Green Hornet - Trouble Hits The Trolleys

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Harold's Old Time Radio

Episode: Green Hornet – Trouble Hits The Trolleys

Host: Harold's Old Time Radio
Date: May 10, 2026

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Overview

This episode of "Harold’s Old Time Radio" presents a classic Green Hornet radio drama, “Trouble Hits The Trolleys.” Set in a bustling city, the episode follows crusading newspaper publisher Britt Reid (secretly the Green Hornet) as he uncovers and thwarts a corrupt plot to sabotage the city's streetcar system in favor of a private bus franchise. As suspicion shifts between newsmen, city officials, and mysterious new employees, the famous vigilante takes action in his alter ego to expose the crime and restore justice.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. Newspaper Rivalry and Streetcar Sabotage

• Opening Scene: Papers are abuzz after a streetcar accident. Larry Lowry, reporter for the Daily Sentinel, is frustrated the rival Clarion is outselling them with sensational headlines.
  • Notable Quote:
    • Larry: "Selling three Clarions to every one of ours. Sometimes I think maybe I'm working for the wrong outfit." (03:26)
• Britt Reid’s Integrity: Reid insists the Sentinel won't sensationalize stories for circulation, drawing a firm line against “yellow journalism.”
  • Notable Quote:
    • Reid: “As long as I'm publisher of this paper, I'm not going to color any story to gain circulation.” (04:03)

2. Suspicion Around Fisher and Streetcar Accidents

• Motivation Unveiled: Casey notes the timing: accidents only started after Fisher began pushing his bus campaign.
  • Notable Quote:
    • Casey: “Well, I did notice that there weren't any until about the last month or so." (04:38)
• Reid’s Theory: He suspects Fisher is orchestrating the accidents to influence the city council.
• Action Plan: Lowry is tasked with investigating Fisher’s associates and activities.

3. Corruption Revealed: The Conspiracy

• Corrupt City Inspector (Grady) and Fisher’s Conversation: They discuss faking stronger reports and causing a dramatic trolley accident to sway council votes.
  • Notable Exchange:
    • Fisher: "You're the city inspector, aren't you? …Then fake those reports." (07:02)
    • Grady: “There's a limit to what I can fake, Fisher. …” (07:03)
• Lowry’s Confrontation with Fisher: Fisher tries to bribe Lowry to get slanted coverage in the Sentinel, but Lowry refuses and vows to expose him.
  • Memorable Moment:
    • Larry: “Why, you chiseling, lying crook. …If this bus franchise of yours is as phony as you are, then all I hope is I'm the guy who writes it up.” (09:31-09:44)

4. Sabotage in Action

• The “Big Accident”: Fisher orders Moran and Atwell (two suspicious new workers) to sabotage a streetcar for maximum effect.
• Wreck Occurs: Streetcar 618 goes out of control, creating panic and a headline-grabbing crash. (10:56–11:19)
• Aftermath: Official reports, led by Grady, blame streetcar company negligence. Indictments are issued, and the council moves to call a special meeting on selling the bus franchise. (11:37–12:06)

5. Investigation Hits a Wall

• No Evidence: Despite suspicion, Britt Reid and his reporters can’t link Fisher to the crimes; the conspiracy appears airtight.
  • Quote:
    • Lowry: “I went over the whole setup with a fine tooth comb. There's not a single string leading to Fisher.” (12:23)

6. The Green Hornet’s Intervention

• Britt Reid adopts his vigilante role: He disguises his handwriting, employs mysterious “disappearing ink,” and crafts a letter to Mr. Hanson, president of the trolleys, instructing him on how to act. (13:28–13:59)
  • Notable Moment:
    • Green Hornet: “Write it. That's better. Now listen, Hanson… Read it first and then decide if you want to go on running your trolleys. You'll do as I say.” (17:36)
• Classic Secret Passage Scene: Reid and Kato prepare the “Black Beauty” for action. (14:13–14:38)

7. Final Confrontation at the Car Barns

• Green Hornet captures Moran and Atwell: He extracts their confession that Fisher ordered the sabotage. He then lures Fisher to the car barns. (18:30–19:47)
• Showdown: Hornet threatens to plaster trolley cars with his logo, framing himself for the accidents unless Fisher confesses—a clever bluff.
  • Quotable Moment:
    • Green Hornet: “Either you confess your part in these trolley crashes, or those stickers go on. Whichever I do, I’m finished ... Either way you lose.” (23:17–23:25)
• Fisher attempts a double-cross: He pulls a gun instead of a pen, but is overcome by the Hornet and Kato. (24:03)
• Police arrive: The criminals are caught in the act, with confessions and evidence in hand. (25:00–25:44)

