22:29I'll take you to Vulcan.
00:22:30All right.
00:22:31Outside.
00:22:32Take it easy.
00:22:33Hey, Turk.
00:22:34Hey, Turk.
00:22:35Keep him pinned down here.
00:22:36I'll take you to Vulcan.
00:22:37You win, King.
00:22:38I'll take you to Vulcan.
00:22:39All right.
00:22:40Outside.
00:22:41Take it easy.
00:22:42Hey, Turk.
00:22:43Keep him pinned down here.
00:22:44Hey, Turk.
00:22:45Keep him pinned down here.
00:22:48Hey, Turk.
00:22:49Keep him pinned down here.
00:23:18Keep him pinned down here.
00:23:35Durkin calling Dr. Vulcan.
00:23:37Durkin calling Dr. Vulcan.
00:23:41This is Dr. Vulcan.
00:23:42Come in, Durkin.
00:23:43Your plan backfired.
00:23:44Jeff King shot up instead of Von Strum.
00:23:47He's holding Von Strum someplace.
00:23:49I know.
00:23:50I just traced Von Strum to the apartment of Glenda Thomas.
00:23:53We must get rid of him before he recalls what happened to him while he was with us.
00:23:58Two of my men are on their way now to prevent that.
00:24:01Do you know where Glenda Thomas lives?
00:24:03Yes.
00:24:04I'll be there in time to take over.
00:24:06Switching off.
00:24:18Now, you remember the stranger leading you into the shack.
00:24:24Who was waiting inside?
00:24:28I couldn't see.
00:24:29I remember there were voices, but I...
00:24:30It's no use, Winslow.
00:24:31I...
00:24:32I'm tired.
00:24:33I just can't remember.
00:24:34I'm tired.
00:24:35I just can't remember.
00:24:37Try hard.
00:24:38I'm tired.
00:24:39I'm tired.
00:24:40I just can't remember.
00:24:44Try harder, Professor.
00:24:51Is Durkin the stranger's name?
00:24:54I'm tired.
00:24:56I just can't remember.
00:25:06Try harder, Professor.
00:25:10Was Durkin the stranger's name?
00:25:13Durkin?
00:25:15Yes, I...
00:25:17I believe that was his name.
00:25:19Don't move!
00:25:24Don't move!
00:25:54No!
00:26:12You just prolonged the agony, sister.
00:26:20Rocket man.
00:26:24Here he comes. Let him have it.
00:26:54Let's it!
00:26:56Jesus!
00:27:00You're Phillies!
00:27:04troll
00:28:36You just prolonged the agony, sister.
00:28:43Rocket man.
00:28:45Here he comes.
00:28:52Let him have it.
00:28:54He's dead.
00:28:55I'm sorry.
00:28:56If I could only have gotten here sooner, I might have prevented this.
00:29:03Therefore, it is adjudged that death was a homicide committed by a person or persons unknown. Signed, forthright coroner's office.
00:29:10Those, unfortunately, are the cold facts.
00:29:11Another victim added to Dr. Vulcan's list.
00:29:13Another victim added to Dr. Vulcan's list.
00:29:14Another sacrifice key.
00:29:15If you had only enlisted our help, we wouldn't be faced with these cold facts.
00:29:16I don't see why you or I could have been of much help.
00:29:17But no matter what dangers lie ahead, I am still willing to trust the King's judgment.
00:29:48Thank you, King, for these unfortunate occurrences.
00:29:50I just thought perhaps we might be of some assistance.
00:29:52Let's leave it with the understanding, then, that I'll call upon you whenever I feel you
00:29:56can help.
00:29:57Fair enough.
00:29:58Oh, uh, by the way, King, uh, how are you getting on with rebuilding the decimator?
00:30:02Well, it's a difficult task, Doctor, but I hope to have some results soon.
00:30:05Good.
00:30:06Good.
00:30:12I think he may be very surprised to find out how soon it'll be.
00:30:17By displacing the sonic vibrator, I've been able to reset the safety control.
00:30:21Now, that's using the old head.
00:30:23It's also good to feel that the decimator is beyond the reach of Dr. Vulcan.
00:30:27I wish that were true, but it isn't.
00:30:29Before I can start testing, I must work out a protective shield.
