"PROBE THREE" "THE GOLD MACHINE" written by Leslie Stevens A Leslie Stevens Production PROPERTY OF: WARNER BROS. TELEVISION FINAL DRAFT 4000 Warner Boulevard June 6, 1972 Burbank, California "THE GOLD MACHINE" 1 BUILDING LEDGE - (NEWS-EVENT QUALITY) Dramatic SHOTS of a potential suicide as a man in a dark suit is poised on the ledge of a high building. TRAFFIC. OMINOUS SCORE. 2 BUILDING AREA - (NEWS EVENT QUALITY) Emergency vehicles approach. The yellow-and-red flashers of rescue squad equipment bear down in a series of exciting CUTS. SIRENS. ENGINES ROAR. 3 BUILDING AREA - (NEWS EVENT) Heavy duty searchlights sear into action as the carbons ignite. The beams play upon the building and converge at the ledge where the suicide wavers, holding on by his fingertips. 4 BUILDING AREA - (NEWS EVENT) ZOOM IN on suicide. He is a young oriental. Chinese- American, he wears a dark Jacket and a white shirt with no tie. His black hair stirs in the wind which billows around the ledge. The searchlights strike him, causing him to avert his head from the glare. PULL BACK to REVEAL that this intense drama is up on the Probe Screen as brief- ing tapes. 5 PROBE SCREEN - (NEWS EVENT) Long ladders begin to reach up the side of the building toward the suicide. Rescue-squad personnel climb up. As they approach, the suicide threatens to jump. The men on the ladders hold back. A rescue-squad sergeant appears on the ledge. He edges out toward the suicide. As he does so, the man panics. The suicide wrestles for a mo- ment with the rescue-squad sergeant. He then wrenches loose and plunges off of the ledge. The crowd reacts. 6 PROBE SCENE - (INTERCUT AS NEEDED) Over a FREEZE FRAME of the falling body, the computer lettering flashes on: NAME: KUO, RICHARD L. ADDRESS: 812 JASMINE STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (CONTINUED) 2. 6 CONTINUED: AGE: 27 YEARS OCCUP: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EURASIAN JADE & METALS, INC. CLOSEUP STILLS of RICHARD KUO'S face pop on under the lettering with computer precision. PULSE TONES. The narrator's voice delivers the print-out information. 7 PROBE CONTROL CAMERON and the PROBE TEAM are intent upon the briefing tapes. LOCKWOOD is at CAMERON'S shoulder. LOCKWOOD I don't get it. The read-out says he didn't die. CAMERON That is correct. LOCKWOOD But that's a twelve story drop... CAMERON They broke his fall with some new emergency gear. A mobile shock platform. It's like diving into a big, fat pillow. Continue with the briefing. Patch into San Francisco closed-circuit. KEACH SF0 Circuit niner. Probe on-line. 8 OMITTED 9 PROBE SCREEN - (INTERCUT) The optical image scrambles. It rolls and flickers un- intelligibly. CAMERON Confidential material. Use filter A—6 to unscramble. KEACH A-6 in. (CONTINUED) 3. 9 CONTINUED: KURODA Transmission stabilizing. CARLOS Green lights. CAMERON Proceed, please? NARRATOR (V.O.) introduces the two people on screen. NARRATOR (V.O.) Mr. Chen Kuo, Chairman of the Board, Eurasian Jade and Metals... and Mrs. Kuo. 10 PROBE SCREEN In an armchair with a carved fan-back, a sleek EURASIAN GENTLEMAN in an American business suit nods graciously. Beside him is his wife, a delicate WOMAN who resembles Mine. Chiang Kai Chek. They are cultivated and very western with subtle touches of old China. MRS. KUO sips occasionally from a porcelain teacup. Cameron speaks carefully. CAMERON This is V.C.R. Cameron, Director of Probe Control and Mr. Lockwood, our Probe assigned to the case. CHEN How do you do, sir? (bows) It is difficult for us to discuss intimate family matters. (leans forward, confidentially) You have seen the television news reports of the attempted suicide of our son, Richard Kuo. CAMERON It was part of our case briefing. CHEN Richard tried to take his life because our accountants have reported the misappropriation of a great deal of money from our family business, Eurasian Jade and Metals. (CONTINUED) 4. 10 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD How much money? CHEN They are still trying to determine the full amount.., but it is in the millions. MRS. KUO We are facing total financial ruin. We support many charities including the refugee center in Tai-Sei... if our company collapses... everything collapses with it. LOCKWOOD Have you notified the police about the missing money? CHEN No. Richard is our only son and we feel responsible. We do not intend to bring criminal charges. LOCKWOOD But it's a criminal case. MRS. KUO No... please... I have persuaded my husband to use the last of our money to hire Probe. LOCKWOOD You want us to try to recover the embezzled funds? CHEN No. We know that Richard has lost the money in stock speculation. It's gone. MRS. KUO (confides) But we do have a possible source of funds which may save us... funds that are also missing... which we want you to find. LOCKWOOD A missing 'source of funds?' (CONTINUED) 5. 10 CONTINUED: (2) MRS. KUO My grandfather, Li Kuo came to the United States in 1840 to work on the railroads. He married an Englishwoman named Anna Stockton. We are not Chinese... we are Eurasian. My grandfather, George Stockton, owned a valuable claim called the Timberline Gold Strike. CAMERON But you said this "source of funds" is missing? MRS. KUO The family company, Eurasian Jade and Metals, did so well in trading that the Timberline mine was closed down in 1900 to be held in reserve as a valuable asset. The claim papers, maps.., charts... all documents relating to it were hidden in a strongbox which was destroyed in the San Francisco earthquake... my grandparents died in the collapse of their office building. LOCKWOOD I'm sorry. But didn't they have state registration papers? MRS. KUO All of the records were destroyed. CHEN Naturally, over the years we've tried to locate maps to the property. MRS. KUO A man tried to sell us a claim- record... which turned out to be a forgery... LOCKWOOD Do you know the man? MRS. KUO His name was Charles Eastland. (CONTINUED) 6. 10 CONTINUED: CHEN But he cannot be of any use because, unfortunately, he died in prison. LOCKWOOD (wry) We appreciate your confidence in Probe. I'M sure we've got a real estate detective capable of finding a non-existent needle in a missing haystack -- CAMERON Mr. Lockwood is joking, of course. He is our finest Probe and he's never failed us. LOCKWOOD Yet. CAMERON Ever. (cheery) So we'll sign off for now and get cracking. Don't you worry, we'll find your gold mine before you know it. (he hits the switches and turns to Lockwood) Lockwood, these are important clients. They're betting every- thing they own on you. It's a firm contract and you're assigned. LOCKWOOD I don't know a gold mine from a hole in the ground. CAMERON Well, Doctor Barnett says you're the command pilot on this mission so suit up and start digging. LOCKWOOD If you insist. Here's what you do. Book me on the next flight to San Francisco. (MORE) (CONTINUED) 7. 