8. Resolution

• Hanson explains: The Green Hornet’s letter (written in disappearing ink) prompted him to call the police, leading to Fisher’s capture.
  • Memorable Reveal:
    • Larry: "It's disappearing ink. … That Green Hornet thinks of everything.” (26:49–26:51)
• Fisher is finished: The streetcar company’s name is cleared; the council blocks the franchise sale.
• Green Hornet makes his escape: Siren blares as he disappears into the night, his legend intact. (27:00–27:05)
  • Conclusion: “Well, Doyle, I guess the Hornet still got his sting.” – Larry Lowry (27:05)

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Notable Quotes

• Britt Reid:
  “As long as I'm publisher of this paper, I'm not going to color any story to gain circulation.” (04:03)
• Larry Lowry:
  “Why, you chiseling, lying crook. ... The Sentinel is going after you with both barrels.” (09:31–09:44)
• Green Hornet:
  “Either you confess your part in these trolley crashes, or those stickers. ... Either way you lose.” (23:17–23:25)
• Larry Lowry:
  “It’s disappearing ink. ... That Green Hornet thinks of everything.” (26:49–26:51)
• Final word:
  “Well, Doyle, I guess the Hornet still got his sting.” – Larry Lowry (27:05)

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Key Timestamps

• 03:26: Larry Lowry laments The Clarion’s outselling the Sentinel
• 04:03: Britt Reid’s stand on journalistic ethics
• 07:02: Fisher and Grady plot sabotage
• 09:31–09:44: Lowry refuses Fisher’s bribe, threatens exposure
• 11:00–11:19: Dramatic streetcar crash sequence
• 12:23: Investigation appears to hit a dead end
• 13:28–14:38: Green Hornet plans covert action with Kato
• 17:36: Green Hornet’s dramatic late-night visit to Mr. Hanson
• 18:30–19:47: Moran and Atwell confess to Green Hornet
• 23:17–23:25: Hornet bluffs Fisher into a confession
• 24:03: Fisher’s attempted double-cross
• 25:00–25:44: Police apprehend the criminals
• 26:49–26:51: Disappearing ink revelation
• 27:05: The Green Hornet vanishes into the night

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Memorable Moments

• Lowry standing up for integrity and refusing the bribe (09:31–09:44)
• Britt Reid’s masterstroke with disappearing ink (13:59; 26:49)
• The tense car barn showdown and capture of the criminals (23:17–25:44)
• Classic Hornet exit – “Well, Doyle, I guess the Hornet still got his sting.” (27:05)

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Tone & Style

The episode brims with classic radio drama flair: crisp, overlapping dialogue, hardboiled quips, ethical tension, and suspense-laden showdowns. Characters speak with urgency and wry humor characteristic of Golden Age crime fiction, with an undercurrent of civic responsibility and vigilance.

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Summary

“Trouble Hits The Trolleys” exemplifies Green Hornet’s knack for drawing back the veil on urban corruption by using both sharp journalism and masked vigilantism. The episode boasts fast-paced plotting, pointed social commentary about “yellow journalism,” and creative detective work—notably Britt Reid’s disappearing ink trick—as justice triumphs and the Green Hornet melts away into legend.

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Transcript

[Narrator]

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The Green Hornet.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

He hunts the biggest of all game public enemies that even the G men cannot reach.

[Narrator]

The Green Hornet.

[Casey]

It's ram.

[Narrator]

The adventurer.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Trouble hits the trolleys.

[Narrator]

The events and characters depicted in this drama are fictitious. Any similarity to actual presence, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

[Newscaster]

Clarion Parrot Clarion. Streetcar accident. 50 passengers in panic. Clarion Pair.

[Larry Lowry]

Yes, sir.

[Mr. Hansen]

Keep it in.

[Moran]

Gee, thanks. Some story in the Clarion intermissal about the streetcar.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Yeah, I know all about it.

[Larry Lowry]

Listen, kid, why don't you plug the Daily Sentinel instead of the Clarion, huh? You're selling both of them, aren't you? Sure, but that don't. Sentinel's got a better story than the Clarion ever had.

[Moran]

No, it ain't, miss.

[Larry Lowry]

Don't tell me, sonny. I phoned it in myself. It's all over the front page.

[Moran]

Yeah, but it ain't as good as the Clarion story.

[Larry Lowry]

Now listen.

[Moran]

Well, take a look if you don't believe me. There's a Sentinel right here.

[Larry Lowry]

Hey, taxi. Taxi.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Look at that.