00:30:32What for?
00:30:33Isn't this cave protection enough?
00:30:35No.
00:30:36The visionary material used is thromium.
00:30:38It kicks off ultraradionic waves that are detectable within a radius of a hundred miles.
00:30:46And since I know Mallard was using thromium in his experiments, I devised this radionic detector,
00:30:54sensitive enough to pierce the most powerful shield.
00:30:58I get the general idea.
00:31:00By using this gadget, I can locate the hiding place where King is working on a decimator.
00:31:05Precisely.
00:31:06Look here.
00:31:08This dial will be your guide.
00:31:10Zero point indicating when you are in the area.
00:31:13Looks like a cinch.
00:31:14Up to a point, Durkan.
00:31:15However, I'm sure King has protected his workshop with some warning device.
00:31:20So I just barge in and...
00:31:22You'll use force only as a last resort.
00:31:26Okay.
00:31:27What have you got in mind?
00:31:28Take a motorcycle with you.
00:31:30On the truck.
00:31:31Motorcycle?
00:31:32Yes.
00:31:33And after you locate the hideout.
00:31:45Slow down a little.
00:31:48Hold it.
00:31:49Down that side road to the left.
00:32:03All right.
00:32:04Pull up behind those trees.
00:32:17That's the place we want.
00:32:19Pull up there and stop.
00:32:20All right.
00:32:33Fellas.
00:32:34Get out the motorcycle.
00:33:03Well, we're all set.
00:33:04Someone's at the entrance.
00:33:33Oh, my God.
00:34:03Oh, my God.
00:34:33Oh, my God.
00:35:03Oh, my God.
00:35:04Oh, my God.
00:35:05Oh, my God.
00:35:06Oh, my God.
00:35:07Oh, my God.
00:35:08Oh, my God.
00:35:09Oh, my God.
00:35:10Oh, my God.
00:35:11Oh, my God.
00:35:12I wonder if we'd had a chance to talk to the guy first.
00:35:14Yes, that would have helped.
00:35:15But the camera we conceal at the endless might lead us somewhere.
00:35:18By George, you're right.
00:35:19His photo might be an even better clue for us.
00:35:21Let's get back and see what we got.
00:35:22Right.
00:35:23The decimator, it's gone.
00:35:27I don't get it.
00:35:28That guy on the motorcycle.
00:35:30The oldest gag in the world.
00:35:32He was a decoy to get us away from here.
00:35:34And we really fell for it.
00:35:35Well, we better find out who our visitors were.
00:35:37But won't it take too long to get a print?
00:35:39No, this camera takes a positive picture.
00:35:41We can get a photo without a negative in a couple of minutes.
00:35:43Bring me that test box, will you?
00:36:07Look at this.
00:36:08What's so surprising about seeing Durkin?
00:36:11No, not him.
00:36:12The truck.
00:36:13It must still be in the vicinity.
00:36:14And a police block can't trap it.
00:36:23Emergency.
00:36:24Calling highway patrol.
00:36:26Emergency.
00:36:27Highway patrol answering.
00:36:29This is King of Science Associates.
00:36:32A valuable piece of equipment has been stolen in a truck license 24368.
00:36:37Looks to be about a three-ton truck, steak body, covered with a tarp.
00:36:42We'll spread a dragnet.
00:36:43From the police report I picked up, they've got a full description of the truck.
00:36:48I'll run through them.
00:36:49We'll do nothing of the kind.
00:36:50Head for saddle pass, or Phillips will meet you.
00:36:51Yeah, right.
00:36:52Head for saddle pass.
00:36:53Head for saddle pass.
00:36:54Head for saddle pass, or Phillips will meet you.
00:36:55Yeah, right.
00:36:56Head for saddle pass.
00:36:58Oh, come here.
00:36:59Oh, come here.
00:37:00Come here.
00:37:01That's the electric car.
00:37:02Come here.
00:37:03Come here.
00:37:04Close to the car.
00:37:05We're ag噓.
00:37:06Hey, buddy.
00:37:07I'm not going to drive there, but we are going to drive.
00:37:08He is.
00:37:09Good.
00:37:10Can you?
00:37:11I'm not going to drive the car.
00:37:12No, no, no.
00:37:13No, no, no.
