"Here We go." "What's the matter, Gladys?" "Doc, I think she's crying." "It's all right, Gladys." "We'll find you another friend someday soon." "Easy, boys, easy." "He's just been tranquilized." "Gladys, don't worry." "Bluebeard is just sleeping." "Get out of the way, kid." "Would you cool it, Gladys?" "Darrell, go get her some fish." "All right." "Gladys, you just hush up." "Bluebeard's going to be all right." "What's going on, kid?" "They're shipping Bluebeard over there down to San Diego." "Bluebeard, eh?" "Maybe you better do what the lady says and go get some fish." "Sure." "All right, boys." "Over here." "On the double." "Sleep tight, Bluebeard." "Where are you going?" "Officer, what's the problem?" "Sorry, lady, we need all the help we can get." "We got a tip there's gonna be some kind of a robbery here today." "A robbery?" "Supposedly when they load the armored car." "Come on, fellows." "Move out." "Now, wait a minute!" "I'm sorry." "You're just gonna have to guard it yourself." "I'm taking this dolphin to San Diego, and they're coming with me." "All I want is the women and children out of this whole front area." "Okay?" "Now, move out, fellows!" "I am Dr. Stubbs, curator of marine mammals... and I give the orders around here." "You two, get back" "If you're so sure that this animal Bluebeard needs company... then maybe you better go along with us." "What?" "Excuse me, but I'm in a little bit of a hurry." "They're expecting me at the undersea research lab..." " and my plane was late." " We've been waiting for you." "Call headquarters in Washington right away." "We can put you through from here." "I was to call and be briefed after I look at the dolphin." "We just got word." "The dolphin that was to be shipped down here today?" " Yeah." " It's been stolen." "Stolen?" "A dolphin?" "He's a bottlenose dolphin, and his name is Bluebeard." "He was captured two days ago by Marine Park in Los Angeles." "They spotted him following one of their boats." "And just this morning, they noticed the Navy tattoo mark... and reported it to Washington." "What does the Navy say about him?" "Not much, they can't find his service records." " Dolphins have service records?" " They sure do." "Only Bluebeard's is either mislaid or stolen." "All they know is that he served four years in research... for the Navy SEALAB in Florida." "Apparently two weeks ago, he went AWOL from the Caribbean." "Since then he's been listed as missing or dead... until he showed up here in Los Angeles." "Wait a minute, Steve." "It's not possible to swim... from the Caribbean to L.A. in two weeks, even if you're a dolphin." "And even if you took a shortcut through the Panama Canal." "Right." "That's exactly why Washington brought this case to our attention." "So Bluebeard must've been stolen from the Caribbean... and then transported by air or land to L.A." "And then somehow escaped into the Pacific." "Only to be recovered, and then stolen again today." "Without his service record... the Navy can't tell us exactly what he was trained for." "Whoever stole him seems to be one up on us in that department." "Bluebeard is obviously pretty good at something special." "But who would want a dolphin badly enough to steal him twice?" "And why?" "Excuse me, sir." "Mr. Lockhart?" "Don't bother me now, Henry." "Tell James to go lower." "We're approaching the ocean now." "I'll tell him." "There it is." "Twenty miles of coastline." "The most expensive real-estate development in America." "Tell him to fly slower." "We will, sir." "But at the moment you have a phone call." "Code Harpoon." " Gaffer?" " Yes, sir." "Right on schedule." "Did you get him?" "Safe as a goldfish in a bowl." "That's what you said the last time... when we flew that dolphin here from Florida only to have him get away." "Sir, it won't happen again." "Bluebeard has had his little fling." "He will deliver for us." "Don't worry about it." "If he doesn't, it's you..." "Who'll be fed to the sharks." "Yes, sir." "It's time for champagne, Henry." "And tell James to circle the entire project again." "Yes, sir." "The most expensive housing tract in the entire world... and it's going to be mine." "Okay." "Thanks very much." "I appreciate it." "What'd the security chief say?" " He said the sheriff just called." " The real sheriff?" "They say a Highway Patrolman spotted your truck... in a little place called Mountain Junction." "You're kidding." "That's inland." "He seemed pretty sure." "He said he saw it and then lost it." "Was Dr. Stubbs still with them?" "He didn't say." "But I'm going out there to take a look for myself." "Wait." "You know, it reminded me that I started