"RED HEAT" (1988)

"RED HEAT"

Written by

Troy Kennedy Martin

&

Walter Hill

Much has been left in the world that has to be destroyed by fire and iron.

Lenin

PRODUCER: GORDON CARROLL FIRST DRAFT SHOOTING SCRIPT DIRECTOR: WALTER HILL ;,,A\ll'r•,,(.,)L,;·••

A CAROLCO-LONE WOLF-OAK PROOUCTIO~ 8800 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles~ CA 90069 (213)855-7.::70

NOTB: All dialogue to be ■ pokenin lussian with

accompanying voice-over translations will be underlined,

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FADE IN:

* JANUARY

Clouds of~team.

TITLES BEGIN

SHAPES can be seen through the haze, slowly moving between the barbells and antique weight machines. BIG MEN loiter about -- mostly WEIGHTLIFTERS, WRESTLERS, SHOT PUTTERS. It's a home for heavyweights.

The HISS of the valves, the RATTLE of water as it pulses along rusty pipes. JARRING iron as the barbells fall into their well-worn grooves. The RUMBLE of an old wood-fired boiler ... A world of fireand iron.

Through the mist, a GIANT OLYMPIAN FIGURE straightens with a half a ton of iron above his chest, only to let it CRASH with a great YELL. The entire places SHIVERS. Nearby, a GROUP OF THREE WOMEN, not one weighing under two hundred pounds, work out on a primitive pee machine. Farther along, a WOMAN, naked and muscular, descends the worn wooden steps of an ancient riveted tub to join ANOTHER NAKED WOMAN standing up to her chest in the warm oily water. Beyond in the steaming waters of the pool, SEVERAL MORE ATTRACTIVE ATHLETIC WOMEN swim in the nude.

JU~SO (OGARKOV) y the entrance. He is wearing a pa1r or dis naked from the waist up, a well-scru hanging around his neck. About 40, he is tough, with a typical Muscovite nonchalance ... His eyes scan the area searching for his friend and partner, IVAN DANKO.

Above Jusso's head droplets of water fall from an icicle onto a steaming dial beside his neck -- the rhythmic SIZZLE of the water -- an indication of the subzero temperature outside the gymnasium.

By the ancient boiler, a MASSIVE STOKER funnels another log into the furnace and then regards Jusso. His face shows that the stranger is not welcome.

Jusso ignores him, his eyes taking in the outline of a small STEAM ROOM beyond the boiler house. A SHADOWY FIGURE moves through the vapor and enters ...

The Stoker SLAMS the door of the furnace shut and turns to give Jusso his undivided attention.

TITLES COMPLETE

A ladle of water is splashed on the white hot pebbles which explodes into vapor...

As it clears, IVAN DANKO walks through the door and faces ANOTHER MAN. One knows at once that this is a confrontation. Danko is in his mid-JOs -- chiseled features covered with sweat, his bare body lithe and muscular. He hasn't shaved in several days ...

FOOR MORE MEN are slowly revealed through the steam -- sitting on the room's two benches. All are naked.

Nearest to the stove is NIKOLAI, the man who ladled the water onto the stones. Next to him and facing Danko is the leader of the group -- a giant with the build of a wrestler and face of a MONGOLIAN HIPPY. Rolls of flesh coil around his neck in which lie buried half-hidden silver chains.

Next to him a skinnier HAIRY GANGSTER with a permanent scar on his face. •

Danko is now standing eyeball to eyeball with the giant Mongol, both faces bathed in sweat. Beside Danko is ANOTHER TARTAR, in the unmistakable posture of a guard or jailer -- Danko's jailer... Smiling on the benches beyond,interested spectators -- SEVERAL NAKED WOMEN, all with blonde Slavic looks.

Danko nods.

The Mongol Hippy leans forward and takes Danko's hand. He examines the palm, then turns the hand over and looks at the nails.

Danko leaves his hand where it is, making no attempt to withdraw it.

The voice is level, his demeanor cool.

3 •

Nikolai exchanges his ladle for apair of wooden tongs -- He picks up one of the glimmering pebbles and carefully swings it over until it hovers just above Danko's outstretched hand...

Danko doesn't take his eyes off the MongolHip,-•who, with a sadist's precision, squares offthe palm, tugging the fingers straight...

He looks up at Danko's face ... SNAPS his fingers -- Nikolai drops the stone into Danko's hand.

A STRANGE SILENCE overtakes the room as Danko struggles with the pain.

Slowly he draws up his fist -- now curled tightly around the stone until it trembles parallel with his chin.As Danko's knuckles grow white it appears to the group'sastonished eyes that he is trying to crush the heat with the pressure of his hand.

At this moment of concentrated pain, Danko STRIKES -- his fist blisters across the Mongol Hippy's bearded chin -- BLASTING him through the wall -- EXPLODING him out into a DAZZLING WHITE LIGHT.

The giant Mongol, suddenly exposed to subzero temperatures, lets out a great CRY OF RAGE as he falls uncontrollably downwards -- landing on his back, twenty feet below.

Danko dives after him.

Nikolai and the Hairy Gangster launch themselves after both, regardless of the cold.

Another 40 feet below, MEN in fur hats and leather jackets spring from their Police cars -- guns in hand.

5 BALCONY 5

Danko reaches the Mongol Hippy, launches himself upon him and is immediately tossed over his shoulder.

But he grasps at the Mongol's hair as he fliesby, pulling it and its ownerwith him as he slides by -- They turn on one another, exchangeblows. Danko knocks him over the balcony railin~ downto the c~ irtyard,where he lands in a snow bank -- again Danko immediately leaps after him.

6 INT, GYMNASIUM 6

TWO POLICEMEN in fur hats leapon the Stoker who has Jusso by the throat, BANGING his head against an iron post... As they handcuff the stoker,Jusso staggers free, coughs, wretches turns toward the steam hut ..•

His towel still in hishand ... Jusso tearsopen the door, suddenly confronted by theTARTAR, crouching stark naked with a hunting knife in one hand.

Behind him, the skin of the steam shed ripped open,the Naked Women cowering...

The Tartar feints, then lunges...

Jusso, using the towel, flips it in his face,snapping it hard, catching his nose. As the Tartar'shand goes to his face, Jusso steps forward and KICKShim in his balls.

Danko has the Mongol Hippy in a leg-lock, sitting astride his bucking chest, compressing it, both hands tighton the Hippy's long hair. Danko SMASHES his right fistdown through the Mongol's matted beard, CRACKING his jaw.

He rises from the now unconscious beast,breathing hard... turns to see Jusso scrambling towards him.

He throws him the towel.

Danko wraps the towel around his waist and Jusso bends down to handcuff the great heap of Mongol.

Danko scoops up a piece of snow to cool the pain in the palm of his right hand.

Not far away, the Men in the fur hats have apprehended the other two Gangsters and stand awaiting Danko's orders.

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When he reaches the person who is guarding Nikolai, Danko commandeers his fur cap, puts iton his head --Then he turns to look at Nikolai, grabs himby the ears and pulls him close.

Nikolai hesitates, but the incongruous setting, the cold and Danko's demonical manner undermine his resolve.

A snowstorm is BEATING DOWN -- the car's front, rear and side windows encrusted with sleet. The laboring wipers barely manage to clear a slit of visibility through the deluge of wind-whipped snow ... Three more identicalAUTOMOBILES follow closely behind.

* He is now dressed in full Militia uniform -- the top of his * fur hat is almost flattened against the ceiling of the Sedan. Jusso is in the front seat next to him. Steering with one hand, Danko leans over the wheel, wiping the inside of the fogged windshield repeatedly with his mittened fist.

6 •

Jusso blows his nose with a big linen handkerchief.

Turning into a narrow street where a large RED BLINKING NEON SIGN reading "KOMOSOL" is visible through the storm, Danko brings the car to a stop as Jusso again blows his nose.

Danko half-smiles as both move out of the car, with Ogarkov taking a final hard wipe of his nose.

Danko and Jusso walks toward the entrance.

OVERCOATED MEN jump out of the other cars and begin to deploy themselves near the Cafe-Bar.

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The Komosol is packed with TOUGH TRADE at numerous tables in the large cavernous smoke-tilled room. Through the loud HUB- BUB ot raucous conviviality, a ROCK GROUP BLASTS OUT some Slavic heavy-metal. Danko and Jusso enter, glance around...

DER is moving down the length o! the bar, , tilling and refilling the extended empty The smile on his !ace disappears as he spots:

Surveying the smoke-hazy room...

15 AT BAR 15

Danko walks over to the Bartender.

An instant HUSH !alls over the entire bar. All conversation and music CEASE. The peoples' fear ot the police is manifest.

Pause.

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Making his way past the crowded tables where SILENCE has replaced the vodka-boozing and happy CHATTER...

The brothers VIKTOR and FYODOR ROSTA sit flanked by TWO RUSSIAN WHORES and two Smooth-looking Hooligans who go by the names of YEGOR and SACHA. Both brothers are all smiles and confidence. Viktor is hu9e, physical, dangerous; Fyodor in his late 3O's 1gives the impression of a tough Sybarite: his suit is fashion-cut, a ruby ring on his little finger ...

Viktor is refilling all three empty glasses from a bottle of vodka as Danko reaches the table.

He looks up. Danko has his I.D. card open in his left hand.

DANKO

* Viktor Rosta. *

* Viktor peers at Danko's I.D.

DANKO

* I've~ looking for you. *

VIKTOR

* Obviously I'm not hard to find. *

DANKO

* l just followed the corpses and the *

cocaine.

* Viktor looks around the silent AUDIENCE, smiling. *

VIKTOR

* So I am res~onsible for the decadence *

of !oaay's eenager.- -

DANKO

* No. But you vrofit from it. Come on, *

Tef's go. U of you. -

Viktor gets to his feet. He moves towards the coatrack which is situated just beside him. Still playing to his audience ...

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Viktor's demeanor suddenly changes.

One of the Smooth Hooligans suddenly rises, his right hand darting out with a 7.62mm automatic hidden in the wide sleeve. Danko's hand instantly whips out of his pocket -- * his 9mm BLAZING away. TWO SHOTS catch Yegor in the chest.

He crashes backward -- dead. As the Whores leap up, the table goes over BREAKING all the glasses and bottles ...

