Mystery of the Broken Statues (10 Oct. 1952)

A notorious con artist and his thugs are going to all the antique shops in town, buying cheap figurines, and smashing them. Clark and Lois assume that they are looking for something hidden inside the figurines, so they investigate.

Director:

Thomas Carr

Writer:

William C. Joyce

Stars:

George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jack Larson

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
George Reeves	...	Superman / Clark Kent
Phyllis Coates	...	Lois Lane
Jack Larson	...	Jimmy Olsen (credit only)
John Hamilton	...	Perry White (credit only)
Robert Shayne	...	Inspector Henderson
Tristram Coffin	...	Paul Marden (as Tris Coffin)
Michael Vallon	...	Mr. Bonelli
Maurice Cass	...	Owner of Ellie's Gift Shop
Phillip Pine	...	Dorn, Marden's associate

Storyline

A notorious con artist and his thugs are going to all the antique shops in town, buying cheap figurines, and smashing them. Clark and Lois assume that they are looking for something hidden inside the figurines, so they investigate.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | Family | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 October 1952 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The plot is based on Sherlock Holmes's "Adventure of the Six Napoleons" by Arthur Conan Doyle.

User Reviews

Trippin' Episode

So these guys go into shops, buy an assortment of the same little ceramic statues, and proceed to smash them in front of witnesses, usually the store owner.

They paid for the statues, so what does he care? Well, he's a witness and he tells any reporter or policeman what took place.

Naturally they are going to investigate, especially when Lois learns that one of these smashers is a felon.

She tails him and sure enough, he and his partner do it again, at another store.

What they are after is clues to the hidden loot, but wait a minute.

Had they NOT smashed the statues in the store, but taken them home and done this in private, no one would have been suspicious. No one would have seen any suspicious behavior! It was like these guys were wanting to be caught! And the clues? Clark called them a rebus.

He wrote down what items were found in the small statues.

They were things like a toy car, a toy cow, a pin, little monopoly pieces looking things.

So Clark writes them down and proceeds to go "let's remove these letters and these letters." How did he know which letters to remove? He ends up with TWO LETTERS and a number or two as well.

It's a Post Office box, Lois says.

There's the loot.

Hey, guys, next time you want to hide some money or whatever it was, find an easier way. There's got to be an easier way than going through all this and fouling it up this badly! Geez!