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Annabelle smiles as he takes off his shirt, her Southern

accent back again.

ANNABELLE:

If I can't touch you, I can touch

your shirt... and dream.

MAVERICK:

Would you like some help?

(CONTINUED)

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She nods yes and begins back in --Maverick pushes and

she pushes plops back inside. He begins to walk -remembers

and comes back --she hands him the wallet.

*

*

*

ANNABELLE:

Goodnight...

(pause)

... Bert.

*

Bret.

MAVERICK:

(he hates that -correcting

promptly)

And as he goes -21

OMITTED 21 *

26. *

22 22

EXT. MAIN STREET -MORNING (NEXT DAY)

as Maverick, dressed for travel, heads for the bank.

He's in a good mood and why not? --it's a gorgeous day.

BANK:

Small. Quiet. Several horses tied outside.

23 23

DOOR OF BANK PRESIDENT, MATTHEW WICKER

Maverick is with an ELDERLY CLERK who points to the

door, leaves. As soon as Maverick is alone, he draws his

gun, bursts into the office.

WICKER:

stunned, just stares.

MAVERICK:

c*cks his gun, gestures for Wicker to raise his hands.

WICKER:

a distinguished looking man, slowly rises, his hands going

into the air.

WICKER:

(suddenly speaking in

a high pitched voice,

like a heroine in a

melodrama)

Oh no, please do not hurt me,

please, I'm just a frail flower,

have mercy -

He is stopped as the Elderly Clerk looks in from the open

door.

ELDERLY CLERK:

Robbery -

WICKER:

(closing the door)

No --no, it's not a robbery,

that's just Maverick saying hello.

(to Maverick)

C'mere, you silly son of a b*tch.

He embraces Maverick.

(CONTINUED)

27. *

23 23

CONTINUED:

MAVERICK:

Hey, Matty, everything going good?

WICKER:

(sour)

Couldn't be worse.

(dead honest)

Bret, I owe you a thousand dollars,

I've got maybe a hundred.

(takes out a bill)

I never welched on a debt in my

life. Give me to the end of the

year.

MAVERICK:

I need it now.

WICKER:

It's that poker championship, I

knew it --what's the entry fee,

twenty five thousand?

Maverick nods.

WICKER:

Jesus, kid, I'm sorry.

MAVERICK:

Porkchop Slim owed me too, but

he died. Widow used my thousand

for the funeral.

WICKER:

I heard he was cremated.

MAVERICK:

The Widow Porkchop conned me?

(stunned)

What is it with people nowadays?

WICKER:

I feel the same way --it's hard

to trust anybody.

They are by the door. Wicker opens it -

--and a masked man is pointing a gun at them.

WICKER:

My God, there is a robbery.

The masked man grabs Maverick's hundred, frisks Wicker,

takes a huge wad of bills from his inside pocket.

(CONTINUED)

28. *

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MAVERICK:

You said you were broke.

I am now.

WICKER:

23A INT. BANK -MORNING 23A

OUTLAW #2

(lighting a fuse to

dynamite on the safe)

Here we go.

And he ducks.

23B EXT. BANK -MORNING 23B

WINDOWS BLOW; the door is blown off hinges; smoke

billows.

Maverick, appearing through the smoke.

blind.

Coughing, half

The four guys he clobbered the night before are waiting.

They look more menacing in the daylight.

Maverick sees them, cuts into an alley by the bank.

The four guys are right behind him.

Maverick moves quickly into shadow.

The four guys spread out, start to surround him.

smiles.

Nobody

MAVERICK:

Anybody see you?

Not a soul.

LEAD GUY:

Maverick turns to them.

MAVERICK:

You guys come in any later last

night, that monster would have

eaten me alive.

LEAD GUY:

Anyone suspect anything?

(CONTINUED)

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23B

MAVERICK:

(shakes his head)

You were great --couldn't have

gone better.

LEAD GUY:

Truth is, we enjoyed it.

for going so easy on us.

Thanks

MAVERICK:

Easy? Damn. Those were my best shots.

(beat)

What'd we agree on, five dollars a

beating?

(as the Lead Guy

nods Maverick unpins

a hundred dollar bill

from inside his shirt)

Who's got change?

They all AD LIB about money, the deal, etc. Maverick exits. *

And as the Four Men bring out money --More AD LIBS. *

24 OMITTED 24

25 INT. MAVERICK'S ROOM -DAY 25

Maverick in his room. He has finished packing and draws

a card from a deck on the dresser. The 8 of Clubs. He

reacts badly to this turn of luck and moves to the bed.

His gambling shirt is on his bed. He picks it up gently,

takes the tissue off.

*

*

*

SHIRT:

Except... she's shrunk the sh*t out of it.

He goes to the balcony and sees the stage heading for

the ferry and Annabelle with several men carrying her

bags running after her. He yells and she waves.

*

*

*

25A

&

26

OMITTED 25A

&

26

27 EXT. CRYSTAL PALACE -MAIN STREET -DAY 27

The Main Street as Maverick explodes out the door. He

wears the shrunken shirt and carries his belongings.

28 EXT. FERRY -STAGE STOP -DAY 28

The end of the street. The stage is on the ferry.

Annabelle is standing nearby.

(CONTINUED)

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ANNABELLE:

watching as Maverick reaches her. This goes snappily.

MAVERICK:

You did this on purpose!

ANNABELLE:

You bet I did. *

MAVERICK:

This was my lucky shirt.

ANNABELLE:

Learn how to do your own laundry. *

MAVERICK:

(spinning her

around, holding

her shoulders)

My underwear comes from New York,

where the hell you think that

shirt was made? Paris, France,

lady --you think they sell them

in the dry goods store?

ANNABELLE:

Why don't you try the kiddies'

department -*

Maverick grabs for Annabelle and she grabs him. *

And now comes a new male voice, deep and powerful.

MAN (O.S.)

Remove your hands from the

lady.

*

*

As Maverick turns -JUST

AN INCREDIBLE-LOOKING MAN

--we'll find out soon enough his name is ZANE COOPER.

He is raw-boned, blue-eyed, muscle and sinew; rugged as

they come. There is also something about him we don't

know yet but we will: Coop is so good, so f***ing

honorable, he seems like someone out of another era ---

which in point of fact, he is. Coop is the western

hero who dominated movies for most of this century. In

other words, we are looking at John Wayne or Gary Cooper.

(CONTINUED)

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Not only has he never done anything bad, the thought of

doing anything bad has never crossed his mind.

ANNABELLE:

(very thick Southern;

as Maverick takes

his hands from her

shoulders)

Sometimes when you least expect

it, a hero arrives.

(as Coop is

embarrassed)

Mister... *

COOP:

Zane Cooper. Folks call me 'Coop'

which suits me just fine. *

Coop.

MAVERICK:

(as Coop ticks him

off on general

principles)

ANNABELLE:

(indicating Maverick)

This silly-looking creature is

named Maverick.

(a step closer

to Coop)

And I'm Annabelle Bransford.

I'm taking this stage. *

COOP:

(his hat has been

off since she

began speaking

to him)

So am I.

MAVERICK:

Death.

MAVERICK:

So am I.

(beat)

Oh, this is just gonna be a

helluva lot of fun.

*

(CONTINUED)

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