American Madness Page #4

CLARK:

(interrupting)

Oh, is he? We carry more unsecured

paper than any other institution

in the city. We're fools to tolerate

it.

SCHULTZ:

That's what I say. And the only

way to end it is to get Dickson

out.

CLOSE SHOT - O'BRIEN

He looks toward Schultz.

O'BRIEN

Don't make me laugh, Schultz!

MED. CLOSE SHOT - CLARK

CLARK:

Dickson doesn't have to go. But he

must agree to this merger with New

York Trust—

O'BRIEN

What good will that do?

CLARK:

What good will that do? Why, it

will take control away from him.

We'll put somebody else in charge,

call in all doubtful loans, and be

on safe ground again. That's what

good it will do!

MED. CLOSE SHOT

Including Ives in scene with Clark and O'Brien. Ives is

seated, O'Brien and Clark standing by table. Ives tries to

speak again.

IVES:

It has just occurred to me—

O'BRIEN

(interrupting)

You're wasting your time, I tell

you. Dickson won't stand for it.

CLARK:

He'll stand for it, if I have

anything to say about it.

Just then they hear door open, and they all look towards

door leading thru to main floor.

MED. CLOSE SHOT - CLUETT

As he shuts the door behind him. He is immaculately groomed,

obviously cuts quite a dash with the women. He looks off

toward the men as Clark's voice comes in:

CLARK'S VOICE

Ah - come in, Cluett.

CAMERA PANS WITH CLUETT as he comes forward and puts a

paper on the table before Clark.

CLUETT:

Here's the list.

CLARK:

Yes, thank you.

CLUETT:

Anything else?

CLARK:

No. Nothing.

Cluett exits toward door again. Clark picks up the list

and looks at it. Then he addresses the other men:

CLARK:

Look at this. Just look at this.

It's outrageous. Henry Moore -

thirty-six thousand. Manny Goldberg -

eighty-five hundred. Tony Consero -

fifty-six thousand dollars. Joseph

McDonald - eighteen thousand. Alvin

Jones - sixty-six thousand dollars

to a hotel that's on its last legs.

I tell you, people get loans in

this bank that couldn't borrow

five cents anywhere else.

28. WIDER ANGLE

As the other men group around the loan list, which Clark

has put back down on the table. They all scrutinize it

carefully.

SCHULTZ:

(to the men at large)

And on what? "Hunches," he calls

it.

AMES:

Some day he'll get a "hunch" about

a man and give the bank away.

CLARK:

He's almost done that already. Our

chief teller, Matt Brown, is an

example of that. He breaks into

Dickson's house, holds him up, and

the next day gets a job in the

bank.

IVES:

Well, as far as I'm concerned—

SCHULTZ:

A boy who should be in jail,

handling a bank's cash!

CUT TO:

INT. MAIN FLOOR OF BANK - MED. CLOSE SHOT

Shooting toward Matt, inside the teller's cage, busily

counting the money he is getting ready for Charlie.

Helen is outside the cage.

30. CLOSE SHOT

Shooting toward Helen.

HELEN:

(skeptically)

What did you do with it?

MATT:

With what?

HELEN:

The ten dollars.

MATT:

(quickly)

Oh, ten dollars—

HELEN:

Yes.

MATT:

(catches himself in

time)

A friend of mine - yeah, really -

his mother was terribly sick and

she was dying, would you believe

it?

31. CLOSE SHOT

Shooting toward Matt.

AS SHE INTERRUPTS HIM:

HELEN:

No.

MATT:

Oh, you think I'm lying?

HELEN:

Yes.

MATT:

All right, I'm lying. Don't forget

you called me a liar.

HELEN:

Oh, Matt.

He reaches forward and takes her hands.

MATT:

Oh honey, why don't we get married?

Then you can handle it all.

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