The shots set off a panic scattering the patrons. Danko is momentarily prevented from getting to Viktor or Fyodor Rosta ... Whenhe manages to break through, a full bottle of vodka comes flying from an unseen source behind him -- CRASHES on the wall next to his head.

* *

In the pandel!loniumand general confusion,he can seeboth Rostas and Sacha go through the rear door.

Reaching the door, he yanks it open and rushes into:

Danko trades SHOTS with Fyodor,Viktor and Sacha, now shadowy figures at the end of the corridor -- then the three figures separate. Sacha heading further to the rear,Fyodor (or is it Viktor?) going up the old spiral staircase.

19 BOTTOM OF STAIRWELL 19

Danko starts up, taking the stairs two ata time... ducksa bullet from above, FIRESTWO of his own.

He finds two intersecting hallways,both dimly lit.

Moving stealthily, he ismidway down the corridor when Danko's quarry suddenly appears at the end -- Theshadowy figure FIRES ... Thebulletnarrowlymisses Danko's head, CHEWING INTO the plaster nearby. crouching,on the run, greatcoat billowing behind him, Danko takes off after hisopponent, now gone from sight.

Police WHISTLES, SHOUTS from theKomosol below.

Danko reaches the end of the hallway. Cautiously he moves around the corner...

Viktor Rosta appears -- comes out theback door of the Komosol a big Russian automatic pistol in his hand. He starts off at a trot... Jusso steps out of theshadows--

His pistol leveled straight at Viktor who immediately freezes.

Viktor does.

He moves around in front of Viktor -- who holds both arms out in front of himself.

Reaches for his cuffs.

A SPRING-GUN suddenly appears in Viktor's hand -- he FIRES, hitting Jusso twice in the chest... Viktor runs past his fallen body and sprints away into the night.

Pressed to the wall, Danko sees a short staircase ending on a closed door. Danko rushes the staircase, reaches the top, KICKS in the door, quickly pulls back as he sees Fyodor by an open window on the far wall trying to get out onto the fire escape. Fyodor FIRES TWICE -- a NAKED PROSTITUTE and her EQUALLY-NAKED CLIENT stand petrified in the far corner, the Woman SCREAMING hysterically...

Danko rolls back through the open door, FIRING as he enters -- Three of his big slugs TEAR INTO Fyodor's chest, then his pistol CLICKS empty. As Fyodor falls dead, the Woman suddenly stops screaming -- There is an unholy quiet as she and the Client stare at Danko... He advanceson Fyodor's dead body.

25 DANKO 25

Pockets his gun, bends over, lifts one of Fyodor's legs -- Bends it backward then suddenly SNAPS IT OFF AT THE KNEE CAP. This is too much for the Client -- He collapses on the bed, sick Danko next tugs on the foot and PULLS IT OUT of the pant leg...

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26 THE PROSTITUTE

Stands amazed, now seeing that Danko is holding a WOODEN LEG in his hands.

27 DANKO

Looks at the Prostitute~ then calmly tips the leg ver -- WHITE POWDER begins fal1ing out of the knee joint...

At that moment, Sacha appears in the doorway -- sees Danko holdin9 the wooden le9 -- levels his pistol at him -- but in one quick move~ Danko s pistol is again in his hand -- before the surprised ~acha can react -- Danko SHOOTS him in the forehead.

Danko walks forward -- still carrying the wooden leg as he gets to Sacha's body -- a SHOUT from below -- turns Danko's look --

Jusso's body in the courtyard below -- a small CROWD has gathered around ...

The snow continues to fall as Danko appears -- the small Crowd stands back as he moves to his fallen partner. He's clearly in a very bad way.

Danko bends and cradles Jusso in his arms ...

The CAMERA PULLS UP AND AWAY as Danko continues to cradle Jusso amidst the falling snow.

* FADE OUT. *

*30-36 OMIT OMIT 30-36*

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12-15.

* FADE IN:

* AUGUST

* Danko is layingout some clothes near an old battered * suitcase resting on the small bed -- *

rts,socks, underwear... . * He snaps the stem down -- moves

38 LIVING ROOM

Typically Soviet. Nothing fancy. Danko takes the cover off a bird cage. Begins to feed his parakeet. Puts his finger inside -- gives the little bird a perch ... The doorbellRINGS.

39 ENTRANCE

As the door swings open -- Standing in the corridor is MILITIA LIEUTENANT KATYA ROVOSHENKO in full unifonn -- a somewhat attractive but severe looking woman of 30.

He stands aside as she enters.

40 KITCHEN

Lt. Rovoshenko is now seated at the small tablei reading aloud from a stack of documents. Danko opens the sma l refrigerator and produces a bottle of frozen vodka. He gets two small glasses and pours the heavy liquid -- then sits down opposite her.

* internafional frontiers. You w, I Ibe

met at the airfield .QY arepresefita'tive o'Ttne CliTcagoSecretPolice Force wnocaptured Viktor Rosta. You are ncffpennitted .QY theAmerica~ - airthor,t,estotraiisport firearms across the,roorders so yg~ w, I I not take aoYr gistol. You wiTrbeissuea TlJOU o ars. (MORE)

any manner with your assignment, you are to contact the Embassy in Washington immediately and await their instruction. Your contact there is Gregor Moussorsky, aide to Dimitri Stepanovich. Here is your money. Here are your airline tickets -- round trip for you, one way for Viktor Rosta...

Danko pushes the small vodka glass in front of her.

41 BEDROOM 41

The bathroom door is open. Lt. Rovoshenko can be seen showering in the b.g. as Danko continues to pack -- zips closed his ditty bag looks back over his shoulder at the showering Woman...

Thin CLOUDS OF STEAM coming from the glass-walled stall.

Danko crosses to thecloset, takes his pistol and holster off the hook. He checks the action, pulls the clip, makes sure it's fullyloaded then crosses back to the bed.

Danko pullsup the false bottom in the old battered leather valise and slips the pistol and holster inside. He places the falsebottom back into place, then drops in his spare shirt and sundries.

Dankoand Lt. Rovoshenko are now under the covers. With her hair down she's quite pretty.

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Snuggles close to Danko.

The occasional lonely sound of a SHIP'S SIREN ...

A very hot Midwestern afternoon.

Cheap hotels, parking lots, bars, vacant lots.

A late-model Sedan pulls up to a tenement front -- an old peeling Victorian -- very rundown, with an exterior stairwell off to one side of the building.

DETECTIVE SERGEANTS ART RIDZIK and TOM GALLAGHER and LIEUTENANT CHARLES STOBBS. Stobbs is the senior officer, a young hot shot, but clearly in charye. Gallagher is a ruddy- faced Mick. Ridzik is in his early 30s. Gallagher is driving.* Stobbs rides shotgun. Ridzik in the back seat. All eye * the tenement ...

After a beat:

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Gallagher takes Ridzik's arm, holds him for a moment, looks over at Stobbs.

Stobbs moves away.

already got Stobbs pissed off at you. {lower) For chr,ssakes, this is the man who's writing your fitness report. I * thought you were tryin' to make it back. I thought you wanted it.

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Small smile from Ridzik.

Gallagher gives him a slap on the back and they start down the corridor -- rejoining Stobbs.

They reach apartment 305. Check their pistols. Flank the door. Stobbs BANGS on it ...

Then KICKS it open.

TWO BLACK MEN with shaven heads (SALIM and JAMAL) rise from a kitchen table ... Three bags ofCRACK are evident. The room becomes a blur of activity as the three Detectives

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enter and shake down the suspects.

'.-!OREVOICES FREEZE! HANDSUPI OVER AGAINST THE WALL! DON'T TRY ANYTHING SMART, FUCKHEAD!

As Salim and Jamal are quickly cuffed to an overhead pipe ...

Anything you say can be used against you in court. You have the right t~ talk to a lawyer for advice before we ask you any questions and to have him with you during questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you before questioning if you wish. If you decide to answer questions now without a lawyer present, you will still have the right to stop questioning at any time until you talk to a lawyer. Having

these rights in mind do you wish to talk to me now?

As this is going on, Ridzik checks the perimeter -- goes to a nearby closed door ... starts throughand then pullsback as a SHOTGUN BLAST TEARS the wood into splinters ...

Shocked disbelief by the three Detectives.

A long moment, then Ridzik swings back into the room, sees a BIG BLACK MAN with a shaved head (ALI)carrying a shotgun exiting the side door leading out into the corridor.

Ridzik storms out the front as Ali BLASTS again at Stobbs and Gallagher as they begin to follow Ali out the back.

Ali heads upward -- Stobbs and Gallagher follow -- pistols in hand.

Ali FIRES down at them -- As Stobbs and Gallagher duck back a nearby firehose box EXPLODES ...

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49A RIDZIK

Ridzik ~arrels for the main stairwell -- heads down it on the run. •

50 OMIT OMIT 50

Ali appears and starts heading down -- SHOTS from above -- He turns, FIRES.~ 'ows out a huge chunk of wood above him -- Stobbs and Gallagher again duck back ...

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Ridzik roaring down -- hits the lobby at full tilt and goes through a door leading to the outside stairwell -- just as Ali comes into view, BLASTING another charge above.

As he starts to turn ...

Ridzik, from out of nowhere, sticks his pistol in Ali's face ...

A moment as Ali decides ...

SOUNDS of Stobbs and Gallagher descending the stairs.

r: .....'....... ,,..,•;.......-·...'..~......

Indicating flight numbers, origins, destinations, arrivals.

Ridzik, munching on ..-and checks out passing STEWARDESSES. He ca~e of an ATTRACTIVE BLONDE STEW coming his way, pushing her suitcase on one of those stewardess contraptions.

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Gallagher appears in frame -- Ridzik regards the Stew's ass as she rapidly moves away.

Gallagher shrugs.

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Gallagher turns to find Ivan Danko, moving through the CROWD, standinq out in his full uniform and thick-soled shoes -- carrying the battered suitcase.

wl:!~:;.:-aches Danko as

Danko gives him a wary look.

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Awkward pause.

They head for the exit.

The City sparkles like a jewel box.

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As Ridzik motors through the streets in his littered car. Watches Danko suspiciously in the rearview. Gallagher continues to play "Welcome Wagon" to Danko -- in the back seat.

n~NKO Yes.

No response.

Danko ignores him.

Awkward pause.

No response.

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Gallagher shoots Ridzik a nervous look.

Naw. It was a couple of our patrolmen. It was kind of an accidental type thing. Sometimes you just get ...

