Adventures Inc. (1929) - full transcript
Based on Agatha Christie's "The Secret Adversary," a young couple looking for adventure become involved in the mystery of a missing woman and an espionage ring.
DIE ABENTEURER GMBH
"ADVENTURES INC."
("The Spy 313")
On board the freighter Herculania, which
has run on the rocks, are two members
of a spy service of a European state...
...known for their courage and daring:
Janette Finné and her brother Georges,
designated Spy 313 by the Secret Service.
"Be careful, Janette, for we've been
watched during the entire crossing."
"And above all, don't forget that this
letter contains a secret document
of the highest importance,
...which has to be handed over to
the chief of staff of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs at all cost."
Tony Huderg
ess Joe Igituoisie
und Piere Lafitte
na Harquis
isi Bevergere
[Ri]ta van de[n] Meer
nd Herga
ina Bivespos
J(e)annette Finne
"Do you know if my brother was saved?"
"You are really very
good to me, madam."
"You need care after so much
suffering...I want to take you
to spend some days with me."
"So it's understood then,
little one, you will be my guest."
"We have to find the document;
the chief demands it."
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
chief of staff has not received the
expected document and makes an inquiry.
"Do you know where Janette
Finné, who was among the
rescued, could be found?"
"Help me, if you please!
The door is so hard to open..."
"She has lost her mind, it's plain."
"I will bring her to reason!"
The shipwreck of the Herculania
List of victims...
Those saved...
...Georges Finné...
"And you, do you know where
Janette Finné could be?"
"Have you not noticed if her
brother or her handed a letter,
of which here is a picture?"
"I have never seen neither
the gentleman or his sister."
"Bravo, Pierre! I congratulate
you on having escaped from
death so miraculously."
"But yes, Lucienne. You know
that luck is with the rotten."
"There, I am already searching
for a new employment."
"While waiting, let's
have lunch together."
"Only, Lucienne, my means don't allow
me to accompagny you to the Savoy."
"I've done all jobs, my dear Pierre.
Subsequently I've been...
...librarian, typist, reporter, nanny,
cinema pianist, reader for a man who
craved love. I even tried the cloister."
"That's like me, my life has
been one series of trials.
We're both great adventurers."
"Pierre, you have nothing. Me,
even less. With that capital,
we should start a company."
"I have adventurer's blood in my veins.
When you're young and bold, you can do
anything, so long as honour isn't lost."
"How shall we call our company?"
JANETTE FINNÉ, WHERE ARE YOU?
Provide us information through this
paper. Large reward for information.
"Our name? Simply "Adventurers'
Club". And as our first case
we will find Jannette Finné."
"Until tomorrow at one, then...
We shall ascertain what to do
to recover the disappeared."
"I heared your conversation just now
at the restaurant without wanting to."
"Perhaps I could be of use
to your Adventurers' Club.
Will you listen to me?"
"So you've become a captain
of industry overnight?"
"Indeed. I've received money to conceal
something I didn't know one word about."
C. Wittington
Director General of the
Esthonie Glass Factories
"In summary, what offer do you want
to make to the Adventurers' Club?"
"If you abandon the Finné case,
you can make a lot of money."
"If you know something about
Jannette Finné, and if you
do not keep silent, beware!"
"Beware, yourself: it is
known that I am here!"
"What is the price of your silence?"
"I expect you here tomorrow,
you and your partner."
"All this seems very complicated. Still
we take this money. It will be the first
daily funds for the Adventurers' Club."
"Are you not mistaken in the floor?
You don't seem to remember this place."
After this little incident,
the Adventurers' Club held
its first general assembly.
"To your health, my little air acrobat."
"I think that you have had enough of
adventures? Wouldn't it be better if we
informed the police of what we know?"
"Well, providing you want it, we'll
continue the adventure by placing
an advert in the paper, as follows:
"If you wish to know about Janette Finné,
apply to the Adventurers' Club. Write the
editors of the paper." We shall see..."
The next day, several people
took an interest in the advert.
