City Heat Page #5

ATTENDANT:
Please! No!

- I'm out of here.

- Get up!

(WHIMPERING)

(AIR HISSING)

(MAN SCREAMS)

(GRUNTS)

No!

(GROANING)

You shot Pitt.

You killed him, you big dummy.

What the hell were you shooting at me for?

'Cause you were shooting at Pitt.

- But he was shooting at you.

- Well, thanks for nothing.

I wasn't shooting at you.

I was trying to distract you.

Some difference.

(PITT CHUCKLING)

MIKE:
Where's Caroline?

What time is it?

What the hell difference

does that make to you now?

A little after 1:00.

2:
00, I don't call,

she don't breathe no more.

This ain't so bad.

You get to watch me die,

I get to watch you squirm.

(LAUGHING)

Now how do we find Caroline?

- Dub and Nino.

- "Dub and Nino"?

What does "Dub and Nino" mean,

you closed-mouth son of a...

(SHOUTS)

Make that Dub.

That's just terrific.

Just goddamn terrific.

Well, I figured somebody had to go down.

Better him than you.

Maybe I was wrong.

How we gonna find Caroline

if you keep shooting the bums

- that're gonna tell us where she is?

- Well, we'll get Dub.

Where we gonna get Dub?

Now, where would you go

if you had an ass load of buckshot?

- Doc Loomis.

- Now you're thinking.

MIKE:
Listen, don't kill anybody.

Let me say this to you one more time.

Do not kill anybody.

Do me a favor, don't save my life anymore.

SPEER:
My pleasure.

(KNOCKING)

Speer! It's about time.

LONNIE:
She's a pal of the cop's, too.

We came looking for answers,

but maybe we found some insurance, too.

(DUB GROANING)

You know, this is gonna hurt.

- Maybe I should give you some ether.

- No ether.

Okay, but there's no reason

both of us should suffer.

- Just get it over with.

- (DOOR OPENS)

Patience, Dub.

- Where's the girl?

- What girl?

After you get the information,

then you can kill him.

- How you been keeping, Michael?

- Not too bad, Doc. How about you?

- Not too bad.

- That's good.

(GRUNTING)

Last chance, Dub.

I don't know what you're talking about.

(DUB GROANING)

No. No!

No! No! You crazy!

(SCREAMING)

(PHONE RINGS)

Yeah?

They still together?

Murphy's still got the goods?

Right.

Don't tell me, let me guess.

We're going for a little ride.

Look, if it's all the same to you fellas,

I think I'll just take the trolley.

Didn't have any tokens anyway.

(LAUGHTER)

Hi.

- Your coat, sir?

- Thank you.

- How are you?

- Fine. Thank you.

Good to see you.

Gentlemen!

Peg, I want to have you meet my friend

Mr. Smith from St. Louis.

- Oh, come right in, Mr. Smith.

- Thanks.

We have quite a few

of your relatives here tonight.

- CAROLINE:
Your $20 and $100.

- MAN:
$100?

- I haven't got that much.

- Oh, then I win.

- The hell you do.

- That ain't the way you play.

- It's table stakes.

- Whatever I got in front of me.

And I got $20, $30, $35, $37,

and you're called. What do you got?

A straight.

- Full house.

- Nah.

CAROLINE:
All diamonds.

(MEN LAUGHING)

MIKE:
There's a guy on the roof.

Man in the doorway.

Okay. Now, we're not gonna shoot anybody

until we know Caroline's all right.

Right?

Right.

Seven card stud,

deuces and one-eyed jacks wild.

For Pete's sake!

(MIKE SINGS "EMBRACEABLE YOU")

- MIKE:
Is this the place, Ollie?

- That's right, Stanley.

Where do you two rum-dums

think you're going?

- Is this the public library?

- Look, pal...

(GROANING)

(GRUNTING)

MIKE:
All right, what now?

SPEER:
You can go up

and take out the goon on the roof.

MIKE:

Wait a minute. Why do I go up on the roof?