Ridzik and Gallagher trade looks.

Another pause.

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Ridzik's Sedan pulls in outside the Hotel, a building that's long past its glory years.

Danko gets out and looks up at the facade. It is the pits. He reaches back into the rear seat, pulls out his suitcase.

Danko turns. Just looks at them.

Danko nods.

Ridzik's car takes off.

Danko moves towards the entrance.

The NIGHT CLERK, a young man with a sallow face, is reading. A baseball bat is lying next to the tattered sign-in ledger.

A hand-pr,nted sign over the key bin announc~s:

PAY IN ADVANCE - SINGLE ROOM A NIGHT DOUBLE BED DOUBLE MONEY

A weird laugh from the Night Clerk. Danko doesn't get it.

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Danko pulls out a card, looks at it. A cockroach appears on the counter -- suddenly SMASHED AT by the Clerk's bat. He misses and the cockroach scurries away.

The look on Danko's face indicates he doesn't like to be questioned.

He hands back the completed form. The Night Clerk scans it.

Another cockroach appears. Danko SMASHES it with his fist before the Night Clerk can swing the bat.,

Danko takes the key, turns, and starts up the stairs.

The door of a dark room opens, revealing Danko in the spill of light from the corridor. He turns on the light, closes the door, pockets the key.

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Putting his sui~case down 1 he moves about, getting acquainted with the way things work ,n second-rate U.S. hotels. He moves to the TV set. Flips the switch .. A PORN MOVIE pops on ... He walks to the one window covered with Venetian blinds. Through the partially-open slats he can see:

On the brick wall of a distant Porno Store -- Enormous breasts ... The view is suddenly cut offby an Elevated Train ROARING by, RATTLING the window.

61 DANKO 61

The reflected light from the windows of the train play on his face, strobelike... After the train passes, Danko turns away, picks up the suitcase, tosses it on the bed. He notices a coin slot on the bed, puzzled he drops another quarter -- the bed i11111ediatel~be9insto mechanically BUCK and SHAKE ...abooster rocket for intercourse or masturbation.

He turns back to the TV -- hard to believe what is now happening on the small screen ...

Illuminated by one naked bulb, Danko (now wearing a T-shirt) examines the inside of the bathroom cabinet and runs his fingers along the top. He checks the inside of the W.C. tank while the neon lights of the street FLASH ON AND OFF.

Coming back into the bedroom --

He tosses the mattress off the bed, looks underneath, kneels, pushes the bed aside ... seesnothing but lint and an old mousetrap.

He gets to his feet -- The bedroom is now a complete mess. The chests are open, the pillows are ripped open, the mattress is still off the bed. The drawers of the bureau have all been taken out and up-ended. The pictures have been taken off the wall, the carpet taken up. And he has found nothing ...

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Jammed with DRUNKS, JUNKIES, protesting HOOKERS herded for booking and a wide assortment of ETHNICS on minor infractions trying to make themselves understood by SHOUTING at the arresting OFFICERS in Spanish, Chinese, Polish, or whatever.

As they appear through the entrance, Gallagher makes a little small talk as Danko looks around -- He stifles his disapproval of the apparent chaos.

Here the frenetic activity bears some semblance of order. Moving down the aisle bisecting an array of BOOKING DESKS on which phones are RINGING incessantly and being answered by OFFICERS who are simultaneously being bombarded by seated COMPLAINANTS at each desk.

Sitting with his back to the rest of the room, his head propped up on his elbows: Ridzik's desk is littered with a vast jumble of paperwork.

70 INSERT -

Ridzik has set it up within the mountain of paper ...

71 AT THE DESK

As Ridzik is reaching for the White King:

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Gallagher and Danko move on. Ridzik continues by moving the White King ... after a couple of moves;thegame BEEPS L UDLY, signaling checkmate.

COMMANDER EDGAR WILLS, seated behind a desk, heavily involved in rosters. Wills' office is overrun with plants and aquariums. The door to the adjacent Watch Commander's Office opens and a SECRETARY appears.

Glancing in the direction of the glass partition separating the two offices, Wills sees Gallagher and Danko.

She stands aside for Danko and Gallagher to pass.

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Their lo~ks hold. Each cop taking the full measure of the other ...

Wills picks up a document.

Hands it to Danko who reads it.

Danko continues reading.

Danko nods.

Danko says nothing.

Wills takes an envelope from a desk drawer. Makes no move to give it to Danko. Stares at him pointedly.

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Wills hands the envelope from the desk to Danko.

He gets to his feet and moves around his desk to the door.

Turns and looks back at Danko.

He notices Danko looking at the plants and fish tanks.

He touches a tape deck -- HARP MUSIC begins.

Walks back toward Danko.

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Ridzik pushes into the room.

Wills turns to Danko, sticks out his hand.

Lined with cells. All occupied by PETTY CROOKS, DRUNKS, BUMS. A WARDER leads Danko, Ridzik and Gallagher to the end cage -- opens the door.

Viktor Rosta is looking out as the heavy metal door swings open.

Viktor gets to his feet stares at him -- The two of them stand eyeball to eyebali, blind rage in both their hearts.

A handcuff is snapped around the wrist.

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Danko slips the remaining cuff around his own left wrist, SNAPS it shut.

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ln one abrupt movement, Danko JERKS Viktor and SLAMS him against the cell wall.

As Viktor pulls himself erect, Danko turns to Ridzik and Ga11agher.

CLOSE UP - A manila envelope being opened wide over an old desk. Out of it falls fifty-six dollars, a and a key on a well-used cord.

Danko counts the money, signs the Quitclaim and hands it over to Ridzik, who takes the carbon, gives it to the Clerk and keeps the top copy for himself... Oanko picks up the key, looks at it, stares at Viktor.

Danko looks at the Clerk.

Ridzik stares at him.

He nods at Viktor.

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Ridzik looks at him, shrugs, moves over to Viktor.

Viktor looks at him and says nothing.

Viktor stares at him and then eventually speaks.

· VIKTOR in Russi an) Blah, bah blah.f

Ridzik looks at Danko.

Ridzik looks at Viktor calmly and then suddenly flies at Viktor -- and it takes Gallagher and the Clerk to pull him off the two Russians -- Danko getting as much as Viktor, whom he finds himself protecting ...

GAlLAGHER Okay. That's enough, for chrissakes. (to Danko) If you want to make this plane we oughta get outta here and head for O'Hare.

Danko shoves the key into his pocket.

He shoves Viktor toward the door.

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Danko aN:~l1ktor emerge from the elevator, followed by Gallagher and Ridz1k.

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A Federal-style building with long rows of marble steps leading to the lobby. Danko and V1ktor start heading down -- Viktor still tightly cuffed to Danko. Ridzik and Gallagher a few steps behind...

RIDZIK * (get off my case) Right.

After a beat: "

i GALLAGHER otta find a middle ground. Art.

An Annored Truck pulls up -- FOUR MALE UNIFORMED GUARDS get out, move to the back -- gather money sacks from back and head up the steps. Three of the Unifonned Guards are Salim, Ali and Jamal -- their shaven heads under their ca~s -- the other Guard is white with sharp Slavic features, SERGO TATOMOVICH.

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Coming off the stairwell, the group moves across the lobby toward the street entrance. *

As Ridzik pulls away from the group, then looks back ...

He heads for the nearby Newsstand. Danko and Gallagher continue with Viktor toward the street. *

GALLAGHER· Don't mind Ridzik, Captain. He's been having a kind of tough time lately. He put himself in a vise and --

The Un~:~;~d G9 are no:~::~ting close.

__ -t..::~,.'~'-·;(cutting Gallagher off) •.,••J• l"'tr:rto forgetRf dz ik. ·~-.:.....~':._.;,~;....

81*

Ridzik hands the NEWSIE a five.

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<t··:J RIDZIK Theybeen beatfn' 111.Yass off lately. I Feel like the Cubs .

As the Guards pass by Danko, Vfktor and Gallagher -- they split, two on Danko's side, two on Gallagher's.

As they pass Danko -- suddenly Alf jostles into him while Jamal pulls out a sawed-off ballbat and hfts Danko in the back of the head. All of it happens so fast that it barely seems real to Gallagher -- who goes for his gun.

Too late -- Tatomovich's gun is already out -- He BLASTS Gallagher twice in the middle. ,

Ali moves quickly - carrying a pair of wire-cutters. Salim, Jamal and Tatomovfch keepguard. •

Viktor rolls the semi-conscious Danko over and holds out t their co-joined wrists as Alf SNAPSthe chain between the ~ two bracelets with the wire cutter ... Immedfately Viktor • straightens and SMASHES a brutal blow down on Danko's mouth.- Then he straddles the body. searching the pockets of Danko's jacket for the key.

Meanwhile, Jamal 1s anxious forthem to go.

As Viktor straightens up,_~fth the key-- Tatomovfch fs suddenly doubled-over. ~T tn the chest -- As Vfktor pulls back, the key goes:,f'fjtllf....

·.:~~~.

83 L~- NEAR BAClOF STAIRWELL 83*

As Salim exits.- Rfult runs for Gallagher anctDanko.

Viktor and the Guards pile into a Station Wagon that suddenly comes SCREAMING to a stop -- hatch open -- JOSIP

39A.

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B ••r:...another Russian this one with soft bl :111'11!!!5..:,:'As soon as theyrre ins1de1tBARRElsOFF, SCR Qr the nearest corner and makes a ~ard right.

'--·..,.

He PUMPS f~UR BULLETS into the Station Wagon as ft fishtails away, LAYING RUBBER all over the pavement. The slugs have no effect other than CHEWING UP the hatchback --After a moment the Station Wagon is gone.

SSA INT. LOBBY 85A

Danko, semi conscious, raises his head~

..,,

Rolling onto his front, he can see that h• fs surr~undeclby curious, ha1f-scared BYSTANDERS. •..,

Through their legsl he can just make out -- on·the blood- smeared floor -- tne locker key. -

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Danko edges his way across the bloody floor and through the legs of the Bystanders who crowd more closely around him.

None of them have yet understood what he is aiming for. They want to stop him, take care of him.

1ST YUPPIE VOICE Has anyone called the cops?

2ND YUPPIE VOICE These guys are the cops.

2ND MALE VOICE Jesus Christ, there's blood everywhere.

Through all this, Danko keeps going towards the key.