Having read your advert, I would be much
obliged if you call on me as soon as
possible. Georges Herward, Savoy Hotel
Your advert concerning Janette Finné has
my interest. Could you receive me soon?
Yours sincerely, Rita van den Meer.
The chief of staff of the
special service at the ministry
of foreign affairs, Marlin.
"All this seems to me a bit
fantastical, mister president
of the Adventurers' Club."
"Nevertheless I am at your disposition
as soon as you learn anything new."
"That one is not taking us seriously.
Let's see the next one."
Having read your advert, I would be much
obliged if you call on me as soon as
possible. Georges Herward, Savoy Hotel
"So, what do you know
about Janette Finné?"
"Why do you take an interest in her?"
"Janette Finné and her brother
are relations of me."
"That is why I wanted to
make your acquintance."
"What those two young people told
you, my dear Marlin, is probably just
the product of their imagination!"
"You know, Monsieur Verdier,
that the secret document was not
recovered with the body of Spy 313."
"...and that until now his sister
has not been located yet?"
"So, it's very clear: There's an obvious
connection between the disappearance
of the document and that of the sister."
"That little walk over the roofs and
the sudden bath made us decide
to pursue this mysterious affair."
"Courage and love for adventure is
our only capital for the moment."
"Would you like me in
your club as financier?"
"Now, we're going to visit
the third person, who is
interested in Janette Finné."
"My car is of course at the disposal
of the Adventurers' Club."
"That man, who leaves the house of Rita
van der Meer, is Wittington. Strange..."
"Wait for me at Herward."
"No doubt someone will ask
for me... I am upstairs."
"This time, you won't
kick us downstairs."
"No use lying... We're very
well informed on you..."
"On the Herculania you were
a stoker. But in reality,
you're an officer and a spy."
"You have risked your life for
nothing, because the secret
document is already in our hands."
"Come on! Don't play games! If I am
your guest now, it's because you want
to make me tell where the document is."
"Well, where is the document?"
"Give me ten thousand dollars, and
my freedom, and I will get it for you."
"Perfect. Our chef will decide."
"I'm convinced that the prisonner
knows nothing about the document.
He has simply lead you on!"
"And Janette Finné?
Is she still silent?"
"I'm beginning to get very worried
concerning Pierre. What could
have happened to him?"
"I know that Verdier, the minister,
takes a great interest in that document.
Let's go to him. He will surely help us."
"You are the cousin of Janette Finné,
the one who disappeared?"
"Why didn't you inform the police?"
"I've preferred to investigate myself."
"Since Wittington exited with Mrs. Van
der Meer, the woman is suspect. She must
be able to tell us where he currently is."
"You must go and see her
before alerting the police."
"Do you want us to go there
all three this evening?"
"Search discretely, and wihtout delay,
Herward, at the Savoy Hotel, room 147."
"You're under suspicion. You
must disappear immediately."
"We shall wait for the arrival of
Monsieur Verdier, the minister."
"Listen, I'm going to tell
you the while truth..."
"She was going to confess it all when
you entered. Careful, she will escape."
"Lift that grate, and you will
find yourself in the open air."
"I've come from their hideaway...
You must send a police squad
down there immediately."
"The nest is empty...
That was to be expected!"
The document that you seek is buried
at the foot of milestone on the road
of Saint Georges to Vaumont.
Burn this paper because if it was known
that I gave you this information
then my life would be in danger.
"Young man, I see that you burn with
desire to go get the document. We shall
place some officers at your disposal."
"If I find the document, I'll get a very
big reward, and then we can marry!"
"My dear Herward, I entrust Lucienne
to you during me absence."
"The others have already left... Now
I will make Janette Finné leave town."
"It's essential that Lucienne Fermont
disappears at the same time."
The hunt for the document...
TELEGRAM
I await you at six, St.Georges station.
Pierre
TELEGRAM
I await you at six, St.Georges station.
Pierre
I've gone to collect Pierre. Lucienne.
No use persisting in searching
the secret document, it's
already in our possession.
"Lucienne! Lucienne!"
