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WESTGATE
The Black Viper Adventure
Screenplay
by
Sam Bass
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Registered Sam Bass
WGAw 2018 Broadway
Little Rock, AR. 72206
501/240-3253 501/952-2056
sambass155@sbcglobal.net
"WESTGATE"
The Black Viper Adventure
FADE IN:
EXT. WESTGATE VACATION COMPOUND, 1935, BAJA CALIFORNIA -
DAY
MAX TEMPLE, late thirties, trim and handsome man with brown
hair rides his thoroughbred horse across the desert at full
speed. Three Nazis agents are in full pursuit driving all-
terrain vehicles directly behind him.
Max turns his powerful horse north to move toward his
vacation home moving up a dirt trail.
He can see three more Nazis standing in the road directly
in front of him.
He turns again to cross the open desert. Max is headed
toward the ocean shore with the very aggressive Nazi agents
closing on him.
Max can see in the distance a futuristic amphibious air
cushion sea going craft skipping across the waves toward
his destination.
On the horizon is a small Nazi warship headed toward the
amphibious craft.
SUB-TITLE WESTGATE LABORATORIES VACATION COMPOUND, BAJA
CALIFORNIA, CIRCA 1935
Max rides hard across the hard desert floor. His horse
slides to a stop right at the saltwater shoreline.
The amphibious craft lands next to him with two men inside.
Max quickly removes his saddle and bridle from his horse
and urges the horse to leave. The animal runs down the
coastline. Max quickly jumps inside the powerful boat as it
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move forward.
The boat quickly moves out toward the open sea as the
pursuing Nazi agents fire on the sea craft.
EXT. AMPHIBIOUS CRAFT
The powerful craft skips across the rolling waters while
bullets fly. Max looks down and sees a V8 flat head Ford
Motor Company engine completely chromed out with three
carburetors powering the boat.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
He then looks at his two friends in the boat.
MAX
Thanks guys. Those Nazi pigs almost
had me.
WINSTON, a very young and shy, slim, redheaded laboratory
technician smiles.
WINSTON
Thank this new boat we invented.
Max smiles and nods.
CONNOR YORK, Maxs trusted accountant, a seventy year old,
pristine, and healthy man nods. He speaks in a heavy
British accent.
CONNOR
Yes, when you consider the cost,
you have to ask, is it worth it?
Suddenly two shells explode near the bow of the craft.
They all duck.
MAX
Connor hit the gas.
Connor rolls his eyes and looks at him as he makes a mock
effort to push the gas leveler that is already maxed out.
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Max goes into a chest at the side of the boat and pulls out
a Browning Automatic already loaded and he starts firing at
the Nazi ship. Max looks at Winston.
MAX
(continuing)
Winston, shoot the ship.
Wayne smiles and gets into the chest and pulls out a multi-
shot futuristic grenade launcher. Wayne starts popping off
rounds at the approaching Nazi ship.
The ship fires back as Winstons rounds explode on their
deck then abruptly the Nazi ship is completely blown out of
the water.
Winston appears surprised then smiles and blows across the
barrel of his weapon.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
An American Coast Guard Cutter rides high on the rolling
ocean horizon with its deck guns smoking headed for Max and
his crew.
The Cutter comes along side with well-armed sailors walking
the deck and a net is thrown over the side. A naval officerlooks over the side at Max.
NAVAL OFFICER
Hurry Max, were in Mexican waters.
Max, Connor and Winston walk the net up the side and move
to the deck.
Two sailors dressed in civilian clothes go over the side
and take the custom boat. They speed away.
CUT TO:
EXT. WESTGATE VACATION COMPOUND RESIDENCE, 1935, BAJA
CALIFORNIA
Four Nazi agents move a middle-aged man and woman from the
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house to an awaiting car. The couple is roughly put inside
the car and it drives away with another car full of Nazis
following.
Two black sedans speed to the scene. One car goes after the
Nazis and the second car stops at the house. Two men rush
inside.
INT. WESTGATE VACATION COMPOUND RESIDENCE, 1935, BAJA
CALIFORNIA
The two men begin to search the house going from room to
room.
The first agent inside is AGENT BARROWS, A young handsome
man. He opens a secret trap door in the floor.
He sees, JOHNNY WESTGATE AN ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD frightened
young man with light hair and blue eyes.
The agent helps him get out of the hole and into the room.
Agent Barrows checks him over as the other agents comes to
their side.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
BARROWS
Thank God we found you. Are you
all right Johnny?
The middle-aged government agent standing with them looks
at the boy.
U. S. GOVERNMENT AGENT
Is this the Westgate boy?
Agent Barrows nods yes.
The young boy nods his head yes.
DISSOLVE TO:
STOCK VIDEO NEWS FOOTAGE ROLLS - The December 7th, 1941
attack on Pearl Harbor is underway. Japanese airplanes bomb
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and strafe ships in the harbor with full sound, FX.
CUT TO:
EXT. WESTGATE LABORATORIES, LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS, 1941 -
AFTERNOON
U. S. Army guards walk their guard post around the large
open space of the gothic laboratory ornamented with black
wrought iron arches and huge gargoyles atop the massive
building.
Three black passenger buses arrive at the entrance and
people stream off of the transports going inside the
Westgate building.
INT. WESTGATE LABORATORY
The laboratory is active with research employees checking,
testing and examining various projects.
Connected to the laboratory, is a machine shop and
maintenance center that is partitioned from the laboratory
by a thick glass division. The huge shop and maintenance
center buzzes with technicians wearing shop uniforms
grinding metal and making repairs.
SUB-TITLE - types across the scene with the sound of a
ticker tape machine: DECEMBER 8TH, 1941, UNITED STATES.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
SUB-TITLE contd - GOVERNMENT TOP SECRET WESTGATE
LABORATORIES, DOMESTIC, INDUSTRIAL AND GOVERNMENT RESEARCH
CENTER, LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS USA.
Suddenly the large metal overhead loud speakers come alive.A newsman's voice rattles off information about the attack
on Pearl Harbor.
NEWSMAN (V.O.)
We interrupt this programming for
an important message from the
President.
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Every one stops and listens and then looks up at the big
gray speakers that hang from the rafters.
The President of the United States, Roosevelt begins to
deliver a public address. His voice echoes across the huge
building from the sound system.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT (V.O.)
Yesterday, seven December nineteen
forty one-a date which will live in
infamy-the United States of America
was suddenly and deliberately attacked
by naval and air forces of the Empire
of Japan
The face of every person working in the laboratory and the
factory is grime. It is quiet.
CLOSE ON - Each person in the laboratory wears an "EYES
ONLY" top-secret nametag with a thumb and forefinger print
on it.
Across the laboratory two middle-aged well-starched men
wearing dark wool suits walk quickly along a metal catwalk
high above the laboratory floor.
From the laboratory first floor RUDOLPH OFFENHAUSEN'S
rugged face looks up. He is a forty something handsome manwith a normal build and a square jaw. Rudolph appears
slightly nervous.