With SUPERHUMAN EFFORT, Danko GRASPS the key, clutching it tightly with his hands ...

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Danko's hand clutching the key.

Danko lies on a bed, a YOUNG BLACK FEMALE INTERN is examining his head, some X-ray pictures in her right hand held up to the light.

Danko stares at her.

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Putting down the X-ray, she moves to take Danko's pulse.

Ridzik riding up with OTHER PASSENGERS; some are carrying flowers, others wrapped gift-boxes. At the top, Ridzik gets off and proceeds to the end of a long corridor, turns right at the intersection into:

To his left, at the end of the long corridor, is a light FLASHING RED over a door marked: SURGERY. Next to it, a clock showing the time: 9:30PM. Detective Stobbs is standin9 at the porthole in the door, looking in. He turns as Ridz1k reaches him.

He indicates the door he is guarding.

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Stobbs turns back to the porthole. Ridzik joins him, looking in.

Tatomovich is being wheeled on a gurney. A COUPLE OF MALE THEATER ASSISTANTS are with him.

He looks at the Assistants in the masks.

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ASSISTANT #1 I wouldn't put any money on it.

He nods.

BSA INSERT - CLOCK ABOVE NURSE'S STATION BSA

It shows: 9:40PM

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On his way from the Surgery Door. Nearing the intersecting corridor, he sees:

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A NURSE and two Soviet Men appear -- GREGOR MOUSSORSKY and DIMITRI STEPANOVICH. Gregor is slim, imperious -- Stepanovich is 55, stocky, Slavic features, a dour Soviet bureaucrat. As they approach the door to Room 509, a YOUNG FEMALE UNIFORMED COP on watch rises and moves to intercept ... SEVERAL OTHER UNIFORMED COPS nearby.

Ridzik is now near enough to see and hear:

The door opens and the Female Intern steps out ...

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She steps aside, lets them pass by.

Ridzik looks at the other Unifonned Cops -- shrugs.

Gregor and Consul Stepanovich stare down at Danko -- their heads seem huge, luminous, threatening orbs hanging over him.

Danko looks at both -- his resentment of authority is evident.

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Danko says nothing. Gregor and Stepanovich trade looks.

Danko looks at them. Deliberate, cold:

The two Men look at him in anger.

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Ridzik and Stobbs waiting outside of Danko's room as Gregor and Stepanovich emerge.

They turn away.

Stobbs follows them down the corridor.

Ridzik watches them walk down the corridor, sees their reluctance to talk with Stobbs --

- Stobbs is getting the red runaround. Ridzik shakes his head, then looks at Danko's room.

94 OMIT OMIT 94

It shows 9:15AM.

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Danko is finishing gettin~ dressed in a strange green suit that is his idea of civilian clothes. Quickly pulls his tie knot into place, then crosses the room, opens his suitcase laying across the bed, beside his carefully folded uniform...

Danko's hands flip the snaps open -- He empties the contents, shirts and sundries -- then pulls open the false bottom, revealing the pistol and holster.

Ridzik has spent the night sitting on the bench. He checks his watch, looks around, then shrugs and walks into Danko's room.

Danko putting the gun in the holster as Ridzik enters. Their eyes meet. Ridzik has seen the weapon.

Danko snaps his suitcase closed. Stares at Ridzik. Impatient.

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Danko just stares.

Danko stares at Ridzik momentarily, then picks up his old suitcase.

He exits from the room.

Ridzik catching up with Danko in the corridor -- the Uniformed Cops that have been guarding Danko's door all jump to their feet and follow, not sure what to do -- Ridzik sort of waving them off --

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Stobbs coming up as Danko approaches, surprised to see him.

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Danko says nothing. Remains expressionless.

He turns and hurries away down the corridor. Ridzik and Danko trade blank looks. They head down the ...

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97D

Danko 1ooks up at Ridzik.

Pause.

Ridzik looks at him.

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Ridzik's Sedan makes a U-turn in the street. He double parks outside the Hotel.

97F

Ridzik looks up at the Hotel, then at Danko.

Danko gets out with his battered suitcase ...

Ridzik sighs, watches him walk across the sidewalk to the Hotel door.

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His face momentarily visible through the tinted glass as he leans down and turns the ignition key ... watching asDanko enters the Hotel.

It is obvious that Danko is the last person he expected to see.

Danko crosses to the desk.

The Night Clerk who is also the Day Clerk, shakes his head --

A moment as Danko reacts.

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The Night Clerk gives him the key to Room 303.

Danko comes down the hall toward the door to his room, 303. He slows at door 302. Listening. Footsteps within, crossing --

Extremely tight on a Woman's hands as they turn on a shower. Water BLASTS from the coroded nozzle.

The windows are open and the STREET NOISES are intrusive. Danko, already inside, hefts his bag onto the bed, crosses to the windows and shuts them. He stands in the darkness, listening to the shower in Room 302, looking down at the street below.

Ridzik is standing outside his double-parked car, leaning against a fender. A car behind HONKS at him -- he gives them the finger.

Danko looks over at the wall separating him from Room 302. Very aware of the shower, running steadily.

A ratchet screwdriver is being used to take the last of four tiny screws from a loose floorboard in the corner.

We pull back to see the lips of a WOMAN (CAT JACKSON) as she puts this final screw between her lips, with the three others. We do not see her face.

Her hands pull up the floorboard and ouickly remove a plastic packet hidden in the floor. The packet contains a PASSPORT and ONE HALF of a torn ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL.

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Danko has moved out of the room and is now listening at the bathroom door to the sound of ~he shower. He gently tries the door. Locked. He takes his gun out from under his coat, walks toward the door to Room 302.

Hands, lips, back of head -- Cat is replacing the floorboard as quickly as s1,~can. Taking the screws from her mouth, positioning them, ratcheting them into the wood.

Danko stands for a moment, listening. Then puts his hand on the doorknob, slowly twists it. Inside, the ratchet mechanism shears as the lock crumbles --

She hears something, looks at the door. Sees the doorknob turning, breaking. She has one more screw to replace --

Danko enters the room and is confronted by the sight of Cat starting to pull a tight T-shirt off over her head.

She wears no bra... her head being totally immersed in the tight folds of the cotton.

Hearing the door open, she stands frozen. Then slowly she pulls off the T-shirt and turns to face Danko. Sees the gun in his hand. She covers herself with the T-shirt as they stare at each other for several seconds recovering their poise.

In the b.g., the SOUND OF THE SHOWER.

Danko's eyes flick around the room. It is as bare as the one he had ~ust left. Her baggage, a gym bag, on the bed even more minimal than his own.

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Her voice is low, well-modulated ...Danko, self-conscious, lowers the gun in his hand to his side.

She turns away toward her bag -- in to which she drops the T·_hirt.

Her back still turned, she starts for the bathroom -- calls out over her shoulder...

Cat enters the bathroom, shuts the door and locks it. Danko hears the HOOT OF A CAR HORN, crosses to the window and looks out.

Ridzik stands by his Sedan, looking up, impatient.

Cat, her T-shirt back on but still no shoes, slips out of the bathroom and runs silently down the corridor towards the elevator. She's got the plastic package she came to retrieve.

Danko looks across the street, again notices the Mercury parked the wrong way. He now sees Baroda's shadowy image in the front seat.

Danko turns looks at the bed. On the far side of it -- the side he could not see from the door -- he sees that the floorboards have been taken up, and then replaced. One screw lies loose on the floor beside its hole.

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He crosses, bends, finds a plastic bag in which there are a number of screwdrivers, torque wrenches, etc.

He turns a9ain, looks at the bathroom door. The shower is still running ...

With a CRASH, Danko enters the bathroom, SPLINTERING the door. The shower is running hard and hot, but the stall is empty. The door to the corridor is open.

Danko comes out of the bathroom, turns and looks down the corridor towards the elevator.

The machinery stops, indicating the elevator might just have reached the Lobby. He hears the DISTANT SOUND OF DOORS BEING TUGGED OPEN.

Cat runs out of the elevator in her bare feet.

Cat runs out into the street past Ridzik -- pivots as Baroda's Mercury SCREAMS out of its parking place ...

123W RIDZIK 123W

Looks around, not knowing what's happening.

123X CAT 123X

Runs for the Mercury as --

123Y THE VAN 123Y

Accelerating away with Cat just getting inside -- the door still swinging open --

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He pulls open the Sedan's door and climbs in, starts the motor and takes off. Does a 180 degree -- tries to fO11OW ••.

The Mercury is accelerating, Cat gets the door closed ...

123AC THE MERCURY 123AC

Rocketing forward -- the upcoming intersection blocked by oncoming traffic -- the Mercury does a fast right turn, SWERVES around more traffic and SPEEDS off ...

123AD DANKO 123AD

Running amidst the street traffic and parked cars, raising his big pistol, trying to find a clear shot ...

123AE RIDZIK 123AE

SPINS his own right turn, SLIDES to avoid oncoming traffic -- SIDESWIPES a parked car, SLIDES across the street, SIDESWIPES another parked vehicle, gets straightened out and ACCELERATES -- only to SMASH into a truck suddenly pullin9 out of an alley. Ridzik's car gets caught up under the big truck's frame -- a metal sandwich as Ridzik comes to a sudden halt amid the rending metal.

123AF DANKO 123AF

Lowers his gun, seeing the Van pull out of sight. He looks at Ridzik's Sedan with exasperation. He can't believe everything has fucked up so completely.

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Danko stands at Ridzik's desk, looks at the chess pieces, makes three moves, demolishes Ridzik's game. He turns and watches Ridzik, who is standing in front of Wills in the inner office.

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Wills is studying a report. Ridzik standing in front of him -- looking very sheepish.

Pause.

Wills folds up the report.

He watches Ridzik walk out to join Danko.

Stobbs comes into the room.

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Wi11 s nods.

Danko is sitting at Ridzik's table examining chess set pieces as Ridzik steps out of Wills' office.

Danko stands and walks into Wills' office.

Ridzik thinks for a moment, then picks up the phone and produces, in a cellophane package, the screwdriver used by Cat in Room 302...

Danko enters.

Danko doesn't sit.

Stobbs nods at Danko, coldly. Danko looks at Stobbs coolly. Wills gets the message.

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He begins to read from his notes.

He glances over at Danko.

Wills looks at Danko.

Danko considers this. Looks from Stobbs to Wills. Decides.