TELEGRAM
I await you at six, St.Georges station.
Pierre
"Miss Fermont made me take
a ticket for St. Georges."
"Lucienne has disappeared...
and that telegram is not from me."
"Moreover, I have no idea
where Herward is."
"But that is the young lady
who has made me escape..."
"Pierre Lafitte sends you this car."
"Take these ladies to Minister Verdier.
They will notify him about everything."
"You're going crazy, Pierre.
Who do you take me for?"
"You are the chef of the spies!"
"This is madness... You told me
to take care of Lucienne, that's
why I've followed her until here."
"And the second girl in your car? I've
already seen her with the bandits..."
"This man calls himself Herward..."
"I've unmasked him; because at the
moment he wanted to take Lucienne,
he had with him the young girl...
...who had enabled my escape, but who
was no less a part of the gang of spies."
"Me? But I do not know that girl..."
"This photo is of my
cousin Janette Finné?"
"Was it her who in my car? It all went
so fast that I did not recognize her!
...Besides, she had never seen me,
and I only knew her from her portrait."
"But just say your name...
You can speak in full confidence
before Monsieur the minister."
"My name is Janette Finné."
"But you are going crazy, poor
man! Suspecting Mr. Verdier
is the height of stupidity!"
"Herward may be right... Think: the
document in question may have brought
to light diplomatic transgressions...
Verdier attempted to remove the letter
to avoid the fall from the ministry."
"Recall: it's Verdier himself who had
sent me to the milestone, while his
accomplices lured Lucienne into a trap."
"To escape their interrogations
and their threats, I pretended to
have lost my mind and memory."
"But then where did you hide
the secret document that
your brother passed to you?"
"Let's go there quickly to get it."
ARREST WARRANT
"At this moment, Verdier, accompanied
by the two girls, is entering the building
where the bandits were hiding."
"So they're in his power... Let's hurry
to save them, while there's still time!"
"You've caused me a lot of trouble...
But I've finally reached my goal...
The only thing left is to make you
disappear, for you truly know too much!"
"...and I will be found wounded. No-one
will think to go and search for the
document with Verdier, the minister!"
The end.
"ADVENTURES INC."
("The Spy 313")
On board the freighter Herculania, which
has run on the rocks, are two members
of a spy service of a European state...
...known for their courage and daring:
Janette Finné and her brother Georges,
designated Spy 313 by the Secret Service.
"Be careful, Janette, for we've been
watched during the entire crossing."
"And above all, don't forget that this
letter contains a secret document
of the highest importance,
...which has to be handed over to
the chief of staff of the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs at all cost."
Tony Huderg
ess Joe Igituoisie
und Piere Lafitte
na Harquis
isi Bevergere
[Ri]ta van de[n] Meer
nd Herga
ina Bivespos
J(e)annette Finne
"Do you know if my brother was saved?"
"You are really very
good to me, madam."
"You need care after so much
suffering...I want to take you
to spend some days with me."
"So it's understood then,
little one, you will be my guest."
"We have to find the document;
the chief demands it."
At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the
chief of staff has not received the
expected document and makes an inquiry.
"Do you know where Janette
Finné, who was among the
rescued, could be found?"
"Help me, if you please!
The door is so hard to open..."
"She has lost her mind, it's plain."
"I will bring her to reason!"
The shipwreck of the Herculania
List of victims...
Those saved...
...Georges Finné...
"And you, do you know where
Janette Finné could be?"
"Have you not noticed if her
brother or her handed a letter,
of which here is a picture?"
"I have never seen neither
the gentleman or his sister."
"Bravo, Pierre! I congratulate
you on having escaped from
death so miraculously."
"But yes, Lucienne. You know
that luck is with the rotten."
"There, I am already searching
for a new employment."
"While waiting, let's
have lunch together."
"Only, Lucienne, my means don't allow
me to accompagny you to the Savoy."
"I've done all jobs, my dear Pierre.
Subsequently I've been...
...librarian, typist, reporter, nanny,
cinema pianist, reader for a man who
craved love. I even tried the cloister."