feeding Gladys again, and" "Darrell, I'll be back later, okay?" "Wait." "It reminded me about how much Bluebeard ate." "He never stopped." "What're you getting at?" "Dr. Stubbs, she went to take some food along in the truck for him." "But they took off before she could get it loaded." "Poor guy." "By now he must be starving to death." "There can't be too many stores that sell fresh fish in Mountain Junction." " Thanks, Darrell." " Sure." "Thank you." "Excuse me, ma'am." "Oh, gosh!" "I'm sorry." "Here." "Let me help you." " Boy, I guess you like fish." " I got a lot of cats, lady." "I hope nobody else around here does." "Looks like you bought the whole store out." "Would you keep your hands off?" "There's more inside." "Go buy your own." "You're not very polite for a police officer." "So I'm off-duty, maybe." "You're gonna carry fish in a squad car?" "I'm sorry, lady, but if you had as many cats as I do..." "I gotta go now." " Let me help." " No!" "I mean, excuse me..." "Here, take one, if you like." "Hello, Capt. Gaffer?" "Hello, sir?" "Come in." " Billy, Where are you?" " Hello, Captain, I got the fish." "But I think I better deliver them somewhere else." "I think I got a problem here." "Okay, you." "Out of my way." "I'm warning you!" "Now tell me." "Where is the dolphin?" "Help!" "Help me!" "Hold still." "It's all right." "I'm Diana Prince from the IADC." " You're Dr. Stubbs, Sylvia Stubbs, right?" " I'll kill him!" "That man, I'll kill him!" "You're talking about Gaffer?" "That idiot just dumped Bluebeard into the surf." "What?" "He went to all the trouble of stealing the dolphin... just to turn him loose?" "And then he ran down the beach laughing at me." "Now we'll never get Bluebeard back." "Here you are." "Gladys has worn a harness before, hasn't she?" "Yes." "But now she has a receiver implant." "I've trained her to come in when it bleeps." "We have a code." "So long as it will transmit as well as receive." "Hi, Diana." "Did you find out anything new?" "Not much, I'm afraid." "That man that Wonder Woman caught... his name is Billy." "He doesn't know any more than he already told her:" "that he was hired right off the dock by a man named Gaffer." "The police say they're gonna have to turn him loose." "Why?" "Billy impersonated a cop, didn't he?" "He helped in the heist." "The police will keep an eye on him, I'm sure." "Billy has no idea why they stole the dolphin." "He doesn't even know where Gaffer can be found." "That fellow Gaffer didn't strike me as being smart enough... to be in charge of anything." "There's got to be somebody else." "Undoubtedly." "Someone very powerful who has a particular use... for a dolphin named Bluebeard." "If we can just find him and get him back" "Come on." "He could be anywhere in the whole Pacific Ocean by now." "What, Gladys?" "What do you think?" "Don't tell me you're gonna have her go looking for Bluebeard?" "Nope." "He's gonna find her." "That's how we accidentally caught him in the first place, Darrell." "He followed Gladys here back to one of our boats." "Why'd he want to do a thing like that?" "When you applied for this summer job, how old did you say you were?" "Oh, yeah." "Yeah." "All right, Mr. Goodspeed, I'll take that one... and that one... and we'll throw in the 500 condominiums under construction for good measure." "No." "No sale." "With all those bank loans coming due next week?" "Be reasonable." "For just a small share in your project, I'm offering you $200 million." "I thought I made it clear to you before." "I will not sell." "Ira, you and your partners... are out on a very long limb." "Of course." "I've gambled my whole fortune, my whole life, on this project." "Nothing like that is going to happen." "But if it did... why, everyone would sell... and then you'd beg me to bail you out." "I know how you almost bought control of Palm Beach last year." "I know how you plan to monopolize... every worthwhile piece of coastal property north of Mexico." "Well, it's not going to happen." "I won't let you get your foot in the door here." "Not in Heavenly Shores." "Never!" "All right, Mr. Goodspeed." "I just wanted everyone to know I gave you this one last chance." "And if there ever is a panic..." "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go fishing." "That sounds clearer." "Can you send her out now?" "Yes." "Off you go, honey." "Swim around a bit, Gladys." " That's it." " Oh, no." "If Gladys swims maybe 20 miles an hour, it'll take her all morning... just for her to go back and forth in a 10-mile square." "So if the Pacific Ocean is 6,000 miles wide... times 8,000 or 10,000 miles long... that's 60 million square