00:37:14No, no, no.
00:37:15You're not going to drive the car later on.
00:37:17It's been a half an hour. We should hear something pretty soon.
00:37:36Or start building a counter weapon.
00:37:38Highway patrol calling King.
00:37:41Come in.
00:37:41Our patrol has just located your truck moving along Abbey Road toward Saddle Pass.
00:37:45Great. I'll take it from here.
00:37:48You stay here in case I need a contact.
00:37:50What can you do alone?
00:37:51I have a fair idea.
00:38:15Here's the detonator.
00:38:16OK.
00:38:17Help him move the decimator.
00:38:18I'll set this up.
00:38:19OK.
00:38:20OK.
00:38:21Help him move the decimator.
00:38:22I'll set this up.
00:38:23OK.
00:38:24OK.
00:38:25Here's the detonator.
00:38:26OK.
00:38:27Help him move the decimator.
00:38:28I'll set this up.
00:38:29OK.
00:38:30I'll set this up.
00:38:31OK.
00:38:32Well, we're all set to go.
00:38:33So will this be.
00:38:3410 seconds after the first guy sets foot in here.
00:38:36From what Dr. Vulcan said, it'll either be Jeff King or Rocket Man.
00:38:39Get the car turned around.
00:38:40All right.
00:38:41All right.
00:38:42Let's roll him move the decimator.
00:38:43Let's roll him move the decimator.
00:38:44That's the end of the decimator.
00:38:45Oh, what does that get to do?
00:38:46Then he'll do it.
00:38:47You'll do it.
00:38:48I'll do it.
00:38:49Well, we're all set to go.
00:38:50So will this be, 10 seconds after the first guy sets foot in here.
00:38:51From what Dr. Vulcan said, it'll either be Jeff King or Rocket Man.
00:38:56Get the car turned around.
00:38:57All right.
00:38:58Now, my friend.
00:38:59Oh my friend.
00:39:00I'll start walking first.
00:39:01Come on.
00:39:02No, my friend.
00:39:03Come on.
00:39:04Come on.
00:39:05Come on.
00:39:06You're ready to go.
00:39:07Come on.
00:39:08No, no, no.
00:39:09Come on.
00:39:10No, no.
00:39:11I'll take that off.
00:39:12Let's go.
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00:42:17Oh, my God.
00:42:47Let's get back to the car.
00:43:13Jeff.
00:43:13Oh, you.
00:43:15You're a rocket man.
00:43:17Yes.
00:43:19I guess this had to happen.
00:43:20I should have guessed it before.
00:43:22But why did you hide all this from me?
00:43:24Professor Millard and I thought it wiser not to tell anyone.
00:43:28We felt the fewer people who knew,
00:43:30the better chance we'd have to unmask Dr. Vulcan.
00:43:32Then that is Millard's invention.
00:43:34Yes.
00:43:35Shortly after he established himself in that cave
00:43:38to escape Dr. Vulcan, I found out he perfected the flying suit
00:43:42and volunteered to test it for him.
00:43:45Well, here it is.
00:43:45I hope it works.
00:43:46We'll soon know.
00:43:48I'll take it with me and test it for you.
00:43:49Well, stay close to the ground for the first few flights.
00:43:52There still may be a few adjustments to be made.
00:43:54Right.
00:43:55By the way, the professor's elected me to move the new rocket
00:43:58to the proving grounds for testing.
00:43:59Oh.
00:44:00Well, be careful, Jeff.
00:44:01That's the kind of thing that Dr. Vulcan could sell
00:44:03to a foreign nation for a fortune.
00:44:05Yes, if personal gain is the motive behind Vulcan.
00:44:08We're not sure of that.
00:44:10In any event, I've had the demonstration model loaded
00:44:12aboard an unmarked truck.
00:44:13It's being kept under armed guard in a small warehouse
00:44:16in town.
00:44:17I feel sure Dr. Vulcan has no idea where it is.
00:44:20I hope you're right.
00:44:22I'll let you know about the tests.
00:44:26That warehouse was where Glenda and I were to meet you.
00:44:28Yes.
00:44:30I had everything set.
00:44:31Then somehow Dr. Vulcan learned of my plans.
00:44:38How's everything?
