The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (1956): Season 1, Episode 4 - The Fugitive - full transcript
♪ Gold doubloons
and pieces of eight
♪ Handed down to Applegate
♪ From buccaneers
who fought for years
♪ For gold doubloons
and pieces of eight
Handed down
in a pirate‘s chest.
The gold they sailed for,
east and west.
The treasure bright
that made men fight.
Till none were left
to bury the chest.
♪ So now the gold
and pieces of eight
♪ All belong to Applegate
♪ The chest is here,
but wait...
♪ Now where are
those gold doubloons
and pieces of eight?
♪ Pieces of eight,
pieces of eight ♪
(narrator) Today‘s episode
in the "Mystery of the
Applegate Treasure..."
The Fugitive.
Light‘s on.
Reading comic books.
I wonder what else he‘s...
he‘s stolen.
No work done.
Boys. Huh.
I‘ll tell him
a thing or two.
I‘m gonna give him
a going-over,
one that he‘ll never forget.
Oh, dear, if I say
two words to him,
he‘ll probably run away.
Then who‘ll cut the grass?
Who‘ll take care of the place?
Running away.
How do you like that?
All I said was,
"Turn out the light."
Look out, Frank.
Let me see ‘em.
You‘ve seen ‘em before.
Remember when I wrapped
the handles that way?
(Jackley)
They‘re sure not mine.
They‘re ours,
all right.
Huh. Wire cutters, huh?
Frank was looking for ‘em
this morning.
Perry could‘ve walked past
our house and borrowed ‘em
without asking
or found ‘em someplace.
He stole ‘em.
I guess maybe he did.
Maybe he took somethin‘
from Iola‘s purse, too.
That‘s what I been trying
to tell you, isn‘t it?
Come on, help me search
the rest of this stuff.
I wish we knew
what it was he took,
if he took anything.
I know how you feel. You hate
to call anybody a thief.
So do I.
I didn‘t expect to find
anything of ours here.
He‘s kind of a goofy kid,
and maybe he pushes
girls around, but...
Hey.
What is it?
I don‘t know.
Some more tools, I guess.
You know, an older guy
hates to go accusing kids
of things,
but this has been missing
since the first day I got here.
You mean they‘re yours?
Matched set like this
is worth 50 bucks.
I got it wholesale.
Well, that does it.
Then I guess Perry
really is a thief.
Unless... well...
Applegate always calls this
a gardener‘s room,
doesn‘t he?
Maybe if there was
a gardener here
before Perry...
That was years and years ago,
I‘m afraid.
There‘s nobody here
but the kid.
What are you gonna do?
To Perry, I mean?
Tell Applegate.
He‘s the boss, isn‘t he?
There‘s a phone right outside.
Joe, you‘re a funny kid.
First, you‘re all set,
hot on the trail, ready to
get somebody, and then -
He‘s not so funny.
He knows what the penalty
for theft is.
Huh?
When a kid steals something
worth as much as that,
gets sent to reform school
for years, maybe.
Oh, and ol‘ Applegate‘s
just the kind of coot
who‘d love to put a kid there,
is that what you mean?
Couldn‘t we wait
until Perry comes back?
You got a point there.
Least we can do
is hear his story
before old Applegate
starts yellin‘ for the police.
Here, you come back here.
Let go of me.
Stop that...
Listen.
Applegate.
Grab him, sir!
... this time of night.
Please, let go of me.
I will not, you thankless
young whippersnapper.
You bucolic hobbledehoy.
You in - help! Police!
There he is.
Police! Somebody help me
outta here.
(gibberish) Help!
(all talk at once)
Where is he?
Where is he?!
(Applegate mutters)
I will not take it easy!
I don‘t know
where the boy‘s hiding.
Of all the silly stunts.
Calling us in to look
for a boy in the dark.
By now, he could be
a mile from here,
and we wouldn‘t see him.
We‘d have heard him
leaving the grounds.
Well, maybe.
Any luck yet?
No. There‘s too many
places to hide.
Hey, Applegate‘s afraid
the kid might come after him
with a weapon.
And that‘s the boy Applegate
was thinking of taking in
permanent, too.
Nonsense. Perry
never hurt anybody.
I called Sanders
as soon as I heard my sons
were involved with him.
It seems that Perry‘s
had some tough luck
in the past.
Tough luck?
What do you mean?
Living in
the wrong place,
wrong friends.
Maybe that‘s why
they asked Applegate
to help.
Parents
don‘t take enough interest.
That‘s where most of it starts.
Oh, sure, but when all
is said and done,
a boy can do the right thing
if he wants to enough.
Might take a little
bravery sometimes,
like when your friends
have a wild idea
that you know is wrong.