The two men continue walking with a military bearing
directly toward Rudolph. They move down a flight of yellow
metal stairs marked with caution signs and onto the
facilities concrete floor.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Offenhausen is more nervous. He cautiously and discretely
recomposes himself as he looks across the laboratory at the
other technicians.
People in the laboratory and factory begin to talk as the
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President's message comes to a close.
The two men in the wool suits walk swiftly past each person
bearing down on Rudolph Offenhausen.
Rudolph begins to fidget with a small glass laboratory
beaker trying to look busy. He glances around the facility
and pauses.
The two men continue toward him at a steady pace.
Rudolph gazes ahead.
He glances toward a side emergency exit to the complex.
Rudolph then looks back down at his busy work.
The two mysterious men are still moving steadily closer.
They continue to pass by more people that are busy at their
workstations in the laboratory. It has become clear the men
are after Offenhausen.
The two men turn toward Rudolph from an isle in the work
place and walk directly toward him not far away.
Rudolphs hand slips and drops the beaker he has been
fumbling with when he glances at the men.
It shatters on the concrete floor.
The two men slow their pace slightly and continue to move
toward Rudolph.
Rudolph panics he breaks and runs. Rudolph pushes a
laboratory assistant out of the way and moves toward the
side exit.
The two men in suits run after him through the large
pavilion. Two more technicians are knocked aside by Rudolph
as the chase moves through the building.
Offenhausen runs over a metal platform and jumps to a
landing while still running for the side door.
The men cross the metal platform after Rudolph.
(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:
Suddenly JOHNNY WESTGATE, A SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD, muscular
built boy with light hair and blue eyes steps from the
doorway while peeling a Kiwi.
He is directly in front of Offenhausen. They collide and
Offenhausen is knocked down. Johnny drops his fruit on the
floor.
Johnny apologizes and tries to help Rudolph get up.
JOHNNY
Gaa sorry, Rudolph.
Johnny bents over and picks-up a piece of paper that fell
from Offenhausen's pocket.
He accidentally trips Offenhausen as he turns with the
paper. Rudolph falls again while trying to get up.
The two men in suits jump from the platform to the landing
and hurry toward Johnny and Rudolph.
Offenhausen scrambles to get up. He falls again on the
slippery Kiwi.
Johnny pulls on Rudolph's arm to help him and puts him off
balance. Rudolph trips and falls again. He scrambles to getup.
The two men in suits are quickly on their prey. They grab
the fleeing Rudolph.
The men roughly throw him against the wall next to the
doorway and handcuff him.
Offenhausen glares at Johnny.
Johnny shrugs and stares at Rudolph and the ordeal.
JOHNNY
Sorry, Rudolph.
Offenhausen looks at him.
OFFENHAUSEN
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Shut up, Westgate.
BONO HAUSER, a strong looking fifty something man with dark
hair stands and watches from a close-by metal balcony just
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
above the ordeal. He wears the uniform of a janitor and
holds a trash can. Bono stares at the site. He smiles and
returns to his work.
The prisoner's eyes stares up at Bono.
Bono looks away and continues picking up the trash.
The man that wears the dark wool suit nearest Johnny turns
from the secured prisoner.
He flashes a badge and identification in Johnny Westgate's
face.
CLOSE ON BADGE UNITED STATES SPECIAL AGENT, ANTI-
ESPIONAGE UNIT, HARRY CLANCY.
AGENT CLANCY
Special Agent, Harry Clancy.
Johnny nods.
Agent Clancy speaks again with a bold tone.
AGENT CLANCY
(continuing)
You're a hero son. This man is
the infamous Rudolph Offenhausen.
Johnny nods.
AGENT CLANCY(continuing)
The notorious spy?
Johnny nods again.
AGENT CLANCY
(continuing)
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Good work, boy.
People in the facility begin to gather around. They watch
Johnny close.
The Federal Agent's grab Rudolph and start to take him
away.
Agent Clancy stops and turns to Johnny.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
AGENT CLANCY
(continuing)
Hey, aren't you, Johnny Westgate?
That big brained kid?
Johnny nods again.
JOHNNY
Yeah.
The agent laughs to himself.
AGENT CLANCY
Stick to the brainwork, son. Youregood.
OTTO GOLDPRIMAGE, a slightly over weight fifty something
husky man with dark hair walks toward the crowd. He wears a
short yellow tee-shirt, dark baggy dress pants and a
wrinkled white lab coat with his "Top Secret" name tag
pinned to its collar.
Otto steps beside Johnny and smiles. He pats him on the
back.
OTTO
Good job, Westgate. Sloppy, but
good.
Johnny grins and nods.
OTTO
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(continuing)
Let's eat, egghead.
Johnny nods.
JOHNNY
The agent said, Rudolph was a
spy?
A few people standing watching nod yes.
Otto doesn't know and shrugs his shoulders.
OTTO
Dont know, but he was an ass.
Lets go bonehead.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Johnny and Otto walk away as people talk and congratulate
him. Johnny smiles and nods to the people as he moves
toward the cafeteria looking like a Hollywood star.
CUT TO:
INT. LUNCH ROOM - LATE AFTERNOON
Otto and Johnny move through the cafeteria line looking at
the food. They casually push their metal food trays along.
Otto has his lab coat off, draped over his arm.
Johnny glances down at Otto's pants.
His baggy pants are hanging to low and his butt crack is
showing.
Johnny laughs to himself.
JOHNNY
Otto, your crack is showing.
Otto doesn't turn around. He pulls up on his pants and
speaks.
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OTTO
Shoot no, you master liar.
Johnny quietly laughs to himself.
JOHNNY
All right, don't go crackers.
Otto smirks at Johnny.
OTTO
Good one, dumb ass.
Johnny and Otto begin to fill their trays from the serving
line. Johnny picks up a small bowl of soup and one-half of
a sandwich and puts it on his tray with a few crackers he
has already picked up.
Otto smiles as he loads his tray with two full sandwiches,
a large bowl of soup, assorted raw vegetables and a handful
of cookies.
They walk to the nearest round cafeteria table near the
front entrance and sit down arranging their food. The
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
lunchroom serving line behind them has a few people moving
through the line and curiously looking at Otto's heaping
tray sitting in front of him.
Bono Hauser mops the floor and listens while getting closer
to Johnny and Otto. The wall behind him is lined with
pictures of the Westgate family.
CLOSE ON - A plaque: "IN LOVING MEMORY, THE EMPLOYEE FAMILY
OF WESTGATE LABORATORIES."
Otto glances at Johnny.
OTTO
Westgate, what was that, hero stuff
all about?
Johnny looks at Otto and grins.
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JOHNNY
Beats me. Those guys said I was.
So I rode it out. I didn't want
to embarrassem.
Otto laughs.
Johnny smiles.
JOHNNY
Otto, I might get an award or some-
thing. I mean the guy was a spy.
