48 Hrs. Page #12

HAMMOND:

I'm tellin' you the man's in

love... he wants to be a hero for

his girl.

CATES:

Oh, yeah, does bein' in love make

you stupid?

ANOTHER STREET:

The Caddy follows the Porsche.

As they follow Luther.

CATES:

I suppose you'd never be like

Luther and let a woman get to

you...

HAMMOND:

I let women get to me. The quest

for p*ssy is the meaning of life

... I got my own personal

philosophy about 'em. Keep women

separate from guns, money and

business ... women are for

spending money. They got nothing

to do with helping you make it.

CATES:

That ain't philosophy. That's

common sense.

ANOTHER STREET:

The Caddy follows the Porsche.

INT. CADDY

As they follow Luther.

HAMMOND:

Say, do you always work people

over like you did Luther?

CATES:

If they don't tell me what I need

to know...

HAMMOND:

Doesn't it get... Tiring?

CATES:

I'm not in this 'cause it's fun.

I'm not into hitting guys 'cause

it makes me feel good either... I

do it 'cause it works-...

HAMMOND:

You got a very depressing view of

life, man... you gotta smile once

in awhile...

ANOTHER STREET:

The Caddy follows the Porsche.

INT. CADDY

As they follow Luther.

CATES:

Maybe Luther hopes Ganz'll give

him a piece of your money...

HAMMOND:

If he's hoping that then he's

dumber than I think he is, which

would be amazin', cause I already

think he's real dumb.

ANOTHER STREET:

The Caddy follows the Porsche.

INT. CADDY

As they follow Luther.

HAMMOND:

A long time agb Luther must of got

the sh*t beat out of him so bad it

just rattled his brain ... that

would account for him making so

many wrong moves in a row...

CATES:

Yeah, it doesn't look like he's

gonna make it as a dangerous tough

guy...

ANOTHER STREET:

The Caddy follows the Porsche.

INT. CADDY

As they follow Luther,

HAMMOND:

You know, I'd be embarrassed if I

let my wheels go the way you've

done with this job.

CATES:

What you don't understand is, I

don't give a damn about how this

thing looks.

HAMMOND:

No class...

CATES:

Class isn't somethin' you buy,

punk. Look at you, five hundred

dollar suit and you're still a

lowlife.

ANOTHER STREET:

The Caddy follows the Porsche.

INT. CADDY

As they follow Luther.

HAMMOND:

We're getting too close ... Cates,

what's the matter, you been takin'

dumb pills?

CATES:

Yeah, most cops are pretty dumb...

But since you're the one that

landed in jail what's that make

you?

ANOTHER STREET:

Luther pulls over to curb and parks.

CADILLAC:

suddenly swings over several lanes of traffic and parks in

driveway of parking lot.

LUTHER - CATES & HAMMOND'S P.O.V.

He goes to the trunk. Rummages there ... picks up a flaming

red suit.

INT. CADILLAC

CATES:

That Goddamn suit is yours?

Hammond winces.

HAMMOND:

That was in style a couple years

back, man.

CATES:

Right. if you ever switch from

armed robbery to pimping, then

you're all set.

Under the suit is a nondescript attache case. Luther takes

it, closes the trunk. Beads down the sidewalk.

CADILLAC:

HAMMOND:

That's the money, Jack.

They jump out of the car, follow on foot.

STREET:

Luther hurries along the sidewalk.

He reaches the corner, turns quickly...

CATES AND HAMMOND

Following a little way behind.

They pause at the corner, watching the pedestrian traffic

move by. Then turn down the cross street after Luther. Follow

him down a stairwell.

SUBWAY STATION - LOBBY

Escalators and open stairwells. Luther enters and pauses by

the doorway. Commuters crowd the counters and congregate near

the stairwells. More people are seated along hard plastic

seats. But no Ganz. And no Billy.

Luther moves further into the station. Cates and Hammond

enter. They keep Luther fixed between them, 50 feet ahead.

Luther seems to be wandering He walks through the shop area

and back toward the escalator. Hammond remains near the

arcade while Cates blends in with the commuters. Luther puts

the briefcase down at his feet and leans against a counter.

Next to him, a loud troop of Boy Scouts marches by. A crowd

of people from the train area below flows through the lobby

obscuring Luther from Hammond and Cates for a moment. Cates

steps out to get a better view and suddenly spots Ganz moving

through the crowd toward Luther. Be looks over at Hammond

across the station and motions. Then they both start moving

in on Ganz, trying to intercept him before he gets deeper

into the crowd.

Ganz moves cautiously through the station. A crumpled

newspaper held absently in his hand. He scans the faces of

the commuters and spots Luther. Fails to notice Cates and

Hammond closing in on him from two directions.

A PATROLMAN comes up. Starts chatting amiably with a Boy

Scout next to Luther. Ganz hesitates in his approach. He

motions Luther to move awaye, but Luther starts to panic when

he sees Cates and Hammond closing in...

Ganz reacts to Luther, turns and spots the two men. He makes

an immediate break for open ground. The Patrolman sees Ganz

start to run. The newspaper is thrown to the floor... Ganz

swings Cates' .44 toward Hammond.

PATROLMAN:

Hey--you!

Ganz whirls, his feet slipping on the marble floor. His shot

at Hammond goes plowing into the ceiling. The crowd starts to

panic and run in all directions.

The Patrolman has al ready brought his own gun out. Levels it

at Ganz.

PATROLMAN:

(continuing)

Put it down.

BILLY BEAR:

Suddenly appears, Rosalie at his side. Billy Bear's .44

blasts the Patrolman onto his back.

Ganz comes up and scrambles through the screaming patrons.

He, Billy and Rosalie head toward the escalator. Cates has

already brought out his .38... Can't get a clean shot through

the chaos.

Hammond pushes his way through the crowd to Cates.

HAMMOND:

Shoot the sons of b*tches.

Cates can't risk it...

HAMMOND:

(continuing)

You don't want to chance it, then

give me the gun...

A moment.

HAMMOND:

(continuing)

Bullshit. Then i'm staying with

the money.

CATES:

You stay with me...

HAMMOND:

No way...

Hammond starts after Luther. Cates turns, starts to aim at

Hammond. Hesitates...

PASSENGER WALKWAY

Panic has overtaken everyone as they try to escape the madman

with the gun.

Ganz and Billy elbow and kick their way through the crowd,

tugging Rosalie along...

Cates, gun in hand, creates further-panic as he moves after

Ganz.

Ganz grabs a man beside him.

Shoves him hard into the passengers in back.

The man knocks over several more people creating a roadblock.

Ganz vaults over the railing and starts for the trains.

Cates loses a few more precious seconds grappling through the

terrorized passengers...

TRAIN AREA:

The usually jammed area looks like an empty stockyard. The

patrons huddle in fear against any available wall.

Cates bursts out of the stairwell...

TUNNEL:

Red and green signal lights. The light goes red, a train

roars up and the doors hiss open.

Billy and Ganz fight through the passengers getting off the

train, jump on board; Billy pulls Rosalie behind him.

CATES:

Running for the doors...

Suddenly, a SECURITY OFFICER appears, riot gun in hand.

SECURITY OFFICER

Freeze!

CATES:

No! No! There they are!

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