Perry, can you hear me?
Perry, listen, come on now.
Nobody‘s gonna hurt ya.
Where are ya?
Yeah, but I guess
once you‘ve stolen something,
then it‘s different.
Then everybody‘s
against ya -
Just a minute. Perry just thinks
everybody‘s against him.
Then he hides
and gets into deeper trouble
every minute.
Come on, kid, where are ya?
Sing out.
Let‘s go home, boys.
All right.
Aw, Joe, I know
how you feel.
It‘s not so much fun
being a detective
after all, is it?
Perry, I‘m warning ya.
Not when you have to
feel sorry for somebody
all the time.
Come on,
let‘s go home.
I forgot the wire cutters.
I‘ll go back and get ‘em.
Joe, skip it.
We don‘t need them.
Joe!
All right, kid, we‘re gonna
beat the bush once more,
but you‘ll be sorry.
Perry?
Perry?
Perry.
(Mr. Hardy) Joe?
Hurry up, Joe.
Joe, come on!
You go on. I‘m coming.
Perry?
Perry.
Perry.
Shut up.
(Frank) Hey, Joe,
where are ya?
Let go.
What‘s the matter?
That policeman
is getting madder.
Be quiet. Listen,
I didn‘t know what you guys
were talking about in my room.
All those tools -
where‘d they come from?
I never even saw them before.
What? I don‘t believe you.
I‘m not a thief.
Honest, I‘m not.
Then why‘d you
jump Iola?
If you‘ll trust me,
I‘ll trust you.
They‘ll find this
in my pocket anyway,
say I stole it, too.
What is it?
It‘s what I lost in
the sidewalk and that girl
scooped it into her purse.
She didn‘t even know
it was there.
This thing?
If they find this on me,
I‘ll be in real trouble.
Well, what kind of a thing
could -
I‘m not sure. I only
found it yesterday.
Well, what -
Hey, you behind the bush,
come out.
Please, just keep it for me
and not say anything.
Please, Joe.
Here I am.
What‘s the matter with you?
There‘s no need to hide
from the police -
Your dad‘s been yelling
all over for you.
What‘s goin‘ on around here?
Nothing.
All right, son,
let‘s go home.
Hurry up, let‘s see it.
Quiet.
It‘s dented, and there‘s
some kind of funny writing
all over it.
Hey, you know what?
That‘s gold, solid gold.
and pieces of eight
♪ Handed down to Applegate
♪ From buccaneers
who fought for years
♪ For gold doubloons
and pieces of eight
Handed down
in a pirate‘s chest.
The gold they sailed for,
east and west.
The treasure bright
that made men fight.
Till none were left
to bury the chest.
♪ So now the gold
and pieces of eight
♪ All belong to Applegate
♪ The chest is here,
but wait...
♪ Now where are
those gold doubloons
and pieces of eight?
♪ Pieces of eight,
pieces of eight ♪
(narrator) Today‘s episode
in the "Mystery of the
Applegate Treasure..."
The Fugitive.
Light‘s on.
Reading comic books.
I wonder what else he‘s...
he‘s stolen.
No work done.
Boys. Huh.
I‘ll tell him
a thing or two.
I‘m gonna give him
a going-over,
one that he‘ll never forget.
Oh, dear, if I say
two words to him,
he‘ll probably run away.
Then who‘ll cut the grass?
Who‘ll take care of the place?
Running away.
How do you like that?
All I said was,
"Turn out the light."
Look out, Frank.
Let me see ‘em.
You‘ve seen ‘em before.
Remember when I wrapped
the handles that way?
(Jackley)
They‘re sure not mine.
They‘re ours,
all right.
Huh. Wire cutters, huh?
Frank was looking for ‘em
this morning.
Perry could‘ve walked past
our house and borrowed ‘em
without asking
or found ‘em someplace.
He stole ‘em.
I guess maybe he did.
Maybe he took somethin‘
from Iola‘s purse, too.
That‘s what I been trying
to tell you, isn‘t it?
Come on, help me search
the rest of this stuff.
I wish we knew
what it was he took,
if he took anything.
I know how you feel. You hate
to call anybody a thief.
So do I.
I didn‘t expect to find
anything of ours here.
He‘s kind of a goofy kid,
and maybe he pushes
girls around, but...
Hey.
What is it?
I don‘t know.
Some more tools, I guess.
You know, an older guy
hates to go accusing kids
of things,
but this has been missing
since the first day I got here.
You mean they‘re yours?
Matched set like this
is worth 50 bucks.
I got it wholesale.
Well, that does it.
Then I guess Perry
really is a thief.
Unless... well...