[Larry Lowry]

Selling three Clarions to every one of ours. The Daily Sentinel office. Step on it. A fine yarn this is. Why didn't we give it an eight column head like the Clarion? And I don't even rate a byline. Sometimes I think maybe I'm working for the wrong outfit. Oh, this headline. Accident Delays streetcar Service. Say, what's the matter with this taxi? I can make better time walking.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Here's the Sentinel. Story of that streetcar business.

[Casey]

Nothing like the Clarion's, Mr. Reid.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

In case the Clarion isn't happiness, it can be sensational. As long as I'm publisher of this paper, I'm not going to color any story to gain circulation. A lot of readers may want lurid yellow journalism, but they won't get it from the Sentinel.

[Casey]

I bet Laurie will be burned up. Mr. Reed Laurie? Why, I imagine he expected a byline on this.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Bylines are reserved for scoops with special features. Every paper in town covered this. Lowry knows that.

[Casey]

He ought to.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Lowry's one of the best reporters in the game, Ms. Case. But once in a while he lets his nose for news carry him to extremes.

[Casey]

I guess every reporter looks for sensations.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Ms. Case, there's something behind these accidents that doesn't strike me as being on the level.

[Casey]

Well, I did notice that there weren't any until about the last month or so.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Just when this man Fisher starts a campaign to operate buses in place of the streetcars.

[Casey]

Hey, Mr. Reed, I didn't notice that.

[Larry Lowry]

What's going on around here, Casey? The Clarion's beating us three for one up. Oh, hello, Mr. Reed.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

The streetcar story. Is that it, Larry?

[Larry Lowry]

Well, yeah, that's it, boss. Of course I know there weren't any

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

passengers injured and there was no real

[Larry Lowry]

damage to speak of.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Sentinel said that, Larry.

[Larry Lowry]

Well, I guess the Clarion stretched the truth a little. A little?

[Casey]

They called it a panic.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Any sign of panic that you saw, Laurie?

[Larry Lowry]

No.1 Dame fainted when the door jammed.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

That's all.

[Casey]

The Clarion would call a bargain sale at a dress counter a panic.

[Larry Lowry]

But look, boss, I don't usually go out on a limb this way about a small time accident. Only with that battle about the bus franchise coming up before the city council. This stuff is new. Not the way you think, Laurie.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

You recognize the name Fisherman?

[Larry Lowry]

The guy who's angling for the bus franchise.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

What's your opinion of him?

[Larry Lowry]

Offhand, I don't like him.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

That's the feeling of most people.

[Casey]

Nothing's ever been proved against him, has it, Mr. Reed?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

No, Ms. Case.

[Larry Lowry]

He's very clever. He may get his buses.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Yes, Lowry. A month ago the city council would have laughed at his demand.

[Larry Lowry]

They're not laughing now.

[Mr. Hansen]

But don't you get it?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Doesn't it strike you as odd that the streetcar line should start running into trouble right when Fisher starts his campaign?

[Casey]

One more accident and he'll get that franchise.

[Larry Lowry]

Say, I must have been wearing blinders not to see it before. It's as plain as the nose on my face.

[Casey]

Plainer, if possible.

[Larry Lowry]

Lowry.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

I want to find out what's going on.

[Larry Lowry]

You and me both, boss.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Fisher's responsible for the trouble of Charl have been having. The central wants to know it.

[Larry Lowry]

Okay, I'll start digging up dope on Fisher.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

How he goes, who he sees, what he does, everything. Make it good. And you get that violin.

[Larry Lowry]

Right.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

And get me the district attorney. Ms. Casey, you might have some stuff that'll prove useful. So, Fish, is the baby to go after?

[Casey]

Get the District Attorney and put the call through to Mr. Reed's wire. She's still Around Raleigh.

[Larry Lowry]

Casey, there's one thing that burns me up.

[Casey]

Do tell. Because you didn't get a byline.

[Larry Lowry]

Oh, no, it's the Clarion. Selling three papers to wire one. It isn't right.

[Casey]

Sentinel could use a scoop.

[Larry Lowry]

Lowry, you're telling me. The next time trouble hits the trolleys. All I wish for is that Fisher's in the middle of it.

[Casey]

The middle of the wreck?

[Larry Lowry]

No, pal, the middle of the story.

[Casey]

I hope you're right.

[Larry Lowry]

But I. Yeah, I know, I know.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Fisher's too smart.

[Larry Lowry]

But you heard the boss. I'm going after him anyway.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Absolutely no trouble, Grady. There's not a soul suspects those accidents weren't genuine. And what more do you want? Plenty.

[Moran]

The city council already has my report.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Those reports aren't strong enough.

[Moran]

Listen, Fisher, there's a limit.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

When the limit is reached, I'm the one who'll call a halt, Grady, not you.

[Larry Lowry]

Now hold on.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Council will never act on reports like yours.