00:44:43Just fine.
00:44:44The truck's ready and waiting for you.
00:44:45Good.
00:45:08We'll take care of him.
00:45:09Get that truck.
00:45:38I realized the rocket suit was an untried experiment.
00:45:53But with it, I stood an outside chance
00:45:54of overtaking that truck.
00:45:57Glenda and I saw you flying away,
00:45:59but we had no idea who it was.
00:46:02Then what happened, Jeff?
00:46:03I actually spotted the truck from the air.
00:46:08What's that?
00:46:38Hey, what's going on back there?
00:47:08Hey, what's going on back there?
00:47:38That torpedo lands in any populated area.
00:47:41You'll be guilty at mass murder.
00:48:08You'll be guilty at the end of the night.
00:48:13You'll be guilty at the end of the night.
00:48:19The escape from the explosion concussion was
00:48:49pure luck.
00:48:51I'll bet you got another scare when you learned Glenda had snapped your picture as Rocket Man.
00:48:55I was even more afraid when Dr. Vulcan learned of it and sent Durkin to her apartment.
00:48:59He stole the negative and escaped, but Glenda went after him.
00:49:03And you went after her?
00:49:04Yes, as Rocket Man.
00:49:19?
00:49:24?
00:49:29?
00:49:34?
00:49:42?
00:49:45It's frozen.
00:49:47It won't turn.
00:49:53Don't.
00:49:57It's frozen.
00:49:58It won't turn.
00:50:03Don't.
00:50:15Dirk and escape with that microfilm, but later it was destroyed, so Vulcan never succeeded in using it.
00:50:33It all adds up to the fact that someone who's been seated at our conference table is behind all this.
00:50:39Leaving us for the moment with a choice of either Bryant or Graffner.
00:50:44We'll nail one of them sooner or later.
00:50:46It'd better be sooner.
00:50:47For that decimator in Dr. Vulcan's hands, his power for evil is unlimited.
00:50:52Couldn't we trace the machine through its thromium rays?
00:50:55Not if Vulcan is smart enough to develop a device for screening the wave emanations.
00:50:59Looks like we're licked.
00:51:01It only looks like it.
00:51:03I'm conducting an investigation that should tell us very shortly which of the two men is Dr. Vulcan.
00:51:09Jeff King knows I have the decimator, and he'll bend every effort to find it before I can cash in on its value.
00:51:21There is only one answer.
00:51:23Jeff King must die.
00:51:25Yes, but how?
00:51:26We've already tried a dozen ways to kill him.
00:51:28There is one way we haven't tried.
00:51:31I'll arrange for King to be called into town.
00:51:34I want you to...
00:51:50Hello, Jeff.
00:51:51Hello, Glenda.
00:51:52Where are you going?
00:51:53Into town to meet Professor Moore.
00:51:54He phoned that he wanted to see me on a matter of vital importance.
00:51:57You're not going to town with that?
00:52:00Oh, I guess not.
00:52:01Never mind.
00:52:02We'll run you into town in my car.
00:52:04Oh, thanks anyway, but I'll take this cab.
00:52:06Taxi?
00:52:07Bye.
00:52:11Oasis Hotel.
00:52:21Don't waste your time, King.
00:52:37Those doors can be unlocked only from the outside.
00:52:40Like your late colleagues, you have finally been lured into a position for which there is no escape.
00:52:46I'm driving your cab by remote control, watching you take your last ride.
00:53:10Even Rocket Man cannot help you now.
00:53:16That's not right.
00:53:44Let's go.
00:54:14Let's go.
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00:55:07Come on.
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00:55:14Come on.
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00:55:20Don't waste your time, Key.
00:55:34Those doors can be unlocked only from the outside.
00:55:38I'm driving your cab by remote control, watching you take your last ride.
00:56:00Drive alongside as close as you can.
00:56:08We met again in the hustle real quick.
00:56:11That's not necessary.
00:56:28I'll be all right in a minute.
00:56:30We had to get him to the hospital real quick.
00:56:35No, that won't be necessary.
00:56:37I'll be all right in a minute.
00:56:40It's powerful stuff.
00:56:42It's a lucky thing Glenda saw that driver scoot out
00:56:44while the cab was still underway.
00:56:45Yes.