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Wills and Stobbs trade looks. Wills takes in Danko for a beat.

Danko says nothing. Nods slightly, heads for the door. Stobbs taking all this in with skepticism.

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Danko goes out, closes the door. In the b.g., we see him striding out and Ridzik hanging up his phone, chasing after him as --

Wills turns on the HARP MUSIC and sits behind his desk. Calm.

Wills starts to go through some paperwork.

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55,

Grim, forbidding ...

Danko and Ridzik walk along, lead by TWO GUARDS.

RID::'YK Lemme exp\ain a few things about the American ptison system. Once we lock 'em up, the gangs take over. The prison popu1at1on is run by these guys -- Aryan Brotherhood, Mexican Mafia, Muslims-and the Eli~ah Brotherhoid -- this is their home turf. • • •

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... --

A BIG BALD BLACK WEIGHT.LIFTER is hefting a huge barbell up to his chest -- then with'i huge effort, up over his head.

There are a SOUNDS of approval and support from VARIOUS BROTHERS around the weightlifting ring set on a concrete stage. Beyond a group of THREE YOUNG BLACKS their heads shaven -- stand as body9uards around a PATRiARCHAL OLD MAN (ABDUL ELIJAH) who is sitting quietly by himself -- Unlike his disciples, he has~long white hair, mirrored sunglasses -- the posture and attitude of a guru. Around the Gym, PRISONERS are gathered in groups( tossing footballs or softballs. The atmosphere is re,atively relaxed.

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Danko stares around him -- Ridzik behind him with Two Prison Guards .... They allbegin to make their way across theGym to the Weightlifters' Stage.

starve them to death. We feed 'em good, let 'em work out, lift weights. When they come here, they're bad motherfuckers. When they get out

they're big, strong, healthy, bad motherfuckers.

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Danko and Ridzik climb the stage to find themselves confronted by ONE OF THE YOUNGER CLEANHEADS.

CLEANHEAD #1 How about you? You got a name?

CLEANHEAD #1 Brother Abdul Elijah got no interest in talkin' to you.

The Cleanhead crosses over to the weightlifting apparatus where Abdul Elijah sits meditating. The Cleanhead makes no attempt to address Abdul Elijah but continues his conversation with two other Elijah Brothers. None of them look in Ridzik's direction, least of all Brother Abdul Elijah.

Danko has moved to examine the equipment -- particularly the bar which had been abandoned by the Bald Black Weightlifter. It still has the same weights attached to its ends.

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national sport.

Danko looks around -- notes the surly attitude of the Prisoners.

Danko takes off his coat, then leans down, grasps the bar and tests the weights.

At which point Danko HEFTS the weight to his chest -- the eyes of the Elijah Brothers swivel towards him ...

Danko hefts the bar above his shoulders, straightens his back and completes a perfect military press.

RIDZIK {cont'd) Are you fucking kidding me?

Danko stands TRIUMPHANT, the weight high and firm above his out-stretched arms. He begins to turn a full 360 degree circle, finishes his triumphant turn and faces Brother Abdul Elijah ... ThenHURLS the bardown at the Brother's feet.

His Disciples spring back, but Brother Abdul Elijah doesn't turn a hair.

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Abdul allows himself a grin.

Ridzik watches them walk off deep in conversation. He is left standing with one of the Cleanheads who glowers at him then begins to rap.

Abdul Elijah and Danko have left the concrete stage and walked toward the wall of the gym...

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He sticks his hand in his pocket, pulls it out and shows it to him.

and cocaine.

Abdul Elijah shakes his head.

Danko looks at Abdul Elijah with steel in his~yes.

keep shipping drugs to my country -- one day you'll wake up and find your testicles floating in a glass of water by your bed.

Behind his glasses, Abdul Elijah grins. He lifts them up. We see his eyes -- he's BLIND. He drops his glasses back on his nose and suddenly gets very serious.

ABDUL (cont'd)

1 been in this jail twenty-six years.

I'm sixty-three years old and I been

* behind bars forty-eight of 'em. * * Every time Whitey put me there. I * * educated myself in prison -- I come * * to understand that this country was * * built on exploitin' the black man. * * Your country exploits its own people * * that ain't even black. This country *

and your country are just alike, * (MORE)

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Danko stares at him for a long moment. *

A big smile from Abdul cuts the tension -- his years in * prison have brought him a mastery of personal * confrontations. *

other, don't we? I got to do a * little work. Check around some. *

Starts away, then looks back at Danko.

Ridzik and Danko are driving back from Joliet.

He is still nettled by the one-on-one conversation between Abdul Elijah and Danko.

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giving Poland to Hitler. We don't even know what the damn thing unlocks. *

The BEEPER on Danko's watch goes off.

He snaps it off.

Stern look from Danko.

Back in the City -- Ridzik is pumping gas into the Sedan -- Danko does the windows.

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OANl<O

The Army. compulsory training. Language School in Kiev.

RIOZII<

And now since you'r• so fluent, you figure you're just gonna walk in and ask this Larissa Jackson some questions about when she visited old Viktor in jail?

OANI<O

You have a better idea?

RIDZIK

Yeah, It's my hometown so I figure I'll run the cross-examinations -- that way we can avoid these private conversations between you and the suspects, okay?

Ridzik walks over and pays the ATTENDANT, starts toward the Sedan...

RIDZII<(cont'd)

Remember when we're talkin' to this babe, it ain't like old Mother Russia. You can't put the muscle on people in this country...Even if you catch somebody murdering his mother -- you still gotta read him the Miranda -- and you can't touch his ass.

DANKO

I don't want to touch his ass and what is Miranda?

RIDZIK

Miranda's the name of a bullshit law we got. Gives eve:=-rscumbagwe arrest the right to keep his mouth shut until his shyster lawyer shows up and tells him what to say.

OANI<O

In the Soviet Union, after two days they can talk to a lawyer.

RIDZIK

You're shitting me?

DANKO

I am not shitting you.

They get into the Sedan.

Drives off.

As the sun is setting -- lights starting toBLINK ON in the City...

Danko and Ridzik get out of the Sedan. Ridzik checks the address in hand,points about fifty yards up the street and moveswith Danko toward the building.

As they enter andwalk up, a ROCK NUMBER can be heard... Reaching the landing,they turn and move in through an open door ...

The MUSIC emanates from a battered tape recorder. A class of FIFTEEN YEAR OLDS -- mostlyGIRLS in leotards -- but all of them tough street types -- are being put throughtheir paces by the TEACHER in leotard and legwariners.

An attractive young woman with a tough,almost petulant look. She turns in the direction ofwhere her pupils are staring, sees the two newcomers. Spots them ascops right away...

There is the usual BABBLE of teenagers as they move toward the dressing room.

Larissa ushers the two men into her office which is adjacent to the studio.

Sparsely furnished.

He shows her Viktor's photograph. She gives it a quick glance.

Ridzik flashes his badge.

Larissa gives Danko an odd glance.

RIDZI:K(cont'd) -- from Moscow.

She looks at them both.

Pause.

They just look at her.

She turns and walks away.

Danko and Ridzik are crossing the street.

Ridzik has new-found respect for Danko.

Ridzik stops by a Diner and looks back at the Studio.

Ridzik stares hungrily at the Diner menu in window.

He opens the door ct the Diner...

Ridzi.k reluctantly pulls thekeys out of his trouser pocket.

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Ridzik goes in~..,the Diner.

Danko returns to the car and pulls out the keys.

VOICE Hey, man. Is this your car?

Danko turns -- sees a YOUNGTOUGH (#1)looking at him.

TOUGH #1 We got a problem here,man. This is our territory. You'reparkin' in our space.

TWO MORE YOUNG TOUGHS appear behind him.

TOUGH #l (cont'd) Now you can haul ass or you can payup and nobody trashes it.Fifty bucks and your car's okay for the night.

The Tough looks at Danko.

TOUGH #l The price just went up. You haul ass or you pay seventy-five bucks right now and no fuckin'around.

The Tough shakes his head.

TOUGH #1 Never heardof the bitch.

Danko PUNCHES him in the solar plexus. Every cubic centimeter of air ROCKETS OUT of his lungs.

The Tough buckles, falls to his knees,trying to reach some fresh oxygen before he dies.

The other Two Toughs,SNAPPING OUT knives, look at Danko warily.

Danko grabs a nearby STOP SIGN, shakes it once. Then grasping it with both hands -- TEARS IT out of the concrete.

TOUGH #2 Hey, what the fuck you doin'?

Danko tosses the stop sign on the first step of a nearby tenement porch -- STOMPS on the wooden section near the metal part. It BREAKS OFF cleanly. He now lifts the remaining pole -- a hefty club. He starts walking toward the Three Youths, holding it like a ball-bat...

TOUGH #2 Now wait a minute, man! Hold on! I said hold on!

Danko keeps walking.

TOUGH #3 Motherfucker's crazy.

He and his Teammate back off a couple of steps, then turn and RUN. Danko watches them for a moment, then tosses the pole away and gets back into the car.

The Tough on the ground rolls onto his side, his knees bent up, still in excruciating pain.

It is his first time behind the wheel of an American car. He familiarizes himself with the controls ...

Danko's eyes take in:

Ridzik is seen being handed two bags of takeout. He heads for the exit.

Danko's eyes go back to the Dance Studio. No change. He now sees:

carrying thetwo bags and approaching the Sedan ...

Ridzik steps over the STILL-MOANING Tough.

Danko leans over and opens the passenger door. Ridzik slips inside,balancing the bags containing the goodies... he opens the bags, starts taking out thefood.

Ridzik brings outa container of hot coffee, passes it over.

Ridzik nods.

Danko looks at the container.

Larissa looks around nervously,then gets into a Yellow Cab.

As it accelerates away

He turns the key in the ignition and the car RIPSFORWARD.

The sudden acceleration SPILLSa good portion of the coffee on his privates. Ridzik SCREAMSout in pain.

Unheeding, Danko powers the carforward into the traffic. They can see the Yellow Cab moving fast in front ofthem.

Larissa looks through the rearwindow.

Joyboy is behind the wheel.

Danko following Ridzik trying to clean up the mess in the passenger seat.

The cab ahead makes a sharp right -- Danko follows, SLIDING through the turn, tires SCREAMING.

Danko flicks the car between two lanes fast enough to cause HOWLS of protest from overtaken vehicles.