Applegate always calls this
a gardener‘s room,
doesn‘t he?
Maybe if there was
a gardener here
before Perry...
That was years and years ago,
I‘m afraid.
There‘s nobody here
but the kid.
What are you gonna do?
To Perry, I mean?
Tell Applegate.
He‘s the boss, isn‘t he?
There‘s a phone right outside.
Joe, you‘re a funny kid.
First, you‘re all set,
hot on the trail, ready to
get somebody, and then -
He‘s not so funny.
He knows what the penalty
for theft is.
Huh?
When a kid steals something
worth as much as that,
gets sent to reform school
for years, maybe.
Oh, and ol‘ Applegate‘s
just the kind of coot
who‘d love to put a kid there,
is that what you mean?
Couldn‘t we wait
until Perry comes back?
You got a point there.
Least we can do
is hear his story
before old Applegate
starts yellin‘ for the police.
Here, you come back here.
Let go of me.
Stop that...
Listen.
Applegate.
Grab him, sir!
... this time of night.
Please, let go of me.
I will not, you thankless
young whippersnapper.
You bucolic hobbledehoy.
You in - help! Police!
There he is.
Police! Somebody help me
outta here.
(gibberish) Help!
(all talk at once)
Where is he?
Where is he?!
(Applegate mutters)
I will not take it easy!
I don‘t know
where the boy‘s hiding.
Of all the silly stunts.
Calling us in to look
for a boy in the dark.
By now, he could be
a mile from here,
and we wouldn‘t see him.
We‘d have heard him
leaving the grounds.
Well, maybe.
Any luck yet?
No. There‘s too many
places to hide.
Hey, Applegate‘s afraid
the kid might come after him
with a weapon.
And that‘s the boy Applegate
was thinking of taking in
permanent, too.
Nonsense. Perry
never hurt anybody.
I called Sanders
as soon as I heard my sons
were involved with him.
It seems that Perry‘s
had some tough luck
in the past.
Tough luck?
What do you mean?
Living in
the wrong place,
wrong friends.
Maybe that‘s why
they asked Applegate
to help.
Parents
don‘t take enough interest.
That‘s where most of it starts.
Oh, sure, but when all
is said and done,
a boy can do the right thing
if he wants to enough.
Might take a little
bravery sometimes,
like when your friends
have a wild idea
that you know is wrong.
Perry, can you hear me?
Perry, listen, come on now.
Nobody‘s gonna hurt ya.
Where are ya?
Yeah, but I guess
once you‘ve stolen something,
then it‘s different.
Then everybody‘s
against ya -
Just a minute. Perry just thinks
everybody‘s against him.
Then he hides
and gets into deeper trouble
every minute.
Come on, kid, where are ya?
Sing out.
Let‘s go home, boys.
All right.
Aw, Joe, I know
how you feel.
It‘s not so much fun
being a detective
after all, is it?
Perry, I‘m warning ya.
Not when you have to
feel sorry for somebody
all the time.
Come on,
let‘s go home.
I forgot the wire cutters.
I‘ll go back and get ‘em.
Joe, skip it.
We don‘t need them.
Joe!
All right, kid, we‘re gonna
beat the bush once more,
but you‘ll be sorry.
Perry?
Perry?
Perry.
(Mr. Hardy) Joe?
Hurry up, Joe.
Joe, come on!
You go on. I‘m coming.
Perry?
Perry.
Perry.
Shut up.
(Frank) Hey, Joe,
where are ya?
Let go.
What‘s the matter?
That policeman
is getting madder.
Be quiet. Listen,
I didn‘t know what you guys
were talking about in my room.
All those tools -
where‘d they come from?
I never even saw them before.
What? I don‘t believe you.
I‘m not a thief.
Honest, I‘m not.
Then why‘d you
jump Iola?
If you‘ll trust me,
I‘ll trust you.
They‘ll find this
in my pocket anyway,
say I stole it, too.
What is it?
It‘s what I lost in
the sidewalk and that girl
scooped it into her purse.
She didn‘t even know
it was there.
This thing?
If they find this on me,
I‘ll be in real trouble.
Well, what kind of a thing
could -
I‘m not sure. I only
found it yesterday.
Well, what -
Hey, you behind the bush,
come out.
Please, just keep it for me
and not say anything.
Please, Joe.
Here I am.
What‘s the matter with you?
There‘s no need to hide
from the police -
Your dad‘s been yelling
all over for you.
What‘s goin‘ on around here?
Nothing.
All right, son,
let‘s go home.
Hurry up, let‘s see it.
Quiet.
It‘s dented, and there‘s
some kind of funny writing
all over it.
Hey, you know what?
That‘s gold, solid gold.