Charlie Chan at the Olympics
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- 1937
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That's enough, Charlie.
What'd he do
that last mile in, Doc?
You didn't seen any jackrabbits
pass him, did you?
Maybe we should've sent him
to the Olympic Games instead of his son Lee.
- Yeah.
- If son Lee win 100-meter swimming race...
...chest expand two inches more.
Well, as long as it's your chest
and not your waistline, it's all right.
Show him how you can touch
the floor with your fingers, Charlie.
- [Strains]
- [Laughing] That's enough.
Well, you're all right until next year's
physical examination, Charlie.
You won't be retired this year.
Hello. Who's going fishing?
Charlie. I'm lending him my tackle.
Do you know what this is?
Sure. That's a Waikiki spinner.
Say, that's a beauty, eh?
But he'll need a good
heavy line with that.
What do you think he's going fishing for-
whales? He needs a light silk line.
Oh, you're talking
through your hat.
What-What line
do you prefer, Charlie?
Oh, just piece of string with hook
on one end, optimist on other.
[Laughs]
A good combination at that.
latest scientific implement...
Well, good luck to you.
But I know you'll get 'em...
...even if you have to bring 'em
in with handcuffs.
Thank you so much,
but this time "fish-hunt," not manhunt.
- [All Laughing]
- Well, good-bye, boys.
Good-bye.
Hey, Pop!
Oh, excuse me. I thought my pop was alone.
How do you do, Mr. Scott?
Well, son, what are you
all steamed up about?
Junior son Charlie
most anxious to start on fishing trip.
Yeah, and I bought a book on how
to catch 'em- The Fisherman's Guide.
Good idea.
If don't catch fish...
...book provide excellent fish story.
Ah, we'll catch 'em all right.
Gee, that's swell tackle!
Look at it sparkle.
Good fisherman, like clever merchant,
know lure of bright colors.
But suppose the fish
are color-blind?
[Laughs]
Answer that, Charlie.
Well, in that case, perhaps guidebook
give address of good fish market.
a store fish...
...because it hasn't got the marks
of a barbed hook in its mouth.
Fear number two son,
...develop symptoms of detective.
Ah, I can beat Lee
- [Airplane Droning]
- Gee, look at that big new plane up there!
That's the Hopkins ship. They're making
a test flight for the government...
...demonstrating a new way of handling
a plane by remote radio control.
Oh, I know.
Like they do with battleships...
...so they can send them out
to fight without any men on board.
Would be greatest blessing...
...if all war fought with machinery
instead of human beings.
Hello. Hello.
3,000 altitude.
Shall I switch over to radio control?
No. Wait for instructions.
I believe, Colonel, if we keep the plane
in sight of the field in the preliminary test...
...it'll be better for observation.
That's a good idea, Mr. Cartwright.
Unfortunately, Masters, my regular
test pilot, injured his shoulder.
We had to substitute Edwards,
and he's not so familiar with the robot.
What is the operating radius
of the device, Mr. Hopkins?
That's undetermined.
In previous inventions...
...transmission of the radio control wave
was affected by static.
But in Mr. Cartwright's device,
we've successfully overcome that.
We can direct a plane over a charted
course as long as the motors function.
Well, it sounds all right.
That's why I'm putting all my resources
back of it, Commander. I believe in it.
I know what a powerful weapon
it would be in the hands of an enemy.
- That's why I want our government to control it.
- Are you ready, Mr. Cartwright?
Ready. Hello? Hello,
Edwards. Switch over.
Okay.
She's on, sir.
control from the board here.
Have you any special
test in mind, Colonel?
- Take her to 6,000 feet and bank while climbing.
- Yes, sir.
Look at that plane climb!
It's probably under radio control now.
Remarkable achievement of science-
...body perform work
while brain detached.
I'm sure glad you can't
go fishing by radio.
Huh? Gentle hint. Come on.
[Cartwright On Radio]
Hello? Hello, Edwards. How's she riding?
[Edwards]
Smooth as silk, Mr. Cartwright.
There's a strong wind drift from
the south, but stabilization is perfect.
Why, Dick, what are you doing here?
I've been watching that plane because
I thought you were up there flying it.
this morning.
I didn't want to risk anything going
wrong in the test, so I bowed out.
- But everything will go off all right, I guess.
- Well, I hope so.
Hello, Edwards.
Watch yourself. Power dive.
Okay, let her go.
That's good enough for me.
Pull her up.
Cartwright, she's heading out to sea.
Bring her back.
- She's out of my control!
- The plane isn't out of the pilot's control.
- Hello, hello, Edwards!
Edwards! Hello!
The phone's dead.
He's deliberately
making off with the plane.
Get out another ship
and take after him.
[Phone Ringing]
Hello. This is Mr. Hughes.
Oh, Pan American Airways.
Yes, I'll use my reservation
on tomorrow's Clipper for San Francisco.
Thank you.
Calling all United States
and commercial craft in Hawaiian waters.
Watch for monoplane,
number NC203R.
Report immediately any information
News flash! No trace yet of the plane
which vanished mysteriously 48 hours ago.
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