The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Applegate Treasure (1956): Season 1, Episode 8 - Boys in Trouble - full transcript
(♪ fanfare)
(Thurl Ravenscroft)
♪ 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"...
"Boys in Trouble."
(digging)i>
(sniffling)
Hardy.
You boys will be having some
trouble now, I can tell you.
Whoa. Wha...?
Hardy. Uh-oh.
Well, the early worm catches
the bird, eh, Jackley?
You can sure say that again,
and some worm. Look at this.
Huh. Have you seen it
yet? Where is it?
Where is it?
Where isn‘t it?
Boy, what a mess.
Huh?
All over the place. Look here,
boss. Look for yourself.
E-Even the funny paper.
What?
Oh, I‘m gonna report
that delivery boy.
That‘s what I‘m gonna do.
Every morning,
it‘s the same thing.
Every morning? Boss,
what are you talking about?
Look at this grass here.
Grass? No, he always
throws it in the bushes.
I‘m talking about
my morning newspaper.
What else is there
to talk abou-
Ow!
(sputtering)
Hardy!
Ha! Hardy, is it?
Wait till I tell that woman
a thing or two.
(indistinct muttering)
...my garden. Why...
Gertrude, I‘m sick and tired
of having your nephews
come over here
and dig up my lawn!
Oh, Silas, I -
I‘m going to
toss them out -
Well, I-I know they -
(indistinct yelling)
Well, th-then I think...
They dug up whose what?
Now, take it easy,
Gertrude. I can hear you.
No, but I was right
in the middle of some work.
You better come to the end
of it, then, because I‘m
at the end of my rope.
But what did they actually do
to Applegate‘s garden?
They claim
they didn‘t do anything.
Oh, Fenton, it‘s not
important what they did
or even their sneaking out
like that last night.
Although I wouldn‘t have
known a thing about it
if it hadn‘t been
for Iola Morton.
And wasn‘t that an awful thing
for that little tattletale
to do?
Gertrude, please,
just one thing at a time.
Now, as I understand it,
Applegate -
I don‘t care
about Silas Applegate
or his flower bed.
It‘s your sons
I‘m thinking of.
Well, I hope you gave them
a piece of your mind.
It‘s a piece of your mind
they need.
(sighs)
All right, Gertrude.
I guess I can get back
from the city for one night.
I‘ll talk to those boys
this evening. Don‘t worry.
Fenton, if you lay a hand
on either one of them, I -
Oh, Gertrude,
you‘re hopeless.
Well, all they need
to keep out of trouble
is a little advice from you
once in a while.
Well, I‘m still going
to lay down the law
about one thing.
No more of this
junior detective nonsense.
I second the motion.
Uh, 3,000 doubloons
at $30 apiece is...
$9,000?
You left out a zero,
stupid.
Oh. Oh, yeah. Hey,
that‘s $90,000, and he said
they might be worth as much
as $40 apiece, didn‘t he?
I guess museums
and collectors
would buy them,
all right.
They‘re all made
of gold.
That‘d be $120,000. Wow.
Hey, will you cut it out?
Look, you don‘t think
old Apple Juice would
give us anything, do you,
after last night?
Besides, you heard
what aunt Gertrude said
after she talked to Dad
on the phone.
"Junior detective nonsense."
You don‘t suppose
he really said that, do you?
Boy, I‘m telling you,
after tonight,
I don‘t even think
we‘ll be allowed
to read Sherlock Holmes.
Sure doesn‘t give us
much time to solve anything.
(sarcastic) Ha.
You guys solve anything?
Hi, Perry.
Hi. I came over to get
the doubloon back.
Oh, listen,
we been trying
to find out
about it for you.
Sure. We‘ve been
investigating -
Investigating? I just walked
past Applegate‘s house.
What a mess.
Perry, we didn‘t do
all that digging.
No, we dug just where you
told us to and nowhere else.
Except we left our
pick and shovel there.
Yeah, and somebody
used them
to get us in trouble.
Gee. You mean just like
what happened to me.
Huh?
Well, when somebody
stole those tools,
and then
they hid them in my room
so I‘d get in trouble.
Yeah. It‘s just
exactly the same.
Golly.
Well, who is it?
