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INT. CALIANO'S DRAWING ROOM - DAY Caliano is sitting at a table in his drawing room, smoking a cigar. JULIO enters. Julio is about twenty five and dresses casually but sharply. Caliano pushes a humidor toward the chair he wants Julio to sit in.Yes, Mr. Caliano?JULIOSit down, have a cigar.CALIANO Hands Julio a cigar.No, thank-you, Sir. I don't smoke.JULIOGood pleasures take time to cultivate.CALIANO Julio smells it and puts it in his pocket obligingly.Unwrap it. Smell it. Taste it.CALIANO Julio shakes his head.You know what was wrong with Bobby?CALIANO Julio squirms and sits less casually.He was rough as a cob. He would beenCALIANO Caliano reaches for a beverage decanter and two glasses and pours them both a drink.Neither one of those guys ever thoughtCALIANO Caliano passes Julio a drink.I want you to enjoy this furniture. TakeCALIANO Indicates the entire room/house.Red label. You like scotch?CALIANOThank-you, Sir.JULIOThis is what separates us from theCALIANO Caliano hands Julio a piece of paper.We take their money for things thatCALIANO INT. ZIGLER'S OFFICE - DAY Zigler is working at his desk with paperwork. Lora appears in the doorway, hesitant, wringing her hands. Lora leaves the room in tears.LORAZig.Yes, Lora?ZIGLERHave you thought it over? Are you goingLORA INT. RIVERBOAT CAPTAIN'S CABIN - DAY INT. CAFE - DAYCongratulations. You have a price onNELSON Dino is dialing a public phone. He is dressed in cheap, dirty work clothes, and has an unkempt beard. His hands are washed, but dirty with worn in greasy dirt, and his fingernails are black. He wears a Cardinals baseball cap that is also dirty. INT. CALIANO'S DRAWING ROOM - DAYJOEY (V.O.)Hello.DINO(Voice disguised)Is this Caliano?JOEY (V.O.)Who's calling please?Larry Schmall. I got some informationDINO Julio walks to the phone and picks it up. Caliano appears in the background.Hello.JULIODINO (V.O.)Caliano?I'm an associate of Mr. Caliano. IJULIO DINO (V.O.)Yes, regarding the whereabouts of a Julio hangs up and looks at Caliano with a broad smile.DINO (V.O.)I'll do better than talk. You bring the He says he can take us to the motorcycle.JULIO Caliano removes an envelope from the desk drawer and hands it to Joey.You handled that well, Julio.CALIANO INT. CALIANO'S LIMO - DAYHide this under the seat. After you see itCALIANO Julio and Dino are sitting in the limo. Dino is admiring the limo's appointments from the viewpoint of a common laborer. Julio is pretending to look down on Dino's commonness, but is secretly enjoying showing off the limo. Dino points to the intercom button.Man, I never hoped to ride in nothin' thisDINO Julio opens the bar and begins fixing a drink.What's this button do?That's the intercom.JULIOThis cabin on wheels got a bar in it?DINOOf course. How did you locate this guy'sJULIO Julio suppresses a smile. Dino points out the window. They are passing a small house in a run down section of town. Many of the houses look vacant and are boarded up.I followed him home in my truck. I seeDINO Julio looks at it carefully. He pushes the intercom button.Look, there it is! See, back behind thatDINO INT. NELSON'S GARAGE - DAYJoey, pass through the alley. I want toJULIO Nelson paces expectantly, checking the window for Dino, as Adrian bolts a turbine engine onto the back of his motorcycle. Dino arrives on a motorcycle and enters the garage, excitedly waving the money. All laugh.Ha haaa, we did it. Twenty five thousandDINO EXT. HOUSE - NIGHTWhat's that thing you're putting on theDINO A car driven by Joey, with two gunmen in the back, drive slowly past the house, then park in the alley. The two men get out and inspect the motorcycle with pen lights. They sneak around the house and peer into the windows. It is dimly lit inside. One man indicates to the other that Adrian is in one room. He points to a door. The two go to the door, pick the lock, and open it. They draw their guns, with silencers attached, and go in. SHOT: Borden watching from the bushes. Goes to the windows to observe. INT. HOUSE - NIGHT The two gunmen sneak down the hall and into a room, their Uzzis aimed ahead, ready to kill. They enter the room and find it empty. They look around the room in disbelief, then confer in hushed tones. The two gunmen leave the room and sneak down the hall. One raises his hand to indicate go slowly. He has seen the bed straight ahead in the end room. He keeps the gun pointed straight ahead, both hands on it. Just before the door, he bumps into an obstacle and makes a slight noise. He freezes and waits for Adrian to move. He feels around with his foot and can't find a sure way through. He aims the gun and fires several rounds at Adrian. Adrian rises, stretches, and starts walking toward them. The gunman fires more.GUNMAN 1He ain't here.GUNMAN 2Where the Hell is he? I saw him