Congo Bill

[first lines]

Narrator:
With no regard for his personal safety, Congo Bill has never hesitated to risk his life to track down and capture even the most ferocious beasts of the jungle with power and speed beyond human conception. Even though trapped, these savage animals must still be trained adding new hazards to Congo Bill's thrill-packed career. A dangerous way of life, he would not trade it for any other.

Tom McGraw:
In a year, the trust fund and the estate will be ours unless an heir to the Culver estate is found.

Bernie McGraw:
There's no chance of that. You know as well as I do that Culver and his whole family disappeared in Africa years ago. If there'd been a survivor, we'd have heard about it.

Tom McGraw:
If there was a survivor and someone knew about it, they might want to get rid of us and put in a claim for the estate.

Bernie McGraw:
Hey, I hadn't thought of that. That might account for the accident tonight.

Tom McGraw:
Yes, that's why we have to find out definitely if there's a Culver heir.

Tom McGraw:
Listen to this part of the letter... ah, here we are: "The white girl is rumored to be about twenty years old. She's supposed to be princess of a lost tribe in the Valley of Namu. Nobody knows these things positively as no one has gone into that valley and come back alive. The place is taboo.

Bernie McGraw:
I don't see how that concerns us.

Tom McGraw:
There was a baby girl of Culver's in that party that disappeared. She'd be just about twenty years old now...

Andre Bocar:
I want some men... some able men!

Kleeg:
Those who frequent my establishment, as you can see, are far from able.

Andre Bocar:
Why didn't you get the gold?

Villabo:
That witch doctor, Nagu, didn't bring any to the place we always met him.

Andre Bocar:
Why not?

Villabo:
He was afraid to. Says his boss is getting suspicious of him.

Andre Bocar:
His boss? You mean that white princess they call Lureen?

Villabo:
yeah. She's more than a princess - she's queen of the whole Lost Tribe and has authority enough to make even the witch doctor watch his step.

Kleeg:
Bocar, you misjudge me. You know I'm an easy-going man, honest and ready to help.

Andre Bocar:
Mm-hmm - for a price.

Congo Bill:
Mr. Bocar, what's your business - besides attempted murder?

Congo Bill:
You're Ruth Culver. Across this valley, beyond the great sea, in a land we like to call civilization, there are two valuable things which belong to you.

Lureen:
Why are they valuable?

Congo Bill:
They represent wealth - the finest there is. A half million dollars in trust which is being held for you.

Lureen:
What use is there in such wealth in this valley? We have everything we need.

Congo Bill:
There is also a great business which is yours - a business in which many people are active... and many jungle animals.

Lureen:
We have such animals here and the people of my tribe are active, too.

Congo Bill:
You have a good point there.

Andre Bocar:
I'll take care of this white queen before she gets to thinking she's the whole deck!

[Zalea has discovered Congo Bill searching Kleeg's desk]

Zalea:
Is this an American game?

Congo Bill:
Well, what are you going to do about it?

Zalea:
I could call for help.

Congo Bill:
But you don't think you need to, huh?

Zalea:
I'm sure it's something you and I could handle.

Congo Bill:
I think we have nothing else to discuss.

Zalea:
We have this...

[Zalea pulls out a pistol and points it at Congo Bill]

Congo Bill:
Well, lady, you have quite an argument there.

[Kleeg and a henchman drag Congo Bill into his torture chamber]

Congo Bill:
This is quite a playroom.

Kleeg:
We use it to entertain our special guests. We have a very unusual program for those caught stealing.