10 CONTINUED: (4) LOCKWOOD (CONT'D) Bed me down in the niftiest hotel on Nob Hill. I'll need a new deck of unmarked credit cards and a chauffeured limo -- CAMERON You're supposed to search for the gold mine, not roll in it. LOCKWOOD (leaving) And while you're at it, run a computer search through the Bureau of Prisons. Find the death certificates: Eastland, Charles. Forger. He is going. GLORIA Lockwood... that chauffeured limo...? the deck of credit cards? LOCKWOOD Just tools to work with, my dear. GLORIA I'M looking forward to it. LOCKWOOD Huh? Oh... monitoring my every move. I'LL do my best to keep your console jumping. GLORIA (smooth) I'LL be right with you. LOCKWOOD (uneasy) You sound like you know something I don't know. GLORIA All I know is pulse, respriation and body temp. And, of course, adrenalin flare ups due to over-stimulation. (CONTINUED) 8. 10 CONTINUED: (5) LOCKWOOD I'LL try to keep everything under control. GLORIA With a little help from your friends. (he frowns a little at her attitude. She purrs.) Bye. He pecks her cheek and goes. 11 PLANE TAKE OFF (STOCK) The SCORE SWEEPS in as a super-jet lifts off of the runway in a twilight shimmer of lights and peach-colored sky. 12 ANTENNA - (COMSAT DISK) The tracking antenna turns as the plane dissolves through it. Peach color. The Comsat Antenna VOICES filter through clearing channels for Probe One. 13 PLANE - INT. Lockwood settles back. He has the stereo yoke under his chin as he listens to MUSIC. Cameron'S voice cuts in. CAMERON Probe Control to Probe One we have contact with you via Comsat satellite. Do you copy? KURODA Green lights on scanner but reds on audio. CAMERON Lockwood... there seems to be something the matter with our audio channel. We're picking up heavy interference. CARLOS Sounds like the top forty. (CONTINUED) 9. 13 CONTINUED: CAMERON Lockwood, are you listening to stereo? (one beep, yes) Would you mind turning it down? Lockwood adjusts the volume. It plays a lilting under- score during the next readout. Cameron is a little hurt. CAMERON I realize that with just one built-in ear-jack we can't compete with stereo... but never mind, we searched the Bureau of Prisons Computer Banks and came up with a nugget for you on Charles Eastland. File-Tape Ten. Up and running. KEACH Ten up. Go, please. 14 PROBE SCREEN Prisoner stills. (Profile and full face.) A gaunt convict Number "D.C. 319-I-3." The narrator speaks officially. NARRATOR Reply to Probe One request for death certificate: Inmate D. C. 319-I-3, Eastland, Charles M. Negative. No certificate on record. Subject not deceased while under jurisdiction of Department of Prisons. File indicates release on parole May 9, 1971 San Francisco Department of Correction. CAMERON Alive and well in San Francisco. But I wouldn't look for him up on Nob Hill... his natural habitat is more like lower Market Street... in the gutter. 15 OMITTED 10. 16 SKYSCRAPER - (SAN FRANCISCO) (STOCK) The San Francisco skyline looms against a cobalt sky. The CAMERA ZOOMS in on a lofty building. OMINOUS SCORE. 17 STOCKBROKER'S OFFICES Subdued offices imply wealth. Against teak panels a delicate Bonsai plum tree is in blossom. At a teak desk, a hard-faced MAN sits like the classic photograph of J. P. Morgan. He is oriental. He wears a suit like a Mao jacket with a tiny row of medals over his breast pocket. His name is GENERAL CHU. Near him is a gaunt MAN with pale, almost eerie features. He speaks softly into the intercom. His name is SPEER. SPEER His name is Lockwood. He arrives at the San Francisco airport on flight 307. A limousine has been ordered for him from Carlyle Car Rental Service. GENERAL CHU Set the time-clock for one half- hour. SPEER (checks his watch) Time it for thirty minutes. 18 SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT Lockwood's plane settles in for a landing. With flaps flared, the heavy jet shimmers in the convection haze. 19 PARKING LOT (AIRPORT SFO) As Lockwood emerges carrying a slim attache case and a light canvas flight bag, a sleek limousine pulls up to meet him. The CHAUFFEUR, a hawk-faced young man named SUTTER, leans over to speak. SUTTER Mr. Lockwood? LOCKWOOD Right on time. SUTTER (opens door) May I have your baggage checks? (CONTINUED) 11. 19 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD This is it. SUTTER My call sheet says the Saint Claire Hotel. LOCKWOOD Later. My first stop is lower Market Street. SUTTER Any address? LOCKWOOD I'd like to make a brief tour... of the gutters. SUTTER The gutters... yes, sir... San Francisco's finest. They drive off. 20 PROBE CONTROL Cameron is quietly observing Lockwood's progress on the Main Screen. He is distracted by a pulse tone. CAMERON Probe Control. Cameron. We are monitoring a mission. KEACH I have a replacement order for one of the our telemetry specialists. CAMERON I haven't filed any request for replacement -- Gloria looks innocent as she packs up. CAMERON ... I take it that this pertains to Miss Harding? GLORIA Yes, sir. (MORE) (CONTINUED) 12. 20 CONTINUED: GLORIA (CONT'D) My vacation time has stacked up and my replacement is due any minute. She hands Cameron a slip. A light-and-pulse indicator comes on. KEACH I believe that's her replacement reporting now. His name is Burrell, Arthur J. CAMERON This seems to be in order. Carlos, please admit Mr. Burrell. 21 OMITTED 22 ELEVATOR DOOR The red interior-flares as the door slides open. A trim YOUNG MAN in a lab coat ENTERS. He is smart and very efficient. He approaches Cameron and submits his order slip. Gloria hands her console over to Burrell. GLORIA Watch out on Lockwood's vital signs. He's learned to control the readouts on little white lies but his adrenalin's a dead give-away on the whoppers. BURRELL Does he lie a lot? GLORIA Let's say his pulse races. (pats his shoulder) Remember who got you the job. (she passes Cameron) Harding, over, and out. CAMERON (smoothly) Have a pleasant vacation, Miss Harding. (CONTINUED) 13. 22 CONTINUED: GLORIA I intend to. Bye, gang. She goes. 23 OMITTED 24 OMITTED 25 MARKET STREET The limousine moves along the busy streets. Traffic and people are FLATTENED BY LENSES into an impressionistic portrait of the Metropolis. The SCORE is glamorous and full of suspense. 26 LIMOUSINE Sutter checks his watch. He becomes increasingly tense as the time limit approaches. 