LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
BUD Miss Bracken, don't ever try to fucking bribe me or threaten me or I'll have you and Patchett in shit up to your ears. Lynn smiles again. She likes Bud. A beat. LYNN I remember you from Christmas Eve. You have a thing for helping women, don't you, Officer White? BUD Maybe I'm just fucking curious. LYNN You say 'fuck' a lot. BUD You fuck for money. LYNN There's blood on your shirt. Is that an integral part of your job? Yeah. BUD LYNN Do you enjoy it? BUD When they deserve it. LYNN Did they deserve it today? I'm not sure. BUD LYNN But you did it anyway. BUD Yeah, just like the half dozen guys you screwed today. LYNN (laughs again) Actually, it was two. You're different, Officer White. You're the first man in five years who didn't tell me I look like Veronica Lake inside of a minute.
BUD You look better than Veronica Lake. Now, PIERCE PATCHETT. LYNN He takes a cut of our earnings and invests it for us. He makes us quit the life at thirty. He doesn't let us use narcotics and he doesn't abuse us. Can your policeman's mentality grasp those contradictions? BUD He had you cut to look like Veronica Lake? LYNN No. I'm really a brunette, but the rest is me. And that's all the news that's fit to print. Lynn starts toward the door. Bud watches her a moment, then follows. She takes his glass at the door. LYNN It was nice meeting you, Officer. Out the door, Bud turns back. Blurts: BUD Look. I want to see you again. LYNN Are you asking me for a date or an appointment? BUD (suddenly unsure) I don't know. LYNN (another smile) If it's a date I think you'd better tell me your first name because I -- BUD (feeling foolish) Forget I asked. It was a mistake. Lynn watches thoughtfully after Bud as he walks away. He opens his car door like he's going to tear ir off. A last glance back at Lynn and as he gets in the car...
- 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 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: BUD You use words like that, you mi
- 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
- Page 87 and 88: DEN Innocuous except for the smell.
- Page 89 and 90: EXLEY Officer White? A sweet man. E
- Page 91 and 92: EXLEY Do you make the three Negroes
- Page 93 and 94: Should I? STOMPANATO BUD His file l
- Page 95 and 96: They stand, kiss again. Lynn's gown
- Page 97 and 98: INT. 1184 GRETNA GREEN (PATCHETT'S)
- Page 99 and 100: EXLEY Miss Bracken, I'm Lieutenant
- Page 101 and 102: INT. PACIFIC DINING CAR - NIGHT Jac
- Page 103 and 104: LYNN Like recognizes like. I'm pret
BUD<br />
Miss Bracken, don't ever try to<br />
fucking bribe me or threaten me<br />
or I'll have you and Patchett<br />
in shit up to your ears.<br />
Lynn smiles again. She likes Bud. A beat.<br />
LYNN<br />
I remember you from Christmas<br />
Eve. You have a thing for<br />
helping women, don't you,<br />
Officer White?<br />
BUD<br />
Maybe I'm just fucking curious.<br />
LYNN<br />
You say 'fuck' a lot.<br />
BUD<br />
You fuck for money.<br />
LYNN<br />
There's blood on your shirt. Is<br />
that an integral part of your job?<br />
Yeah.<br />
BUD<br />
LYNN<br />
Do you enjoy it?<br />
BUD<br />
When they deserve it.<br />
LYNN<br />
Did they deserve it today?<br />
I'm not sure.<br />
BUD<br />
LYNN<br />
But you did it anyway.<br />
BUD<br />
Yeah, just like the half dozen<br />
guys you screwed today.<br />
LYNN<br />
(laughs again)<br />
Actually, it was two. You're<br />
different, Officer White. You're<br />
the first man in five years who<br />
didn't tell me I look like<br />
Veronica Lake inside of a minute.
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