Besides Helen would be proud.
Otto thinks.
OTTO
Heck yeah, feed that ego, big head
boy.
Hauser mops and works his way a little closer to Otto and
Johnny. He stops next to the door leading into the
cafeteria. Hauser is intent on hearing Johnny and Otto's
conversation.
Max Temple, Johnny's uncle, briskly opens the cafeteria
door.
The heavy door hits Hauser's mop bucket. Hauser just stares
and acts as if nothing happened.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Max doesn't know he had hit Hauser and continues to walk
inside.
Hauser looks around the Cafeteria.
No one noticed.
Hauser relaxes. He turns to start mopping again and still
listens to Johnny and Otto.
HELEN CROWN, a very pretty eighteen year old brunette girl
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swiftly enters the Cafeteria. Not paying attention she
bumps into Hausers mop bucket.
She turns to Bono.
HELEN
Excuse me, Mr. Hauser.
Hauser grunts. He moves to a new location away from the
door and starts mopping again.
Helen looks at him for a moment and move on.
Max has walked to Otto and Johnny's table.
Otto and Johnny speak.
JOHNNY
Hello, Uncle Max.
Otto smiles mischievously.
OTTO
Its Mr. Temple, the big cheese
checking on the little people?
Max smiles at his old friend.
MAXRight, Otto. Johnny don't forget
school tonight.
Helen walks up.
HELEN
Hi everybody. Johnny, I've just
got a second. Call me when you
get home or just come by.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Johnny unconsciously smiles and gestures with a lovesick
agreement.
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HELEN
(continuing)
Bye, honey.
Helen walks out.
Johnny stares.
He watches her slender body move as she leaves. Helen
glances back.
Max and Otto smile quietly looking at Johnny.
Max waves his hand in front of Johnny's face.
MAX
Johnny, school? Graduating from
college at seventeen doesn't mean
your I. Q. will get you educated.
Johnny appears a little put down.
JOHNNY
All right, Uncle Max.
Otto discretely smiles at Johnny as if it's an inside joke
between them.
Max looks at him.
MAX
Otto, I know you have a lot of
research going on now, but I
need you to tutor, Johnny. Just
until he gets his P-H-D. Well,
Ill just say thanks in advance.
Otto becomes grime.
OTTOAh, All right.
Max smiles and pats Otto on the back as he leaves. He turns
back and gives a thumbs up as he goes.
Otto comments.
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
(continuing)
He said that just because I've
lived in the guest house behind
the mansion for ten years. Im
obligated.
Johnny has other ideas.
JOHNNY
Otto. I can't go to school tonight.
I got plans.
Otto advises him seriously.
OTTO
You gotta.
Johnny is determined.
JOHNNY
Otto, look what I found. Rudolph,
the spy dropped it.
Johnny pulls out a piece of crumpled parchment paper. Hegently unfolds it and shows the paper to Otto.
Winston stops at their table. He adjusts his pocket
protector.
WINSTON
Hi-de-ho guys, whats cooking.
Otto and Johnny look at Winston.
OTTOHi Winston, whats buzzin with you?
Winston smiles.
WINSTON
Its all good. Been doing some
interesting experiments
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John is interested.
JOHNNY
You still on that secret deal?
Winston is proud.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
WINSTON
Yeah and its really moving. We
are almost finished. Sorry, gotta
zip it. Cant say anymore.
Otto and Johnny just sit looking at Winston.
OTTO
Well then. You got a secret?
Winston is nice and smiles.
WINSTON
Yep, Gotta secret. All right then,
see ya round. Like a donut.
Johnny and Otto smiles and Winston moves toward the
laboratory.
JOHNNY
I like him, but hes a little weird.
Otto nods in agreement.
OTTO
Yeah, good guy, but hes kind of a
bohunk.
Hauser takes notice and moves a little closer next to thefront door of the cafeteria again.
Otto takes the parchment paper in his hand and examines it
thoroughly.
A view of the paper reveals a map leading to a cave beside
the river near the city.
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Otto looks close at the paper. He wants to get involved,
but he remembers Max.
OTTO
Turn this over to the authorities.
Johnny has a strong come back.
JOHNNY
What if that spy has gold or a great
invention hidden.
Otto is interested.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
I'd be impressed. But, listen
Im suppose to take care of
you until somebody gets your
parents back from the Nazis.
Johnny looks at him with a sad face.
JOHNNY
I know.
Otto is thinking.
OTTO
Sorry Johnny, about your parents
I mean.
Johnny smiles.
JOHNNY
Its all right. Uncle Max says
the Nazis wont hurt them becausethey want their knowledge.
Otto smiles.
OTTO
Thats right. Theyll be home soon
and kick your butt for going to
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Nazi caves at night insteada night
school.
Johnny smiles.
JOHNNY
Thanks Otto.
Otto thinks for a second and stands. He grabs a sandwich
and takes a bite on the way out of the cafeteria. He turns
to Johnny.
OTTO
Come on, light wait. Were burnin
day light.
Johnny gets up and goes with Otto.
Bono quickly turns his back and starts mopping hoping to
remain anonymous.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Otto swings the cafeteria door wide open and bumps Hauser's
shoulder.
Hauser slips slightly and grabs the metal wheeled mopbucket for balance. Bono splashes the mop water all over
the floor. He slips again and finally stands straight.
Hauser stares angrily at Otto.
Otto doesn't know he hit Hauser and keeps walking with
Johnny.
Hauser composes himself. He starts to follow Johnny and
Otto.
Bono takes a sandwich from Otto's tray as he passes their
table. He slows his pace and begins to walk behind Johnny
and Otto at a safe distance.
EXT. WESTGATE LABORATORIES FOYER
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Johnny and Otto walk away from the 40's style cafeteria and
into the foyer of the large Westgate complex.
They walk past displays of projects and inventions toward a
obscure doorway off the foyer hallway.
Johnny and Otto pass a glassed in display of a 1957 Ford
Fairlane Five Hundred convertible and a 1955 Ford
Thunderbird.
CLOSE ON a sign on the display: "THE FUTURE", A JOINT
VENTURE OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND WESTGATE LABORATORIES,
DREAM CARS OF THE MILLENNIUM.
Hauser pauses beside a display of minor inventions and
intently watches Johnny and Otto. He takes a bite of his
sandwich and continues to follow.
Otto and Johnny pass another display.
It's a glass-encased mannequin of a teenage boy wearing a
modern tee-shirt and jeans sitting at desk looking at a
crude computer. The computer flashes calculations and
pictures across its scene routinely.
CLOSE ON - The sign: "MODERN PEOPLE AND FUTURE
COMMUNICATIONS, WESTGATE LABORATORIES".
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
Where are we going?
Johnny is secretive.
JOHNNY
Come on, Otto. I'll show you.
Otto is reluctant.
OTTO
Westgate, you are wasting my time.
I got research.
