The Night Manager Page #6

PINE:

Did you kill her?

HAMID stares at him. PINE’s eyes bore into his.

HAMID:

I know you.

He drops the whiskey, goes for his gun in his inside jacket.

Feels in desperation. It’s not there. Looks up. PINE is

holding the gun in his hand. He grabs FREDDIE, gun in his

face.

PINE speaks quietly.

PINE:

Did you kill her?

HAMID:

I was there but I didn’t do it. I

swear. I swear!

PINE:

Who did?

HAMID:

One of Roper’s men. Roper said we

couldn’t trust her to stay quiet.

PINE:

Was Roper there?

HAMID:

(Yes.) He wanted her to tell us who

was had helped her. But she

wouldn’t say. She didn’t say a

word.

Beat. PINE’s eyes. He sits back. Grief, guilt, well up inside

him.

HAMID sees a moment of weakness. Lunges.

A mistake.

PINE expected it. A shot rings out. HAMID stops dead. Stares

at PINE. PINE’s eyes bore into his. And he falls dead to the

floor.

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PINE stares at him. Then walks fast out into the night.

57 INT. CAIRO. CASINO. NIGHT. 57

58 OMITTED 58

59 INT. CAIRO. NEFERTITI HOTEL. FOYER. NIGHT. 59

JONATHAN PINE walks in fast and approaches the Night Manager

of the hotel.

PINE:

Andrew Birch. There should be an

envelope for me.

NIGHT MANAGER:

Yes sir. From the lady in Room 241.

The NIGHT MANAGER hands him the envelope left by ANGELA BURR.

PINE:

Is Mr Roper’s group back yet?

NIGHT MANAGER:

Not yet sir.

PINE, in a hurry, but calm.

PINE:

I need to photocopy this. Might you

have a machine in your office?

60 INT. CAIRO. NEFERTITI HOTEL. NIGHT MANAGER’S OFFICE. NIGHT. 60

The NIGHT MANAGER copies the documents with calm assurance.

PINE is filled with memories of this same action five years

ago.

PINE checks the front of the hotel. The photocopy takes its

time. Act normal.

PINE:

How long have you been a night

manager?

NIGHT MANAGER:

Four years now.

PINE:

You prefer it to the day?

NIGHT MANAGER:

I suppose some of us are suited to

the darkness.

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The NIGHT MANAGER smiles. It’s done. He places the copy in an

envelope.

NIGHT MANAGER (CONT’D)

There you are sir.

PINE:

Could you please leave this for

Miss Jed Marshall when she gets

back. Hatshepsut Suite. Make sure

you give it to her personally. When

she’s alone.

He eyes him. The NIGHT MANAGER understands.

61-62 OMITTED 61-62

63 EXT. CAIRO. NEFERTITI HOTEL. NIGHT. 63

ROPER is returning in his car with LANGBOURNE, JED and

CAROLINE. He is looking at JED. It’s somehow terrifying.

STEADMAN watches from across the street outside the Nefertiti

Hotel as ROPER, LANGBOURNE and CAROLINE return from the

casino.

He texts on his phone. ARRIVAL.

As they walk in we see JONATHAN PINE walking through the

shadows fast to FREDDIE HAMID’s car, starting it up and

driving off fast into the night.

64 EXT. CAIRO. STREETS. NIGHT. 64

Four ARAB MEN wait at a street corner. Freddie Hamid’s SUV

draws up. PINE inside.

He sees AHMER, the leader, and Youssuf’s brother. AHMER

carries a hold-all bag.

PINE:

Get in.

They get in. AHMER in the front. He eyes PINE.

PINE (CONT’D)

You got everything?

AHMER:

Sure.

AHMER taps the bag. Then PINE turns in surprise. YOUSSUF is

among them.

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PINE:

I didn’t want you to come.

YOUSSUF:

I’m not a boy any more.

65

INT. CAIRO. NEFERTITI HOTEL. CORRIDOR/HATSHEPSUT SUITE. 65

NIGHT.