[Moran]

If you want stronger reports, you've got to have tougher accidents.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

You're the city inspector, aren't you? Sure. Then fake those reports.

[Moran]

There's a limit to what I can fake, Fisher. When a door jams, I can't make it look like a smack up. If the brakes stick, I can't say there ain't no brakes at all.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Why not?

[Moran]

Too many people can check up on me. That's why.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

That bus franchise is going through.

[Larry Lowry]

Grady.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

I don't care how.

[Moran]

That's your business.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

And yours. If you want any dough from me, you'll see that.

[Moran]

Yeah, I get this, Fisher. I'm in with you. Sure. I can use a cut of the

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

grave of your head.

[Moran]

And for same as anyone else, I'm making my reports as strong as possible without no one getting.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Why say you better.

[Moran]

Now you get that man of yours in the car bars to do a job on one of those street cars. So it'll really crack up.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

And what?

[Moran]

I'll turn in a report that will spell ruin for the streetcar company. Just like that. You'll be in, Fisher.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

The ones we have aren't strong enough, huh?

[Moran]

You'd be taking the chance. Fix another accident and you can't miss.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

In that case, I might as well make sure.

[Moran]

Now you're talking.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

I'll get in touch with my man at once. This time there'll be plenty for you. And a district attorney too.

[Casey]

You can't go in there.

[Larry Lowry]

I am insistent. By what right are you busting like this, Mr. Fisher? But I had a deadline to meet.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Oh, you're a Reporter. And it's different to have a chair. Thanks.

[Larry Lowry]

Nice place you got here, Mr. Fisher. Wish the Daily Sentinel would do as well by us.

[Moran]

I think maybe I'll be on my way.

[Larry Lowry]

Say, if I'm interrupting something.

[Moran]

No, no, not at all.

[Casey]

Goodbye, Fisher.

[Larry Lowry]

That guy sure was in a hurry.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

He. He had an engagement.

[Larry Lowry]

Isn't he Grady, the city inspector?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Who?

[Mr. Hansen]

Grady works for the city.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

No, no, just a friend of mine. Now what can I do for you, mister? What did you say your name was?

[Larry Lowry]

I didn't say.

[Mr. Hansen]

But it's Lowry.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Oh, yes, Lowry. With a Daily Sentinel. Say, what happened to you boys on that streetcar story?

[Larry Lowry]

We had it.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

The Clarion played it up big.

[Larry Lowry]

It wasn't important enough.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Not important?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Think how many people ride on those streetcars. A lot. The lives of hundreds, thousands of people may be in constant danger and you call it unimportant.

[Larry Lowry]

Get off the soapbox, Fisher. Everyone knows your angle.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Of course they do. I want my bus franchise to go through because the streetcar line is mismanaged, antedated and a menace to the citizens of this city. Buses are better, huh?

[Larry Lowry]

Much better.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

There's no comparison. Now why don't the Sentinel get smart and help in my campaign?

[Larry Lowry]

Like the Clarion, huh?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Exactly. How about it, Larry?

[Mr. Hansen]

How about what?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

You're in a position to do me some good, Larry.

[Larry Lowry]

You mean a nice little follow up story on the streetcar accident? Placing the blame on the management of the company?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

That's the idea.

[Larry Lowry]

Or maybe an editorial.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Sure. Who knows, I might be able to do a favor for you in return.

[Larry Lowry]

Sounds pretty nice.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Sure it is. I knew as soon as you came in the door you were a smart guy. What do you say?

[Larry Lowry]

Why, you chiselling, lying crook. You no good, scheming grafter.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Now see here. See here.

[Larry Lowry]

Try to bribe me, will you? Bribe a reporter? If you weren't smaller than me, I'd plaster you flatter than that rug.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Get out of my office. It's a pleasure.

[Larry Lowry]

And get this, Fisher. The Sentinel is going after you with both barrels. If this bus franchise of yours is as phony as you are, then all I hope is I'm the guy who writes it up. Boy, oh boy, will I scorch you.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

That two pint reporter talking to me that way. After I get through with that street cursed company. That won't see enough. Lift it,

[Larry Lowry]

Brian.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

You know who this is. I want you and Atwell to get busy. That's right. Make it a real crack up this time. The worst the streetcars ever had.

[Moran]

Yeah, what do you want?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Moran, put down that wrench. We got a job to do.

[Moran]

You mean through that?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Never mind the name. What's the next car going out? Number 618, right over there. Okay, come on.

[Moran]

What's it gonna be this time?

[Mr. Hansen]

The brakes?

[Moran]

Another jam door.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Open your lip and get moving. We're getting twice as much dope for this one. We're giving up the works.