miles." "Darrell, stop thinking." "But that's worse than looking for a needle in a haystack." "I figure it would take about 10,000 years... for Bluebeard to find Gladys." "And that's without any days off." "What's the matter with that thing?" "She's circling." "Now she's speeding up again." "Look at all the birds over there." "Something's scaring the fish." "Shark?" "There's one over there." "Look." "See it?" "Gladys, come in." "Maybe we ought to get the boat and try to scare them off." "That's a great idea." "Listen, I'll take this." "You go on ahead." "She'll never be able to get away." "They'll kill her." "You go, too." "Help her with the boat." " All right." " Go on." " Is she all right?" " She needs a rest, that's all." "I can't blame her." "Thank goodness something frightened those sharks away." "I hate to say this, but maybe Darrell was right." "Maybe we didn't have such a good idea, after all." "Easy with that." "Where are the release magnets?" "These four magnets." "Just like the ones used in space research." "I had Henry buy out the only laboratory in the West that makes such things." "How much pull would it take to get this apart?" "I want Bluebeard to be able to get loose with his first tug." "The top will stick to the metal forever... but the bottom breaks loose from the harness." "Here, hold it." "See?" "Let me show you how." "There." "See how easy it is?" "A 10-pound pull, just twice the weight of the payload." "Bluebeard's gonna love this." "It'll work." "Almost time for the dress rehearsal, gentlemen." "Shall we?" "Bluebeard's already aboard." "You're gonna dig his performance." "Would you cast off for me, please?" "You should have asked me to get a smaller boat, Mr. Lockhart." "May I ask you, sir, where it is we're going?" "To the Pacific missile test range, where the Navy does its target practice." "Be any minute now, sir." "That old hulk won't last long once we start shooting." "I can promise you that." "There he goes, sir." "He'll be mostly underwater from here on." "I hope he gets clear before they start firing." "I just hope we do." "I know, sir." "It's not very good coffee." "But I'm sure when you see our firing..." "He's away, sir." "He's coming back." "We'd better be getting out of here, hadn't we?" "No, not until I'm sure that Bluebeard is all right." "There he is." "Come on, baby." "Follow me!" "By Jove, that's marksmanship!" "You did it, sir." "Incredible." " And with the very first shot." " Sir." "Thank you, sir." "But I'm not sure... we've started firing yet." "He did it." "What a dress rehearsal." "That dolphin of his is superb, Mr. Lockhart." "Yes, Henry." "Superb." "Didn't I tell you he'd deliver?" "I wish you'd tell me what this dress rehearsal was for." "There it is." "Now, that's a target." "Longer than the Empire State Building and wider than a football stadium." "She's one of the largest tankers in the whole world." "She looks rather full." "Only 500,000 tons of crude oil, that's all." "And if that were to spill near the coast... and if I had all my money invested in Heavenly Shores..." "I'd panic, wouldn't you?" "One of my divers found this stuck to the bottom of the sunken ship." " You think this is what sank it?" " All I know is we didn't blow it up." "Wait a second." "It's a magnet." "Must be a release magnet, like the kind that NASA's developed." "I'll be darned." "So maybe it fell off a satellite." "I'd better turn this over to Naval Intelligence." "It might be Russian, you know." "Or maybe it fell off a dolphin." "What?" "I wonder where they make those things." "Time-wise we should be all right, sir." "Tuesday morning at 8:30, the tanker will reach a spot... where shipping lanes turn south along the coast." "Only five miles off Heavenly Shores." "The tide will be going in, and everything will be in your favor, sir." "Only one thing concerns me." "The explosive payload that we used in practice... isn't big enough for a ship that size... and the dolphin can only carry so much payload." "Do you have a solution for that, Henry?" "We substitute two ordinary bolts for the four release magnets... and replace that weight with extra explosive." "Very good, Henry." "Drop me off at the boat." "You get down to the laboratory and supervise the change." "You know, of course, that the dolphin won't be able to break away." "What's one dolphin lost in the biggest oil spill in history?" "We're closed for the day." "Come back in the morning." " This is government business." " Sorry." "Listen, I'm from the IADC, and this can't wait until morning." "Are you there?" "Hello?" "What is it that you're trying to keep me away from?" "Thank you very much." "Gaffer's