I mean, well, who‘d want
to do such a thing?
(car approaches)
(horn honks)
He said
he‘d pick me up here.
I didn‘t know
he‘d be so quick.
I better take
the doubloon.
Golly, what are you,
a prisoner or something?
‘Course not.
Only, probation officer‘s
making me
move back to the city
in the morning.
Leaving Bayport
for good?
Well, I was only here to
have that job at Applegate‘s
and to see whether
I could get along.
(horn honks)
Hey, kid, come on!
Let‘s go!
Please, sir, just give me
a few more minutes.
Golly, you haven‘t got
any more time than we have.
Pretty soon our father‘s
gonna make us stop
being detectives at all.
Yeah. Hey, Perry,
how come you wanted
to look for some more
doubloons?
They wouldn‘t be yours,
you know.
Well, I wouldn‘t
mind getting along
with a guy like Applegate,
I mean, doing something
to make him happy.
I‘ve gotta have a place
where they‘ll give me a job
and a place to live, haven‘t I?
Back in the city is nothing
but a dirty, dirty...
(skates rattling)
Iola.
She wouldn‘t have gone
and blabbed on us,
we wouldn‘t be
in this - Hey.
Well, it wasn‘t
her fault we got scared
and left our pick
and shovel over there.
That‘s what got us
into trouble.
That‘s it.
Our pick and shovel.
That‘s our last hope.
Iola?
Joseph Hardy,
don‘t you touch me.
(screams)
(Joe) Wait up, will ya?
(Gertrude)
Frank! Joe!
Hey, wait!
Kid, where you going?!
Boys, come back here!
I‘ll get them,
Miss Hardy.
Oh, I-I told you not to
leave until your father -
I...
Joe! Please.
I didn‘t mean to tell
your Aunt Gertrude on you.
I was - (muffled)
Joe, take it easy!
Wait, you guys. There!
Look, Iola,
I‘m not hurting you.
I‘m just gonna let you
help us, that‘s all.
Help us?! Joe,
what‘s the big idea?
And now that policeman
saw her, too.
Don‘t you guys understand?
As soon as it‘s dark,
she‘s gonna get us
our pick and shovel back.
They‘re still in the same dirt
where we left them.
I‘m gonna what? Where?
Well, none of us guys
could get near the place
without being shot.
Well, I mean,
well, even if we weren‘t
being watched all the time.
(siren wailing) don‘t think
Joe!
(tires screech)
(muffled scream)
Don‘t you guys understand?
There‘s still time
to solve the case.
We can get the fingerprints of
the crook that did the digging.
Hey, from the shovel!
His fingerprints.
Fingerprints? Crook?
What crook? Here. Here,
you let go of her.
Now what‘s the idea
of all of you
running away?
Oh, uh,
she‘s no crook, sir.
She‘s a female detective,
one of the finest in the world.
Oh. So you‘re just
playing games, huh?
Sure. Hide-and-seek.
We are.
Go on and hide,
everybody. I‘m it.
Now wait a minute.
Wait a minute. Cut it out.
Come on, we don‘t want
Applegate seeing us now.
Applegate? Where?
Well, he‘s not
anyplace right now,
but this is his property.
Yeah, I know. All right.
Now, everybody back
to the sidewalk.
Go on. And, you,
you climb into that car.
That old billy goat
will slaughter anybody
he catches trespassing
around here.
Be careful of that shrubbery.
Don‘t break any of it down.
The old man comes out here,
we‘ll have nothing
but trouble.
Now, son,
get in the car.
Well, I-I guess I might not
be seeing you guys again.
Oh, yes, you will.
We still have something
of yours, and maybe
after tonight,
you won‘t even
have to leave Bayport.
All right, kid,
come on. Let‘s go.
So long, everybody.
What does a female
detective have to do?
We just told you.
All you have to do
is sneak over tonight
and get our pick
and shovel.
Before he and Dad
and everyone handle them
and get all
the fingerprints off.
But it‘ll be dark.
Oh, there‘s nothing to it.
Don‘t be scared.
Sure. If
Mr. Jackley‘s here,
maybe he‘ll help you.
That plumber?
But maybe he‘s the crook.
Maybe. Anyway,
we‘ll find out
before morning.