27 PROBE CONTROL Burrell reacts to his telemetry scope. BURRELL Caution on medical telemetry. The chauffeur is tensing up... all systems. Pulse, respiration, body temp... It looks like a fear reaction. CAMERON Any reason for him to get excited, Lockwood? Two BEEPS. No. CAMERON Keep an eye on him... LOCKWOOD Just ease along here... SUTTER Any particular address? LOCKWOOD I'LL let you know as soon as I find it. He looks through his pockets. (CONTINUED) 14. 27 CONTINUED: GRIFFIN The Parole Department came up with a possible address. 901—A Clairmont. But I wouldn't drive up in a limousine. It's a flop house. LOCKWOOD (to Sutter) Head for Clairmont. SUTTER I hope we make it. Something's wrong with the engine. LOCKWOOD How's the gas? SUTTER It feels like it's going to stall. LOCKWOOD Better pull over. 28 STREET The limousine pulls into a parking place. Sutter emerges. BURRELL Red light. Extreme reactions from chauffeur. Adrenalin surge. CARLOS Confirm. Brain waves developing crisis patterns. CAMERON I don't get it, Lockwood. Your driver seems to be falling apart. SUTTER (to Lockwood) You wait here, Sir. There's a filling station on the corner. I'LL get the mechanic to take a look. (CONTINUED) 15. 28 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD (seizes him suddenly, very tough) What's wrong? Come on, spit it out! What's going on? Sutter struggles violently. SUTTER Let go! The struggle becomes a severe conflict. Sutter's coat rips. His voice is hoarse. SUTTER Let me out of here! It's set to go off! He rips loose and runs. Lockwood is hurled back into the seat. He struggles forward and hurls open the door. He throws himself out flat on the pavement. 29 LIMOUSINE - (EXPLOSION - SPECIAL FX) As Lockwood hits the pavement, the underside of the limousine erupts in a flash of flame. A thunderous CRACK of close-presence explosive whips the air. Smoke swirls. 30 SHOPS - (PLATE WINDOWS - SPECIAL FX) To give the explosion knockout impact, several windows shatter. 31 PAVEMENT - CLAIRMONT CLOSEUP Lockwood's cheek is pressed flat against the pavement. His hair whips in the concussion. Smoke swirls. 32 PROBE SCREEN at normal speed, smoke envelopes the limousine. Scanner tilt POV (extreme sidewise). 33 PROBE CONTROL Cameron and the Team react to the explosion. Their ears ring. CAMERON Lockwood, are you hurt? Do you copy? (MORE) (CONTINUED) 16. 33 CONTINUED: CAMERON (CONT'D) Lockwood, come in please. (to Kuroda) Are we transmitting? KURODA Yes, sir. Green lights both ways. CAMERON Probe Control to Probe One... Lockwood? (to Burrell Anything wrong on physical telemetry? BURRELL His vital signs jumped off of the scope but he's coming down. CAMERON No injuries? BURRELL Negative. CARLOS Confirm. Brain waves easing. CAMERON (puzzled) Lockwood, do you copy? 34 CLAIRMONT STREET Lockwood gets to his feet. He shakes his head. He listens carefully. 35 CLAIRMONT STREET From Lockwood POH (which means "Point of Hearing,") the street is totally soundless. A faint high WHINE resembles ringing in the ears. Traffic is utterly silent. The effect is eerie. Lockwood is deaf. He touches his ears, gingerly. Touch pains him. He understands what has happened. He speaks to Probe. LOCKWOOD This is Probe One. I'm in trouble. That explosion got to me. I can see traffic, people... but I can't hear. Give me an audio test. 17. 36 PROBE CONTROL Cameron reacts to Lockwood's voice. CAMERON There's your answer. The concussion deafened him. (to Kuroda) Kuroda. See if he responds to increase in volume. Kuroda turns a dial. VOLUME up. CAMERON Lockwood, do you read volume? No answer. CAMERON Try tone penetration. Full cycle. Kuroda dials in heterodyne tone. It RISES IN PITCH and goes up out of hearing. 37 CLAIRMONT STREET Lockwood listens intently. No reaction. LOCKWOOD If you're sending, it's a negative here. CAMERON Kuroda, try a low cycle. Maybe the bass tones can break through. Kuroda dials deep ORGAN TONES. LOCKWOOD I'm not hearing you. Negative... Repeat, negative on sound. I'M stone deaf. (sees emergency vehicle approaching) I don't know if you're receiving me -- but there's a flasher headed this way. If they hold me, it'll take all day. You notify the police through channels. Give them a description of the chauffeur. I'll check out Charles Eastland, and head for the hotel.... (MORE) (CONTINUED) 18. 37 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD (CONT'D) And please, don't order me any more limousines. I prefer something with a smoother ride. He goes up as a SIREN drowns him out. 38 CLAIRMONT ARMS HOTEL Lockwood arrives at a picturesque facade. The building is old and fascinating even though it is totally dis- reputable. It is painted ox-blood with electric blue trim, a la Antonioni. Lockwood ENTERS. 39 CLAIRMONT ARMS DESK The desk is a mass of vintage posters. Several Old Tiffany lamps converge on a character named TAFFY, who presides over the desk. LOCKWOOD Excuse me. I'M looking for Charles Eastland. TAFFY Let's see your badge. LOCKWOOD Please... write his room number on this paper. TAFFY Nobody registered by that name. LOCKWOOD I'M deaf... temporarily... I hope. TAFFY He's not here. (loud) Not here! LOCKWOOD (confides) He inherited a lot of money. He slips Taffy a ten. TAFFY Room 209. Lockwood indicates the slip of paper. Taffy writes: "2... 0... 9..." (CONTINUED) 19. 39 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD Appreciate your cooperation. He goes. 40 ROOM 209 Lockwood knocks on the door. No answer. He waits. Knocks again. LOCKWOOD Mr. Eastland? Charles Eastland? He tries the door. It gives. He enters. The dramatic SCORE slams in. 41 ROOM 209 Lockwood confronts a strange scene. Lit by a single over- head light, a man sits at a table staring straight ahead. The SCORE is ominous. Lockwood ENTERS. He goes to the man. He passes his hand before the staring eyes. He brushes against the chair. The man slumps forward. LOCKWOOD Probe Control , this is Lockwood. I can't tell if you read me, but on the chance, I'm still wired, I'm reporting a homicide. BURRELL Did he say "homicide?" CAMERON (grim) Affirmative. LOCKWOOD (checks the pockets) No wallet... a room receipt... nine dollars per week... BURRELL I don't get it. LOCKWOOD ... made out to Charles Eastland. CAMERON What don't you get, Mr. Burrell? (CONTINUED) 20. 41 CONTINUED: CARLOS Burrell's receiving the same readout I am. I've got two sets of brainwaves... CAMERON But Lockwood reported "homicide." BURRELL See for yourself, sir. Two sets of vital signs. Lockwood here and this one off-presence. CARLOS Wait, I picked up a slight directional shift. It's someone in back of Lockwood. CAMERON Lockwood! Lockwood! LOCKWOOD (picks up a small book from the table, ex- amines it, not hear- ing the warnings from Probe Control) Looks like Mr. Eastland was reading poetry. CAMERON Lockwood, there's someone in back of you! LOCKWOOD (reads) "... things fall apart, the center cannot hold mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..." 