LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
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EXT. HOLLYWOOD AND CHEROKEE - NIGHT<br />
Patrol cars. Blues setting up a crime scene blockade.<br />
Exley pulls up, DOUSES his SIREN. PATROLMAN #1 runs<br />
over.<br />
PATROLMAN #1<br />
Loads of people down. Men.<br />
Women. I stopped for coffee --<br />
Exley pushes him aside, heads for the door. It's wide<br />
open.<br />
INT. NITE OWL - NIGHT<br />
Exley takes mental snapshots. Ten stools front a<br />
counter. The side wall mural-papered: winking owls<br />
perched on street signs. On the right a string of<br />
tables. Three in disarray. Food spilled, dishes broken.<br />
A high-heel pump by an upended chair.<br />
Heel drag marks across the linoleum floor heading back<br />
toward the kitchen. Exley follows. Past an open, empty<br />
cash register. Outside -- SIRENS.<br />
SERVICE RUNWAY<br />
Crisscrossed drag marks connect, lead to a walk-in...<br />
FOOD LOCKER<br />
Blood-soaked bodies on the floor. Five, maybe six in a<br />
tangle. Dozens of shotgun shells float in the pools of<br />
blood. As Exley struggles to maintain his <strong>com</strong>posure...<br />
ROOKIE (O.S.)<br />
Holy shit fuck...<br />
Exley looks at a green-faced ROOKIE in the locker<br />
doorway.<br />
ROOKIE<br />
S-s-sir, there's a captain outside<br />
wants to see you.<br />
EXLEY<br />
Don't get sick! Not in here!<br />
Exley shoves the Rookie, puking, out the door.<br />
EXT. NITE OWL - NIGHT<br />
Patrolmen hold back a swarm of reporters and rubberneckers.<br />
HORNS B<strong>LA</strong>ST. Motorcycles run interference for
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