He stands the Sedan on its nose, darts inside, overtaking on the inside lane, BLASTING away with his horn at a car coming out of a side street.

Danko nearly causes a pile-up as the Sedan plows across the intersection just as opposing lines of traffic are about to converge.

Ridzik's head swivels around to check out the red light that they have just whizzed through.

He ducks the Sedan around a huge DUMPSTER that almost squeezes them off the street -- again, HORNS BLARING...

The Sedan tears across the intersection in pursuit of the Yellow Cab, narrowly avoiding traffic which is moving both ways.

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They are under the El now, gaining on the Yellow Cab.

* RIDZIK

* Here we go, babe.

The Yellow Cab suddenly pulls into an Underground Garage.

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Through the glass across the way:

Wills in his office, glowering -- checking reports.

•

Stepanovich and Gregor can be seen entering the station through the glass panel.

222 WILLS' OFFICE 222

Wills' Secretary enter ■.

Wills gets to his feetto welcome the two Soviets as they enter.

Ridzik is on the phone --mid~conversation:

He hangs up.

Across the way a COP picks up aRINGING phone:

Looks across at Ridzik.

Ridzik quickly picks up.

(CONTIN1JED)

RJ:DZIK Danko? Where the hell are you? They're boiling my ass down here. Did you catch up with her?

WITH POLICE STATION

RJ:DZIK I didn't mean it.

He leeks through the glass pane to see that Wills is deep in conversation with Stepancvich and Greger.

All faces grim ...

Wills is becoming annoyed -- his attention is distracted by Ridzik, visible through the glass.

He finishes his animated conversation on the phone, hangs up, grabs his coat and takes off.

Wills brings his attention back to the two Soviets.

Stepanovich leans over the desk.

He and Gregor leave theoffice.

The WAITRESS pours Ridzik a cup of coffee asDanko pays off a cab outside and enters. Ridzik looks up, sees him.

Danko looks around. It is·not a very fancyplac~. He crosses towards Ridzik, sits down.

Danko nods.

Danko and Ridzik climb into the new Sedan -- Danko holds up Ridzik's .44 that he has on loan.

Ridzik SNAPS OPEN the glove compartment, hands Danko a box of shells and a couple of speed loaders.

Danko begins loading the .44,,,

Danko SNAPS the cylinder closed.

A long pause.

MOVING SHOT - EARLY MORNING

FOUR BLACK GUYS in a maroon convertible are rapping with a PLATINUM BLONDE WHORE. THREE WHITE'BIKERS roar by, wheel around on their choppers and come back to start hassling the Black Guys ...

The car passes a number of BAG LADIES wheeling their shopping carts of pathetic junk. SEVERAL BUMS are lying on the sidewalks and in the doorways of abandoned buildings.

A heavy summer rain is falling.,.

Ridzik's Sedan cuts out of the traffic, stop outside the hotel. Danko opens the door

Danko and Ridzi.kenter -- cross to Larissa. Across the way the Night Clerk seems to be asleep.

Pause.

They all exchange looks.

Ridzik reaches for his wallet.

She walksout -- they watch her leave.

He exits toward the rain-swept street.

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As seen through the rain from the 4th floor window opposite the Garvin Hotel. Larissa emerges and disappears under the El ... After a moment,Ridzik appears,gets into his double- parked car -- then the Sedan accelerates away.

Viktor stares down at the wet street. Beside him is Dolly, an automatic rifle in his hand. Viktor raises a pair of * binoculars... *

The CAMERA MOVES UP to the third floor.

After a period, Danko appears at the window -- which he opens.

NOISE and rain RUSH IN from the street. And above all this is the SPORADIC THUNDER of the El.

Danko takes off his jacket, pulls off his shirt -- drops his loose change, his watch and the key on the bedside table. Danko then looks at the key, picks it up and puts it in one * of his shoes as he shakes them both off. *

236A VIKTOR 236A*

Watching intently through the binoculars. He lowers the high-powered glasses, looks across to Dolly ... DollySNICKS the action on the rifle.

Viktor crosses under the El with Thurston and TWO OTHER CLEANHEADS.

A train RATTLES by.

Dolly looks down, automatic rifle in his hand -- sees ...

Viktor and the Henchmen enter the hotel.

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The Night Clerk is still asleep. Viktor leans over, RIPS out the telephone cables.

Danko's in the shower, the bathroom is located next to the bedroom with two doors, one leading to the bedroom, the other to the hall.

Viktor and his Henchmen climb up the CREAKY, carpet-worn stairs.

Dolly stands by the window. He COCKS the rifle, switches it to semi-automatic, SNAPS OFF the safety.

Viktor and his Henchmen exit the stairwell, find themselves next to the elevator shaft. The elevator is standing, door open. A series of FADED SIGNS indicate directions to various rooms.

Instinctively the Cleanheads move along the passage of the rooms which face the street.

Before following them, Viktor looks out the rear window.

A steep drop down the grimy Chicago River three stories * below.

Danko steps out of the shower, picks up a towel.

A cockroach is climbing the wall. He takes the towel, FLICKS it at it. The roach falls.

Danko enters, toweling himself briefly. He slips on his watch. He begins to slip into a shirt and briefs.

The El train begins to THUNDER by.

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The door BURSTS open to reveal Thurston with gun.

A couple in bed across the way -- She is a TOUGH YOUNG

HOOKER, he is an UNSHAVEN 250 POUND TEAMSTER.

For one moment, the two figures freeze as they stare at

Thurston -- his shotgun is at his side ... out of sight.

He turns away -- but the Teamster is steamed.

A train is going by...

He starts forward. The train NOISE VERY LOUD as Viktor, appearing from behind, SHOOTS the Teamster right through the head.

Thurston shrugs and smiles at Viktor as he closes the door.

Dolly moves closer to the open window but stays within the shadow cast by the sash.

Across the street, he can make out Danko pulling up his trousers. He waits for the NOISE of the oncoming train to reach its peak then he SQUEEZES the trigger.

The BURST of rifle fire RIPS through the room dwarfing the * SOUND of the El.

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Danko dives for cover -- ends up lying tight bY.the side of the bed in dead ground -- blind to the Gunman (Dolly) across the street -- and to anyone who miqht come through the hallway door. Ridzik's automatic 1n his hand.

Above him, a COCKROACH scampers up the wall. A seco..JBURST of rifle fire RIDDLES the plaster a foot above his head. It * SPLATTERS the roach ...

The moment the GUNFIRE STOPS, Danko raises his arm and head above the bed and FIRES once.

Do 11 y isPUNCHED back onto the bedby the force of Danko' s bullet. He lets out a STIFLED CRY -- the rifle f~lling from his hand. Dolly has been SHOT straight through the chest.

2.53 INT. DANKO' SROOM - GARVIN HOTEL - DAY 253

The door of the room BLASTS open and Thurston BARGES in. He FIRES TWICE at the bed as Danko ducks down behind it.

The Second Cleanhead BLASTS open the bathroom door -- makes for the bedroom.

As Thurston comes through the door, Danko FIRES from his position on the floor -- DRILLING him through the heart.

As Cleanhead #1 sees his friend fall, he levels down on * Danko ...

Simultaneously, a BULLET spins him round and a SECOND BULLET floors him -- fired from down the corridor ... *

Half-way down the corridor leading to the rear of the hotel, the Hooker, now in messed up lingerie -- toting a sma 11 purse gun. She gets off a THIRD ROUND.

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Danko dives over the bed and reaches the door jamb. He looks out cautiously.

Danko WHEELS out of his room, pivoting left.

Cleanhead #2 SPEEDING down the corridor, has reached the * elevator. He dives in, closes the door, presses the button.

Danko runs down the corridor to the elevator -- He arrives * at the elevator door, SMASHES out the small window ... cannow see the cable mechanism.

He FIRES, SEVERING the elevator cable.

The elevator can be HEARD DESCENDING like a falling plane. It DESTRUCTS on impact -- SHATTERING the door and waking the Night Clerk.

He peers through the fog of dust at the wreckage and reaches for the phone -- and pulls a nickel-plated .45 from out of

an old cigar box under the desk counter. *

Danko stands motionless, facing the elevator shaft.

Behind him and to his right down the passageway to the rear -- the Hooker stands still, her gun held high.

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Danko's eyes swivel back towards his room -- the door of * which had been SMASHED in by Cleanhead #2.

Viktor stands dt the door to Danko's bedroom, motionless -- his gun held ready.

Danko creeps towards the door to the bathroom.

Viktor enters from the bathroom, stepping over the body of Cleanhead #2 and moving backwards -- always facing the bathroom entrance. •

Taking his eye off the bathroom door for one second, he grabs Danko's shoe, tips it up and POCKETS THE KEY. *

Danko has now reached the edge of the door to the bedroom. He can see Viktor through the shaving mirror. He is at the doorway to the hall.

He gets ready to fling himself into the bedroom -- raising his gun-hand high -- when the BEEPER ALARM on his watch goes off.

Viktor wheels, hearing the BEEPER, and BLASTS off THREE SHOTS at the image of Danko in the shaving mirror...

Danko draws back under the ferocity of the barrage. The shaving cabinet SPLINTERS into pieces.

Viktor steps out into the hall, now FIRING at --

266 THE SILHOUETTED FIGURE -- 266

Of the Hooker, who ducks back into her own bedroom.

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Viktor CHARGES past her running for the rear window, his voice raised in a great bull R AR.

267 DANKO

Appears at the door to his bedroom raises his gun -- FIRES.

268 VIKTOR

Dives through the window.

Viktor TUMBLES through the air in a giant curve, tucking his legs up into a fetal position, slowly FALLING down and down through the rain ....

A GIANT SPLASH as he cannonballs into the Chicago River -- * sinks beneath the surface. *

Danko runs towards the window, passing the Hooker who now is quickly 9etting dressed. He reaches the rear window,

levels his pistol ...

Viktor hasn't surfaced, the oily water still ripples ...

270B DANKO 270B*

The big pistol still ready, all he has to do is wait -- suddenly the plaster EXPLODES next to his head from a GUNSHOT.

Danko whirls -- sees:

270C THE NIGHT CLERK 270C*

Holding an old .45 in front ofhim with two hands ...

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Danko starts walking toward the Night Clerk, his pistol at his side.

Danko keeps walking.

NIGHT CLERK fcont'd: You think I'm kiddin'? I 11 blow your ass off just sure as shit.

