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Midnight Express Page #6
- R
- Year:
- 1978
- 121 min
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BILLY:
No, I'm not afraid.
DETECTIVE:
Good. There's nothing to be afraid
of. If you co-operate with us, you
will be on the plane for New York
tomorrow... yes?
BILLY:
(softly, hoping)
Yes...?
DETECTIVE:
Good. Now, where did you get the
hashish?
BILLY:
A cabdriver. He picked me up in
the Pudding Shoppe in the bazaar.
DETECTIVE:
Would you recognize him again?
BILLY:
Yes. I think so.
DETECTIVE:
Good. Would you go back to the
Pudding Shoppe now and point him
out to my men if you see him?
TEX who makes a cool affirmative nod of the eyes to Billy.
BILLY (OFF)
Yes.
STREETS, ISTANBUL, AFTERNOON. TEX drives his American CAR;
BILLY in the passenger seat; TWO TURKISH PLAINCLOTHESMEN
in the rear seats . Various BACKGROUND SHOTS of the city.
TEX:
(casual tone)
You decided to fly at a bad time
Billy Palestinian Guerrillas all
over the place blowing up planes
and all.
BILLY:
(shakes his head)
Stupid.
TEX:
Four planes in four days...but I
guess you kids don't read the
newspapers...and what with our
people kicking up a sh*t storm
'bout the flow of heroin from Turkey
you got...
BILLY:
But didn't have heroin.
TURK:
(grins)
Well I'm not up on all that. A
drug's a drug seems to me Billy
and...
BILLY:
(sweating)
But it was my first time. I'm not
really a smuggler, was just two
kilos.
TEX:
Well, you see Billy, it don't really
matter right now if it's 2 kilos
or 200 kilos. The Turks love to
catch any foreigner smuggling - it
shows the world they're fighting
the drug trade.
BILLY:
But just...
TEX:
Just what?
BILLY:
I just needed some extra money. I
was broke, the guy offered me the
hash and...
It sounds bad. Tex looks at him without expression.
Pause.Billy tries to sense a sympathy in this ambiguous
man, a liking towards himself. But feels nothing yet, except
someone who can speak English.
BILLY:
...are you with the Consulate?
TEX:
(not looking at him)
Something like that. Cigarette?
ANOTHER ANGLE - BILLY nervously takes the pack and matches.
TEX:
How much you pay this joker...
this cab driver?
BILLY:
Two hundred dollars. It was my
last two hundred.
TEX:
How much did you figure to make?
BILLY fumbles to light up his cigarette. He is nervous,
grateful to volunteer any information...anything.
BILLY:
Three, four thousand...I don't
know. The guy offered me the hash--
(shakes his head)
...it just seemed like easy money.
TEX:
Beats working.
BILLY:
I was just going to sell it to
friends. I'm not a pusher, honest.
TEX grins, sceptical of his naivete, changing the subject.
TEX:
Got a family back there?
BILLY:
(inhales deeply)
Yeah. Parents, brother, sister.
Babylon, Long Island.
TEX:
What's your father do?
BILLY:
He sells insurance for Metropolitan
Life.
TEX:
(a pause, not looking
at Billy)
Be tough on 'em.
BILLY nods, takes a deep drag on his cigarette.
ANOTHER ANGLE:
TEX:
Girlfriend?
BILLY:
...She was on the plane.
Tex glances at him, questioningly.
BILLY:
She didn't know anything about...I
wouldn't have wanted her to.
TEX:
Lucky girl.
Billy leans back in seat, blowing out the cigarette smoke.
BILLY:
Jeez, she used to say I was the
lucky one.
TEX:
Let's hope so, Billy. Let's sure
hope so.
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