Johnny motions for him to follow. They move to a discrete
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side door behind a display and enter.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. LONG UNDERGROUND STONE PASSAGEWAY - NIGHT
Johnny and Otto go to a box on the wall. Johnny takes out
two strange looking futuristic flashlights and gives one to
Otto. Johnny turns a crank on the side of the light to
charge it. He takes Ottos light and cranks it then gives
it back to Otto. They turn them on to light the way then
walk down the stone walled passageway.
OTTO
This new brighter and better light
invention of yours should have a
wider beam.
Johnny holds his hand held light up a little.
Suddenly the beam gets wide and lights the entire tunnel
with a blinding white light.
JOHNNY
Whatd you think.
Otto fumbles with his own flashlight. Suddenly the light
gets bright while he is looking into the lens.
Otto quickly turns away and rubs his eyes.
OTTO
Well, it could have been tinted.
I do have sensitive eyes.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Johnny stops in front of a large dusty metal door that hasa huge ornate antique handle. Otto bumps into him from the
flashlight blindness.
Johnny looks back at Otto.
Hauser watches from the distance behind them.
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Johnny pushes the buttons on a crude panel with numbered
buttons. An electric lock is heard unlocking and the door
open. Johnny smiles.
JOHNNY
My secret lab. Whatda think?
Otto looks at the crude number pad on the wall.
OTTO
I'm always impressed by rusty
doors in a dark tunnels.
Johnny moves inside.
JOHNNY
Come on, Otto. I'll get a few
pieces of equipment and we'll
go.
Otto nods and enters close behind Johnny.
A beautifully ornate and colorful lead glass domed sunroof
dimly lights the large stone walled room.
The heavy door closes with a slam behind them. Otto jumps
from the sound and his own tension.
Hauser moves to the massive door and tries to listen. Hecan't hear anything. Hauser quietly tries the door. It is
shut solid. He looks around and walks on to the end of the
long dark tunnel.
INT. JOHNNY WESTGATE PRIVATE LABORATORY
Johnny claps his hands and the lights come on in the
laboratory.
The room is packed with on going projects. There aremotorcycles and testing equipment on stands positioned
around the room.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Otto looks over at a thick metal table.
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It has a huge sealed glass cylinder sitting on it encased
in a metal frame to hold it upright. The cylinder has a
rubber tube coming from a value in the side of the glass
close to the bottom. At the end of the tube there is a
nozzle that opens and closes. Inside the cylinder there is
a green colored liquid that bubbles from being stirred by a
propeller in the bottom of the tank.
Otto curiously moves to the table and lifts the tube
looking it over.
Johnny rushes to him and takes the tube in hand looking at
him with a hands off attitude.
JOHNNY
Be careful.
Otto is a little startled.
Johnny takes a glass beaker and opens the value on the end
of the hose pouring the green liquid into the container. He
looks at Otto then drinks it down. He sets the beaker on
the table while looking at Otto.
JOHNNY
(continuing)
Kool-aid. Want some?
Otto smiles.
OTTO
Dumb ass.
Johnny gets himself and Otto another drink.
Ottos eyes scan the room.
He sees screens that resemble crude televisions and ancient
computers sitting near the motorcycle workbench.
Another table holds a different display of science. A huge
set of glass tubes with yellow fluid running through them
sparking electrical charges.
Electrical testing equipment and many more items sit across
the stone chamber.
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Otto continues to look around at the laboratory devices.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
Parlor tricks?
Johnny smiles while standing beside a cut down low profile
nineteen thirty-seven Ford, two door coupe.
It has wide tires, special custom black paint with a chrome
Cobra head ready to strike blazoned on the grille. The
black Westgate car also has oversized customized aluminum
wheels and generally looks like a modern modified classic
car.
JOHNNY
No, mind tricks.
(Johnny points at
his brain)
From here.
Otto is still looking around the laboratory as he tinkers
with buttons and levers.
He focuses on a stand with thick lenses pointed at each
other about two feet apart.
Otto looks at it very close. He glances behind it as he
flips a switch. A whining sound is heard and an intense
thin blue line of light appears between the lenses. Otto
picks up a screwdriver from the table and starts to touch
the bright light.
Johnny quickly turns to Otto.
JOHNNY
Dont touch that light.
Otto Stops and looks at Johnny. Johnny steps beside him.
Johnny
(continuing)
It will cut you.
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Otto glances at the blue light and then back to Johnny
grinning.
OTTO
What is it a pocketknife? Maybe
a vegetable chopper.
Johnny smiles and takes Ottos screwdriver. He passes it
through the light. The screwdriver is cut in half.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Otto is impressed.
OTTO
(continuing)
What are you going to do with it?
Johnny is thinking as he talks.
JOHNNY
I havent figured out anything yet.
Its really a ray more than light,
or it may be a light. I guess I
could call it a gamma ray-light or
a laser something or the other?
Otto is impressed.
OTTO
Well figure it out. It could be
really big.
(he smiles)
Maybe a gamma ray butter knife.
Johnny grins and begins to put pieces of equipment in the
trunk of his car. He closes the deck lid.
Otto stares at the unique car.
OTTO
Where did you get the car? I didnt
even know you could drive.
Johnny laughs and opens the driver's side door.
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JOHNNY
Yes, Winston and Connor taught me.
Otto looks at the roof of the Westgate car.
It has a modern type sunroof.
OTTO
Johnny, what is this metal door
for on the roof?
Johnny looks at Otto.
JOHNNY
I'll show you later.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Otto ignores the sunroof and continues to look inside with
Johnny.
OTTO
Boy, you spent a lot of money.
The interior is loaded with a police radio, an aircraft
radio and other equipment styled in the fashion of the
nineteen forties.
Johnny looks at the car as he talks.
JOHNNY
Its an experimental project funded
by Ford Motor Company. Theyre big
on this science stuff. I built it
last summer. Mostly from Westgate
Laboratorys test parts. Max, will
flip when he sees it.
Otto is still staring.
OTTO
Yeah, flip you. Where did you get
those tires and those wheels, the
radio's? That radar? Man, this thing
is loaded.
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Johnny is enthused.
JOHNNY
Otto. This is the car of the future,
today! It even has a radio and a
cold air unit for summer.
Johnny kneels. He touches the wheels and tires as a manner
of displaying them.
JOHNNY
(continuing)
I put airplane tires on it. Adapted
aluminum aircraft wheels and buffed
them for appearance.
Otto stares as he looks over the unique car.
OTTO
Yawn, neat, really neat. I like
cars.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Johnny goes on with his speel.
JOHNNY (O.S.)
Look at this, Otto.
(raising the
hood)
I put on every available racing
or auto speed option I could
find more for power than speed.
Otto shades his eyes from the light reflecting off the
bright chrome on the multi-carburetored engine. He nods and
stares.
OTTO
Right.
Johnny continues to spout information.
JOHNNY
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It's a nineteen forty Lincoln
Zephyr engine, v-twelve with
over four hundred cubic inches
of smooth power.
