Devil in a Blue Dress Page #18

EASY:

He killed Dupree's girlfriend.

MOUSE:

You lyin'.

EASY:

Naw.

MOUSE:

Son-of-a-b*tch!

And he pulls out his pistol, aiming it back over the seat at

Joppy as he drives. KABLAAM! The bullet slams through the

rear window just to the side of Joppy's head.

EASY:

Mouse! What're you doin'?

KABLAAM! This one digs out a chunk of upholstery between

Joppy and Easy.

EASY:

Hey! Watch out!

The car screeches to a halt and Mouse tries to aim again.

But Easy struggles with Mouse's gun hand still holding a

pistol on Joppy.

EASY:

Mouse, we need him to lead the way!

KABLAAM! This one rips through the roof.

Joppy's yelling, afraid that Easy's gun will go off.

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EASY:

Mouse, the girl offered me seven

thousand dollars for the pictures.

Mouse glares into the rearview mirror.

MOUSE:

You lyin'!

EASY:

No, I swear I'm not.

MOUSE:

Aw sh*t!

And he fumbles with the ignition and shifts gears.

MOUSE:

Oh, my God!... Oh, my goodness!

116 EXT. L.A. STREET - NIGHT 116

The engine roars from a punch to the accelerator, and

Mouse's voice can be heard cutting through the darkness as

the car powers off down the street.

MOUSE (O.S.)

Oh, my goodness!

117 INT. EASY'S CAR - NIGHT 117

Easy, with the gun on Joppy, strains to see the dimly lit

road in front of them.

EASY:

Is that it up there?

JOPPY:

Yeah, that's it.

118 THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD 118

The headlights bounce off a signpost: "Route 9."

119 EXT. ROUTE 9 - NIGHT 119

The Pontiac makes the turn onto a graded dirt road.

120 INT. EASY'S CAR - NIGHT 120

A ranch-style cabin emerges up off the road, drawing nearer

in the headlight beams.

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121 BACK TO SCENE 121

EASY:

Shut off the headlights, Mouse.

Mouse kills the lights.

Is that it?

EASY:

Naw.

JOPPY:

It's farther up.

EASY:

How much farther?

JOPPY:

Another ten minutes, I guess.

Easy, I swear, I ain't done nothin'

to nobody. I swear, I ain't.

122 EXT. ROUTE 9 - NIGHT 122

THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD:

shrubbery.

House lights show through thick

There it is.

JOPPY:

Mouse pulls to a stop and kills the engine.

EASY:

There's some rope in the trunk,

Raymond.

Mouse gets out of the car and is heard opening the trunk.

JOPPY:

Easy, come on, man. That girl is

lying if she told you I killed them

folks.

EASY:

Who said she told me?

SCREAM!

right.

It's muted and distant.

SCREAM!

But it's a woman all

Easy pushes out of the back door on the right as Mouse opens

the opposite door on the driver's side.

EASY:

Stuff this in his mouth.

get up there.

I gotta

He tosses Mouse the stocking.

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MOUSE:

Let's just shoot him.

EASY:

(on the run)

No, Mouse. And they'll hear it.

123 EXT. ALBRIGHT'S CABIN - NIGHT 123

The cabin draws nearer as Easy scrambles up the hill. He

can hear Daphne crying out something, but he can't make out

the words.

It quiets down as he nears and sees shadows crossing a

window with the shade pulled down.

He moves cautiously, quietly to the window and peers through

the crack between the shade and the windowsill. He can make

out a sliver of what looks like a large room with a low

ceiling. SMACK! And Daphne screams again.

ALBRIGHT'S VOICE

Come on, talk to me. Talk to me

while you still can.

DAPHNE'S VOICE

(sobbing)

Please! I don't have them!

has them!

Easy

Easy can barely make out Shariff passing the window.

strains to see more.

He

ALBRIGHT'S VOICE

You said he didn't know anything.

DAPHNE'S VOICE

I was lying!!

ALBRIGHT'S VOICE

Okay. Grab that for me, Shariff.

It's ready.

And then SCRE-E-EAM!! The kind that drops the bottom out of

your stomach. The kind more akin to fear than the word

itself... The kind that fries your skin with the cold chill

of horror. S-C-R-E-EAMS again!!

No-o-o-o!

DAPHNE'S VOICE

Please. No-o-o!

ALBRIGHT'S VOICE

Now talk to me, goddammit!

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No-o-o!

DAPHNE'S VOICE

124 Easy's gotta make a move. KABLANGALANGLE! He smashes the

window with the gun and the shade rattles all the way up.

124

Manny looks right up at his face as Daphne arches and

flails, trying to get free from his hands that are pinning

her down on a battered old sofa.

Albright is holding a glowing red poker that Shariff,

standing in front of the fireplace, has just handed him.

Easy starts blasting.

throat. KABLAAM!

KABLAAM! Manny takes one to the

Albright and Shariff lunge for cover, and Daphne ducks down

behind the back of the sofa, screaming and screaming.

Manny, hand to his throat, pulls his gun on reflex, firing

into the floor and then half runs, half staggers out the

side door just ahead of another KABLAAM! that digs out a

chunk of the wall.

Easy hears the screen door open and then ducks down, getting

ready for Manny who should be coming his way from the side

door. He HEARS more steps stumble out and then... SILENCE.

And then, KABLAAM! BLAAM! Two huge blasts rip right

through the wall next to Easy's head, and he scrambles to

the side of the house, underneath another window with the

shade pulled down.

ALBRIGHT (O.S.)

(to Shariff)

Who the hell's out there?

SHARIFF:

(getting frantic)

I don't know!

ALBRIGHT (O.S.)

That you, Easy?

(SILENCE)

Tell us what you want, buddy.

what we can work out.

See

Easy HEARS footsteps coming alongside the house where he had

been moments ago. KABLAAM! BLAAM! Albright has fired from

the inside again, thinking it's him.

EASY:

(whispering)

Mouse?

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But it's Manny, clutching his throat, gurgling for air,

stumbling aimlessly off down the hill. A walking dead

man... EASY hears him tumble into some shrubbery and after a

moment the gurgling stops.

ALBRIGHT (O.S.)

Easy... Hey, Buddy

(then to Shariff)

Come on, goddammit!

Daphne cries out and KLABLANGLE! Easy breaks the window

with the gun but KABLAAM! BLAAM! BLAAM! The windowsill

tears out above his head and Daphne screams again.

Easy looks up to see Shariff, holding her in front of him as

a shield. He's headed straight for Easy, drawing a bead on

him for the kill. And then KABLAAM! the back of Shariff's

skull flies off and

MOUSE is in the side door, blasting. BLAAM!

Albright breaks for the window. BLAAM! The slug spins him

halfway around but he hurls himself through the window

backwards.

Easy scurries to the front of the house and BLAAM! The

bullet goes wide and Albright manages to get into his car

and returns fire. BLAAM! BLAAM!... Easy hits the deck.

Albright's engine roars to life and he SQUEALS out on the

gravel. Mouse appears on the other side of the house and

CLICK! CLICK! he's out of ammo. He pulls out the other

pistol, but it's too late.

MOUSE:

Damn, damn, damn!

hit him!

I hit him! I

Easy gets up from the ground and trudges into the front

door.

125 INT. ALBRIGHT'S CABIN 125

Easy finds Daphne standing in the middle of the room, her

whole body quaking in shock. He takes off his jacket and

drapes it around her.

EASY:

Come on... You all right?

Her top lip is swollen and bloody and she has a dark bruise

on her cheek... She jerks her head, nodding "yes."

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