"That's like me, my life has
been one series of trials.
We're both great adventurers."
"Pierre, you have nothing. Me,
even less. With that capital,
we should start a company."
"I have adventurer's blood in my veins.
When you're young and bold, you can do
anything, so long as honour isn't lost."
"How shall we call our company?"
JANETTE FINNÉ, WHERE ARE YOU?
Provide us information through this
paper. Large reward for information.
"Our name? Simply "Adventurers'
Club". And as our first case
we will find Jannette Finné."
"Until tomorrow at one, then...
We shall ascertain what to do
to recover the disappeared."
"I heared your conversation just now
at the restaurant without wanting to."
"Perhaps I could be of use
to your Adventurers' Club.
Will you listen to me?"
"So you've become a captain
of industry overnight?"
"Indeed. I've received money to conceal
something I didn't know one word about."
C. Wittington
Director General of the
Esthonie Glass Factories
"In summary, what offer do you want
to make to the Adventurers' Club?"
"If you abandon the Finné case,
you can make a lot of money."
"If you know something about
Jannette Finné, and if you
do not keep silent, beware!"
"Beware, yourself: it is
known that I am here!"
"What is the price of your silence?"
"I expect you here tomorrow,
you and your partner."
"All this seems very complicated. Still
we take this money. It will be the first
daily funds for the Adventurers' Club."
"Are you not mistaken in the floor?
You don't seem to remember this place."
After this little incident,
the Adventurers' Club held
its first general assembly.
"To your health, my little air acrobat."
"I think that you have had enough of
adventures? Wouldn't it be better if we
informed the police of what we know?"
"Well, providing you want it, we'll
continue the adventure by placing
an advert in the paper, as follows:
"If you wish to know about Janette Finné,
apply to the Adventurers' Club. Write the
editors of the paper." We shall see..."
The next day, several people
took an interest in the advert.
Having read your advert, I would be much
obliged if you call on me as soon as
possible. Georges Herward, Savoy Hotel
Your advert concerning Janette Finné has
my interest. Could you receive me soon?
Yours sincerely, Rita van den Meer.
The chief of staff of the
special service at the ministry
of foreign affairs, Marlin.
"All this seems to me a bit
fantastical, mister president
of the Adventurers' Club."
"Nevertheless I am at your disposition
as soon as you learn anything new."
"That one is not taking us seriously.
Let's see the next one."
Having read your advert, I would be much
obliged if you call on me as soon as
possible. Georges Herward, Savoy Hotel
"So, what do you know
about Janette Finné?"
"Why do you take an interest in her?"
"Janette Finné and her brother
are relations of me."
"That is why I wanted to
make your acquintance."
"What those two young people told
you, my dear Marlin, is probably just
the product of their imagination!"
"You know, Monsieur Verdier,
that the secret document was not
recovered with the body of Spy 313."
"...and that until now his sister
has not been located yet?"
"So, it's very clear: There's an obvious
connection between the disappearance
of the document and that of the sister."
"That little walk over the roofs and
the sudden bath made us decide
to pursue this mysterious affair."
"Courage and love for adventure is
our only capital for the moment."
"Would you like me in
your club as financier?"
"Now, we're going to visit
the third person, who is
interested in Janette Finné."
"My car is of course at the disposal
of the Adventurers' Club."
"That man, who leaves the house of Rita
van der Meer, is Wittington. Strange..."
"Wait for me at Herward."
"No doubt someone will ask
for me... I am upstairs."
"This time, you won't
kick us downstairs."
"No use lying... We're very
well informed on you..."
"On the Herculania you were
a stoker. But in reality,
you're an officer and a spy."
"You have risked your life for
nothing, because the secret
document is already in our hands."
"Come on! Don't play games! If I am
your guest now, it's because you want
to make me tell where the document is."
"Well, where is the document?"
"Give me ten thousand dollars, and
my freedom, and I will get it for you."
"Perfect. Our chef will decide."
"I'm convinced that the prisonner
knows nothing about the document.
He has simply lead you on!"