The Hooker, in the corridor, behind the Night Clerk, SCREAMS ...

The Night Clerk turns his head at the sound of her voice -- turns back to Danko -- too late as he snatches the .45 out of the Night Clerk's hand.

Danko immediately runs for the stairwell -- disappears down the steps.

The Night Clerk and the Hooker look at one another as she pulls on her coat and grabs her purse.

She heads for the stairwell. The Night Clerk stands there alone in the hallway.

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Danko runs down the stairs fast.

Viktor comes over a high fence and jumps into a Van -- Joyboy at the wheel.

Joyboy powers off through the rain.

The rain continues unabated.

Danko runs out next to the river, but by now there is no trace of Viktor -- He runs back inside the Hotel.

Danko comes running out of the lobby, trots out into the

street. Still no sign of Viktor, but he sees the Hooker

running toward the El Station across the way.

He runs after her through the rain.

275A NEAR THE EL STAIRWAY 275A*

Danko catches up with her.

She turns ...

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101A.

The SOUND of POLICE SIRENS as they approach the Hotel ...

She starts up the stairwell.

She turns, startled.

And he lifts her, hugs her and kisses her. It is a moment of pure exultation. For the first time since Jusso's death, he feels glad to be alive.

The Hooker is caught up by his infectious mood and she responds with a great peal of laughter. They have both come through a life and death situation. They have both made it.

276 OMIT OMIT 276*

Wills is driving. Stobbs is in the passen9er seat, Ridzik * in the rear -- Wipers working, BEATING against the downpour.

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101B.

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He watches, stunned as the car sweeps by Danko and the Hooker, deep in laught1..:,ashe holds her up over his head. *

His head swivels round to catch a glimpse of the couple, but they have disappeared into the mist.

Danko opens the door--

Sees the sprawling figure of Dolly on the bed,the shells on the floor, the abandoned automatic rifle and the open window.

He crosses to the window and looks down.

Through the rain, Ridzik and Wills are emerging from the Hotel.

Danko closes thewindow, shutting out the rain, the NOISE of the El, aswell as the presence of the two Chicago policemen.

He turns back to Dolly.

Dolly looksup at him but doesn't move.

He picks up the automatic,pumps out a round and points the gun at Dolly's head.

But Dolly is too fargone to answer.

At this moment there is theSOUND OF FOOTSTEPS in the corridor outside the door. They sound urgent.

The door opens to revealRidzik and Wills.

Danko kneels down and pulls out Dolly's blood-stained wallet from inside his jacket pocket,opens it.

Ridzik goes to thewindow, sees right into Danko's room, understands what's happened. He turns.

Danko nods.

Danko takes out a piece of paper from Dolly's wallet. It is a ticket to tonight's game at Comiskey Park.

Wills takes the ticket from Danko's hand, then crosses to the window and stares out.

He looks at Danko, exasperated.

A look of confusion on Wills' face.

The Teamster's body is being stretchered down the stairs by the PARAMEDICS.

Wills and Stobbs standing by not looking overly pleased with the way things are going.

The Night Clerk is RANTING to a PLAINCLOTHES DETECTIVE, busy taking notes.

Danko and Ridzik seated ina Sedan -- they watch as the Teamster's body is carried past and loaded into an Ambulance.

Ridzik looks over atDanko as the Ambulance pulls away.

THE DEAFENING ROAR OF ROTOR BLADES IN FLIGHT

Hovering-over Lake Michigan. on the distant shore the skyline of Chicago...

The Chopper suddenly executes a ..darpturn andSWOOPS DOWN.

Lower and lower down toward the surface. The configuration of the gentle waves takes shape -- something BOBBING on the water's surface -- Lower still -- The rotors misting the water, kicking up the spray -- Then passing over the "something" low enough to see:

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Floating face up nude in the water -- she's never looked more beautiful, but she's very dead.

A SOLEMN GROUP OF COPS -- Ambulances, Police Cars, and Reserve Boat.

Danko, Ridzik, Wills and Stobbs stand over the tarpaulin- covered figure lying on the deck.

Pause.

Danko looks down at Larissa as the shroud is pulled over her face and her body is stretchered away.

Wills, followed by Ridzik and Danko, strides through the crowded corridor. They reach the area outside Wills' office where Stepanovich and Gregor are waiting with solemn faces.

Ridzik crosses to him. Wills indicates Danko.

Wills enters his office. Ridzik walks back to Danko.

Wills talking with Gregor and Stepanovich -- both the Soviets occasionally turn and stare angrily out atDanko.

Ridzik crosses to his desk,pulls out his old manual typewriter and sits down. Danko comes and sits with him, looks at his typewriter in disbelief,

As Ridzik begins pounding away at an officialform on his Remington, Wills' Secretary floatsby ...

Ridzik keeps typing,

Ridzik flips on the Phonemate, keepspounding away.

CLICK.

Danko looks over at Wills' office. Watches asGregor and Stepanovich leave ...

CLICK.

CLICK.

Danko and Ridzik look at one another.

Ridzik stands up, starts for Wills' office.

He heads for Wills' office -- leaving Danko sitting there, quietly thinking...

Danko, Ridzik, Wills and Stobbs -- who holds up a diagram of Comiskey Park.

Danko seems very calm.

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Danko moves for the door.

Danko is leddown the corridor to an interviewroom by a cop called NELLIGAN. He opens a mottled glass-topped doorand ushers in Danko.

Danko looks around. There are two chairs,a desk with a telephone and anoverhead light. Apart tromsome instructions in the eventct fire, the walls are bare.

;,.nexterior window faces outon aninward vault. Like the glass on the door, it isopaque and covered with wire netting.

The lock on the door turnsbehind him. Dankospins around incredulously, Through the glass, he can seethe shape of Nelligan relaxing against thewall outside as it he were going to be there all evening.

Danko moves to the door, tries the handle.The door is locked fast.

The phone suddenlyRINGS and he returns to the table,picks it up. Ridzik is at the other end...Nowvisible in the opposite room.

Ridzik hesitates ...

lll.

Feeling bad,he puts the phone down.

Danko puts theinterview phone down -- staresfor a moment at Ridzik as he leaves-- then turns and goes to the wallphone behind him -- begins to dial.

Wills is puttingon his flak jacket. Ridzik enters.

ll2.

Willssnaps tight the last clasp ofhis shoulder holster.

Wills gets into the firstof four detectives'cars which are waitingin a line outside the building. Stobbs gets in after him,OTHER DETECTIVES follows. The fourcars take off, discreetly,no sirens.

Ridzik standing by ...watching-- notvery happy.

Danko looks at hiswatch then at the shape of thePoliceman outside ...

Hegets up, walks across to the glass doorand taps on the pane.

The Policeman comes closer to theglass.

ll:l.

Nelligan leans closer.

oanko's fistcomes THROUGH THE GLASS,traveling at fifty miles-per-hour-- it SPLINTERS the glass into tinyfragments -- CONNECTS with Nelligan,sending him sprawling against the otherwall, where he lapses into unconsciousness.

Nearly deserted. TWO UNIFORMED COPS standing in frontof a bank of lockers across theway. Viktor appears,glances up at the wallclock. Eight fifty-five.

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Four Buseson the dock. Another pulling in.

A fewpassengers near the gates.

Viktor walks over to the sandwich bar. Findsa vacant seat. orders a coffee.

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Waiting at the counter. Coffee untouched.

His eyes stopon Joyboy standing at the farside of the counter.

He stares back. Walks slowly towards Viktor.

301 JOYBOY 301

Confident, careful. He takes a seat beside Viktor.

302 VIKTOR 302

Sips his coffee. Eyes the Man beside him. He takesa key from his pocket. Places it between them, Covers it with his hand.

303 JOYBOY J03

Puts a dollar billon the counter. Calls over to the WAITRESS.

He picks up thekey, leaves one next to it. Walks away from the counter. Stops at a row of lockers.

304 VIKTOR 304

Takes the otherkey. Pays for his coffee. Goes to the lockers.

305 BANK OF LOCKERS 305

The Uniformed copspaying no attention asJoyboy scans the numbers, findsthe one he's looking for -- inserts thekey. opens the locker. Takes out a ~•ry largeblack suitcase.

306 VIKTOR 306

Opens his locker. Takes out another very large suitcase. Looks down at Joyboy. He smiles. Walks towardsthe Men's Room.

Joyboy setsdown the suitcase. Checks insideand sees the money. Turns toface Viktor.

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Viktor's spring-gun appearssuddenly in hishand -- only one detail hasbeen added: a silencer hasbeen screwed onto the barrel of the pistol --he shootsJoyboy twice through the head -- hisbody sl~m~ back into a toilet stall ...

Viktor walks over toJoyboy's body -- pulls the stalldoor closed -- picksup the second suitcase-- heads for the exit.

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Fourth Inning. The BATTER hits into a smartly turned double- play.

309 WILLS 309

In a box seat next to Stobbs.

The NEXT BATTERup gets a base hit.

Pause.

309 CONTINUED:

Another base hitand the CROWD likes it.

J10 INT. GREYHOUNDBUS STATION - HIGH SHOT- CHICAGO - NIGHT

Viktorwalking toward the loading docks,carrying the two large suitcases.

A busmarked "CANADA" barrels up toa bay begins to reverse back into it.

Between it and the nextbay, a narrowpassage in which a trolley stands-- prominent amongstthe luggage, piled high upon the trolley,two heavy bags -- Viktor's.

The hatches have been opened and theluggage is just about to be loadedby the DRIVER -- beyondhim, a FEW PASSENGERS appear near the gate,waiting to be given the signal to board.

J13 VIKTOR

Comes around just as his suitcases are loaded. Seeing they are secure, he looks up and tinds:

314 DANKO 314

Hidden trom view trom the Driver and waiting Passengers his arm outstretched -- his pistolaimed at Viktor.

Viktor gives Danko a long look -- thensmiles. He's up to the game.

SUDDENLY:

315 RIDZIK

stands at the frontof the Canadian Bus,just behind Viktor's right shoulder,his gun leveled atDanko.

Viktor chancesa look at Ridzikwho now steps out from the shadows... The threeMennow stand ina triangle.

Danko's pistol goes from Viktor to Ridzik.

Unbeknownst to either of them,an OLD LADY wheeling her bags on a travel trolley appears behind them.

She takes one look at the threeMen, opens her mouth and SCREAMS.