00:56:46Or the Vulcan would have added one more
00:56:47to his list of victims.
00:56:49Quite a contraption.
00:56:50Gas chamber on wheels.
00:56:52Oh, yes.
00:56:53Our opposition, no doubt, is quite cunning.
00:56:55I have an idea this time he may have overplayed his hand.
00:56:58How so?
00:56:59Clues, Bert.
00:57:01Clues.
00:57:02Are you sure that gas didn't affect you?
00:57:04Not at all.
00:57:05I've got a hunch it may have a disastrous effect on Dr. Vulcan.
00:57:08In what way?
00:57:09Fortunately for us, Dr. Vulcan was very obvious.
00:57:12The first whiff I got of that gas, I knew it was fuminol.
00:57:14Fuminol?
00:57:15Why, I thought that was used as a rocket fuel.
00:57:17Yes, it is.
00:57:18But in its vaporized form, it's a deadly gas.
00:57:21Well, where does that lead us?
00:57:22Right back to the lab, where we can find out
00:57:24from what manufacturer that chemical was ordered,
00:57:26and then we'll pay them a visit.
00:57:28That guy has more lives than nine cats.
00:57:30Worse than that.
00:57:31He has the clue to my identity.
00:57:33You mean just because he knows what kind of gas it was?
00:57:36I made the mistake of putting through a personal order
00:57:39for the chemical used in the cab.
00:57:41Then you think he can trace that chemical
00:57:43to where it was manufactured?
00:57:44I have no doubt about it.
00:57:46And even though it is on the other side of town,
00:57:48you may still get there ahead of him
00:57:50and destroy the purchase record of fuminol.
00:57:52Don't worry, he won't get anything that'll hurt us.
00:57:54Where is the place?
00:57:55It's the Hunter Chemical Company
00:57:57at 8th and Hill Streets.
00:57:58Okay.
00:58:03I've got it, Jeff.
00:58:07That's it, all right.
00:58:08Hunter Chemical Company, 8th and Hill.
00:58:11And if our luck carries, we'll know who Dr. Vulcan is very shortly.
00:58:18Right.
00:58:28You won't be very long.
00:58:29All right.
00:58:59Let's go.
00:59:00Let's go.
00:59:29Let's go.
00:59:30No sense risking our necks to get to my car.
00:59:45We'll use that truck.
00:59:46You drive, and I'll cover you from the back.
00:59:59Let's go.
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01:01:59Vulcan? Durkin calling.
01:02:02Yes?
01:02:03I got those invoices away from Jeff King and destroyed them.
01:02:06Excellent, Durkin. Excellent.
01:02:08But I was also forced to take that Winslow character along.
01:02:11Bert Winslow?
01:02:13Yeah. Shall I dump him?
01:02:15No, no. He can be of great use to us.
01:02:18What for?
01:02:20Live bait for our friend King.
01:02:23We must get rid of him before we can use the decimator.
01:02:26What makes you think he'll fall for the bait?
01:02:28Just bring Winslow here.
01:02:30I'll guarantee the King will come too.
01:02:33Hello, Jeff.
01:02:35Hello, Glenda.
01:02:37Any news about Bert?
01:02:38Not a word.
01:02:39Don't you think we should notify the police?
01:02:44King speaking.
01:02:45This is Dr. Vulcan.
01:02:47Vulcan?
01:02:50What is this, a hoax?
01:02:51It concerns the welfare of your friend Winslow.
01:02:54I would like to arrange for his return to you.
01:02:57I see.
01:02:58On what terms?
01:02:59We can discuss those if you come to 212 Beverly Street at 4.
01:03:04Alone, you understand, if you value your friend's life.
01:03:07But how can I be sure if Bert is still alive?
01:03:10You will see him in the window at 5 minutes to 4.
01:03:13Remember, come alone.
01:03:15You will be watched.
01:03:27Bert's life.
01:03:28For whatever fantastic demand Vulcan can pick up.
01:03:30How can you trust him to stick to any deal?
01:03:32He'd just as soon kill both of you.
01:03:33I don't trust him.
01:03:34The only thing I can do is try to outsmart him.
01:03:36How?
01:03:37By getting there ahead of the time set for the appointment.
01:03:39Be careful.