"And Janette Finné?
Is she still silent?"
"I'm beginning to get very worried
concerning Pierre. What could
have happened to him?"
"I know that Verdier, the minister,
takes a great interest in that document.
Let's go to him. He will surely help us."
"You are the cousin of Janette Finné,
the one who disappeared?"
"Why didn't you inform the police?"
"I've preferred to investigate myself."
"Since Wittington exited with Mrs. Van
der Meer, the woman is suspect. She must
be able to tell us where he currently is."
"You must go and see her
before alerting the police."
"Do you want us to go there
all three this evening?"
"Search discretely, and wihtout delay,
Herward, at the Savoy Hotel, room 147."
"You're under suspicion. You
must disappear immediately."
"We shall wait for the arrival of
Monsieur Verdier, the minister."
"Listen, I'm going to tell
you the while truth..."
"She was going to confess it all when
you entered. Careful, she will escape."
"Lift that grate, and you will
find yourself in the open air."
"I've come from their hideaway...
You must send a police squad
down there immediately."
"The nest is empty...
That was to be expected!"
The document that you seek is buried
at the foot of milestone on the road
of Saint Georges to Vaumont.
Burn this paper because if it was known
that I gave you this information
then my life would be in danger.
"Young man, I see that you burn with
desire to go get the document. We shall
place some officers at your disposal."
"If I find the document, I'll get a very
big reward, and then we can marry!"
"My dear Herward, I entrust Lucienne
to you during me absence."
"The others have already left... Now
I will make Janette Finné leave town."
"It's essential that Lucienne Fermont
disappears at the same time."
The hunt for the document...
TELEGRAM
I await you at six, St.Georges station.
Pierre
TELEGRAM
I await you at six, St.Georges station.
Pierre
I've gone to collect Pierre. Lucienne.
No use persisting in searching
the secret document, it's
already in our possession.
"Lucienne! Lucienne!"
TELEGRAM
I await you at six, St.Georges station.
Pierre
"Miss Fermont made me take
a ticket for St. Georges."
"Lucienne has disappeared...
and that telegram is not from me."
"Moreover, I have no idea
where Herward is."
"But that is the young lady
who has made me escape..."
"Pierre Lafitte sends you this car."
"Take these ladies to Minister Verdier.
They will notify him about everything."
"You're going crazy, Pierre.
Who do you take me for?"
"You are the chef of the spies!"
"This is madness... You told me
to take care of Lucienne, that's
why I've followed her until here."
"And the second girl in your car? I've
already seen her with the bandits..."
"This man calls himself Herward..."
"I've unmasked him; because at the
moment he wanted to take Lucienne,
he had with him the young girl...
...who had enabled my escape, but who
was no less a part of the gang of spies."
"Me? But I do not know that girl..."
"This photo is of my
cousin Janette Finné?"
"Was it her who in my car? It all went
so fast that I did not recognize her!
...Besides, she had never seen me,
and I only knew her from her portrait."
"But just say your name...
You can speak in full confidence
before Monsieur the minister."
"My name is Janette Finné."
"But you are going crazy, poor
man! Suspecting Mr. Verdier
is the height of stupidity!"
"Herward may be right... Think: the
document in question may have brought
to light diplomatic transgressions...
Verdier attempted to remove the letter
to avoid the fall from the ministry."
"Recall: it's Verdier himself who had
sent me to the milestone, while his
accomplices lured Lucienne into a trap."
"To escape their interrogations
and their threats, I pretended to
have lost my mind and memory."
"But then where did you hide
the secret document that
your brother passed to you?"
"Let's go there quickly to get it."
ARREST WARRANT
"At this moment, Verdier, accompanied
by the two girls, is entering the building
where the bandits were hiding."
"So they're in his power... Let's hurry
to save them, while there's still time!"
"You've caused me a lot of trouble...
But I've finally reached my goal...
The only thing left is to make you
disappear, for you truly know too much!"
"...and I will be found wounded. No-one
will think to go and search for the
document with Verdier, the minister!"
The end.