[Casey]

Can you tell me where I get

[Newscaster]

the streetcar for Parsons Avenue, officer?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Right here, lady, at the bottom of this hill.

[Casey]

Thank you.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Well, that's her now. Just starting down the hill.

[Casey]

It's coming awfully fast.

[Larry Lowry]

Hey, look at that trolley.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Why would he stop? He's out of control. It's heading this way.

[Newscaster]

Look out. It's going crack.

[Moran]

My report of the streetcar accident shows that the cause of the crash was faulty safety equipment. There is definite evidence of criminal negligence on the part of the streetcar company. Signed Grady, City Inspector.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

The city council hereby calls a special meeting to vote on the bus franchise. Signed, Hopkins, Chairman of the City Council.

[Moran]

As District Attorney for this city, I

[Larry Lowry]

am indicting the officials of the streetcar

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

company for criminal negligence resulting in injury to passengers.

[Larry Lowry]

Signed Martin, District Attorney.

[Newscaster]

District attorney pearl streetcar crash city council of allan bus franchise.

[Larry Lowry]

I tell you, boss, I went over the whole setup with a fine tooth comb. There's not a single string leading to Fisher.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

What about Grady? Not a thing. Calling on Fisher while you were there, Joe?

[Larry Lowry]

I knew it was him. But he's in the clear. His report on the crack up has been checked and double checked.

[Casey]

And if he wants to place the blame squarely on the streetcar officials, who's to stop him?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Those two new men in the car barns. You got anything on them? Moran and Atwell. You say they've been spending money freely. Did they explain it?

[Larry Lowry]

Yeah. Claim they wanted betting on a horse.

[Casey]

Try to check up on that.

[Larry Lowry]

Honest, boss, we're stymied. It's airtight all the way.

[Casey]

Gosh, I hate to think of a man like Fisher getting away with a stunt like this.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Me too, Casey.

[Casey]

Sometimes I'd like to take the law into my own hands.

[Larry Lowry]

What?

[Casey]

Well, honestly, Mr. Reed, isn't that the only way to catch these crooks?

[Larry Lowry]

Oh, Casey, hold on. There's only one Gentle can get away with that stuff. And you don't look like the Green Hornet to me. Am I right, Boss, or am I right?

[Casey]

He says I don't look like The Green Hornet. Mr. Reed.

[Larry Lowry]

Yes? Nobody listens to me around here.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

No, I heard you, Lowry. I. I was just thinking.

[Narrator]

That evening while Brit Reed Was in his apartment. He spoke to Cato, his valet. And the only living man to know that Brett Reed is really the dreaded Green Hornet.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

And that's the whole story, Cato. Fisher has his tracks covered from every angle. What about no good, Cato. Even if those two could be charged with the crime of damaging the streetcar. Even if they were picked up, it wouldn't have to catch Fisher.

[Moran]

Why not?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

There's no actual evidence to connect him with Fisher. He could deny he ever heard of them.

[Mr. Hansen]

You look for something.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Writing paper. Here it is.

[Mr. Hansen]

It Ink.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

I don't want this ink. That'll be some of the other in this drawer. Here we are. I want the mask and gun, Cato, the car. Is the Black Beauty ready?

[Mr. Hansen]

Yes, sir.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Quite a job disguising my handwriting.

[Mr. Hansen]

Now I see you on the bottom.

[Narrator]

Placing the letter in his pocket bit, Reed went through a secret panel in his clothes press.

[Mr. Hansen]

With Cato.

[Narrator]

He walked through a narrow passage within the walls of the apartment house. Then downstairs to the supposedly abandoned warehouse that housed the sleek black car of the Green Hornet.

[Larry Lowry]

Ready?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

All right, get in.

[Narrator]

Once more, the powerful black car roared

[Mr. Hansen]

through the city streets.

[Narrator]

Carrying the Green Hornet on his errand of justice. The curtain falls on the first act of our Green Hornet adventure. Before the next exciting scenes. Please permit us to pause for just a few moments.

[Newscaster]

Sam.

[Narrator]

Now to continue our story. A serious accident on the trolley line increased agitation to replace the streetcars with buses. Although the streetcar lines were blamed for the accidents. Biff Reed had reason to believe that they had been engineered by Fisher who was out to grab the bus franchise. When ordinary methods failed to pin the guilt on Fisher Brett Reid assumed the role of the Green Hornet to bring the criminal to justice.

[Casey]

Father, it's late.

[Newscaster]

You should be asleep.

[Mr. Hansen]

I can't sleep, Sally. Tomorrow the council decides on the bus franchise. They'll vote against me, dad.

[Casey]

They can't throw away all you've worked for. The streetcar lines are the finest in the country.

[Mr. Hansen]

Not anymore, Sally. Not when people are hurt through my neglect.