Johnny shuts the hood.
Otto loves the car.
OTTO
I like it. Its, its freakin
gorgeous.
Johnny is proud.
JOHNNY
We're driving it tonight. I put some
of that fire proof paint we've been
testing on it. Seventy-five coats.
Otto nods and stares.
JOHNNY (O.C.)
(continuing)
It's bullet proof too. That new glass
we tested, I put it in the car. Its
got a lot a stuff.
Otto nods and stares.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
Westgate, your Uncle Max will massacre
you if he finds out about this secret
stuff. That car musta cost ten or
fifteen thousand.
Johnny laughs.
JOHNNY
Naa, he knows Im doing something. He
helps me sometimes like he gave me
the new hydrogen fuel system in it.
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Otto appears surprised.
OTTO
He did that? You guys put Formula-Z
in this car?
Johnny is amused.
JOHNNY
Yeah. It's only a synthetic.
Otto nods. He curiously pushes a lever slightly.
A long yellow electrical current blast down a very long and
old cloth covered electrical cord.
Otto freezes. His eyes get wide watching the dancing
current move across the cord.
Johnny quickly looks at what Otto has done.
The current has moved to a copper missile shaped cylinder
sitting on wheels on the floor and charges it.
The copper cylinder has arms and tweezer-hands that begin
to move and snap. It has a large thick oval of glass
resembling an eye at the top of its body. The oval begins
to flash a yellow light, on and off.
The sight of the snapping robot shakes Otto.
He continues to watch as the gyrating machine as it goes
out of control.
JOHNNY
Its all right, the thing is just
a robot. A project Max works on.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
The robot rolls toward Otto.
It snaps and clicks.
Otto moves back.
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OTTO
Turn it off, Johnny. It appears
aggressive.
Johnny steps to the side and unplugs it.
The robot keeps going.
JOHNNY
Be calm, it has batteries. Theyll
run down in a minute.
The robot gets closer to Otto still snapping. Otto backs
into a corner.
Johnny looks around the room.
He sees a beaker of water.
The robot is on Otto snapping at him while Otto tries to
keep the machine back by kicking at it. The machine whirls
and knocks Johnny to the side as he passes.
The robot turns back to Otto.
Otto moves from the corner but is trapped against the large
laboratory work-table by the robot. He fights the snapping
machine off with a tall Bunsen burner from the display of
laboratory tools.
OTTO
Back off, metal head.
Johnny gets up and grabs the beaker of water. He pours it
over the gyrating machine.
The robot sparks and fizzles and pinches at Otto as its
last gasp. It stops cold and smokes.
Johnny goes to Otto.
JOHNNY
You all right, Otto?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
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Otto watches the robot and nods.
OTTO
Yeah, But Maxs robot isnt.
Johnny smiles.
JOHNNY
You fix it.
Otto shrugs his shoulders.
OTTO
Me, Im a chemist. Maybe I could
make some magic water.
Johnny gets back to business. He goes to the Westgate car
and sits behind the steering wheel.
JOHNNY
Come on Otto. Spies are waiting.
Otto has an agreeing look. He glances around the laboratory
and gets inside the car.
Johnny starts the powerful Westgate car. It rumbles as he
drives it forward to a stark stone wall inside the
laboratory.
INT. WESTGATE VEHICLE
Johnny gets a red rubber ball from the glove compartment.
He puts his arm out the car window and throws the ball
against the stone wall.
It hits an irregular shaped stone on the distant wall in
front of the car.
A hidden door in the stone wall opens in front of the
Westgate car.
Johnny looks over at Otto as he drives outside.
JOHNNY
We got five seconds to get out.
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Johnny speeds forward. Otto puts on a crude seat belt that
resembles seat belts used in airplanes.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
The stone door slams closed behind them.
Otto looks back.
OTTO
How do we get back in?
Johnny smiles.
JOHNNY
I'll show you when we get back.
Otto nods.
OTTO
Needs work, Westgate. Specially
the rubber ball thing.
The sleek Westgate car speeds away into the darkness down a
laboratory complex road.
OTTO (O.S.)
(continuing)
What else ya got?
EXT. WESTGATE LABORATORIES
The Westgate car rolls through the security gate of
Westgate Laboratories.
A security guard waves.
JOHNNY
Hey, Charley.
Johnny and Otto pass by and onto the street.
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EXT. CITY STREET
Hauser sits inside a 1939 red Chevrolet coupe. He is parked
at the curb just a few blocks down from the main entrance
to the laboratory. He discreetly looks out the drivers
side window when Johnny drives past.
Johnny and Otto dont notice and casually move past
Hauser's waiting vehicle.
He starts his car and turns around in the street to follow
The Westgate vehicle.
EXT. DIRT ROAD NEXT TO THE ARKANSAS ROLLING RIVER
The Westgate custom car rolls down the rough dirt road
slowly.
SUB-TITLE - types across the scene with the sound of a
ticker tape machine: BROADWAY RIVER BRIDGE, CITY OF
ARGENTA, ACROSS THE RIVER FROM LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS.
The powerful Westgate car stops. Johnny and Otto get out
shutting the car doors behind them. They look around the
area.
Johnny looks at his crude map.
JOHNNYThis way, Otto.
Johnny and Otto move out toward a narrow rocky trail on the
riverbank.
The small trees and tall grass cast eerie moonlit shadows
across the water as Johnny and Otto move down the dark
intimidating trail.
OTTO
Hey, you know that famous IndianTrail of Tears went right along
this river bank. Such a waste of
human life.
Bono Hauser rolls his car to a stop nearby with his
headlights off.
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He watches the shadows of Johnny and Otto from his safe
distance.
Hauser quietly gets out of his car and follows.
Otto and Johnny walk and stubble in the darkness through
the tall grass and bushes. Otto passes gas.
Hauser abruptly stares ahead.
Johnny laughs to himself.
Otto tries to ignore his necessary, but bad manners.
OTTO
Where is this place?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Johnny keeps walking.
JOHNNY
This way master gasster.
Otto is embarrassed, They keep walking.
OTTO
It's not funny. I'm embarrassed.
I have a problem.
EXT. CAVERN ENTRANCE ON THE RIVER BANK
Johnny and Otto move cautiously to the dark and very wide
entrance of the riverside cavern.
Johnny puts his finger to his lips signaling Otto to bequiet.
Otto nods.
They cautiously move inside.
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INT. CAVERN
Johnny and Otto whisper in the total darkness.
JOHNNY
Otto, have you got the light?
OTTO
Yes.
JOHNNY
Turn it on.
OTTO
NO.
JOHNNY
What's your problem.
OTTO
Someone may be here.
HAUSER
You're right.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
I know.
JOHNNY
That wasn't me.
OTTO
What.
JOHNNY
Talking.
Johnny and Otto overlap.
JOHNNY AND OTTO
Aah, aah!
They run outside.
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EXT. CAVERN ENTRANCE ON THE RIVER BANK
Hauser waits for them with a gun.
