Badlands Page #14

RICH MAN:

Just thinking.

KIT:

Good a way to kill time as any...

She okay?

He points to the Maid with his pistol.

RICH MAN:

Yes.

KIT:

Listen, ah... We're going to take

the Cadillac for a while. How'd that

be?

RICH MAN:

Fine.

KIT:

Don't worry, I won't let her drive.

He means Holly.

KIT:

(continuing)

Oh, and here's a list of everything

we borrowed. Car's on there, too.

He gives the list to the Rich Man and signals the Maid to

accompany them out.

KIT:

Okay, ma'am, let's go... come on.

INT. HALLWAY

Kit points the Rich Man and his Maid into a closet.

KIT:

You're my friend, aren't you?

RICH MAN:

Yes.

KIT:

Okay, no monkey business then.

He locks the door of the closet once they are inside, starts

off, then remembers something, takes a handkerchief out of

his pocket and wipes his fingerprints off the door handle.

KIT:

Groceries.

With this reminder he collects his bag of groceries and heads

down the hall.

EXT. FRONT PORCH

Kit and Holly come out the front door. Holly wears a shawl

over her head as a disguise, Kit wears the outfit he took

off the Rich Man's coat rack. He carries his groceries, rifle

and a silver trophy he stole from somewhere in the house.

KIT:

That guy could sell that list I gave

him as a sample of my handwriting.

Holly starts off.

KIT:

(continuing)

Hey, why're you always walking ahead

of me?

HOLLY:

Well, why you always walking behind

me?

Kit grabs the seat of her pants.

HOLLY:

Don't.

KIT:

Anybody ever done that to you before?

HOLLY:

No.

KIT:

Positive?

HOLLY:

Yes.

KIT:

Guess there's no way I'll ever know.

For sure.

They round a corner into the garden.

EXT. BACKYARD

They walk down the lawn toward the garage. We hear the TICKING

OF SPRINKLERS off camera.

KIT:

That guy must pay through the nose

to keep this place up... Lawn, the

gas and electric... Bagworms. Plus

the upkeep on the cars... Yeah, you

get a little money in your pocket,

you think all your problems are

solved. Well, let me tell you, they're

not.

They arrive at the Cadillac. Holly sets down her suitcase

and waits for Kit to open the door for her.

Kit, who has forgotten this propriety, hurries back and opens

the door. He throws the suitcase in the back, goes around

the front of the car and gets in.

HOLLY:

I'd like to get out of here.

KIT:

Soon as I start the car... and fix

my hat.

He adjusts his hat, starts the car and they drive off, past

a Rolls Royce Kit has declined in favor of the Cadillac.

EXT. BADLANDS – EXTREME LONG SHOT

The car races across the open prairie.

HOLLY (V.O.)

Fearing there'd be roadblocks on the

highways, we took off across that

area known as the Great Plains. Kit

told me to enjoy the scenery, and I

did.

INT. CADILLAC

Holly reads to Kit from a movie fan magazine.

HOLLY:

"Rumor:
Pat Boone is seriously

considering giving up his career so

he can return to school full-time

and complete his education. Fact:

Pat has told intimates that so long

as things are going well for his

career, it's the education that will

have to take the back seat."

KIT:

I don't blame him.

HOLLY:

"Rumor:
Frank Sinatra and Rita

Hayworth are in love... Fact: True,

but not with each other."

Kit chuckles at this, which pleases Holly.

EXT. TELEPHONE POLES

The Cadillac heads overland, along a line of telephone poles

that stretches out clear to the horizon.

HOLLY (V.O.)

Through desert and mesa, across the

endless miles of open range, we made

our headlong way, steering by the

telephone lines toward the mountains

of Montana.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. MOUNTAIN

Heat waves rise off the land. A mountain is barely discernible

in the distance.

DISSOLVE TO:

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