LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
BOOTH Dudley sits at a table. A newspaper is opened, a little mound underneath. Bud joins Dudley. BUD Does that paper say we've been indicted? Does it say Exley's a hero for squealing me and Stensland off? DUDLEY He made his play amd he got what he wanted. They're making him a detective. BUD Captain, what do you want? DUDLEY Call me Dudley. BUD Dudley, what do you want? DUDLEY Lad, I admire your refusal to testify and your loyalty to your partner. I admire you as a policeman, particularly your adherence to violence as a necessary adjutant to the job. And I am most impressed with your punishment of wife beaters. Do you hate them, Wendell? BUD (looks away) Yeah, I hate them. DUDLEY And for good reason judging from what I know of your background. Bud looks back over. Dudley's getting too personal. BUD What's going to happen to Stensland? He'll give himself cirrhosis over this. HE'S ONE YEAR FROM HIS PENSION. DUDLEY It would've happened years ago if you hadn't carried him. Why the loyalty, Wendell?
BUD He helped me out once. That's all. DUDLEY Your partner's through. Department scapegoat on the Chief's orders. He's been billed, he'll be indicted and he'll swing. BUD Him and me both. FUCKING EXLEY. DUDLEY Don't underestimate his skills. As a politician he exceeds even myself. But the department needs smart men like Exley and... direct men like yourself BUD WHAT DO YOU WANT? DUDLEY Wendell, I want you to come to work for me. BUD Doing what? Mowing your fucking lawn? Smith yanks the newspaper revealing Bud's badge & .38 Special. Bud can't believe his eyes. DUDLEY They're yours. Take them. BUD I knew you had juice, but... There's no goddamn bill on me? DUDLEY Four of the defendants recanted their testimony. How? BUD Dudley dismisses the question with a wave of his hand. DUDLEY I need you for an assignment the Chief's given me the go-ahead on. A duty few men are fit for, but you were born for. You'll be working out of Homicide.
- Page 1 and 2: L.A. CONFIDENTIAL by Brian Helgelan
- Page 3 and 4: INT. THE MOCAMBO - NIGHT A CLUB PHO
- Page 5 and 6: COHEN Bullshit. What's the charge?
- Page 7 and 8: Without warning, Bud grabs Stompana
- Page 9 and 10: The Actress storms off. Jack looks
- Page 11 and 12: HUDGEONS Remember: you heard it fir
- Page 13 and 14: MEEKS Cut me some slack. I used to
- Page 15 and 16: DUDLEY This way, gentlemen. Dudley'
- Page 17 and 18: DUDLEY Would you be willing to rig
- Page 19 and 20: OPERATOR (V.O.) (filtered) Please h
- Page 21 and 22: Cops block Exley's way. As Bud look
- Page 23 and 24: EXLEY The public demands justice, s
- Page 25 and 26: LOEW But my office has a stellar wi
- Page 27: CLERK Edmund J. Exley to chambers.
- Page 31 and 32: with a gold shovel. Pierce Patchett
- Page 33 and 34: EXT. McNEIL PENITENTIARY - DAY Grim
- Page 35 and 36: INT. HUSH-HUSH MAGAZINE OFFICE - DA
- Page 37 and 38: STENSLAND Don't look so down in the
- Page 39 and 40: meat wagons cut off by the crown. A
- Page 41 and 42: FLATNOSE I don't know. No one knows
- Page 43 and 44: BUD What happened? EXLEY Someone he
- Page 45 and 46: CHIEF Enough on that. Gentlemen, ju
- Page 47 and 48: PATCHETT I am. Are you soliciting f
- Page 49 and 50: PATCHETT Wait. Our deal still holds
- Page 51 and 52: JACK We're looking for three colore
- Page 53 and 54: BUD You use words like that, you mi
- Page 55 and 56: BUD You look better than Veronica L
- Page 57 and 58: EXLEY Quiet. I'm ranking officer he
- Page 59 and 60: EXLEY Did one of the officers work
- Page 61 and 62: EXLEY Why were you throwing clothes
- Page 63 and 64: EXLEY Larry, he called you queer. H
- Page 65 and 66: BUD One in six. Where's the girl? E
- Page 67 and 68: EXLEY How's it going to look on you
- Page 69 and 70: ELEVATOR Coates watches as the elev
- Page 71 and 72: INT. STATE ASSEMBLY - CHAMBER - DAY
- Page 73 and 74: DUDLEY Breaking a big case sticks y
- Page 75 and 76: Yeah. JACK Jack doesn't really feel
- Page 77 and 78: REYNOLDS I can't do it. HUDGEONS Ta
BOOTH<br />
Dudley sits at a table. A newspaper is opened, a little<br />
mound underneath. Bud joins Dudley.<br />
BUD<br />
Does that paper say we've been<br />
indicted? Does it say Exley's a<br />
hero for squealing me and<br />
Stensland off?<br />
DUDLEY<br />
He made his play amd he got what<br />
he wanted. They're making him a<br />
detective.<br />
BUD<br />
Captain, what do you want?<br />
DUDLEY<br />
Call me Dudley.<br />
BUD<br />
Dudley, what do you want?<br />
DUDLEY<br />
Lad, I admire your refusal to<br />
testify and your loyalty to your<br />
partner. I admire you as a<br />
policeman, particularly your<br />
adherence to violence as a<br />
necessary adjutant to the job.<br />
And I am most impressed with your<br />
punishment of wife beaters. Do<br />
you hate them, Wendell?<br />
BUD<br />
(looks away)<br />
Yeah, I hate them.<br />
DUDLEY<br />
And for good reason judging from<br />
what I know of your background.<br />
Bud looks back over. Dudley's getting too personal.<br />
BUD<br />
What's going to happen to<br />
Stensland? He'll give himself<br />
cirrhosis over this. HE'S ONE<br />
YEAR FROM HIS PENSION.<br />
DUDLEY<br />
It would've happened years ago if<br />
you hadn't carried him. Why the<br />
loyalty, Wendell?
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