LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
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DISPATCHER (V.O.) Park Rangers report three Negro youths discharging shotguns into the air in Griffith Park. Suspects are driving a late model purple Mercury Coupe. As the report ends, Exley switches off the two-way and gets out of his car. INT. HOLLYWOOD STATION - SQUAD ROOM - NIGHT Accompanied by Bud, Dick Stensland crams the contents of his desk into a box. Well-wishing cops pat him on the back, offer words of encouragement, but Stensland looks like he's going to cry. It's very bad timing as Exley enters, comes face-to-face with them. This is hatred. Acting on impulse, Bud goes after Exley. It's a mauling. Four vicious body shots. A potentially lethal head shot sails wide as Exley falls to the ground. As four men move to hold Bud back, Exley looks up at him. EXLEY (gasping) You're just a thug, White. That's all you'll ever be. Dudley steps into the fray. He helps Exley to his feet. DUDLEY You should stay away from a man when his blood is up. EXLEY His blood's always up. Four cops are genuinely having trouble holding Bud back. Dudley watches with something bordering on admiration. DUDLEY Then maybe you should stay away from him all the time. EXT. HOLLYWOOD STATION - PARKING LOT - NIGHT Accompanied by Bud, Stensland reaches his car, loads his box of stuff into the trunk. Bud is moody, pensive.
STENSLAND Don't look so down in the mouth, Bud. You nailed him good. BUD Yeah, sure... I got a couple of hours before I have to be at the Victory. Want to grab a beer? STENSLAND Rain check me, partner. I got something big going on tonight. BUD What? That new mystery girl you've been seeing? STENSLAND No. I'll tell you sometime. Not now. Don't want to jinx it. But it could take the edge off that jail time I got coming. BUD What are you talking about? STENSLAND It's confidential, Bud. Like that magazines Vincennes scams for. Hush-Hush. (smiles) I'll see you tomorrow. And hey, if it works out, you'll get a piece of it. Stensland gets in the car, drives off. Bud is left alone. INT. HOLLYWOOD STATION - SQUAD ROOM - NIGHT Exley sits alone in a sea of desks. The SQUAWK BOX DRONES. Exley squints at the clock on the wall, can't make it out. He takes his glasses from the inside of his jacket. 2:00 A.M. Finally, something to do. He walks to the wall calendar, tears off Feb. 28 to reveal Mar. 1. As Exley sits, the call SQUAWK BOX booms to life. VOICE Squad call! Nite Owl Coffee Shop One-eight-one-two-four Cherokee! Multiple homicides! Multiple homicides! Code three!
- 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 and 28: CLERK Edmund J. Exley to chambers.
- Page 29 and 30: BUD He helped me out once. That's a
- Page 31 and 32: with a gold shovel. Pierce Patchett
- Page 33 and 34: EXT. McNEIL PENITENTIARY - DAY Grim
- Page 35: INT. HUSH-HUSH MAGAZINE OFFICE - DA
- 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
- Page 79 and 80: INT. LYNN BRACKEN'S (1736 NOTTINGHA
- Page 81 and 82: INT. AFTER HOURS CLUB - NIGHT The B
- Page 83 and 84: EXLEY Until he gunned down six peop
- Page 85 and 86: BUD It's like they knew they were g
STENS<strong>LA</strong>ND<br />
Don't look so down in the mouth,<br />
Bud. You nailed him good.<br />
BUD<br />
Yeah, sure... I got a couple of<br />
hours before I have to be at the<br />
Victory. Want to grab a beer?<br />
STENS<strong>LA</strong>ND<br />
Rain check me, partner. I got<br />
something big going on tonight.<br />
BUD<br />
What? That new mystery girl<br />
you've been seeing?<br />
STENS<strong>LA</strong>ND<br />
No. I'll tell you sometime. Not<br />
now. Don't want to jinx it. But<br />
it could take the edge off that<br />
jail time I got <strong>com</strong>ing.<br />
BUD<br />
What are you talking about?<br />
STENS<strong>LA</strong>ND<br />
It's confidential, Bud. Like that<br />
magazines Vincennes scams for.<br />
Hush-Hush.<br />
(smiles)<br />
I'll see you tomorrow. And hey,<br />
if it works out, you'll get a<br />
piece of it.<br />
Stensland gets in the car, drives off. Bud is left<br />
alone.<br />
INT. HOLLYWOOD STATION - SQUAD ROOM - NIGHT<br />
Exley sits alone in a sea of desks. The SQUAWK BOX<br />
DRONES. Exley squints at the clock on the wall, can't<br />
make it out. He takes his glasses from the inside of his<br />
jacket. 2:00 A.M. Finally, something to do. He walks<br />
to the wall calendar, tears off Feb. 28 to reveal Mar. 1.<br />
As Exley sits, the call SQUAWK BOX booms to life.<br />
VOICE<br />
Squad call! Nite Owl Coffee Shop<br />
One-eight-one-two-four Cherokee!<br />
Multiple homicides! Multiple<br />
homicides! Code three!
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