01:03:40I will.
01:03:41Be careful.
01:03:42I will.
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01:04:15Careful of that photo, Sal.
01:04:17It's alive now.
01:04:18I don't like being around this electrical stuff very much.
01:04:21Neither will our visitor.
01:04:24Jeff King should get quite a shock when he walks through that door.
01:04:45I guess it works.
01:05:00You can call Dr. Vulcan now.
01:05:15Go ahead, Durcan. Grow your gun.
01:05:36Now throw it away.
01:05:38Sit down.
01:05:43We'll wait for Dr. Vulcan.
01:05:49Why wait?
01:05:51I'm right here.
01:05:55Bryant! So you're Dr. Vulcan?
01:05:58Yes, Dr. Vulcan.
01:06:01A bizarre name, but it's what I stand for.
01:06:04Power. The power of steel forged into what I believe is right.
01:06:09Sure. The right of a criminal to steal.
01:06:12The right of a traitor to betray his country.
01:06:15The right of a warped mind that works toward the destruction of peace.
01:06:19Now, you've had your say, Mr. Rocket Man, whoever you are.
01:06:23But they're the last words you will ever utter.
01:06:26You came here to save your friend, Jeff King.
01:06:29But instead, you will precede him into eternity.
01:06:32Now back up, right through that door.
01:06:35Back up.
01:06:37And then, you won't be верed at you.
01:06:38Now, you may be with me.
01:06:39In the middle of a hole.
01:06:43Now, you've got a stake in your mind.
01:06:44Now, you've got a stake in your mind.
01:06:45Now, you've got a stake in your mind.
01:06:46Let's go.
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01:08:59Back up.
01:09:23I'll telephone a description of Bryant to the police
01:09:25and ask them to spread a drag net.
01:09:27Meanwhile, we'd better search for Mallard's decimator.
01:09:30Bryant's already shipped it.
01:09:31I heard him discussing some fantastic extortion pod
01:09:34involving the city of New York.
01:09:36That sounds like Vulcan, all right.
01:09:39Bert, look around for some clue as to what his plans might be.
01:09:42Right.
01:09:53I'm afraid we're too late.
01:09:55Here's a receipt for a plane Durkin rented this morning.
01:10:09All right.
01:10:10Thank you, Captain.
01:10:12Two men answering the descriptions of Bryant and Durkin
01:10:13took off in a small cabin plane almost an hour ago.
01:10:16New York should be warned that Bryant may
01:10:17use the decimator in his extortion plot.
01:10:19I can still beat Bryant during an airliner.
01:10:21Not without me.
01:10:22Nor me.
01:10:22This could be the scoop of my career.
01:10:24Let's go.
01:10:49I have actually seen the sonic decimator begin to turn a mountain of stone into a sea of molten lava.
01:11:04Well, there are many mountains of stone standing in New York City.
01:11:07And on your recommendation, the finest police force in the land
01:11:10has been covering every point of entry for three hours,
01:11:12even though I still believe it's a hoax.
01:11:17Excuse me, sir.
01:11:18This just arrived by special delivery.
01:11:22Perhaps you weren't unduly alarmed.
01:11:24Listen to this.
01:11:26Yours is the wealthiest city in the world.
01:11:29I want that wealth.
01:11:30If you fail to meet my billion-dollar ransom demand,
01:11:34by Wednesday at 2 p.m., I will destroy New York City.
01:11:37Announce your decision by radio broadcast,
01:11:40and you will receive instructions for delivery of the ransom.
01:11:43It's signed, Dr. Vulcan.
01:11:45What a man's a maniac.
01:11:46Yes, but a very dangerous maniac, sir.
01:11:49Perhaps you should broadcast an offer to compromise.
01:11:52Compromise?
01:11:53Place the greatest city in the world in the hands of one murdering blackmailer?
01:11:56Never.
01:11:57Telephone the police commissioner.
01:11:59Tell him to call out all reserves and volunteers.
01:12:02I want them to comb every neighborhood,
01:12:04every building, every room in the city.
01:12:06I want them to find this madman who calls himself Dr. Vulcan.
01:12:17Jeff King probably has every cop in the country looking for us by now.
01:12:21They won't find us on Fisherman's Island.
