PEAKY BLINDERS II Page #14

Boots break his ribs and fists beat his kidneys. Then there

is a polished boot grinding into his face. He is pulled

upright.

In the gas light a face comes close to Tommy’s face. A deadly

handsome Italian man in his late thirties is eye-to-eye with

Tommy. He hisses...

ITALIAN:

Tommy Shelby.

Tommy is punched in the guts...

INT. STAIRWELL, LANDING - NIGHT 3 51

Ada is ahead of everyone and is now alone. She reaches a

landing and suddenly two men emerge from the shadows. They

are heavy guys with Italian accents. One of them pushes Ada

against the wall.

HEAVY 1

Ada Shelby?

She tries to laugh...

(CONT'D)

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ADA:

No.

He slaps her face.

HEAVY 1

Your brother broke the rules.

ADA (STRUGGLING)

I haven’t got a brother.

The heavy holds her tight.

DRIVER:

Me and my friend need a bit of

female company. Let’s go for a

drive.

Ada tries to make a break for it but she is held firmly and

then bundled toward the exit. We hear her scream as she is

muffled and pushed into the street.

The door slams closed.

51A EXT. STREET - NEAR THE GARRISON - NIGHT 3 51A

Tommy has been beaten some more and the big Italian is in his

face again.

We will learn that this man is DARBY SABINI. In this sequence

we hardly ever see him clearly. His chief enforcer is a hard

looking English man called GEORGIE SEWELL. We see them both

through the mist of blood or through the tremors of a punch.

We see one eye or the side of his face.

Sabini speaks with a soft London accent...

SABINI:

I missed you. I was away at the

races.

Tommy is at an angle, spewing blood. He catches a glimpse of

Sabini’s eyes.

TOMMY:

Mr Sabini...

Sabini grabs Tommy’s face hard and squeezes his cheeks...

SABINI (INCREDULOUS)

Don’t say my name. Jesus...

He turns to Georgie Sewell.

SABINI (CONT’D)

Georgie? Get my name out of his

mouth.

(CONT'D)

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Two of the men holding Tommy squeeze his throat and nose and

force his mouth open. Sewell pulls a stiletto and sticks it

into Tommy’s mouth.

SABINI (CONT’D)

While you’re there, do a bit of

gold mining. Pay for the petrol.

Tommy is almost choking on blood. Sewell finds a gold tooth

and flicks it loose with the tip of the knife. He then sticks

his fingers into Tommy’s mouth and retrieves it. He hands

the bloody tooth to Sabini, who puts it into his pocket.

SABINI (CONT’D)

You see how much I know about you?

I know what’s in your f***ing

mouth.

Sewell jabs Tommy three times hard in the guts and Tommy

throws up a little. The men holding him growl with disgust.

Sabini wipes vomit into Tommy’s eyes using his sleeve.

SABINI (CONT’D)

Look at me. Look at me.

Tommy is barely conscious and takes some more blows...

SABINI (CONT’D)

You take up with the Jews. You

think London works like that. You

just come down and pick a side. You

f***ing clown. Now your life is

over.

Tommy is half choking, almost unconscious. Sabini forces

Tommy’s eye open...

SABINI (CONT’D)

My face is the last thing you will

see on earth. Your mistake.

Remember that when you get to hell.

I was happy with peace. You broke

the rules...

Sabini steps back and Georgie Sewell is left holding Tommy up

by the throat. Sabini gestures...

SABINI (CONT’D)

Finish him.

Sewell pulls a revolver and puts it to Tommy’s head. Tommy is

just conscious enough to see the barrel. He appears to be at

peace. The trigger is cocked.

This appears to be the end of Tommy Shelby.

Then, a gun shot. Sewell’s arm is broken at the elbow and the

pistol falls from his hand.

(CONT'D)

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51A

We cut away to find a uniformed police officer, down on one

knee, aiming a sniper rifle. He discharges his spent bullet

and fires again.

Sabini and his men turn. They see a half dozen uniformed

officers spilling out of a police van. Police whistles blow.

The Sabini men race toward a waiting car as Tommy slumps to

the floor. As the police sniper gets to his feet, he rises

into shot with his plain clothes boss.

We see that the man in charge of the group of officers is

Major Campbell.

CAMPBELL (DISMISSIVE)

Go and check the bastard’s still

alive.

The police hurry to the body. Sabini and his men are already

in their car and the engine fires.

Campbell arrives at Tommy’s body as a policeman cradles him

on the pavement. Tommy is horribly beaten, blood pumping from

many wounds. Campbell looks down on his face. Tommy is

unconscious...

CAMPBELL (CONT’D)

Get him to a hospital...

The officers gently lift Tommy between them. Campbell gives

one of the officers a business card...

CAMPBELL (CONT’D)

Tell the doctors that saving his

life is a matter of national

security.

Tommy is carried away to the police van. Campbell is left

alone to watch him being loaded into the back. As the van

roars away Campbell walks toward his car and becomes another

shadow under the gas light.

THE END:

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