ROPER and JED approach the suite. TABBY approaches. He

whispers to ROPER.

ROPER:

You go on ahead.

ROPER talks with TABBY outside as JED walks in. Sees the

safe. Thinks - did they manage it?

Outside she hears:

TABBY:

But when I went down to the foyer,

there was no parcel.

ROPER:

Check the hotel lists. Every guest.

Get the names to me.

He walks in and smiles at her. JED smiles back.

66

I/E. ALEXANDRIA ROAD. HOTEL CAR. NIGHT. 66

67

EXT. ALEXANDRIA MILITARY ZONE. PORT SECURITY. NIGHT. 67

68

EXT. ALEXANDRIA MILITARY ZONE. PORT SECURITY. NIGHT. 68

The HAMID SUV approaches PORT SECURITY, an alarmed gate

system manned by armed guards.

PINE drives up, apparently alone. The other MEN all ducked

down in the darkness.

PINE shows the certificate Jed stole.

PINE:

Andrew Birch. Tradepass Limited.

I’d like to check the shipment

that’s leaving tomorrow.

He smiles.

69

EXT. ALEXANDRIA MILITARY ZONE. HARBOURSIDE. NIGHT. 69

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70 INT. ALEXANDRIA PORT SECURITY OFFICE. NIGHT. 70

71 EXT. ALEXANDRIA HARBOUR. CONTAINERS. SECTOR Q. NIGHT. 71

72 INT. CAIRO. NEFERTITI HOTEL. HATSHEPSUT SUITE. NIGHT. 72

JED is in her hotel room in bed. ROPER is running a bath in

the bathroom.

ROPER (O.C.)

I’m going to take a bath all right?

JED:

Sure.

A knock at the door.

ROPER (O.C.)

Who’s that?

JED:

Just a drink I ordered. You take

that bath. I’ll join you in a

minute.

JED answers the door. It is the NIGHT MANAGER.

NIGHT MANAGER:

Your drink madame.

He checks the room quietly.

NIGHT MANAGER (CONT’D)

And this came for you.

JED takes it. She opens the envelope. It is the certificate.

JED:

Thank you.

JED nods, and closes the door.

She walks to the safe.

Looks across at the bathroom door. Closed. The bath taps

running.

She goes to the safe. Opens it.

Or tries to. The safe number has changed.

She tries again.

It doesn’t work again.

A voice from behind her.

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ROPER:

It’s not going to work my dear.

ROPER is staring at her.

JED stares in terror.

JED:

I just found this, I thought you

might want it.

ROPER smiles.

ROPER:

I’m not a fool Jemima. You helped

someone get into this room and take

it and now you’re trying to return

it. The question is: who?

JED does not answer.

ROPER (CONT’D)

And please don’t tell me it was

Corky. There’s a very good reason I

won’t believe you.

JED says nothing.

ROPER goes to his phone.

ROPER (CONT’D)

Frisky. Come to our suite would

you. I need your assistance.

Silence. |He turns to her.

ROPER (CONT’D)

No more stories. No more secrets.

Just the truth.

INT. BURR’S ROOM. CAIRO.

ANGELA BURR, unable to sleep, watches from her hotel window

as the sun rises on a new day.

She looks across to JOEL STEADMAN who is asleep in a chair,

fully dressed. She stares at him.

73 EXT. CAIRO-ALEXANDRIA. ROAD. DAWN. 73

PINE and YOUSSUF’S GANG are driving back through the dawn.

AHMER is driving. The sun is rising.

PINE watches it rise. On the day that will decide everything.

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74 OMITTED. 74

75 I/E. CAIRO STREETS. URBAN AREA. MORNING. 75

PINE’s car stops at a street corner of an area outside the

city, it’s dawn and the sun is rising.

AHMER hands PINE a mobile phone.

AHMER:

You know what to do?

He smiles.

PINE:

Yes. Thanks.

PINE smiles, gives them money. AHMER and the men get out.

PINE is staring out the window. AHMER looks at him.

AHMER:

Is England beautiful?

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