01:12:24Just where is this Fisherman's Island?
01:12:26Oh, about 300 miles off New York Harbor.
01:12:30Still can't figure out how you're going to use the decimator.
01:12:51Still can't figure out how you're going to use the decimator.
01:12:56You say it only has a range of 200 miles?
01:12:58Yes.
01:12:59Well, New York is 300 miles away.
01:13:02Come, Durkan.
01:13:03Look at this chart.
01:13:04There, on the ocean floor, midway between here and New York Harbor,
01:13:11lies the great Amsterdam fort.
01:13:14A volcanic fissure opening into the subterranean fires miles below the city of New York.
01:13:20Now, erosion has sealed up this bed.
01:13:23But the decimator, when trained upon it, will smash through
01:13:27and bring about the worst earthquake and tidal wave in the history of America
01:13:31unless my ransom demands are met by 2 o'clock today.
01:13:37Nearly half the city covered.
01:13:39Not a single lead to Dr. Vulcan or the decimator.
01:13:42And it's almost 2 o'clock.
01:13:43My detector hasn't picked up any thromium impulses.
01:13:46If the decimator is beyond its range of 250 miles,
01:13:50I don't think Bryant can inflict any serious damage.
01:13:54Well, I certainly hope you're right.
01:13:56It's 2 o'clock.
01:13:57The time is up.
01:14:16Yes?
01:14:19What?
01:14:21The Naval Observatory?
01:14:24Stand by for orders.
01:14:26The Naval Observatory is reporting sudden giant waves moving in on the harbor
01:14:29from approximately 300 miles southeast of here.
01:14:31Why, they'd no warning whatsoever.
01:14:33Do you think Millard's decimator could cause a thing like...
01:14:35What was that?
01:14:38It felt like an earth tremor.
01:14:41Let's have a look at the chart.
01:14:46The Amsterdam Fault.
01:14:49That's between here and Fisherman's Island.
01:14:51And I'll bet that's where Vulcan has the decimator.
01:14:55I advise you to order the evacuation of the city immediately.
01:14:58And tell them to begin with the harbor district.
01:15:01All citizens' attention.
01:15:03New York City must be evacuated at once.
01:15:06Proceed in an orderly manner toward the Westchester hills.
01:15:10All members of the police and fire departments on leave or off duty
01:15:13will report immediately to their precinct and company commands.
01:15:16This is urgent.
01:15:18What's the delay?
01:15:19Why don't they put me on the air?
01:15:21They're trying to clear a channel for you.
01:15:22Some of the relays have been disrupted.
01:15:24They've got to put me through.
01:15:25This appeal to Dr. Vulcan may be our last chance to save the city.
01:15:30Vulcan suits downstairs in my car.
01:15:32I'm going to fly to Fisherman's Island.
01:15:33And if Bryant is there, I'll try a little personal persuasion.
01:15:37It might work, Jeff.
01:15:38Nothing else will.
01:15:39Burke, you better stand watch here.
01:15:47Right, Jeff.
01:16:09Stand by.
01:16:11You're on in ten seconds.
01:16:22It's dead.
01:16:23You can't even pay Vulcan to stop now.
01:16:26There's only one hope.
01:16:28A squad on the bombers from the Army Air Base
01:16:29may be able to blast Fisherman's Island right off the map.
01:16:39You're on in ten seconds.
01:17:09A squad on the Army Air Base
01:17:39A squad on the army Air Base
01:17:56A squad on the Mihatter's Island right off the ship.
01:18:00A squad, sir.
01:18:01A squad on the Army Air Base
01:18:04Oh, my God.
01:18:34Oh, my God.
01:19:04Oh, my God.
01:19:34You know, it's a good thing I had the foresight to send those bombers to destroy the decimator.
01:19:41But what about Rocket Man? Doesn't he deserve some credit?
01:19:44What's that?
01:19:45Uh, he was just wondering if Rocket Man would remain with us now that Professor Bryant has paid for his crimes.
01:19:50Well, I certainly hope so. But what has that got to do with what I was talking about?
01:19:54Nothing. Nothing at all.
01:19:56Well, then, as I was saying, this fine administration will see New York City rebuilt into the greatest,
01:20:03the most wonderful, the finest city the world has ever known.