We?
Gee, that‘s a beautiful blouse
you have on.
(Thurl Ravenscroft)
♪ 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"...
"Boys in Trouble."
(digging)i>
(sniffling)
Hardy.
You boys will be having some
trouble now, I can tell you.
Whoa. Wha...?
Hardy. Uh-oh.
Well, the early worm catches
the bird, eh, Jackley?
You can sure say that again,
and some worm. Look at this.
Huh. Have you seen it
yet? Where is it?
Where is it?
Where isn‘t it?
Boy, what a mess.
Huh?
All over the place. Look here,
boss. Look for yourself.
E-Even the funny paper.
What?
Oh, I‘m gonna report
that delivery boy.
That‘s what I‘m gonna do.
Every morning,
it‘s the same thing.
Every morning? Boss,
what are you talking about?
Look at this grass here.
Grass? No, he always
throws it in the bushes.
I‘m talking about
my morning newspaper.
What else is there
to talk abou-
Ow!
(sputtering)
Hardy!
Ha! Hardy, is it?
Wait till I tell that woman
a thing or two.
(indistinct muttering)
...my garden. Why...
Gertrude, I‘m sick and tired
of having your nephews
come over here
and dig up my lawn!
Oh, Silas, I -
I‘m going to
toss them out -
Well, I-I know they -
(indistinct yelling)
Well, th-then I think...
They dug up whose what?
Now, take it easy,
Gertrude. I can hear you.
No, but I was right
in the middle of some work.
You better come to the end
of it, then, because I‘m
at the end of my rope.
But what did they actually do
to Applegate‘s garden?
They claim
they didn‘t do anything.
Oh, Fenton, it‘s not
important what they did
or even their sneaking out
like that last night.
Although I wouldn‘t have
known a thing about it
if it hadn‘t been
for Iola Morton.
And wasn‘t that an awful thing
for that little tattletale
to do?
Gertrude, please,
just one thing at a time.
Now, as I understand it,
Applegate -
I don‘t care
about Silas Applegate
or his flower bed.
It‘s your sons
I‘m thinking of.
Well, I hope you gave them
a piece of your mind.
It‘s a piece of your mind
they need.
(sighs)
All right, Gertrude.
I guess I can get back
from the city for one night.
I‘ll talk to those boys
this evening. Don‘t worry.
Fenton, if you lay a hand
on either one of them, I -
Oh, Gertrude,
you‘re hopeless.
Well, all they need
to keep out of trouble
is a little advice from you
once in a while.
Well, I‘m still going
to lay down the law
about one thing.
No more of this
junior detective nonsense.
I second the motion.
Uh, 3,000 doubloons
at $30 apiece is...
$9,000?
You left out a zero,
stupid.
Oh. Oh, yeah. Hey,
that‘s $90,000, and he said
they might be worth as much
as $40 apiece, didn‘t he?
I guess museums
and collectors
would buy them,
all right.
They‘re all made
of gold.
That‘d be $120,000. Wow.
Hey, will you cut it out?
Look, you don‘t think
old Apple Juice would
give us anything, do you,
after last night?
Besides, you heard
what aunt Gertrude said
after she talked to Dad
on the phone.
"Junior detective nonsense."
You don‘t suppose
he really said that, do you?
Boy, I‘m telling you,
after tonight,
I don‘t even think
we‘ll be allowed
to read Sherlock Holmes.
Sure doesn‘t give us
much time to solve anything.
(sarcastic) Ha.
You guys solve anything?
Hi, Perry.
Hi. I came over to get
the doubloon back.
Oh, listen,
we been trying
to find out
about it for you.
Sure. We‘ve been
investigating -
Investigating? I just walked
past Applegate‘s house.
What a mess.
Perry, we didn‘t do
all that digging.
No, we dug just where you
told us to and nowhere else.
Except we left our
pick and shovel there.
Yeah, and somebody
used them
to get us in trouble.
Gee. You mean just like
what happened to me.
Huh?
Well, when somebody
stole those tools,
and then
they hid them in my room
so I‘d get in trouble.
Yeah. It‘s just
exactly the same.
Golly.
Well, who is it?
I mean, well, who‘d want
to do such a thing?