Johnny and Otto slide to a stop in front of Hauser.
JOHNNY
Bono Hauser!
Hauser smiles.
HAUSER
Johnny Westgate, Otto Goldprimage?
How absolutely stupid of you.
Johnny is concerned.
JOHNNY
What is this, Bono?
Otto chimes in.
OTTO
Yeah, Bono.
Hauser is amused.
HAUSER
You've heard the phase, "Curiosity
killed the cat"?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Johnny and Otto nod curiously.
HAUSER
(continuing)In this case it caught a Westgate
and an Otto. We have nothing in
this cave. However we did know both
of you could not resist the map. We
merely need your brain.
Otto speaks up. He overlaps Bono and two of his men as they
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walk on the scene and start to speak.
OTTO
You'll never get it.
Hauser smiles. He and the men speak inaudible German for a
moment.
Hauser turns to Otto.
HAUSER
Not yours, young Westgate. But you
may speak to the S. S. in Berlin
about yours. They may need a toilet
builder.
Otto appears concerned. He looks at Johnny.
OTTO
Nazi's?
Hauser laughs.
HAUSER
How absolutely conscious of you,
Otto.
Johnny and Otto look at each other. Otto mouths the word
Berlin to Johnny.
Hauser hears a boat motor and looks toward the deep rolling
river.
The lights of a small boat moves toward the shore. The
sound of a voice is heard nearby. It's Connor. He speaks
out in a very British accent.
CONNOR (O.S.)
Johnny Westgate, where are you?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Johnny clearly sees the advantage when Hauser and his mens
attention is drawn to Connor's voice.
Johnny shoves Hauser and runs toward the car.
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Hauser bumps into his own two men and they struggle to
recover their composure.
Johnny yells back at Otto.
JOHNNY
Run Otto!
Johnny shoves Hauser again.
The three Nazi's fall back and scramble to recover to
capture Johnny and Otto.
Otto is right behind Johnny.
Johnny and Otto rush past Connor as he exits his small
motor boat.
Otto grabs Connor's dark blue overcoat as he passes him. He
drags Connor along as they run to the Westgate car.
Hauser and his men have recovered and are chasing them.
They crash through the underbrush making their own trail.
EXT. DIRT ROAD NEXT TO THE RIVER
Johnny gets in the Westgate car to drive. He starts it.
Otto shoves Connor in the front seat and wedges in beside
him.
Johnny speeds away.
Hauser and his men blast out of the tree-line and chase the
car on foot.
One of Hauser's men catches up as the vehicle speeds
forward.
He grabs Otto's arm that is hanging out of the window. The
henchman hangs on to it and the car door as the vehicle
accelerates.
Connor is staring forward. He calmly glances over at the
man and Otto struggling.
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INT. WESTGATE VEHICLE
Otto twist around and bites The Nazi henchman's hand. The
man lets go with a scream. Otto pries his other hand loose
from the door.
The Nazi agent falls to the ground with a thud and rolls to
a stop.
Connor is smug.
CONNOR (O.S.)
That man would have lost a hand
if you had two pieces of bread.
Otto glances back to see if anyone is following.
He sees the agent scrabble to his feet and rush to the
nearby car. Hauser and another man meet him there. They get
in the car and speed after the Westgate vehicle.
OTTO
Hurry, Johnny. Those guys are
bad men.
Connor looks put-out and quips.
CONNORWhat on earth is going on? Where
did you get this nice looking
vehicle, Johnny Westgate? It
appears expensive.
Johnny ignores the question. He looks at Connor with a
suspicious glance.
JOHNNY
Better yet, Connor. How did you find
us and why?
Connor is insulted.
CONNOR
I was merely doing a good deed,
thank you. I saw a man follow
you as you left the laboratory
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and when I saw the automobiles
I decided to get a boat to avoid
the congestion.
Otto badgers Connor with his interpretation of a British
accent.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
Then what, investigator York?
Connor continues unruffled.
CONNOR
I admit I was not prepared for this
fiasco.
Johnny looks in his rear-view mirror.
JOHNNYS P.O.V.
INSIDE TO OUTSIDE THROUGH THE REAVIEW MIRROR - Hauser's red
Chevrolet coupe is bearing down on them.
BACK TO SCENE
Johnny glances over at Connor and Otto that are staringstraight ahead detached from the current events. He then
looks back at the road ahead.
JOHNNY
Here they come!
Johnny pushes hard on the accelerator and the powerful
engine moans speeding the Westgate car forward. He swiftly
turns and accelerates again onto a two lane hard surface
highway.
OTTO
Shouldnt we be shooting one?
Connor is composed.
CONNOR
Of course. Shouldnt we have gun?
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His friends amuse Johnny.
EXT. TWO LANE HIGHWAY
The Westgate car speeds around a long curve. Hauser red car
is getting closer as they accelerate forward.
INT. WESTGATE VEHICLE
Johnny watches the road. He glances around the area to be
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
sure he is aware of any new surprises by Hausers men. John
looks in his rearview mirror.
Connor and Otto continue to watch the road.
JOHNNYS P.O.V.
INSIDE TO OUTSIDE THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD
Suddenly Johnny, Connor and Otto see the road blocked by
two cars across the two-lane road as they come out of the
long curve.
Three men become visible standing behind the cars two
machine guns drawn.
BACK TO SCENE
Otto is concerned.
OTTO
What now, Johnny? You got any
tricks in this machine?
Johnny smiles and begins to pull a cable-handle under the
dash.
JOHNNY
Ill make a point with them.
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Connor smiles smugly.
CONNOR
Original, Jonathan.
Otto holds onto the dash of the car.
Johnny flips a switch on the dash.
EXT. TWO LANE HIGHWAY
The heavy front bumper of the Westgate car moves forward.
It stops after extending about three feet. Four large, two
feet long spikes pop out of the front bumper. Two heavy
sharp blades open on the middle spikes and begin to spin.
The vehicle accelerates.
Otto presses his face against the windshield trying to get
a better look at the front bumper. His face is distorted.
INT. WESTGATE VEHICLE
Otto's eyes get big and he springs back into the car seat
as they close on the two cars.
Connor is casually.
CONNORBrace for impact.
Johnny concentrates straight ahead. He flips another switch
on the dash.
EXT. TWO LANE HIGHWAY
The three Nazis at the road-block run for cover.
CLOSE ON - Oil runs onto the highway from small valvesunder the back bumper of the Westgate vehicle coating the
entire road behind it.
Hauser red Chevrolet rolls onto the oil coated road and
spins around out of control in the middle of the two-lane
highway.
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INT. WESTGATE VEHICLE
Connor remains calm sitting like a soldier and simply
glances at Otto and Johnny to sure they are okay.
Johnny accelerates his vehicle.
JOHNNY
Hang on guys!
JOHNNY P.O.V.
The Westgate Car crashes into the two cars blocking the
road.
They are knocked clear, to the side of the road.
