The Night Manager Page #9

ROPER (CONT’D)

Get a move on Andrew, we don’t have

all day.

Laughter from the buyers.

And as that happens PINE quietly switches the two phones

between his hands. We see it. No one else does.

He lifts HIS phone to his ear.

PINE:

Hello this is Andrew Birch.

Then pauses. And waits. For a voice he thinks he may not

hear.

But he does.

BURR:

Hello Andrew.

PINE breathes deep. She’s alive.

PINE:

I’m completing the authorisation

procedure.

BURR:

Please continue Mr Birch. I’m all

ears.

PINE stares at the trucks. At the warehouse where Jed is

being kept.

Then at ROPER.

It’s a moment of huge decision.

The Night Manager ep 6 final.

ROPER stares at PINE. PINE speaks into his phone.

PINE:

This is your friend George speaking

to you. Thank you for staying awake

tonight.

PINE smiles into the phone. Keeps the connection live on the

phone.

He looks at ROPER.

And now ROPER sees it.

ROPER:

That’s not our phone.

But too late. PINE presses the button to connect.

ROPER’s face.

And only now has ROPER worked it out.

A moment’s almost deafening silence. And then the first truck

explodes.

A shattering noise, a fireball erupting.

ROPER stares. The fireball shoots flames across the tarmac.

Now the second truck explodes. Now the third. And then like a

chain, they all go up.

Giant fireballs sending waves of heat across the tarmac.

Panic amongst the buyers.

ROPER turns in horror.

KHIYAMI is staring at him.

PINE stares at the fireball.

INT. BURR’S ROOM. CAIRO HOTEL. DAY.

And on the other end of the line, in the Nefertiti Hotel,

ANGELA BURR hears PINE’s voice. And quietly she says.

BURR:

Thank you Mr Birch. Message

received.

FRISKY’s bleeding body lies at the door of the hotel room,

GRACE and POLICE and SECURITY behind her.

The Night Manager ep 6 final.

EXT. ALEXANDRIA MILITARY ZONE. HARBOURSIDE. DAY.

There is a strange silence, just the burning trucks on the

tarmac.

Beat.

KHIYAMI approaches ROPER. Speaks quietly.

KHIYAMI:

I would like my money back Mr

Roper.

ROPER stares at LANGBOURNE.

LANGBOURNE is at the computer, staring in puzzlement.

LANGBOURNE:

Dicky... Where’s the first payment?

There should be three hundred

million already in here.

ROPER stares at the online account statement. It reads.

Account Empty.

LANGBOURNE speaks quietly to ROPER.

ROPER:

Find out.

LANGBOURNE looks into the account.

LANGBOURNE:

The money was taken out this

morning. It was taken out by Andrew

Birch. Full identification

procedure completed.

ROPER turns to PINE.

PINE stares at ROPER.

There is an acre of understanding in this moment.

KHIYAMI can see it, and is too smart not to notice. ROPER

hides the rage he feels. Holding it together.

KHIYAMI:

Mr Roper. Did you hear me? I want

my money.

ROPER for the first time, has no answer.

KHIYAMI stares at ROPER. But now there are sirens in the

distance. Fire engines. Police. BARGHATI speaks to KHIYAMI in

Arabic.

The Night Manager ep 6 final.

BARGHATI (IN ARABIC)

Sir, we should not be seen here.

KHIYAMI (TO ROPER)

One hour. I want the full amount

returned to me. You understand?

This deadly. Then KHIYAMI turns, walks fast to the car. The

car tears out of the port.

LANGBOURNE:

Let’s get out of here Dicky.

Dicky?!

But ROPER stands alongside PINE, stares at the burning

wreckage.

JASPER and SOLDIERS bring their guns on PINE.

PINE turns to ROPER.

PINE:

Take me to the hotel. Let me and

the girl go. I’ll give you the

money.

ROPER turns to PINE.

ROPER:

Worth that much to you is she?

Beat. Yes she is.

And ROPER suddenly smashes a punch into PINE’s stomach. PINE

doubles up.

PINE:

You won’t get it back without me.

ROPER stares at him. Knowing he has no choice. As the

wreckage burns and the sirens grow closer and closer.

Then he calls out.

ROPER:

Let’s go.

INT. ROPER’S CAR. CAIRO.

They drive into Cairo in convoy of two cars. In the back of

our car ROPER and PINE. In the front LANGBOURNE. TABBY

drives. Not a word is spoken. ROPER stares straight ahead as

the city passes.

The Night Manager ep 6 final.

EXT. NEFERTITI HOTEL. DAY.

RICHARD ROPER, PINE, LANGBOURNE and retinue draw up at the

Nefertiti Hotel.

ROPER turns to LANGBOURNE.

ROPER:

Call Frisky. Tell him we’re on our

way up. Get the jet ready. Take-off

in one hour.

PINE and ROPER get out, they walk into the hotel.

INT. HOTEL NEFERTITI. DAY.

They enter together. They walks to the lift.

INT. LIFT. NEFERTITI HOTEL. DAY.

The lift doors close. They stand beside each other in

silence.

INT. HOTEL NEFERTITI CORRIDOR.

ROPER and PINE walk along the corridor.

ROPER:

We meet them. You transfer the

money into their account. Then I

let her go. Clear?

PINE:

How do I know I can trust you?

ROPER:

You don’t have much choice do you?

Beat. They pause at the door of the hotel room.

(Not sure this next speech necessary now but:)

ROPER (CONT’D)

This won’t destroy me, you know

that don’t you? My investors will

lose their money, that’s the risk

they took. But as far as the world

knows Richard Roper was never here.

It’s all you Andrew Birch. Company

director. The private jet. Even the

booking for the hotel - all in your

name.

ROPER takes out the key. PINE speaks. The moment he has been

waiting for for nearly five years.

The Night Manager ep 6 final.

PINE:

One thing I wanted to ask. Do you

remember a girl called Sophie

Alekan?

The key is in the door.

ROPER:

Who?

PINE:

Freddie Hamid’s whore. Remember

her?

Beat. ROPE turns. For the first time deeply deeply nervous.

ROPER:

How do you know her?

PINE:

I was the Night Manager here. When

you killed her in that room.

ROPER stares at PINE. Sensing for the first time he is not as

control of this as he thought.

Then he sees EGYPTIAN POLICE enter at both ends of the

corridor. Closing off all exits.

ROPER stares at PINE. Sensing but not believing.

And opens the door.

INT. ROPER SUITE. NEFERTITI HOTEL. DAY.

ROPER enters the room.

ANGELA BURR is sitting in the room. Alone.

ROPER pauses. Turns.

PINE stands at the door. POLICE behind, in the corridor.

BURR:

We haven’t been introduced. My

name’s Angela Burr.

ROPER pulls out his phone. Dials LANGBOURNE, gets a message.

“This is Alexander Langbourne, I’m afraid I’m unable to

answer”. ROPER looks out the window. He can see LANGBOURNE

and JASPER in handcuffs, being led away from their car.

ROPER pauses. Then dials a private line.

VOICE OF GALT:

This is London.

The Night Manager ep 6 final.

ROPER:

This is Dicky Roper. Get me Halo.

VOICE OF GALT:

There is no Halo at this number

sir.

ROPER:

Get me Geoffrey Dromgoole. He gave

me this number personally.

VOICE OF GALT:

I’m afraid I’m unable to help you.

INT. LONDON RIVER HOUSE. CONT.

And RAYMOND GALT puts down the phone.

INT. ROPER SUITE. NEFERTITI HOTEL. DAY. CONT.

The line cuts. Beat.

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