(car approaches)
(horn honks)
He said
he‘d pick me up here.
I didn‘t know
he‘d be so quick.
I better take
the doubloon.
Golly, what are you,
a prisoner or something?
‘Course not.
Only, probation officer‘s
making me
move back to the city
in the morning.
Leaving Bayport
for good?
Well, I was only here to
have that job at Applegate‘s
and to see whether
I could get along.
(horn honks)
Hey, kid, come on!
Let‘s go!
Please, sir, just give me
a few more minutes.
Golly, you haven‘t got
any more time than we have.
Pretty soon our father‘s
gonna make us stop
being detectives at all.
Yeah. Hey, Perry,
how come you wanted
to look for some more
doubloons?
They wouldn‘t be yours,
you know.
Well, I wouldn‘t
mind getting along
with a guy like Applegate,
I mean, doing something
to make him happy.
I‘ve gotta have a place
where they‘ll give me a job
and a place to live, haven‘t I?
Back in the city is nothing
but a dirty, dirty...
(skates rattling)
Iola.
She wouldn‘t have gone
and blabbed on us,
we wouldn‘t be
in this - Hey.
Well, it wasn‘t
her fault we got scared
and left our pick
and shovel over there.
That‘s what got us
into trouble.
That‘s it.
Our pick and shovel.
That‘s our last hope.
Iola?
Joseph Hardy,
don‘t you touch me.
(screams)
(Joe) Wait up, will ya?
(Gertrude)
Frank! Joe!
Hey, wait!
Kid, where you going?!
Boys, come back here!
I‘ll get them,
Miss Hardy.
Oh, I-I told you not to
leave until your father -
I...
Joe! Please.
I didn‘t mean to tell
your Aunt Gertrude on you.
I was - (muffled)
Joe, take it easy!
Wait, you guys. There!
Look, Iola,
I‘m not hurting you.
I‘m just gonna let you
help us, that‘s all.
Help us?! Joe,
what‘s the big idea?
And now that policeman
saw her, too.
Don‘t you guys understand?
As soon as it‘s dark,
she‘s gonna get us
our pick and shovel back.
They‘re still in the same dirt
where we left them.
I‘m gonna what? Where?
Well, none of us guys
could get near the place
without being shot.
Well, I mean,
well, even if we weren‘t
being watched all the time.
(siren wailing) don‘t think
Joe!
(tires screech)
(muffled scream)
Don‘t you guys understand?
There‘s still time
to solve the case.
We can get the fingerprints of
the crook that did the digging.
Hey, from the shovel!
His fingerprints.
Fingerprints? Crook?
What crook? Here. Here,
you let go of her.
Now what‘s the idea
of all of you
running away?
Oh, uh,
she‘s no crook, sir.
She‘s a female detective,
one of the finest in the world.
Oh. So you‘re just
playing games, huh?
Sure. Hide-and-seek.
We are.
Go on and hide,
everybody. I‘m it.
Now wait a minute.
Wait a minute. Cut it out.
Come on, we don‘t want
Applegate seeing us now.
Applegate? Where?
Well, he‘s not
anyplace right now,
but this is his property.
Yeah, I know. All right.
Now, everybody back
to the sidewalk.
Go on. And, you,
you climb into that car.
That old billy goat
will slaughter anybody
he catches trespassing
around here.
Be careful of that shrubbery.
Don‘t break any of it down.
The old man comes out here,
we‘ll have nothing
but trouble.
Now, son,
get in the car.
Well, I-I guess I might not
be seeing you guys again.
Oh, yes, you will.
We still have something
of yours, and maybe
after tonight,
you won‘t even
have to leave Bayport.
All right, kid,
come on. Let‘s go.
So long, everybody.
What does a female
detective have to do?
We just told you.
All you have to do
is sneak over tonight
and get our pick
and shovel.
Before he and Dad
and everyone handle them
and get all
the fingerprints off.
But it‘ll be dark.
Oh, there‘s nothing to it.
Don‘t be scared.
Sure. If
Mr. Jackley‘s here,
maybe he‘ll help you.
That plumber?
But maybe he‘s the crook.
Maybe. Anyway,
we‘ll find out
before morning.
We?
Gee, that‘s a beautiful blouse
you have on.