[Casey]

Oh, it's not your doing, dad.

[Mr. Hansen]

It's my responsibility.

[Casey]

Oh, dad.

[Mr. Hansen]

Fisher will get his franchise. Put me out of business.

[Casey]

Here's something to make you sleep.

[Mr. Hansen]

Leave it on the nights table, Sally.

[Casey]

There. The lights are out too. Good night, dad.

[Mr. Hansen]

Good night. No good thinking about it. Might as well do as Sally says. I'll open the window first. Fresh air.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Don't move, Hansen.

[Sergeant Doyle]

For you.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

What are you doing out there? Mind that.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Take this letter.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Write it. That's better. Now listen, Hanson.

[Mr. Hansen]

I'm not Listening to the mask. You're the Green Hornet.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

You do as I say, I'll let you have some of this gas. What do you want? And letter tells you what to do. Hanson, you can take it or leave it.

[Larry Lowry]

Suppose I refuse?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Read it first and end decide if you want to go on running your trolleys. You'll do as I say.

[Narrator]

And the ace of spades.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

That's 40 smackers you owe me. Ethel.

[Moran]

Shut up and deal.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Regular sucker, ain't you? Next thing you know, you won't have none of that dough Fisher gave you. What the. Cards down, Moran.

[Moran]

Who's butting in?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

The guy's mask keeper has on the table.

[Larry Lowry]

Hey, I know who you are.

[Casey]

That mask you're wearing.

[Newscaster]

You're the Green Hornet.

[Larry Lowry]

The Hornet.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Let me out of here. I ain't hanging around cracking that chair. And listen, you two. Edwell, we ain't did nothing to you. You two are experts on fixing streetcars, aren't you?

[Larry Lowry]

Now, wait a minute.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Don't stall anyone about you two.

[Moran]

I tell you, you got us wrong.

[Larry Lowry]

Cut it out, Adwell. This guy's a Green Hornet.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

We ain't fooling with him. Okay.

[Mr. Hansen]

Sure.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

We're the guys that done a job on them trolleys at Fisher's. Orders there.

[Moran]

Listen, Hornet, you had me talk.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

You know it all anyway, with the sense of asking us.

[Mr. Hansen]

Sure it was Fisher.

[Moran]

Hey, who you calling?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

I'm calling your boss. For what? He's gonna meet us at the car barns.

[Larry Lowry]

What?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

We ain't going to the car barns. Well, I want conversation from you too. I'll ask for it.

[Newscaster]

Yeah, but don't move.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Understand? This gun has gas enough to take care of both of you. Hello, Fisher. This is the Green Hornet talking. That's what I said, the Green Hornet. Moran, come here. Me? Fisher's on the other end of this phone. He doesn't believe it's the Green Hornet is calling. Convince him. Hello, boss? Yeah, this is Moran.

[Mr. Hansen]

It's him.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

All right, that's enough. Now get this, fishy. I'm going over to the car ponds with these two stooges of yours. Yes, Tonight. I expect to meet you there inside half an hour.

[Larry Lowry]

Never mind why.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

If you expect that bus franchise of yours to go through, you'll be there. Your whole scheme will be blown higher than a kite. You can't do this, Hornet.

[Larry Lowry]

You can't make us go over there.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

You heard what I said.

[Larry Lowry]

Kept moving. Not on your life.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

In that case, I'll call the police. They'll be glad to know who's responsible. For that trolley trouble.

[Larry Lowry]

Hold on.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

At the Cat's Ferry. Now you're being smart. Yeah, yeah. Who will go with you?

[Mr. Hansen]

Hornet.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Remember, one false move, you need the rod. Hornet, we're going. All right. Come on, you rats. March.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Slow tonight, Lori. Nothing but a couple of disturbing the peace charges. Stuff like that.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Well, as long as I'm covering the

[Larry Lowry]

police news, I might as well keep hanging around. Never gonna tell when something's going to pop.

[Sergeant Doyle]

That's what we're here for. Say, whatever happened to that big lug that used to work for Mr. Reed?

[Larry Lowry]

You mean Mike Axford?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Dog.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Who else would I be meaning? The way that guy used to get in my hair. Him and his theories and every last

[Mr. Hansen]

one of them wrong.

[Larry Lowry]

The boss got a letter from him the other day.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

He's out west.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Oh, he is, eh? Well, all I hope is he stays there.

[Larry Lowry]

Don't bank on it too much, Doyle.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

He may come back before Police headquarters.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Sergeant Doyle speaking.

[Mr. Hansen]

Police? This is Hanson, president of the Street Railways.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Yeah.

[Sergeant Doyle]

What's wrong, Mr. Hansen?