here, The other gunman moves into place.Better check your gun. It must be firingADRIAN The second gunman fires. Adrian checks himself over, finds no wounds, and walks toward them, laughing. Suddenly the two are seeing themselves in a mirror, with Adrian in the image standing behind them. They turn to shoot Adrian, but he isn't there. They look back at the mirror and the image is gone. They climb all over each other trying to get out, yelling at each other (ad lib) as they go. Adrian kills the lights, then watches them leave, through a window. Outside, Borden has strung a rope across the porch. The two men trip over the rope and sprawl in the yard, their guns sailing into the dark. Borden kicks each one in the ribs and they scurry toward the car. After the car pulls away, Adrian slips out a back door and sneaks toward his motorcycle, then pushes his motorcycle down the alley.Want me to move right or left? Am I aADRIAN Borden stands in the shadows, his gun drawn. He takes aim at Adrian as he pushes his motorcycle, the gun and silencer outlined in the moonlight. He hesitates, and as Adrian moves past bushes and tree limbs that interfere, Borden fires one shot that misses. Then another. Adrian ducks and looks around. Adrian slumps down, hiding, then farther down the alley rides away with his lights off, just as the car with the two gunmen passes slowly in front of the house, looking for him. Borden removes the silencer and holsters his weapon.I'm not done playing with you,BORDEN EXT. RIVERBOAT - NIGHT Adrian, on the dock, changes the license plate on his motorcycle and puts the old one in a saddlebag. He walks toward the boat as customers leave. Cecillia sees him enter and follows. Adrian is standing by the rail on the upper deck of the forward crew quarters. He is talking to a star. Cecillia watches.CUT TO: Adrian, startled, turns toward her.I'm not having much fun, Mom. I thoughtADRIAN Adrian starts to walk away.You should become a spy, the way youADRIAN ESTABLISH SHOT: RIVERBOAT GRANADA with bright lights and people.Hey! Something tells me you're going toCECILLIA ESTABLISH SHOT: ADVERTISING SIGN: RIVERBOAT GRANADA PRESENTS: MARLIN AND HECKLER - MAGIC AND COMEDY - IN OUR CASINO LOUNGE. INT. RIVERBOAT NIGHT CLUB - NIGHT Nelson is sitting at a table watching the show. Marlin and Heckler are on stage doing their act. Audience is laughing. Audience laughs. Marlin, brings out a PARTITION and gets behind it.Our last illusion will be done in the nude...HECKLER Heckler helps Marlin rotate the partition, one standing on each end, showing there is nothing behind it. Marlin begins throwing clothes over the partition as Heckler talks.HECKLER(Disgust)What are you hiding behind the partition, Heckler does an impression of someone discovering him, then looking at him.I read this psychologist once whoHECKLER Marlin throws a bra over the partition.Weird guy. What are you looking atHECKLER OK, Marlin, are you ready?LaughsAUDIENCEWho else do you have back there?HECKLER One moment.MARLINHECKLER Marlin throws over bikini underwear.Now in a moment, Marlin is going to be Heckler takes a pencil from his pocket and lifts the underwear.That's it.MARLIN Heckler throws the underwear onto the other clothes.HECKLER(Singsong)Ring around the collar. Heckler goes into the audience and asks several women if they will come check him out (ad lib). All say no, with varying degrees of embarrassment. Heckler returns to the stage.Now this trick, to be effective, must beHECKLER Marlin extends one bare foot and calf, past the knee, from behind the screen.Marlin has made himself completelyHECKLER Heckler shakes head no to the audience.Is that good enough? Say "We believe."HECKLER Marlin sticks out a bare shoulder and arm.Nooooo.AUDIENCEOK, Marlin, you're going to have toHECKLER Now the trick is that Marlin can getHECKLER How many of you take twenty minutes in Heckler pulls a set of handcuffs from his pocket and points to them, smiling broadly, sharing this as a secret with the audience.(Beat)How many ten? He sneaks up to the partition. Heckler handcuffs Marlin. Marlin's hands disappear.This trick isn't much of a challenge. IHECKLER Heckler puts the clothes behind the screen, looks at Marlin and shakes his head.This isn't fair! Heckler, take these off. IMARLIN Heckler pulls down the screen, pulling the top toward the audience to the floor. Marlin is standing there fully dressed, the handcuffs in his hands.Ladies, you haven't missed a thing.HECKLER AUDIENCE APPLAUSE Marlin shrugs.Marlin, you know they don't believeHECKLER AUDIENCE: YES.Come on, Marlin. They want to see it.HECKLERNo, they don't.MARLINDo you want to see it?HECKLER Marlin pulls up his shirt and shows a bra.Will you believe the trick if you don'tHECKLER Audience laughs and claps. Next:9 WarMARLIN and HECKLER
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