42 ROOM 209 (TACKLE) As Lockwood reads the poetry, the light suddenly goes out. 43 ROOM 209 - ALCOVE, CORRIDOR AREA The hidden man is Speer. He hurls Lockwood aside and seizes the rare book. He plunges out of the room. Lock- wood goes after him. He tackles him. The book flies. He clips Lockwood a clean punch. Lockwood is stunned for an instant. Speer wrenches loose and makes his escape. Lockwood crawls to the book. (CONTINUED) 21. 43 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD Here's one for you. He was after this book. 44 MAIN SCREEN Scanner POV of rare book. 45 PROBE CONTROL Cameron reacts to the book. CAMERON You don't kill a man over a book of poetry. LOCKWOOD Cam.., that's the first time I enjoyed a belt on the jaw... my ears are starting to clear. I can hear faint static. CAMERON (to Kuroda) Try the penetration tone. Kuroda dials in the heterodyne. LOCKWOOD (winces) Turn it off! Whatever you're sending feels like a hot needle. The heterodyne TONE FADES. LOCKWOOD I'm going to buy some ear drops and check in at the hotel. Report Eastland's death... and see that he gets a decent funeral. (he glances at the book) "... go gentle into that good night... no need to rage against the dying of the light..." He goes. OPTICAL FX TIME TRANSITION 46 OMITTED 47 ST. CLAIRE HOTEL DESK Lockwood is met by the CLERK. Lockwood gives him a card. (CONTINUED) 22. 47 CONTINUED: Paper bag. LOCKWOOD I have a reservation. CLERK Yes, of course, Mr. Lockwood. LOCKWOOD You'll have to write the room number... A voice cuts in. VOICE ... It's all taken care of. The penthouse suite, across the hall from Miss Harding. Lockwood turns to find Gloria looking smashing in a soph- isticated outfit specially selected for San Francisco. Lockwood grins and kisses her, without breaking stride. He turns to the Clerk. LOCKWOOD And ask room service to send up a psychiatrist. I'M having a hallucination and I don't want it to stop. GLORIA (to Clerk) It's all right. I'M his night nurse. (to Lockwood) I was on my vacation, but Keach told me your audio blew, so I used my medical clearance to wangle my way here to help you. LOCKWOOD I see your lips moving but I do not copy. GLORIA You've heard of a Seeing Eye Dog? You now have a Hearing Ear Kitten. LOCKWOOD (cups his ear) Eh? (CONTINUED) 23. 47 CONTINUED: (2) GLORIA (uses sign language) What you see is what you get. She kisses him. LOCKWOOD I can now read lips. GLORIA ... worth a thousand words. LOCKWOOD I hope it didn't break. GLORIA I hope so too... what? LOCKWOOD (picks up the small paper bag) I lost my grip on my ear drops. GLORIA Would you like me to give you the treatment? LOCKWOOD (can't hear) Are you offering to help fix my ears? GLORIA We've got to start somewhere. 48 MIRROR (BATH & ROOM) Lockwood comes up with his hair dripping. He dries his head with a rich towel. He is fully clothed and it's very respectable. He looks in the mirror. Gloria is visible in the luxurious suite. LOCKWOOD That made me feel much better. I'M still deaf as a post, but at least it's stopped drilling. GLORIA Let's take me out to dinner. (CONTINUED) 24. 48 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD Your mouth is moving. GLORIA (with sign gestures) Eat. Food. You take Gloria feed her. Gloria get hungry after Operation Eardrop. LOCKWOOD You want a sandwich! Call Room Service. GLORIA No, thank you, Probe One Cheapskate. I didn't con the company out of this glamorous wardrobe to die a natural death in a hotel room. San Francisco famous for fabulous restaurants, wild night life.., and Gloria know you have full deck of credit cards. LOCKWOOD You prefer to go out? GLORIA Affirmative Nods and makes many crook-finger "yes" signs. 49 PROBE CONTROL Cameron is the picture of an efficient man hopelessly, helplessly adrift. He mentally disowns Lockwood and Gloria. Probe Control is filled with smooth MUSIC as the wayward field operatives dance to romantic MUSIC in an intimate club. 50 MAIN SCREEN Soft, seductive glimpses from Scanner POV of intimate club. Three dancing couples and some amber table lights glide by. CAMERON (muttering vaguely) ... The only way we can communicate with him is to give him a pain in the ear. 25. 51 INTIMATE CLUB Lockwood and Gloria dance romantically. LOCKWOOD You'll have to tell me when the music stops. GLORIA (murmurs) Shut up. You're doing great. LOCKWOOD I can feel the vibrations. GLORIA Tell me about it. LOCKWOOD You know what Beethoven did? He held a stick between his teeth. GLORIA My dog can do that. LOCKWOOD You rest the other end on a piano and you can feel it hum. GLORIA ... far out. They arrive at their intimate table. 52 INTIMATE CLUB (INTIMATE TABLE) The amber light GLOWS. Gloria is a vision in glowing peach set against the subdued darkness. The effect is luxurious. Cameron's voice cuts in. CAMERON Probe Control to Probe One... we have an emergency message. Do you copy? We've got to get through to him. Kuroda! Try the sonar! Directional ranging might pierce his ears. KURODA Sonar ranging. The sonar PING reverbs. (CONTINUED) 26. 52 CONTINUED: Lockwood reacts. Static bursts and sudden passages of Cameron's broken words. Sound FX hearing clears. CAMERON Lockwood! I know you're in the presence of people. If you hear even the faintest peep, send us a signal. He is startled by one BEEP. Affirmative. CAMERON Affirmative? Lockwood, did you send that on purpose? Can you hear us? One BEEP. Yes. CAMERON Breakthrough! The Probe Team reacts joyously. CHEERS. CAMERON We've made contact! All right everyone, calm down and let's get cracking! We have a report from the Escondido Hospital. KEACH Line One. Come in. 53. MAIN SCREEN A DOCTOR appears against a medical stencil. He wears a lab jacket and stethescope loose around his neck. DOCTOR This is Doctor Pittman, Escondido emergency service. We're reporting complications on Richard Kuo. Patient is in coma. Ward attendant reports theft of barbiturates. This could be a second suicide attempt. Condition: critical. CAMERON Lockwood, you copy? One BEEP. Yes. 27. 54 INTIMATE CLUB Lockwood sits across from the enchanted and enchanting Gloria. She sips her Cinzano Bianco, gazing at him with soft, azure eyes. Lockwood takes the rare book out of his pocket and puts it on the table. Gloria does not know he can now hear her. GLORIA Oh, swell. He's going to give lessons. LOCKWOOD This book has something to do with the missing gold mine. GLORIA (behind her Cinzano, murmurs) Terrific. Forget your night off. Let's talk shop. LOCKWOOD The man who killed Eastland tried to steal it. GLORIA Well, if I were you, I'd get rid of it, you beautiful dum-dum. (she glances around) You sure know how to cool off a hot date. LOCKWOOD I looked through it for a cypher or a code... but it's 'Romantic Poets, Victorian and Later.' GLORIA Romantic poets? Yummy. Let's hear the one about Come Live With Me and Be My Love. CAMERON (cautious) Lockwood, wouldn't it be a matter of courtesy to tell her you've regained your hearing? LOCKWOOD (ignores Cameron) (MORE) (CONTINUED) 28. 