service record?" "They probably stole it so we wouldn't be able to trace him." "Probably did the same to the dolphin." "That's what I figured." "It seems Gaffer is just a nickname." "His real name is Schultz, and he was dishonorably discharged." "Schultz, Melvin T." "You already have a line on him, Ira?" "Ira's been fed the name of every sailor who's ever worked with a dolphin." "Melvin Schultz was one of the men who trained Bluebeard." "So Bluebeard and Gaffer, or Schultz, or whatever his name is... he and Bluebeard go back a long way?" "Affirmative." "Well, is there any hint as to what Gaffer trained him for?" "The fact that Schultz also had training in demolition... may be relevant." "Demolition?" "Steve, you think that maybe... whatever blew up that empty ship was placed there by Bluebeard?" "Well, it's possible." "But why an empty ship?" "Unless it's some kind of practice run." " The IRAC computer has more" " Practice run for what?" "That's what we've got to find out." "First we've got to find out who hired Schultz." "The IRAC computer has more on" "He must tie in with the parts company somehow." "Yes." "Hey, have you checked out" "The telephone manners of Steve Trevor and Diana Prince... lea ve much to be desired." "Sorry, Ira." "You were trying to say something?" "According to Coast Guard records..." "Melvin Schultz purchased a sea vessel 10 days ago." "Great." "What's the name of the boat, and where is it docked?" "And speak up, Ira." "I seem to be deaf in one ear." "Excuse me, sir, could you please tell me... where I could find a boat called the..." "Jolly..." "Billy." "Billy, wait!" "You can't get away." "Grab her!" "She's a cop." "I thought you said the cops weren't following you anymore." "Maybe she's not a cop, but she sure is something." "All I know is every time I see her, I'm carrying fish." "All right, that's enough!" "Throw her on board." "We don't want to be late for the party." "Okay, let me turn off the motor." " There." " Yeah, it's a little better." "Gladys must still be 8 or 9 miles away." " Think she's still going north?" " Looks that way." "Why didn't she come back when you told her to?" "I don't know... unless she smelled something, or heard something, or felt something." "You don't suppose she found Bluebeard?" "I don't know." "But if she has, he certainly has moved into a fancy neighborhood." " What is it?" " I've never seen anything like it." "Let me see." " It's a supertanker." " It's humongous." "It's not Bluebeard, okay?" "No more false alarms, Darrell." "If we don't keep moving, Gladys will swim right out of radio range." "All right." "I still wish somebody would tell me where this target is." "Hey, Billy!" "I need you in the wheelhouse." "Okay, let's get those engines going." "I don't want that dolphin to get too far away from us." "Billy, where are you?" "Hold it right there." "Now, let me get Bluebeard's radio going." "Billy, I need you!" "What are you doing here?" "I told you to keep your eye on that girl." "No, I need him right here." "Who's giving orders around here, anyway?" "Well, that's not quite clear." "I am the captain." "You take your orders from me." "Now I'm the captain of this ship." "Okay, you're the boss." "I understand." "Good Lord!" "You don't want Bluebeard to blow up that thing?" "Not that oil tanker?" "That's practically a whole oil field!" "Think of the wildlife that will be killed... to say nothing of those people on that tanker." "Bluebeard." "Come on, turn around." "Turn around, baby." "That's your signal." "We're not gonna do this thing." "Your transmitter doesn't work anymore." "Mine does, Gaffer." "Head for home, full speed ahead." "You're not going to leave him?" "No." "He'll never be able to catch up with us." "He won't even be able to get off the bottom of that ship." "This is Bluebeard's last ride, my friend." "What's the matter?" "I don't know." "Some kind of interference." "He can't break loose!" "You scum!" "He'll blow up with that tanker!" "It sounds like a tornado." "Where is she, anyway?" "That is another radio interfering." "Come on, Gladys." "We've got to help Bluebeard." "Bluebeard." "Hell!" "Hey, Doc!" "Look!" "Is it Gladys and Bluebeard?" "You see them?" "It is!" "We did it!" "Here you go." "Come on." "You've got him working, I see." "Well, the gentleman is here on probation... and he does have a way with dolphins." "Wonder Woman and the court were hoping he could help you un-train Bluebeard... so that he can't be used to blow things up again." "Wonder Woman said that you seemed pretty relieved... when she stopped your boat and captured that Lockhart." "Yeah, well, that Wonder Woman is something else."