As Danko and Ridzik react,Viktor dives into the bus ...

316 RIDZIK 316

For one moment, he stands,glancing from one end of the Bus to the other, hoping to spot Viktor.

317 DANKO

Runs to the front,trying to get a clear shot at Viktor-- now in the driver's seat-- He YELLS andFLINGS himself to one side as:

Suddenly Viktor'sBus passes him, CLIPPINGtwo inches off the forecourt gate post. It also DEMOLISHES the front ofa parked Sedan beyond it. Then it WHEELS intothe street and plows a sweeping right against the trafficbeforeregaining its own side of theroad, THUNDERING west.

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Runs tothe Sedan, which has beenTOTALED by the impact, a SECOND BUS SQUEALS to a halt behind him. He looks up and around to see its doorsopen, and --

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At the wheel.

As Ridzik dives in -- the doors begin to close behindhim -- He pulls himself to his feet ...

Ridzik looks back at the disappearingwreck of his Sedan.

Viktor's Bus plows across the intersection-- on the red.

A passing car, BRAXES, SKIDS andCONCERTINAS into the side of it, but the Bus does not stop. Viktor accelerates across the intersection withouta pause.

119,

322 DANKO 322

Approaching the accident,wheels around the scattered ONLOOKERS who are convergingon the SMASHEDCAR, and continues across the intersection in pursuit of Viktor.

Viktor's Bus SMASHES through thegates of the crossing.

Seconds after Viktor's exit,a DOUBLE-HEADEDDIESEL ENGINE with a load of freight cars trundles across the crossing.

Danko brakes just in time andsteers his Bus leftdown a street running parallelwith the tracks.

324 VIKTOR' SBUS 324

Bowls along astreet which runs almost parallelwith the railroad track,but on the other side of the freight train.

325 DANKO'S BUS 325

Whips along the street on his sideof the freight train. He is rapidly overtaking the diesellocomotives at its frontend.

A car speeding in the opposite direction sounds itsHORN in protest at theway Viktor is hogging the crownof the road.

He looks out ofthe window.

The road is slowly divergingfrom the railroad buton the far side, he can just make out-- between the freight cars-- Danko's Bus traveling at speed.

327 DANKO'S BUS 327

Hurtles along,and as the street swings left,he leaves it -- TEARS THROUGHa rusted gate -- TRUNDLES acrossan abandoned truck park --and SMASHES through wooden dou..bledoors intoa huge warehouse ...

328 INT, WAREHOUSE #l 328

Danko noses fullspeed for. the oppositeend of the building. The back doors of the warehouseloom open...

Danko hurtles theBus through and into the nextwarehouse.

To one side -- fora moment -- he spots the train still running parallelwith him.

Danko BLAZESdown the aisles ... No doors at theend,onlya brick wall --a sliding 180 and he goesthrough the wall rear end first. The brick wall EXPLODESas:

Another 180by Danko crates FLYING, pallet loadsCOLLAPSING -- and Danko isback on course.

Ridzik sitting likea seasick passenger, opens his eyes --and cheers up.

Danko is not only running parallelwith the diesellocomotives but is now beginning to outstrip them.

He looks across trying to see whether hecan spot Viktor.

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Is in fact --TEARING TOWARDS HIM, lofting up over a bridge which spans both therailroad and the rubbletrack.

To Ridzik's chagrin Viktor sails over his head at thesame moment as --

334 DANKO'S BUS 334

ZOOMS under the bridge.

Danko's Bus skidsto a halt at the intersection andslides to face Westward up the blacktop.

In the distancewe can hear the HOOT of the freight train. Behind Danko's Bus,the automatic gates begin to close.

336 VIKTOR JJ6

SLAMS on his brakes ashi.s street deadends ... A Trai.n passesby in front of him ashe looks out acrossa huge yard --He SLAMS it i.nto reverse.

337 DANKO 337

Screws his eyes and looks through the windshield.Behind the oncoming headlights, he can just make out the outline of Viktor's Bus now TRAVELINGTOWARDS HIM.

Danko turns to Ridzik.

Danko shoves the gear intolow.

The wheels SPIN at theback of Danko's Bus and it surges forward.

Viktor looks ahead. The road runs straight before him -- Danko's Bus coming LIKEA METEOR towards him...

Viktor FLOORS the gas pedaland GUNS the Bus forward-- RPMs to the max.

340 AT THE OTHER END OFTHE ROAD 340

Danko's Bus HURTLES towards Viktor'svehicle ...

341 DANKO 341

Leaning forward, urging hisBus onwards ...

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342 RIDZIK 342

Looking with growing concern ... SHOUTS atDanko.

343 VIKTOR'S BUS

Hunched over the wheel,Viktor flattens his foot to thepedal and begins to SHOUT inRussian.

As the Buses closea GREAT CRY WELLS trom his lips.

On course torcollision. Two Samurais going balls to the wall.

347 VIKTOR'S BUS 347

At wheel level -- BLISTERINGforward.

348 DANKO'S BUS 348

Like a BULLET going forthe impact.

Danko is totallywrapped up in the confrontation --He has forgotten Ridzik.

350 RIDZIK 350

Disbelief as he realizeshe has become part ofa Russian fantasy ...

The life forceSURGES within him and he CLAWS at the steering wheel with both hands.

As Danko's Bus veers right, it misses theoncoming Viktor by centimeters. •

Viktor and Danko pass each other still yelling and screaming.

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Leaps off theroad into a composite of dirtand gravel. It PLOWS a great furrowinto brush and wild grass as itROLLS OVER AND OVERANO OVER with --

353 DANKO AND RIDZIK 353

Trapped insidelike rats in a drum.

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Laughing, yelling,exultant in his triumph --He jerks his bus around into a slide crossing the tracks ...

Danko dragsRidzik out of an escape hatchin the roof of the bus which is lyingon its side. His flesh israw -- He is white withanger -- He ye:·s at the haplessRidzik in Russian.

The profanity of thetwo men is overlaid by theCRACKLE OF FIRE as the gas tanks begin to burn.

356 VIKTOR 356

WHAM!

The DOUBLE-DIESELENGINE enters from his right side. It RA.MS the Busamidship then remorselessly carries it along the railroad track.

Despite allof the YELLING and SCREAMINGOF BRAKES the momentum of the half-milelong train only perceptiblyslowing after severalseconds.

SIDE OFTHE TRACKS

It letsgo of Viktor's Bus as if from itsjaws -- and the Bus tumblesaway into the wild brush and rusting sidings of the yard.

358 DANKOAND RIDZIK 358

Struggle through the tall grasstowardsthe still rolling train.

They reach it only to findthe still slowingrailcars a barrier between themand the wreckage ofVictor's Bus on the far sideof the tracks.

359 AT THE FRONTOF THE TRAIN 359

The DRIVERpeers out from his cab and looksback at the smashed vehicle. Suddenly the great wheelsof the diesel LOCK under the pressure of the brakes --and the trainslows to a walking pace.

360 DANKO AND RIDZIK 360

Leap on to a moving car and cross its flat top to the other side. There they allow themselves tobe carriedup towards the wrecka~e of theBus which looks like adecapitated grasshopper -n the tallgrass,

As the slowing railcarsreach the Bus, Dankoand Ridzik jump off.

With a long SHRIEKof protest, the train shudders toa halt -- its caboose agood fifty yards beyond thewreckage.

Danko pulls the ,44from his jacket. Looks at Ridzik.

Pause.

Danko starts forward.

A long, slow, gunfighter'swalk,

361 VIKTOR 361

Hobbling down the aisleway-- badly rippedup from the wreck -- he comesout the door -- a big heavy Russian pistolin his hand...

Sees Dankocoming forward,

Danko keeps walking.

Danko keeps walking.

Swings his big pistolup -- He FIRES:

362 DANKO 362

His ,44 ROA.RSsix times. Slugs RIPPING into Viktor-- then into the door of the Bus behind-- Viktor's shot going harmlessly into the air.

Danko sees Viktor -- nowslumped against the exploded door.

Ridzik approaches.

Danko hands Ridzik his .44.

Walks toward the Bus.

363 VIKTOR 363

Looks up as Danko approaches.

364 IN THE BACKGROUND 364

Ridzik moves close.

Danko leans forward over Viktor.

He smiles, blood seeps fromhis mouth.

He holds out his hand and hisSPRING-GUN shoots out from his sleeve.

Danko's mouth opens andhe begins to YELL again ... a greatlong KEEN of anticipatory pain. As --

Danko's right index finger jabsdown at the gun finding the muzzle -- JAMMING deepinto the muzzle -- until his voice becomes a ROA.RINGSHOUT.

Viktor, too, is YELLINGas he pulls the trigger and thegun BLOWS UP in a greatbloody mess in his face.

Danko sits on an operatingtable, conscious, staring at the ceiling as they operateon his hand. Gregor and Stepanovich are also close by --talking animatedly to Dankowho seemingly pays no attention.

366 OUTSIDE IN THE CORRIDOR- WATCHING THROUGH THE GLASS 366

Wills, Stobbs and Ridzikawait the outcome.

Wills winces and changes the subject.

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Again Wills winces.

Ridzik returns to his obsessionwith Danko.

He shakes his head indisbelief.

LATER - NIGHT

Through the haze ofcigarette smoke on the tiny bandstand a small BLACK BAND is seenplaying -- DREAMY JAZZ ...

Danko fills Ridzik'sshot glass with straight vodka,then refills his ownwith his left hand. His right is heavily bandaged and tied to his chest ina sling -- Danko looksa bit melancholy.

RID'>TK They use theirnoses, right? Hey, I guessyou'll just have to become left-handed.

Ridzik notes Danko's mood.

Danko is silent.

They drink up --head for the exit.

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As they come outand move to Ridzik's third Sedan. Danko throws his suitcase in theback seat and they both pile in ...

Ridzikwatches as Danko slips off hiswatch -- notices that it is -- a steel East Germanwind-up, circa1967.

Ridzik, iswearing a thousand dollar steel Rolex,which he got discount froma cousin. He unclips thewatch and takes it off.

They exchangewatches -- then shake hands.

Ridzik looks at his gift.

He starts the car asDanko slips on hisnew watch.

Socks it into gear and drives off,as he does so helooks at Danko.

They continue driving away-- the Sedan disappears intothe traffic, against the backdropof the City at night.

FADEOUT