54 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD (CONT'D) The only thing I can come up with is the bookplate. See? Under the 'Ex Libris' it says, 'Reuben Harant, Rare Books.' GLORIA (looks as she murmurs) Face it, Gloria, you're hung on a bookworm. LOCKWOOD Would you care to join me? GLORIA Watch me play hard to get. She nods vigorously. LOCKWOOD I'll need your help. GLORIA Ear drops, nose drops; you name it, I'LL drop it. LOCKWOOD We've got to find a phone booth. GLORIA (stops) ... phone booth. You'll have to forgive me, I'M not up on that one. LOCKWOOD (cups his ear) Eh? GLORIA (with signs) There's one out by the powder room. Phone booth. Powder room. Powder. Room. Phone. Booth. Forget it. I was further ahead reading your vital signs. They go. 29. 55 PHONE BOOTH Lockwood and Gloria arrive at the phone booth. Lockwood grabs the Yellow Pages. GLORIA You've really got a thing for books. LOCKWOOD Harant! GLORIA Bless you. LOCKWOOD Rare books... GLORIA Believe me, a rare book is nothing compared to a medium-well girl... LOCKWOOD 9 West Cambridge. GLORIA (to scanner) You hear that, team? 56 MAIN SCREEN Gloria appears FULL SCREEN. GLORIA We're going to go browse in a bookstore. Keach, Frisco's a bummer. Stick to your console; you're way ahead. She is yanked on by Lockwood. 57 PROBE CONTROL Cameron wipes his brow, hoping to keep his job. CAMERON (smoothly) Kuroda, why don't we erase a few of these... unessential remarks? After all, We're keeping an 'official tape record'... so we can afford to edit it down... for clarity. Hm? He fingers his collar with a sickly smile. 30. 58 STOCKBROKER'S OFFICE - NIGHT General Chu is at his desk. Speer and Sutter are with him. Sutter is still in chauffeur's uniform. Speer's face is bruised from the struggle with Lockwood. General Chu is ominously quiet. GENERAL CHU Your orders were to get the book. SPEER Lockwood's a trained fighter. GENERAL CHU My brother tells me the Probe agents are not permitted to fight. SPEER (shows bruise) He hit me like a line backer. SUTTER He's a black-belt. Got to be. SPEER Why did your brother bring Probe into it? GENERAL CHU He didn't. It was his wife's idea. She called them in before he could stop her. SPEER Can't he control her? GENERAL CHU We've done a lot to her son. She's close to a breakdown. SUTTER 'Her' son? GENERAL CHU My brother is her second husband. Her first husband died. Our families are distantly related and all of us bear the name "Kuo" ... but the Stockton people controlled all of the money... (CONTINUED) 31. 58 CONTINUED: SPEER Until you got control of the Timberline gold mine? GENERAL CHU (smiles faintly) She lost it, let her weep. SPEER You're not going to keep it long if Lockwood digs much deeper. GENERAL CHU Lockwood is one man. There are three of us assigned to this operation -- four, counting my brother... and as many as we need... if we call on our government. SPEER We can handle it. GENERAL CHU I hope so... this is a matter of life and death... not only for you and for me. The future of Indochina depends on it. (leans forward) Lockwood must not find the Timberline mine. The SCORE is ominous. 59 RARE BOOK STORE (POSS. DAY FOR NIGHT) Lockwood and Gloria arrive at Reuben Harant's Rare Book Store. It is an architectural curio. Since the hour is late, it is closed. LOCKWOOD (reads sign) 'Closed.' GLORIA What kind of a bookstore closes at one AM? LOCKWOOD (rings the bell) I hate to wake anyone at this time of night. (CONTINUED) 32. 59 CONTINUED: GLORIA You're all heart, Lockwood. One clue and it's 'everybody up!' LOCKWOOD Your mouth is moving again. GLORIA (softly) We'll have to put a stop to that. She lifts her face for him to kiss. He does so gently. While they are kissing, the door opens. MR. HARANT, a Kurt Kaznar character stands in his bathrobe, staring at the kissers. Lockwood turns to him, calmly. LOCKWOOD Mr. Harant? My name is Lockwood. This is my associate Miss Gloria Harding. HARANT You see the sign? Go associate someplace else. LOCKWOOD We apologize for visiting your shop at this hour, but we have an emergency. HARANT ... emergency? LOCKWOOD It's about a rare book I'd like to have you look at. HARANT No books. It's too late. Come back tomorrow. LOCKWOOD (shows him the book) 'Reuben Harant. Rare books.' Harant sees the book. His attitude changes completely. He glances around then confides. (CONTINUED) 33. 59 CONTINUED: (2) HARANT Why didn't you say so? How could I tell you had this book? Come in. Please, Associate? Come inside, please. He ushers them in. 60 RARE BOOK STORE The store is a maze of shelves. It resembles a research library. Certain volumes are under glass. Some are being repaired. The shop is a literary rabbit warren. Harant brings Lockwood and Gloria to a repair bench. HARANT This book is worth a lot of money. LOCKWOOD How much? Gloria looks at him sharply. It dawns on her that he can hear. HARANT I sold it for thirty thousand. LOCKWOOD Would you buy it back for that? GLORIA Lockwood... LOCKWOOD Sh... I'm negotiating. GLORIA How long have you been able... to... LOCKWOOD I'll tell you later. GLORIA I may not be here later. LOCKWOOD Come on, Mr. Harant, would you buy it back for thirty thousand? (CONTINUED) 34. 60 CONTINUED: HARANT Would I buy it back for that? No. LOCKWOOD Why not? HARANT It's worthless. LOCKWOOD But you just said... HARANT To me it's worthless. It was a deal I made with the original purchaser. LOCKWOOD I don't know. I did what he paid me to do... and I didn't ask questions. (he leans forward) I can tell you two things about him. One: he was Oriental... Chinese, Japanese, I don't make distinctions. Two: he was an old man... humble.., like a servant. LOCKWOOD How long ago was this? HARANT A long time. Fifteen, eighteen years... maybe more. LOCKWOOD Have you seen him since? HARANT He died. He had to. He was a very old man. LOCKWOOD What was the deal? HARANT He paid me a small fortune. (MORE) (CONTINUED) 35. 