The Verdict Page #29

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ANGLE:

Galvin reading the letter. He crumbles it and throws it into

the wastebasket. He looks at the next letter and skims it

into the wastebasket. He looks at the next letter and stops.

ANGLE - P.O.V.

It is a phone bill.

EXT. MARY ROONEY'S TENEMENT - DAY

Galvin hurrying up the steps of the tenement. CAMERA FOLLOWS

him into the vestibule. It is Mary Rooney's tenement.

INT. MARY ROONEY'S TENEMENT VESTIBULE - DAY

He stops by the mailboxes, bends over to read the names.

ANGLE - P.O.V.

The mailboxes:
Swoboda; Murch; M. Rooney.

ANGLE:

Galvin straightens, looks around the vestibule, takes heavy

letter opener from his jacket pocket and pries open the Rooney

mailbox. He extracts letters and rifles through them.

ANGLE - P.O.V.

Mary Rooney's phone bill.

INT. DRUGSTORE - DAY

Galvin in an old-fashioned sit-down phonebooth in a drugstore.

He is dialing the phone, holding the phone bill. The operator

answers, he starts dropping change into the slot.

ANGLE:

The phone bill opened. It reads, "Rooney, Mary A. 263 Church

Street, Arlington, Mass." Various local charges. One call to

Chicago. One call to Fort Lauderdale. Eight calls to New

York. The calls to New York are circled in pen.

FEMALE:

(voice over; on phone)

Hello.

ANGLE:

Galvin on the phone.

GALVIN:

Hello, I'm calling from...

VOICE:

If you're selling something, I'm

late for work...

GALVIN:

I'm calling from Professional Nurse

Quarterly...

VOICE:

From the magazine?

GALVIN:

This is Mr. Wallace in Subscriptions?

VOICE:

How come you're calling me from...?

GALVIN:

This is Miss Costello...?

VOICE:

Yes. Price...

GALVIN:

Pardon?

VOICE:

Kathy Price.

GALVIN:

We find that your subscription

lapsed...

VOICE:

(laughs)

My subscription lapsed three years

ago...

GALVIN:

That's why I'm calling, Miss Price...

VOICE:

Missus...

GALVIN:

We have a renew-your-subscription

offer...

VOICE:

We get it at work. We get the magazine

at work.

GALVIN:

Yes, we know that you do. I have it

in my files. That's at the Manhattan

Health Center...

VOICE:

No. At Chelsea Childcare. Okay. Look,

call me Monday, hey? I'm late for

work.

ANGLE:

Galvin scribbles on pad as we hear Kathy hanging up. "Kathy

Price. Chelsea Childcare."

INT. EASTERN AIRLINES TERMINAL - BOSTON - DAY

Galvin hurrying across the lobby. Stops by DO IT YOURSELF

SHUTTLE TICKET COUNTER. Takes form, starts to write on it.

ANGLE - P.O.V.

The form "BOSTON - NEW YORK SHUTTLE. SELF SERVICE TICKET."

Galvin filling in his name and address in pencil.

INT. GALVIN'S OFFICE - DAY

Laura asleep on the couch. Mickey asleep on the other couch.

The phone is ringing. She wakes up. Looks around. Goes

groggily to phone, answers.

LAURA:

(on phone)

Hello? Mr. Gal... where are you...?

Mickey wakes up, looks around.

LAURA:

You're going to New York? I... you're

kidding... Because I'm going to New

York.

(beat)

I just got a call. I have to go sign

papers. About my divorce. I... good.

Frank. We'll meet there. All right?

Mickey has woken up. Swings his feet to the floor. Picks up

a pack of cigarettes. Crushes it. It is empty.

LAURA:

Can we meet there, Joe?

Mickey gets to his feet.

MICKEY:

(to Laura)

You got a cigarette...?

She shrugs, "I don't know..."

LAURA:

At the Beacon. On Fifty-third

Street... we can spend the night.

Mickey has gone over to Laura's purse. Opens it, rummaging.

Comes up with a pack of cigarettes. He sees something in the

purse. Stops.

ANGLE - P.O.V.

The open purse. The red-backed legal form. The letterhead

reads, "CONCANNON, BARKER, WHITE," stamped huge across it in

black:
"CONFIDENTIAL. EYES ONLY!!!" Mickey takes out the

form, turns page. It reads, "Report on Joseph Galvin," lists

haunts, habits, and is heavily notated in various types of

pen and pencil.

LAURA (V.O.)

(on phone)

At around four...?

ANGLE:

Mickey replacing the form and the cigarettes. He re-closes

the purse. He turns to her. She has seen nothing.

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