Batman and Robin (1949) s01e04 Episode Script
Batman trapped
(Narrator) Batman and
Robin pursue the Wizard's men,
who have taken some special
detonators from the research plant.
The chase leads to
a lonely mountain road.
[Machine humming]
[Crackling]
[Crowbar buzzing]
That settles Batman.
Get Robin.
Put him in the back.
We gotta get out of here.
[Truck engine starting]
Bring the boy inside.
He must be hiding
around here someplace.
You two keep on looking for him.
We're going back.
Hello, Evans.
How has Morton been doing?
He don't seem
to like it here
for a man who's invented
the high explosive,
he seems awfully quiet.
How long am I to be kept here?
Until you give us
the information we want
You won't get
anything out of me.
Our leader, the Wizard,
will soon be here,
he'll change your mind.
The Wizard?
Coming here?
Yes, any minute now.
Go keep an eye out
for Ives and Jason
[Stones clacking]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Door closing]
They're not in sight.
Probably still looking
for Batman's pal.
(Wizard on radio) This is the
Wizard speaking. I am ready to enter.
(Wizard)
Morton,
I know that your invention
is more than an explosive,
it is a potential source
of great power.
Who told you that?
Never mind.
I also know that you have
worked out a formula
for harnessing that explosive
energy to machinery.
Where is that formula?
I'll never tell you.
I see I shall have
to persuade you.
Watch my eyes,
relax,
you are tired, Morton,
very tired.
Relax.
[Brakes screeching]
You are now ready to tell
what I want to know.
Nolan! Someone's hiding
in this room!
Look behind those curtains.
[Slumping]
Evans, you stay here.
He's tricked us.
Come, Morton,
tell me where your formula is hidden.
I'll never tell.
[Tires screeching]
[Crashing]
Out the panel.
The Batman's here.
Morton's inside,
and so is the Wizard.
[Door crashing]
They've gone.
What's happened to Morton?
He's got a head injury.
[Wizard cackling]
You're clever, Batman,
but not as clever
as the Wizard.
[Glass shattering]
[Broken glass tinkling]
Where did he go?
He was never there, Robin.
That glass was
a television screen.
He was projected on it
from his unknown hideout.
Let's take a look at Morton.
We'd better get him
to a hospital.
So the Wizard knows
that this explosive
can be turned
into industrial energy?
And he was trying to find out
where Morton kept his formula.
Did Morton tell him?
I don't know.
They discovered me
and I had to get out.
Morton's still unconscious.
We can't tell whether or not
he revealed his secret.
Let's turn on the radio. It's
time for Barry Brown's broadcast.
He probably knows
more about this than we do.
(Announcer) And now, here is
Barry Brown, your favorite newscaster.
(Barry)
Good evening, everybody.
Here's an exclusive flash:
Wesley Morton,
the missing inventor,
was rescued from the hands
of criminals today.
Morton has a severe concussion.
The injured inventor is lying
unconscious in the city hospital,
under police guard.
That's the news
the Wizard said we'd get.
How does Brown
learn these things?
And why does he broadcast them?
Well, maybe he's the Wizard,
giving his men orders this way.
That's an idea.
Now we'll have to
go to the hospital
and see that Morton's
guards are alerted.
How soon will he
be able to talk?
Any minute now. But don't
question him too much.
Commissioner, can I see
you outside a minute?
Why, yes, of course, Bruce.
Did you hear Brown's
broadcast tonight?
No. Don't tell me he knows
that Morton is here.
Yes, and by now
the whole town knows it.
I'll warn the guards.
Stand by inside, will you?
I'll come right down.
Oh, do you mind if I get a
picture or two for my magazine?
Oh, please don't, miss Vale,
it might upset the patient.
What's the use of being
a photographer? Everybody says:
"Please don't take
any pictures."
If there's any trouble,
get back to the car, but fast.
All right.
He's coming to.
He's going to talk, commissioner.
(Gordon on radio)
How are you feeling, mr. Morton?
The radio transmitter's working.
Pretty weak.
Do you remember
what you told the Wizard?
I--I didn't tell him anything.
(Morton) He--he still doesn't
know where my formula is kept.
Well, tell us where it is,
and we'll guard it.
It's in room
In the filing cabinet
in room 521,
in the Markham building.
I'll have some of my men
stationed there.
[Footsteps approaching]
Good work.
I'll turn this thing off.
[Transmitter whistling]
Did you hear that?
Yes, what was it?
[Engine starting]
It came from over here.
It's a small radio transmitter.
Someone's been listening in.
The Wizard's men are probably
heading for that formula right now.
I'll notify headquarters.
Aren't you coming?
No, I think I'll stick
around here for a while.
[Door closing]
[Metal buckling]
They could shoot us
if we tried to rush them.
We'll have to use strategy.
Attract their attention
and make them follow you.
Look!
[Both grunting]
Watch 'em!
This is Morton's formula.
Let's get out of here.
[Grunts]
(Narrator) Are the Wizard's men
to escape so easily?