60 CONTINUED: (2) HARANT (CONT'D) Enough to move my business up to first-class merchandise. I was an amateur until he put me over the top. (leans forward) And it was a very simple deal. He picked out a book.., any book. It happened to be this one. And he made me promise that whoever brought it in here, I was to give that person a map... and no questions asked. LOCKWOOD A map? HARANT An old-fashioned chart. With compass headings... landmarks. It could be buried treasure. I didn't ask. LOCKWOOD He gave you the map? HARANT To hand over to whoever came in with this book. You came in. You get the map. LOCKWOOD As simple as that. HARANT Not quite. LOCKWOOD Where is it? HARANT I don't have it. LOCKWOOD You lost it? HARANT (grins) No. (to Gloria) You try. (CONTINUED) 36. 60 CONTINUED: (3) GLORIA You gave it away? HARANT No. Any more? LOCKWOOD You sold it. HARANT I wouldn't do that. LOCKWOOD You wouldn't? HARANT No. Not when I had a deal to hand it over. LOCKWOOD All right. Hand it over. HARANT I was afraid I'D misplace it or lose it or forget... who knows what could happen to a map? (leans forward) But the deal was... (taps the book) this book. When this book, and this book only, appears before me, then the nap must appear also. He takes a leather binder's knife and hooks into the ornate cover. HARANT So, you know what I did? LOCKWOOD No. HARANT I sealed the map inside the leather cover... lacquered so it couldn't come apart... the finest binding... hand-stitched, hot-pressed... He exposes the inset matte. 37. 61 INSERT - MAP IN BOOK BINDING An ancient parchment map, yellow and laminated with lacquer, is REVEALED inside the leather cover. The map has a compass-rose and ornate numbering. It shows a sector of the Diablo range, southeast of San Francisco. 62 PROBE SCREEN Scanner POV of the map. It zooms in close. The words are written in steelpoint engraving: "Timberline Claim" 63 PROBE CONTROL Cameron reacts to the map. CAMERON Congratulations, Lockwood, you've hit pay dirt. If that map is authentic, you're on your way. 64 RARE BOOK STORE Lockwood collects the map. He examines it carefully. HARANT If you accept the map, the bargain is completed... and I wish you good night! LOCKWOOD We'll check it out by helicopter tomorrow. You've done your part and it's been a pleasure doing business with you. GLORIA (narrows her eyes) Remind me to write in my diary. 'You can't judge a book by its cover.' LOCKWOOD (brisk) A rare book is nothing compared to a medium-well associate. Time to head back to the hotel for a little 'Victory Celebration?' GLORIA (paying him back; cups her ear) Eh? OPTICAL FX TRANSITION 38. 65 HELIPORT - SECOND UNIT The SCORE sweeps in as a helicopter curves in a glorious arc away from a landing pad. Dutch blue sky swallows the soaring chopper. The rotor blades POP in staccato rhythm to the exhilirating MUSIC. 66 PROBE SCREEN Scanner POV of helicopter sweep over sculptured suburbs. 67 PROBE CONTROL Cameron and the Probe Team monitor the air search. CAMERON Probe Control to Probe One. We are tracking you by Comsat Antenna. COMSAT Comsat channel three, Vandenberg AFB, cleared for Probe Control. Come in Sierra Station. NARRATOR This is Sierra microwave relay Niner cleared for Probe Control. CAMERON We've got you monitored for air search of mountain sector. 68 HELICOPTER BUBBLE - STUDIO PAD - LOW ANGLE. The two-place chopper holds Lockwood and Gloria. Lockwood is at the controls. He wears a headset. LOCKWOOD (radio filter) Helicopter Three One Bravo calling Probe Control. Prepare to patch in overlite recon - photos of Diablo range. Prepare sector showing location of the Timberline Gold Mine. CAMERON Probe Control standing by with overflite photos. 39. 69 HELICOPTER SEARCH JOYRIDE - SECOND UNIT The helicopter search is an action thriller as it skims the crests of lofty escarpments. The looming summits and sudden drop-offs are occasions for roller- coaster belly drops. The SCORE is a rocking, up-tempo descendant of the balloon ride in "Around the World in Eighty Days" "Up, Up and Away" wishes it were the under- score for this sequence. NOTE: Arrowhead microwave station; Palos Verdes drop-off to L.A. Basin; Santa Monica mountains, radar domes and Saddle Mountain crags. Lots of skims and sudden sheer- offs. 70 HELICOPTER BUBBLE CLOSEUP of Gloria having sinking sensations as she reacts to sheer drops. CLOSEUP of Lockwood looking downward as he flies. Rotor blade flicker. Flight instability IN CAMERA. (Poss. HAND-HELD) LOCKWOOD Give us overflight bearings. 71 PROBE SCREEN - OPTICAL FX Reconnaissance overflight photos of forrest terrain. Grids and numbers. CAMERON South-south-west. Two points. Correction for off-shore wind twelve knots. 72 HELICOPTER SHOTS - SECOND UNIT The chopper veers in toward a wooded area. It hovers over trees, tossing the branches. LOCKWOOD According to the chart, We're over it now. CAMERON Can you land? LOCKWOOD No way. It's a bad slope with heavy vegetation. We'll have to try to get in there on horseback. (CONTINUED) 40. 72 CONTINUED: CAMERON There's a Ranger Station down in the valley... LOCKWOOD We'll circle so you can pinpoint bearings and landmarks. CAMERON Freeze it and store for access. 73 WOODED AREA Hidden by foliage, Sutter and Speer observe the circling chopper. Speer uses binoculars. SUTTER Take out their tail rotor and it's all over. SPEER Get ready. They're circling this way. 74 HELICOPTER BUBBLE - HAND HELD LOCKWOOD handles the controls. Gloria holds on. As the engine THEMPS and the light veers, the drive shaft suddenly gives a sharp metallic CRACK and the engine COUGHS. Lockwood reacts automatically. He adjusts the panel. The engine comes to life. It SPUTTERS and catches. 75 HELICOPTER - IN TROUBLE SEQUENCE - SECOND UNIT The chopper barely rolls up over a stand of trees. The sweeping rise is worse than an elevator gone beserk. SOUND TRACK of faulty engine. 76 PROBE CONTROL Cameron and the Team react to the emergency. BURRELL Emergency readout! CARLOS Shockwaves! CAMERON He's holding it! (CONTINUED) 41. 76 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD Something dinged us. It feels like the drive-shaft is knocked out of line. CAMERON Are you going to come down? LOCKWOOD If we do, We'll rack up like an egg beater. I'LL nurse it as long as I can. 77 PROBE SCREEN Hair-raising SHOTS of narrow misses as the engine grinds and chokes. (UNDERCRANKS AND CAMERA TIP-TILTS). 78 HELIPORT The injured chopper approaches like a leaning crab. The engine RASPS and HAMMERS. It settles in for a hard rocker landing. 79 HELICOPTER BUBBLE Lockwood cuts the engine. The blades HISS as they wind down. He helps Gloria out. She has a "never again" expression on her face. GLORIA I'M a telemetry specialist. LOCKWOOD I told you it could be dangerous out in the field. GLORIA I thought you meant San Francisco. LOCKWOOD Forget San Francisco. We've got a long ride ahead of us. On horseback. GLORIA But I bought a whole new wardrobe... (resigned) Goodbye, evening gowns; hello, blue jeans. OPTICAL FX TRANSITION 42. 