Because I'm stealthy. That means

you've gotta be agile. Right, shorty?

Listen, ape face, after this is over,

I'm gonna show you how agile I am.

- You name the time.

- I'll see you inside.

Hey, Speer? Let's not kill anybody

until we get Caroline, okay?

What is this?

Police business.

Take her around the block.

- (GUN CLICKS)

- Get your clothes off.

It's your bet.

- What?

- You got a deuce.

Not so bad now, huh?

What are you doing? Go watch the window.

- This bet's $50.

- CAROLINE:
Nine. King.

- MIKE:
Psst. Hey. Got a match?

- Hmm?

(GRUNTS)

(GAGGING)

CAROLINE:

And an ace to the dealer. Fair bet.

- Hey, I don't see Lefty.

- Probably taking a leak.

- $200.

- I'm out.

- PLAYER:
Call.

- CAROLINE:
Raise $100.

You're raising,

and you haven't even got a pair showing.

Well, he ain't there. And I think

somebody ought to go and check.

(CAR DOOR CLOSING)

What are you talking about? What's that?

Jesus.

All right.

- Your jacket, sir?

- I can't give you my jacket.

- And why not?

- Because I've got a gun right here.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Hello, Lieutenant. Since when

do you have the cathouse detail?

I want you, your girls and your customers

out on the street in five minutes.

Speer, I'm entertaining two congressmen

and a superior court judge.

- And a kidnap victim.

- Look, Primo didn't give me any choice.

- Primo's dead.

- We can be out of here in two minutes.

Where's the girl?

End of the hall,

facing the street, upstairs.

How many guns?

Four upstairs, one across the street,

one on the roof, and one shooting pool.

How about a fast game of sleeper?

Never heard of it.

Well, it's simple. You go ahead and

make your shot, and I put you to sleep.

(GROANS)

(MIKE GROANING)

Okay. Right.

(CREAKING)

I'm agile.

Ow!

Who appointed him the boss, anyway?

My, Granny, what big eyes you have.

My, Granny, what big ears you have.

My, Granny...

- Murphy!

- Hi, Marie.

What the hell you doing?

I'm gonna do to a couple of mugs what

you're gonna do to the congressman.

Are you ready?

Six nines.

CAROLINE:
Five queens.

PLAYER:

Hold it, Barney. You can't have six cards.

- The hell I can't.

- Only five cards count.

- Not in this game.

- In any poker game.

This ain't any poker game.

This is her dumb game.

Dumb deuces, one-eyedjacks.

And I don't know if I'm winning

or losing this goddamn dumb game.

(MAN CHUCKLES)

(WOMAN SCREAMS)

WOMAN:
Ooh, so big, so strong.

(HORSE NEIGHS)

(WOMEN GIGGLING)

(EXOTIC MUSIC PLAYS)

No, no, I don't want the animal thing.

Oh, sorry. Keep it up.

(WOMEN LAUGHING)

- WOMAN:
He said two minutes.

- MAN:
Pardon me. I'm sorry.

- That's everybody but the second floor.

- Good.

Not too much breakage, please.

PLAYER:
Will that make it $40? I raise.

I raise you, Barney, all the time.

- What the...

- PLAYER:
What are you doing?

Take a walk.

Well, you're in the wrong room.

- Come on. I raised over here.

- You bet. Let's go.

- MIKE:
Hey, baby.

- PLAYER:
You hear what I said? Take a walk!

MIKE:
I'll huff and I'll puff

and I'll blow your house down!

(GRUNTING)

Hold it. Hold it! Later, Speer, later!

(GRUNTING)

CAROLINE:
Boys.

Well, it's about time!

(SIGHS)

(SHUTTER CLICKS)

Michael Twitchell Murphy,

I'm getting scared again.

- No, it's all over now.

- No, I don't mean gangsters.

I'm really getting scared, Mike.

- I'm a little terrified myself.

- Mmm-hmm.

So, what do we do about it?

MAN 1:
Get that camera out of here.

MAN 2:
All right. Let's go.

I want my goods.

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