BACK TO SCENE
Johnny looks at his friends.
JOHNNY
(continuing)
everybody okay?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Otto and Connor stare straight ahead and nod silently still
in shock from the crash.
Johnny is amused and tunes in a radio station to some
period music.
EXT. TWO LANE HIGHWAY
The Westgate car is unharmed. It blasts forward into thenight.
The elaborate front bumper recedes and reforms to normal
again.
The rear oil values stop dispensing oil. The Westgate car
continues at top speed down the highway.
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INT. WESTGATE VEHICLE
Connor appears mildly interested.
CONNOR
Do you suppose this trick car will
be able to get us out of this mess?
Otto rolls his eyes.
OTTO
It already has.
Johnny smiles. He nods and keeps driving.
CONNOR
There will be more. Nazi dont give
up that easy.
Otto speaks up.
OTTO
Johnny built this car. It will.
Connor smiles with a come back.
CONNORThank goodness. I was under the
impression you built it.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
The excellent vehicle continues to smoothly speed forward.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. TWO LANE HIGHWAY
Hauser red car accelerates out of the darkness with his
headlights turned off.
Hauser's Chevy coupe quality makes up the distance and is
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beside the Westgate vehicle before Johnny notices. Hauser's
red coupe swerves to slam into him.
INT. WESTGATE VEHICLE
Otto panics.
OTTO
There he is, Johnny! He must have
a hot rod motor in that car.
Johnny is unconcerned. He reaches over and pushes a button
on the dashboard.
EXT. TWO LANE HIGHWAY
A large metal bar from the running board area slams out
from the side of the Westgate car. It crushes against the
side of Hauser's vehicle and blows out a tire.
Hauser's loses control and slides to a stop on the side of
the road in a cloud of dust.
The metal bar retracts back into the running board of the
Westgate car. Johnny and his crew speed on.
INT. WESTGATE VEHICLE
Otto is looking back.
OTTO (O.S.)
Yee ha!
Connor is amused and happy to have survived.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
CONNOR
Yes me too. Yee ha.
Johnny has an idea.
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JOHNNY
Hey, lets go to the house and
see Max he can take care of this.
Otto and Connor nod.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. WESTGATE ESTATE
Johnnys vehicle rolls through the Westgate estates
massive wrought iron front gates. A white brick driveway
marks the way. They pass an ornate guardhouse and move on
to the giant front doors.
The imposing estate is made of natural stone and brick with
a green clay tile roof. The walls are covered with English
Ivy. A single light burns in the study from behind the
thick foliage.
SUB-TITLE - types across the scene with the sound of a
ticker tape machine: WESTGATE FAMILY ESTATE, 2000 BROADWAY
BOULEVARD, LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS.
They all get out.
OTTOHope hes here? Should we even
tellem?
Connor is calm.
CONNOR
Of course, toe jam. This is a spy
ring of criminals and it is a time
of world war. We can't let them
get the two of you.
(after thought)Or maybe
Johnny is walking toward the front door. He turns and
motions for the two men to follow.
(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:
JOHNNY
Come on, I wonder where the guards
are?
Otto is skeptical.
OTTO
Could be trouble. Maybe we should
go to the lab.
Johnny unlocks. He opens the massive oak front door of the
large estate.
INT. WESTGATE ESTATE
Hauser and his men are waiting. They grab all three. The
Nazi henchmen drag them inside past two Westgate guards
that are tied up lying on the floor.
Connor looks at Otto and Johnny.
CONNOR
This is a persistent Nazi.
Hauser looks at Connor as he is moved forward and speaks tohim in a German accent.
HAUSER
Shut up, you snooty butler.
Connor is insulted.
CONNOR
Butlering is an honorable profession,
however sir, I am an accountant.
Hauser is amused at Connors grit. He and his men drag and
push Johnny and his friends. They struggle against the
Nazi's that are shoving them into a large ornate study
lined with books.
Johnny looks around the room.
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He and Otto see Max tied to a red leather chair.
OTTO
Max, are you all right?
Hauser interrupts.
CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
HAUSER
Shut up, idiot, no talking.
Max answers disregarding the warning.
MAX
I'm all right.
Hauser intervenes.
HAUSER
Everybody sit. We have a short
wait until our ride comes.
Max looks harshly at Hauser and questions him.
MAX
What do you want, Hauser.
Hauser is confident and bold.
HAUSER
Nothing from you, Temple. The
Fatherland wants the boy.
Otto speaks up.
OTTO
Take one of us.
Hauser is smug.
HAUSER
With a two hundred and twenty four
I. Q. we want the boy. We don't need
an average inventor or a worn out
numbers cruncher. Those brains dont
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launch rockets.
Connor is indignant again.
CONNOR
I would guess you dont know someone
has to account for the money before
a rocket is ever launched.
Otto nudges him to be quiet.
Johnny blurts out.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
JOHNNY
You can't get away with this.
Hauser smiles. They hear the sound of a car rolling to a
stop near the front door.
HAUSER
We have already gotten away with
It.
Hauser motions to his men. They go to the front very
cautiously.
Everyone hears the car doors open then close and voices
outside. They hear the front door of the estate open and
close.
Johnny moves to a large alarm button hidden on his Uncle
Max's carved Mahogany desk.
Hauser watches him from the corner of his eye.
Johnny starts to push the button.
Hauser steps beside Johnny and grabs his hand.
HAUSER
I wouldn't push that. It could
be a hazardous to your health.
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Hauser pushes Johnny away from the alarm.
A man walks into the room.
Johnny is shocked.
JOHNNY
Agent Clancy!
Agent Clancy smiles.
AGENT CLANCY
Sorry Hero. I'm Major Adolph Heinz.
Of the S. S. at your service.
Johnny speaks up.
JOHNNY
How come you all speak such good
English?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
The Agent smiles.
AGENT CLANCY
Training, something you Americans
and the rest of the world lack.
Rudolph Offenhausen walks in behind him smiling looking
around the room.
OFFENHAUSEN
I see our little charade paid off. We
knew it would be impossible to get to
you in the laboratory without a large
commotion. So we arranged for the cat
to come to the mouse.
Otto speaks up.
OTTO
Rat is more like it.
Connor joins in.
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CONNOR
Don't insult the rat.
Offenhausen begins to give orders. He looks at the
impostor, Clancy.
OFFENHAUSEN
Go check the ship.
(turns to Hauser)
Get the cars ready.
(looks at his men)
Take them. Let us go.
Hauser's men grab everyone and start moving them toward the
cars.
Hauser speaks to Offenhausen.
HAUSER
I'm taking Temple to the laboratory.
I want that Formula-z they always
talk about.
Offenhausen looks blank.
Hauser reminds.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
HAUSER
(continuing)
The synthetic Hydrogen fuel?
Offenhausen acknowledges and they leave the house.
Max is pushed through the door. He pauses and pushes a
secret alarm button on the side of the door facing. Alarms
sound off all over the estate.