80 HORSE TREK A grizzled COWHAND guides the string of horses through a tangle of foliage. Lockwood wears a bleached Safari jacket and Gloria looks like a seasoned cowgirl. They pull up. LOCKWOOD I thought you were a city slicker. You ride like a wrangler. GLORIA I was hoping I was through with fresh air. I grew up on these things, back in Taos. LOCKWOOD How did you get into medical telemetry? GLORIA My dad was a Vet. LOCKWOOD But that's animals. GLORIA (eyes him) A pulse is a pulse, Lockwood. 81 FOLIAGE AREA Sutter and Speer are on horses. They move forward through foliage to observe the progress of Lockwood, Gloria and their guide. 82 PROBE CONTROL Cameron comes on the line. CAMERON Lockwood, this is Cameron. We just received the damage report on your helicopter. The drive shaft was grazed by a bullet. A quarter-inch more and the torque would have torn you to pieces. 83 HORSE TREK Lockwood pulls up as he listens. He dismounts. Gloria and the Cowhand follow suit. (CONTINUED) 43. 83 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD Thanks for the good news. We're just getting ready to gather around the campfire for dinner... like sitting ducks. CAMERON I took the liberty of notifying the Ranger Station. LOCKWOOD We're half-way into Sierra Diablo. It'll take them all night to catch up to us. CAMERON I'M only trying to warn you, the closer you get, to the mine, the greater the danger. If it gets too hairy, we want you to scrub the mission. LOCKWOOD It was too hairy back when my limo blew up. CAMERON You're running the mission, Lockwood. Proceed at your own discretion. LOCKWOOD We'll rest while it's light and move after dark. 84 CAMPFIRE AREA Lockwood goes to a clearing where the Cowhand has put together a small fire. Gloria is frying supper. GLORIA Pull up a stump. We just had a mutiny and I'M in command. Eat or We'll string you up by your medallion. LOCKWOOD Mmm... buffalo kidney stew. GLORIA It happens to be pork and beans Stroganoff. (CONTINUED) 44. 84 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD What does it say in your Woman's Lib Woodcraft Manual about pushing on after dark? GLORIA It says anything pushy after dark is considered high risk, especially when it's your idea. LOCKWOOD According to Cam, that toboggan ride we took in the helicopter was caused by a bullet. GLORIA (in a small voice) ... someone tried to shoot us down? LOCKWOOD With live ammunition. GLORIA They're probably still around. LOCKWOOD Probably. GLORIA (very uneasy, glancing at the trees) Lockwood... I hate to sound chicken, but there's nothing in Woman's Lib that says a girl can't feel scared out of her britches. LOCKWOOD You just come over here and snuggle up close where it's safe. GLORIA Where were you back in San Francisco? The Cowhand has a guitar and starts moaning a heavy Western dirge. Gloria reacts. (CONTINUED) 45. 84 CONTINUED: (2) GLORIA It's you! You sound like a wounded puma. Is that all you know? 'Songs to Get Buried By?' LOCKWOOD It's getting dark. We'd better keep moving. A RIFLE SHOT SLAMS through the forest. The bullet shatters the campfire setup. LOCKWOOD Right in the Stroganoff! GLORIA That was a rifle shot ! LOCKWOOD Grab the horses! Hurry! (he helps Gloria) Keep your head down! (he mounts) Hang on! The three horses take off. 85 HORSE CHASE - SECOND UNIT The three horses pound into all-out gallop. They tear through foliage and rip through clearings. 86 FOLIAGE AREA Sutter shoves rifle in a leather holster. Speer wheels his horse and the two men spur in pursuit of Lockwood's group. 87 HORSE CHASE - RUN BYS - SECOND UNIT The three horses run through wooded areas followed by the two pursuers. 88 CLEARING Lockwood pulls his horse up short. Gloria is with him. He lifts her onto his horse and yells at the Cowhand. LOCKWOOD We've got to split up! Ride down toward the valley. (hands him Gloria's horse) (MORE) (CONTINUED) 46. 88 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD (CONT'D) Take him with you! Use him to lead them away! The Cowhand takes off. GLORIA We're not going to the mine? LOCKWOOD Can you think of a safer place? GLORIA Home with my mother. They ride into the forest. OPTICAL FX TRANSITION 89 NIGHT (DAY FOR NITE) The forest area is dark. Lockwood and Gloria have dis- mounted and are on foot. Lockwood ties the horse. He speaks quietly. (Print way down for blacks) LOCKWOOD Probe One to Probe Control We're somewhere in the vicinity of the mine. It's pitch black so you'll have to guide us by infra-red. CAMERON We're right with you, Lockwood. (to Kuroda) You heard him, Kuroda. Move down the spectrum to heat images. KURODA Infra-red coming up. KEACH Sniper-scope on line. 90 PROBE SCREEN (DAY FOR INFRA RED) The forest area becomes visible as strange red-purple- blue. (CONTINUED) 47. 90 CONTINUED: CAMERON Be careful, there's a gully off to your right. Trees and underbrush straight ahead... clearing to the left. Scanner POV, hand-held, infra-red FX walking through rugged terrain. Looming red-purple-blue-gold trees. (poss. 2nd unit) 91 PROBE SCREEN (INFRA-RED) A human figure is visible. It stands waiting. Cameron is hushed. CAMERON Hold it! We're picking up someone. Dead ahead. One man... armed with a rifle. LOCKWOOD (whispers) I'm going to try to jump him. Gloria, wait here. Don't move 'til I come get you. GLORIA (whispers) I won't move a muscle. I can't. 92 PROBE SCREEN (INFRA-RED) Scanner POV as Lockwood circles and moves in on the eerie figure. Closer and closer. The screen erupts in a swirling fight. Darkness. CAMERON Lockwood! Lockwood... BURRELL Vital signs fading. CARLOS Reds here. KEACH Red lights. CAMERON It looks like the scanner got torn off in the fight. Keep trying! Full power! Reach for him! (CONTINUED) 48. 92 CONTINUED: The screen is completely black. FADE TO: 93 CONCEALED AREA - DAYLIGHT Lockwood recovers consciousness. He shakes his head. Gloria is with him. She cautions silence. GLORIA Sh... We're close to the mine. LOCKWOOD What happened? GLORIA You hit your head on a rock. LOCKWOOD Did he get away? GLORIA No. You got him before he got you. He's back there under the trees. I tied him up with the bridle rope. Lockwood looks for the scanner. GLORIA Is this what you're looking for? She hands him the scanner. 94 PROBE CONTROL Cameron is relieved at Lockwood's recovery. CAMERON How do you feel, Lockwood? LOCKWOOD Horrible. CAMERON Just sit tight. Your guide ran into the Forest Rangers. They caught the man who shot up your chopper. (CONTINUED) 49. 