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COOP AND ANNABELLE

crouched, hidden, watching. Coop misses nothing.

MAVERICK:

pointing to the nearest of the six.

MAVERICK:

The man who'll blow your brains

out is Marshal Zane Cooper. I

know what you're thinkin'. I

know he's old and decrepit and he

guns his food and his women. But

he can still shoot straight.

(to the next guy)

Johnny Hardin's out for you. You

probably know him, unbeaten as a

gunfighter. And he's not dead,

but he hangs out with dead people.

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SECOND GUY:

The start of genuine fear among the six.

ANNABELLE:

breath held, watching as before. Coop is ready for

anything.

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MAVERICK:

(to third guy)

You belong to Ugly Annie Bransford

--clocks have been known to beg

for mercy when Ugly Annie comes

near --She's so ugly her mother

had to hang pork chops around her

so the dog would play with her.

She's so ugly that when she's

making love she has to pretend

she's someone else...

Annabelle is steaming.

COOP:

(whispered)

Admit it, that was funny.

ANNABELLE:

I didn't think it was funny.

MAVERICK:

chatting amiably on.

MAVERICK:

Whistle... come on... what...

another wheel off? Okay... clap.

Why this fuss? 'Cause some Indians

killed some whites attacking a wagon

train. I believe that, but some of

the women, you know how hysterical

they can get, think it might have

been whites masquerading. Silliest

thing I ever heard of. Besides, no

fool of a woman could recognize a

man in war paint on horseback anyway.

So all this is going to cost you is

a few hours of beauty sleep.

THE SIX:

scared worse than before; scared of all kinds of things

now. He's getting them, no question.

MAVERICK:

Convincing as hell.

MAVERICK:

The reason I'm the one out here is,

well, some people think I can

talk pretty good --not that I'm

exactly helpless with a gun -

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CLOSEUP -MAVERICK

--and again he does what we saw back in the saloon -the

phenomenal fast draw. In this light, it's blinding.

SIX MEN:

Their fear is palpable.

ANNABELLE:

Watching.

trouble.

Transfixed. Coop's eyes scan for possible

MAVERICK:

expertly spinning the gun back into its holster.

CLOSEUP -COOP

Taut, sensitive to every nuance, every possible danger.

MAVERICK:

He's got them and he knows it.

MAVERICK:

So all you've got to do is stand

up and put your hands on top of

your heads. Here's a man using

his head.

*

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*

SIX:

A hesitation. Then -NEAREST

GUY:

He scrambles to his feet, puts his hands on his head.

SECOND GUY:

He scrambles up too, his fingers locking together on

the top of his head.

The third guy, jumping up -*

--but with a gun in his hand and -The

fourth guy, on his knees, but his gun's ready too

and -The

shooting begins.

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COOP WITH ANNABELLE

--and Coop hasn't moved at all. Just stands there as

the SOUND OF GUNFIRE begins -ANNABELLE

Aren't you going out there?

*

COOP:

(aghast)

A man could get killed doing that.

Now, from them -MAVERICK

--only he isn't there ---

because from here on until it's over, he's in constant

movement, and we've known he could draw and we've known

he could play cards but we didn't know 'til now how quick

he was ---

plus one more thing ---

every time he FIRES, he hits what he's aiming at ---

and he's in mid-dive now, as the BULLETS land where

he was, and he comes out of the dive into a roll, and

as he comes up out of the roll FIRING -FOURTH

GUY:

the one on his knees, as Maverick's BULLET hits his

forearm and he screams, drops the gun, scrambles after

it with his good hand and -MAVERICK

risking one more shot and he squeezes it off, goes into a

sideways roll as we -THIRD

GUY:

the one who began the firing, as Maverick's SHOT crushes

his shoulder and he screams too, but the pain has him and

he drops his gun and falls and -COOP

as a bullet hits the tree... watching the action unfold,

not a muscle moving, and -*

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FIFTH AND SIXTH GUYS

BLASTING away and -MAVERICK

the roll over but still on the ground as he FIRES OFF

TWO SHOTS and as he starts to get to his feet -FIFTH

AND SIXTH GUYS:

one hit on the hand, the other on the knee, and the knee

guy is done, crying out in pain but the hand guy, it

isn't over for him and -

FIRST AND SECOND GUYS

the ones with their hands on the tops of their heads

and by now they've managed to drop to earth, reach

around, find their weapons and -

MAVERICK:

diving again, rolling up ---

but this time he doesn't fire, instead goes into a

second dive, and we hadn't expected it and neither

did anybody else as -FIRST

AND SECOND GUYS:

doing their best to shift their aim and -

MAVERICK:

coming up to one knee, concentrating on the first guy

and -

SECOND GUY:

moving away and for just a moment he's got Maverick

dead in his sights and -MAVERICK

BLASTING the first guy, hitting him in the thigh and as

he starts to fold -SECOND

GUY:

about to squeeze off a deadly shot when we -

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ANNABELLE:

terrified and then something amazing happens ---

Coop draws. And if Maverick is fast, well, Coop is

too, and TWO SHOTS come almost at once and -SECOND

GUY:

as the first shot from Coop takes the gun from his hand,

the next SHOT crunches into his shoulder and he cries

out, begins to spin to earth and -COOP

the gun already back in its holster -

ANNABELLE:

did she just see what she thought she saw? Coop just

stares out as before as if nothing had taken place.

MAVERICK:

looking at the second guy --watching him hit the

ground and for just a moment he's not quite sure what

happened but there isn't time to think as we -FOURTH

GUY:

who was hit in the forearm and now he's got his gun in

the other hand and as he does his best to aim -MAVERICK

FIRING another perfect SHOT ---

ooops ---

his GUN makes a CLICKING sound --no more bullets -

MAVERICK:

(cursing himself)

Learn to count, a**hole -And

as he drops his pistol, reaches around for

Annabelle's -

COOP:

watching idly, Annabelle alongside.

COOP:

The lad definitely has potential -(

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ANNABELLE:

(really isn't sure)

--did you just help him? -COOP

(shakes his head)

--it's his show.

ANNABELLE:

studying Coop a brief moment, as we -ANNABELLE'S

PISTOL:

in Maverick's hand now ---

it really is small -

--and now he does a move he hasn't tried before ---

he jumps backwards, goes into a fast somersault,

comes up with the tiny pistol almost disappearing in

his hand and -

FOURTH GUY:

FIRING, but wild and -MAVERICK

FIRING ---

dead solid perfect ---

he's nailed him in the shoulder and as this guy cries

out, drops the gun -MAVERICK

staring at the little gun -

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