[Mr. Hansen]

Earlier this evening I got a letter from the Green Horn.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

What is that name?

[Sergeant Doyle]

Did you say Green Hornets.

[Larry Lowry]

Holy mackerel.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Doyle.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Hi, flowery.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Keep talking. Mr. Hansen.

[Mr. Hansen]

I prefer to have you come out here to my place at once. It's on the corner.

[Sergeant Doyle]

I know where it is. A squad cow will be out there with me in it.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

What's up?

[Mr. Hansen]

I'll explain that when you arrive.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Okay. The Green Hornet, is it? Well, here's where the Hornet loses his sting.

[Larry Lowry]

That's what you think, Doyle. I want to be around when you try.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Say, listen, Hornet. What's the idea of that? Will and me doing a job on this trolley.

[Casey]

Yeah.

[Moran]

Don't tell me you're working the same record that Fisher's been doing.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Keep working. You'll learn the reason soon enough. Hard work using this file with only a flashlight to give us light. Put some soap on that trial. I don't want any unexpected visitors. What's the difference?

[Larry Lowry]

The regular car barns on the next block.

[Moran]

Repair shop sent empty after midnight.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Sure. Nobody's gonna put in. Nobody could even hear us. Hey, you turned off the flashlight. We can't see nothing. Quiet.

[Mr. Hansen]

Must be Fisher.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Harnage. Keep quiet. Don't either of you try to move. I can see your figures plainly against the window.

[Larry Lowry]

Right.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

That well, that light, it's blind. Over beside the others. Fisher.

[Moran]

What?

[Larry Lowry]

The water.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Fisher.

[Mr. Hansen]

He's got us.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

I knew that phone call would bring you down here in a hurry. So it is true. That phone call did come from the Green Hornet. I told you I wasn't sure. But I couldn't chance. He made us.

[Newscaster]

What do you want?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

That range up. Well, that's better. Keep your hands high. What are you after, Hornet? Is it money? You see these fish here? Green Hornet stickers.

[Mr. Hansen]

Yeah.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

You're in a spot, fishy. Suppose I plaster this trolley with these stickers? Put them all over. Go ahead. That has nothing to do with me. The city council will think the Green Hornet caused the streetcar accident. Hanson will be vindicated. What will happen to your bus franchise then? Let the streetcars go on running. Exactly, Fisher. Hornet A. I'll give you 20,000. I want more than that.

[Moran]

30,000 if you forget the scheme. I don't mean money, Fisher.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

All I want from you is your signature. My signature? Either you confess your part in these trolley crashes or those stickers.

[Mr. Hansen]

Go on.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Whichever I do, I'm finished.

[Larry Lowry]

Right.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Either way, you lose. He's got you, boss. You're bluffing, Hornet.

[Mr. Hansen]

Am I?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

What can you possibly get out of it if I confess? Nothing personally. Only the satisfaction of knowing that your dirty scheme has been ruined. Better hurry, Fisher. The police will be here any minute. The cops?

[Larry Lowry]

Hey, what?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

You're not serious. All right, Fisher, the stickers.

[Moran]

Go on.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

No, no, wait. I'll sign. Give me time to get away before they come here. Pen's right here in my pocket. And here's the confession. Pretty sure your self words, Howie. Turn the flashlight on a minute, Hornet, so I can see when. Put him up. What gun? Stand back, Hornet. Thought I was reaching for my pen, huh? Nice work. False. You had a shoulder holster, huh? You can't get away with this.

[Larry Lowry]

I am getting away with it.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Drop dead, can of you, I said. Yo.

[Moran]

Come on, drop it.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Now, Hornet. We'll get you out of this place before any police arrive.

[Mr. Hansen]

All right.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

As well. Grab him.

[Newscaster]

Okay.

[Larry Lowry]

Yeah, we got it.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Listen to me, Fisher. You listen to me, Hornet. You're going to.

[Mr. Hansen]

You what, Fisher?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Not for you too.

[Larry Lowry]

Yeah.

[Newscaster]

Let me get him, will you?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Not now.

[Newscaster]

You take care of him. I've got Moran. My yard.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Good thing you were here.

[Mr. Hansen]

Fisher's gassed.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

He's too knocked out. You used jujitsu on that well, huh?

[Mr. Hansen]

Yes, sir.

[Moran]

I was behind the guard.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

He saw you there, but the others didn't.

[Moran]

Moran.

[Mr. Hansen]

Yeah, Moran.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Nat will be coming to in a minute. Quick, pick up that gun.

[Larry Lowry]

Very well.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

We'll leave this confession beside Fisher. It's not signed, but I think it'll serve the purpose anyway. Yes, sir. Now we'll get back in the shadows. Beside that window and see what happens.