94 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD Any I.D.? CAMERON (punches up a still photo) Sutter, Arnold B. Demolitions expert. He was also your chauffeur in the limousine. LOCKWOOD Did you get a rundown on the one Gloria's got roped up back in the bushes? CAMERON (punches up a still photo) Speer, Karl August. He's the one who killed Charles Eastland. LOCKWOOD I had a feeling we fought somewhere before. He rises. CAMERON Where are you going? LOCKWOOD To find the mine. CAMERON You're there, Lockwood. Don't push your luck. LOCKWOOD Cam, We've come too far, too hard not to complete the mission. This mind must be solid gold with nuggets up to your knees. GLORIA He's right, Cam. We can't conk out at the finish line. CAMERON You're running things... But be careful. Lockwood and Gloria go. 50. 95 MINE ENTRANCE Lockwood and Gloria approach the entrance to the mine. It is overgrown with weeds and brambles. Unseen by them, two figures follow them. Ominous SCORE. LOCKWOOD Look at this. GLORIA Horses? LOCKWOOD Look again. It's trampled solid. GLORIA Mules! CAMERON You think someone's been working the mine? LOCKWOOD They've been carrying payloads out on pack mules... and not Just a couple. From the looks of this path, they've had mule trains coming and going for months. (he pulls the weed cover aside) Stay close to me. They enter. The two figures come closer. It is General Chu and his brother Chen Kuo. 96 MINE INTERIOR The interior of the mine is gloomy. The walls glisten. Lockwood picks at the stone sides. It sifts and crumbles. Lockwood speaks suddenly. LOCKWOOD There's no gold in here. GLORIA No gold? LOCKWOOD It's worked out. It's been worked out for years. (CONTINUED) 51. 96 CONTINUED: GLORIA Then what's all the shooting about? LOCKWOOD I'll tell you in two minutes. (he speaks to Cameron) Cam, as I recall the scanner has total microwave capability. CAMERON The entire electromagnetic spectrum. LOCKWOOD Including detection of free electrons? CAMERON Anything a Geiger counter can do, we can do better. LOCKWOOD Tell Kuroda to search up into radio active elements. CAMERON Kuroda, you've got your orders. Kuroda works dials. GLORIA I'm really fond of that freaky little gizmo. Not you, Kuroda. I'm in love with our scanner. From vital signs to loose electrons. (to the scanner) I think I heard it say "aw shucks." KURODA You now have a miniaturized Geiger counter. 97 MINE INTERIOR Lockwood holds the scanner up to the walls. The electron impacts of radiative minerals SOUNDS like popcorn. It gets very hot in places. (CONTINUED) 52. 97 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD There's your answer. More valuable than gold... especially to foreign governments who smuggle it out of the U.S. to use in atomic warheads. GLORIA Uranium! A voice cuts in, REVERBING in soft echo. The careful, oriental speech is very ominous... KUO Yes, Uranium. I'm sorry... you found out about it. GENERAL CHU Take them back to the interior tunnel. LOCKWOOD Your son found out, too, didn't he Mr. Kuo? KUO (softly) My step-son. Yes, Richard tried to work with us... helping us with money.., but he made mistakes and the accountants reported him to my wife.., so he had no choice but to remove himself.., and even in that we had to... help him. GENERAL CHU Turn around, please. Clasp your hands in back of your head. Lockwood and Gloria hesitate. GENERAL CHU Do you want us to kill you here? Now? KUO Please, we have no choice. We are only servants of our government. GENERAL CHU (harsh) Turn around! (CONTINUED) 53. 97 CONTINUED: (2) Lockwood obeying, turning around: LOCKWOOD (to Gloria; drily) I never promised you a rose garden. GENERAL CHU (still harsh) The girl, too! GLORIA (obeying; to Lockwood) I see what you mean. GENERAL CHU (to Kuo) You may wait here, Kuo, in deference to your sensitivity. (to Lockwood and Gloria) For security's sake... the girl will walk first. Gloria looks at Lockwood fearfully. LOCKWOOD (sweating it) Do what he says. Gloria starts down the incline, moving deeper into the mine. A beat, two, then: GENERAL CHU (prods Lockwood with gun) Now, you. With the General moving behind him, Lockwood starts down the incline following Gloria. Suddenly his elbow slashes back into the General's gut. No wait, with incredible swiftness, he flips the General over his shoulder, sending him crashing down the incline. ADDED SCENES: 97A KUO Reacting, leaps to the attack. (CONTINUED) 54. 97A CONTINUED: Lockwood whirls, takes a karate chop, retaliates, sending Kuo crashing back into wall. 97B QUICK SHOT - CHU Recovering, using a mine car to brace his arm, aims his gun. In b.g. Gloria, near another mine car, watches in horror as Chu FIRES. 97C LOCKWOOD AND KUO The bullet rips a piece of wall right over Lockwood's head. Chu, returning to the attack, starts to grapple with Lockwood. 97D CHU A clear shot at Lockwood blocked for the second. 97E LOCKWOOD Chops down Kuo, rolls as another SHOT rings out, misses. But he's in the open, a sitting duck. 97F GLORIA Suddenly, desperately shoves the mine car she's behind down toward the General. 97G HIGH ANGLE Hearing the clatter, he whirls toward the SOUND of the oncoming car. Lockwood is already racing forward down the slope as: 97H CAR AND CHU The car slams into the one Chu's used for cover, smashes him back into the wall. 97I NEW ANGLE Lockwood hurtles cars, reaches Chu... a struggle for the gun. Then a jolting punch whips Chu around. Head hitting the wall, he goes down, dropping the gun. For a second he sways on his knees, fighting for conscious- ness, then he collapses, face forward, out. 97J ANOTHER ANGLE Gloria rushes up as Lockwood picks up the gun, shoves it into his belt. (CONTINUED) 55. 97J CONTINUED: As he turns to her and she rushes into his arms: LOCKWOOD (breathing a little harshly; tone dry) Don't... GLORIA What? LOCKWOOD Ask me if I'm all right... (for Cameron's benefit) because I won't be until after We've had a vacation in San Francisco... CAMERON (warning) Lockwood...! GLORIA That sounds good... almost too good to be true... CAMERON There's nothing on the assignment tapes about a vacation in San Francisco... Lockwood... Miss Harding... You are not authorized to use company credit cards... OPTICAL TRANSITION: 98 INTIMATE CLUB Lockwood and Gloria are in their favorite Frisco bistro. The MUSIC is super romantic. Lockwood holds Gloria close. LOCKWOOD Cameron says we have orders to cease and desist. GLORIA (cups her ear to the scanner) Eh? (CONTINUED) 56. 98 CONTINUED: LOCKWOOD (listens) ... 'present activity is not authorized.' (to scanner) If you think our present activity isn't authorized, just wait 'til you flash on the activities We've got planned for the very near future. Ta ta. He pockets the scanner and kisses the ecstatic, exquisite Miss Harding. FADE TO: IDLING PATTERN. END RUN