Casino Page #15

ACE:

You all right?

GINGER:

(Drinking some

champagne, wiping

away tears)

Yeah.

ACE:

Why're you crying?

GINGER:

(Laughs)

I'm not crying.

(Sniffs.)

ACE walks up behind GINGER.

ACE:

Maybe you shouldn't drink so much.

GINGER:

I'm okay. I just -

(Sniffs)

You just have to understand. I've

been with Lester since I was a kid.

I just wanted to say goodbye. I - I

just... I don't... I think I have a

right to do that. Okay?

ACE:

It's all right. That part of your

life is over with. Right?

GINGER:

Yeah.

ACE:

You're with me now.

GINGER:

Yeah.

ACE:

Right?

GINGER:

Uh-huh.

ACE:

You sure?

GINGER:

Yeah. Yeah.

They are reflected in a mirror behind the telephone.

ACE:

Want to go? Let's go back in.

GINGER:

(Sniffs)

Okay.

ACE's hands pick up a white rose and GINGER's gloves from

the desk.

EXT. ACE'S HOUSE - DAY

ACE and GINGER drive up to an expensive house which backs on

to a country-club golf course.

INT. ACE'S HOUSE - DAY

ACE takes GINGER inside. It is fancy and lush.

GINGER:

Oh...

Through sliding glass doors, we see a patio and a pool area.

GINGER:

(Sighing)

It's great.

The living-room has exposed white brick along the walls,

bronze ostrich figurines, a white baby grand piano, and a

zebra print rug surrounded by a few couches.

GINGER:

Oh, it's great.

INT. ACE'S BEDROOM CLOSET - DAY

ACE takes GINGER past the bedroom to their huge room-sized

closet. There are racks and racks of clothes.

GINGER:

(Running into the

closet)

Oh! It's all my stuff. Oh, my God.

ACE presents her with a long chinchilla coat.

GINGER:

You brought all my stuff. I can -

She sees the coat.

ACE:

Try it on. It's yours.

He puts it on her.

GINGER:

(Whispering)

You're kidding? My God. What is it?

ACE:

It's chinchilla.

GINGER:

(Looking at herself

in the mirror)

Oh, it's so soft.

ACE:

It's nice isn't it?

GINGER:

Oh...

ACE Kisses her.

GINGER:

No one's ever been so nice to me.

They kiss and embrace.

INT. ACE'S HOUSE/BEDROOM - DAY

ACE's hand opens a leather case full of gold Bvlgari jewelry.

GINGER:

(Gasps)

Oh, my God.

INT. ACE'S HOUSE/BEDROOM - DAY

ACE and GINGER lie on the bed, surrounded by jewelry. GINGER

is swathed in the chinchilla coat. Ace watches as a transfixed

GINGER tries on gold necklaces, rings, bracelets and earrings.

GINGER:

So, do you think it's too much if I

wear these in the same day?

ACE:

You do whatever you want. Do I keep

my promises, or do I keep my promises?

ACE kisses GINGER.

GINGER:

You're so wonderful. The jewelry's

not so bad, either.

ACE:

The only thing is... you shouldn't

keep this in the house. We gotta put

it in a bank.

GINGER:

(Putting on a gold

bracelet)

Come on. Can I keep this one in the

house?

ACE:

Now look,

(gently holding her

face, gathering her

total attention)

pay attention to me. What I'm gonna

tell you is very important.

GINGER:

Okay.

ACE:

All this stuff doesn't mean anything.

Money, this, doesn't mean anything

without trust. I have to be able to

trust you with my life.

EXT. BURBANK PRIVATE AIRPORT - DAY

TITLE IN:
'LOS ANGELES'

ACE and GINGER get off the Tangiers jet carrying two

suitcases. ACE gives a chauffeur the luggage and follows

GINGER into a brown Rolls Royce.

ACE (V.O.)

With over a million in cash and jewels

tucked in a bank in Vegas only for

Ginger, she was secure and happy.

INT. BEVERLEY HILLS BANK - DAY

ACE and GINGER walk into the bank lobby carrying the

suitcases.

ACE (V.O.)

She loved that sh*t. But a guy in my

line of work has to have a lot of

pay-off cash around.

INT. BEVERLEY HILLS BANK/VAULT - DAY

There are several safe deposit boxes filled with cash. ACE

and GINGER are closing a large box so crammed with cash that

ACE has to lean on it for the clasp to lock.

ACE (V.O.)

Crooked cops and kidnappers, they

don't take checks.

GINGER:

Need a little help with that, Mr

Collins?

ACE (V.O.)

So, I put two million in cash in a

Los Angeles bank under the name of

Mr and Mrs Tom Collins. This was

strictly my shakedown and kidnapping

money.

ACE and GINGER struggle to push the crammed box into a slot

in the wall.

ACE (V.O.)

And, since I'd either be in jail or

locked in a closet when I needed the

money the most...

The BANK PRESIDENT joins them, and he and ACE simultaneously

double-lock the outer safe box door with two separate keys,

after which, ACE gives GINGER his key.

ACE (V.O.)

...I gave Ginger the only key to the

cash that could get me back alive.

INT. BANK PRESIDENT'S OFFICE - DAY

GINGER is on the other side of a glass wall, signing papers.

BANKER:

Now this is just a signature card.

ACE:

So, once she signs those papers,

she'll be the only person to have

total access to the box? No one

else, including myself?

BANKER:

That's right.

We see GINGER looking at ACE.

BANKER:

That's the way you wanted it, right?

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