[Moran]

The police got you with me.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

There's no light bombs for us.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Here they are.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Rebels. Flashlights.

[Sergeant Doyle]

This way.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Hey, these two mugs have been stopped.

[Sergeant Doyle]

They're knocked out.

[Larry Lowry]

Doyle, here's Fisher. Fisher?

[Casey]

Yes.

[Larry Lowry]

Chelsea's been caught.

[Casey]

Fish.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

He's been gassed.

[Larry Lowry]

Officer, these two men are Moran and Atwell.

[Mr. Hansen]

They work in the repair shop.

[Larry Lowry]

Dirty work, I'll bet.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Look at this. The axle on this trolley's filed almost

[Larry Lowry]

all the way through. He's coming around. Listen. Listen, Hornet.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Don't. Don't tell it. Don't tell the cops. Hornet.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Go on, Atwell. Keep talking. The cops. You and Moran did this job, didn't you?

[Larry Lowry]

Hey, tell her that. Well, you're in too deep already.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Yeah, yeah, but we was working for Fisher, that's how.

[Larry Lowry]

Fisher's the guy. How?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

I tell you Fisher paid us to wreck all them trolleys.

[Sergeant Doyle]

And you'll swear to that in court?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Sure, I will.

[Larry Lowry]

Sure.

[Newscaster]

Moran, too.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Does this mean Fisher will be implicated?

[Larry Lowry]

Implicated, Mr. Hansen?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Fisher will be convicted.

[Larry Lowry]

He might have got away with it before, but now that we found him here, where these two rats.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Yeah, right in the middle of another job. He's sunk, Mr. Hansen.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Hey, sergeant, look at this.

[Larry Lowry]

I found it next to Fisher's body.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Give me this.

[Sergeant Doyle]

That's for the police, Lori.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

What the.

[Larry Lowry]

Hey, it's a confession. But, uh, it isn't signed.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Don't worry. It will be when we get Fisher down to headquarters. Take those lugs out.

[Moran]

Oh, my Joel. Come on. You grab the other one, Joe. Yeah.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

We'll come back for Fisher later.

[Larry Lowry]

Well, there you are, Hanson. You don't have to worry about the bus franchise when this hits the front page.

[Sergeant Doyle]

What gets me is what happened to these guys.

[Larry Lowry]

What do you think, Doyle? The Green Hornet, huh?

[Mr. Hansen]

If I hadn't followed the instructions in that letter, we'd never have caught Fisher.

[Sergeant Doyle]

What do you mean, Mr. Hansen?

[Mr. Hansen]

His letter told me to call you. At first I wasn't going to trust him. Then I thought it over.

[Larry Lowry]

Hey, we haven't seen that letter yet.

[Mr. Hansen]

It was such a rush.

[Moran]

You got it with you?

[Mr. Hansen]

Yes, I think so. It's in longhand.

[Larry Lowry]

Longhand? Give Hansen. Maybe that handwriting can betray.

[Mr. Hansen]

Sure it is, but I doubt if you can trace it.

[Sergeant Doyle]

I'll take that.

[Mr. Hansen]

When I first looked at it, the handwriting seemed to be disguised. Come on, Doyle.

[Larry Lowry]

Come on, open it up.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Hey, there ain't no writing on this page.

[Larry Lowry]

It's blank. Maybe you need glasses, Doyle.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

I tell you, it's blank.

[Larry Lowry]

Well, what do you know, I'm positive

[Mr. Hansen]

there was writing on that paper before.

[Sergeant Doyle]

There ain't any now. All there is is this here Green Hornet seal in the corner.

[Larry Lowry]

Doyle, I get it.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

It's disappearing ink.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Disappearing ink?

[Larry Lowry]

Yeah. Try and trace that man. That Green Hornet thinks of everything.

[Sergeant Doyle]

And I thought I had me hooks on him.

[Mr. Hansen]

What's that?

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

The Hornet's car there, out the window?

[Sergeant Doyle]

That's him, all right.

[Larry Lowry]

And there he goes.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Oh, I've been working for that car.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Look at it travel.

[Larry Lowry]

Well, Doroth, I guess the Hornet still got his sting. But don't worry, your name will go in the papers anyway.

[Brett Reed / The Green Hornet]

Yeah, that's right.

[Sergeant Doyle]

Inad Fisher.

[Larry Lowry]

And them too, with a little help. Got a phone around here I can use, Mr. Hansen? The Sentinel's going to get an ear full of front page stuff. And, boy, I'd like to see the Clarion try and beat this yarn.

[Newscaster]

Harness smashes racket Fisher arrested Brass Franchise defeated. Green Hornets to emerge.

[Casey]

Sam.