Is Vicki to face some
new and unexpected peril?
[Narrator speaking]
Robin pursue the Wizard's men,
who have taken some special
detonators from the research plant.
The chase leads to
a lonely mountain road.
[Machine humming]
[Crackling]
[Crowbar buzzing]
That settles Batman.
Get Robin.
Put him in the back.
We gotta get out of here.
[Truck engine starting]
Bring the boy inside.
He must be hiding
around here someplace.
You two keep on looking for him.
We're going back.
Hello, Evans.
How has Morton been doing?
He don't seem
to like it here
for a man who's invented
the high explosive,
he seems awfully quiet.
How long am I to be kept here?
Until you give us
the information we want
You won't get
anything out of me.
Our leader, the Wizard,
will soon be here,
he'll change your mind.
The Wizard?
Coming here?
Yes, any minute now.
Go keep an eye out
for Ives and Jason
[Stones clacking]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Door closing]
They're not in sight.
Probably still looking
for Batman's pal.
(Wizard on radio) This is the
Wizard speaking. I am ready to enter.
(Wizard)
Morton,
I know that your invention
is more than an explosive,
it is a potential source
of great power.
Who told you that?
Never mind.
I also know that you have
worked out a formula
for harnessing that explosive
energy to machinery.
Where is that formula?
I'll never tell you.
I see I shall have
to persuade you.
Watch my eyes,
relax,
you are tired, Morton,
very tired.
Relax.
[Brakes screeching]
You are now ready to tell
what I want to know.
Nolan! Someone's hiding
in this room!
Look behind those curtains.
[Slumping]
Evans, you stay here.
He's tricked us.
Come, Morton,
tell me where your formula is hidden.
I'll never tell.
[Tires screeching]
[Crashing]
Out the panel.
The Batman's here.
Morton's inside,
and so is the Wizard.
[Door crashing]
They've gone.
What's happened to Morton?
He's got a head injury.
[Wizard cackling]
You're clever, Batman,
but not as clever
as the Wizard.
[Glass shattering]
[Broken glass tinkling]
Where did he go?
He was never there, Robin.
That glass was
a television screen.
He was projected on it
from his unknown hideout.
Let's take a look at Morton.
We'd better get him
to a hospital.
So the Wizard knows
that this explosive
can be turned
into industrial energy?
And he was trying to find out
where Morton kept his formula.
Did Morton tell him?
I don't know.
They discovered me
and I had to get out.
Morton's still unconscious.
We can't tell whether or not
he revealed his secret.
Let's turn on the radio. It's
time for Barry Brown's broadcast.
He probably knows
more about this than we do.
(Announcer) And now, here is
Barry Brown, your favorite newscaster.
(Barry)
Good evening, everybody.
Here's an exclusive flash:
Wesley Morton,
the missing inventor,
was rescued from the hands
of criminals today.
Morton has a severe concussion.
The injured inventor is lying
unconscious in the city hospital,
under police guard.
That's the news
the Wizard said we'd get.
How does Brown
learn these things?
And why does he broadcast them?
Well, maybe he's the Wizard,
giving his men orders this way.
That's an idea.
Now we'll have to
go to the hospital
and see that Morton's
guards are alerted.
How soon will he
be able to talk?
Any minute now. But don't
question him too much.
Commissioner, can I see
you outside a minute?
Why, yes, of course, Bruce.
Did you hear Brown's
broadcast tonight?
No. Don't tell me he knows
that Morton is here.
Yes, and by now
the whole town knows it.
I'll warn the guards.
Stand by inside, will you?
I'll come right down.
Oh, do you mind if I get a
picture or two for my magazine?
Oh, please don't, miss Vale,
it might upset the patient.
What's the use of being
a photographer? Everybody says:
"Please don't take
any pictures."
If there's any trouble,
get back to the car, but fast.
All right.
He's coming to.
He's going to talk, commissioner.
(Gordon on radio)
How are you feeling, mr. Morton?
The radio transmitter's working.
Pretty weak.
Do you remember
what you told the Wizard?
I--I didn't tell him anything.
(Morton) He--he still doesn't
know where my formula is kept.
Well, tell us where it is,
and we'll guard it.
It's in room
In the filing cabinet
in room 521,
in the Markham building.
I'll have some of my men
stationed there.
[Footsteps approaching]
Good work.
I'll turn this thing off.
[Transmitter whistling]
Did you hear that?
Yes, what was it?
[Engine starting]
It came from over here.
It's a small radio transmitter.
Someone's been listening in.
The Wizard's men are probably
heading for that formula right now.
I'll notify headquarters.
Aren't you coming?
No, I think I'll stick
around here for a while.
[Door closing]
[Metal buckling]
They could shoot us
if we tried to rush them.
We'll have to use strategy.
Attract their attention
and make them follow you.
Look!
[Both grunting]
Watch 'em!
This is Morton's formula.
Let's get out of here.
[Grunts]
(Narrator) Are the Wizard's men
to escape so easily?
Is Vicki to face some
new and unexpected peril?
[Narrator speaking]