Hauser looks back and roughly jerks Max outside. The
henchmen follow.
EXT. WESTGATE ESTATE
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Everyone rushes to load into the cars.
Offenhausen stops and looks at the Westgate vehicle. Bono
looks at him.
HAUSER
Rudolph, I'll take care of the
vehicle. We may have a need for
it. I'll meet you at the ship.
Offenhausen acknowledges Hauser.
He speaks to the rest of the men.
OFFENHAUSEN
Quickly. The police and Westgate
security are on the way.
Bono points signaling one of his men to take the Westgate
car.
Everyone else enters their vehicles with Johnny, Otto and
Connor in tow. They drive away.
Bono's Nazi henchman and his partner get inside the
Westgate car.
INT. WESTGATE VEHICLE
A man on the passenger side of the car starts fumbling with
the buttons and switches. The driver starts the car. His
partner flips the last switch.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
He hears an electric motor whining. The partner looks up as
the sunroof automatically slides back. They wait to seewhat is next.
The passenger looks at the driver and smiles at this unique
feature.
He flips the switch back thinking it will close the
sunroof. Abruptly he is ejected through the sunroof and
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outside hurling through the air.
EXT. WESTGATE ESTATE
The surprised passenger spirals down from being airborne
and lands in the rose garden near the Westgate car. He
groans on the ground trying to look up.
The driver looks at him from the car. He can hear sirens
getting closer over the blasting house alarms. The driver
shrugs his shoulders and speeds away.
EXT. WILDHORSE LANDING, PORT OF ARKANSAS, RIVER YACHT
Three Nazis pull Johnny, Otto and Connor from their sedan.
They push all of them toward the docks and a small ships
ramp. They all walk up the short ramp to the wooden deck
and step onto the ship.
SUB-TITLE - types across the scene with the sound of a
ticker tape machine: WILDHORSE LANDING, PORT OF ARKANSAS,
SUBURB CITY OF ARGENTA
EXT. REAR ENTRANCE TO WESTGATE LABORATORIES
Max Temple unlocks a massive ornate wrought iron gate inthe metal fence that surrounds the rear entrance of the
Westgate Laboratory buildings. Bono Hauser and his henchman
stand behind Max with their weapons drawn.
CLOSE ON a large signs on the fence warns: "KEEP OUT,
ARMED GUARDS. WESTGATE LABORATORIES U. S. ARMY RESEARCH
CENTER".
A few trees and scrubs spatter the area shadowing the
entrance.
They all move inside the compound at the rear of the
building.
EXT. WESTGATE LABORATORIES
A large set of sandstone stairs lead down to the rear
entrance door of the offices. The windowless stone walls
stand eerily strong.
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Max, Bono Hauser and his man move down the stone stairway
and inside the massive building. Inaudible voices can be
heard in the distant background of the large and open
research center.
INT. WESTGATE LABORATORIES
Max runs his fingers through his thick dark hair. He comes
out with a small thin piece of metal hidden between his
fingers.
His steel blue eyes glance at Hauser.
Hauser nudges him with his drawn pistol.
HAUSER
Let's go.
Suddenly Max presses the metal hard between his fingers and
throws it against the wall.
It flashes a blinding brilliant light.
Hauser and his man are blinded for a moment.
Max jumps forward to a large panel and pushes a large red
button as Hauser shoots at him.
The floor beneath Hauser and his man rumbles as it gives
way. Suddenly two large doors fall open. Hauser and his man
fall into the open hole.
Max clings to the panel on the wall. He watches Hauser and
the henchman fall beneath him.
Hauser and his man yell and scream as they fall ten feet
into a large shiny metal shut. Immediately the two of them
slide very fast, down and forward.
INT. WESTGATE LABORATORIES BASEMENT
Hauser and the man continue to speed forward and fall into
a swift moving underground sewage canal.
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
The brown water swirls full of sewage debris as the two men
splash into it.
Just as suddenly the swirling current slams them into a man
made stone wall that is a holding wall for the canal that
is carrying the brown water outside to a disposal pool.
The current drags them along toward a roaring spillway at
the end of the pool.
The light from the hole that they fell through lights the
dark basement and their fate. They are pulled and swirled
toward the rushing brown water spillway.
The two men struggle to keep their heads above the dirty
water. Hauser yells out to his Nazi agent.
HAUSER
Use your shirt for floatation.
The man yells back to him as he makes a bubble with his
heavy shirt and uses it to float. Hauser does the same.
NAZI AGENT
This is the sewer.
Hauser is not impressed with his observant colleague and
reminds him of their situation.
HAUSER
There are worse things. We could
fail this mission. Swim!
They continue to fight the current. Abruptly their heads go
out of sight.
They fall over a twenty feet tall spillway that drops intoa huge sediment pool outside the building.
HAUSER P.O.V.
INSIDE TO OUTSIDE - The two men yell and scream again as
they fall down toward the churning cesspool below with
brown water pouring over them.
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INT. WESTGATE LABORATORIES
Max Temple finishes dialing his ornate telephone. He waits
a second and talks.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
MAX
Agent Barrows? This is Max Temple.
We have espionage at Westgate. I
sent security to get two culprits
in our exterior cesspool. Yes, I'm
going to Wildhorse landing Johnny's
there. Yes, he is there.
Max hangs up and rushes outside.
EXT. WESTGATE LABORATORIES BASEMENT SEDIMENT POOL
The swirling current in the sediment pool grabs Bono and
his agent.
It pushes them along a one hundred feet long stone wall
toward a huge open sewer pipe.
The rushing dirty brown water pushes Bono and his man
toward the opposite end of the long open sediment pool.
HAUSER
Stay away from the pipe!
They fight the current, but it continues to pull them
toward the pipe.
The strong agent swims away but is pulled back.
Hauser and his accomplice are soon sucked into the darkness
of the giant sewer pipe. The last sight of Hauser is his
feet as they slide into the swirl of the tube.
EXT. WESTGATE LABORATORIES SEDIMENT POOL
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Hauser and his man blast from the end of the huge pipe into
another distant exterior sewage pool with aeration
sprinklers whirling overhead.
Hauser breaks the surface of the water with a gasp. He
frowns and swims for the edge of the pool toward a sign.
CLOSE ON the sign: "WESTGATE SEWAGE WATER RECLAMATION
PROJECT, A CLEANER TOMORROW".
Hauser's man surfaces and gasp. He follows Hauser toward
the bank of the pool.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
HAUSER
Let's get to the freighter. They'll
be looking for us by now!
The Nazi agent bumps into a lump of sewage debris as he
swims.
NAZI AGENT
Look at this. The pools full of
it.
Hauser rolls his eyes as he swims.
They swim to the edge and get out of the pool.
Hauser and the agent stand.
They look around to see the giant Westgate complex in the
distance.
The exhausted agent pulls a piece of wet toilet paper from
his head. They continue to look.
Their eyes stop on a large black Buick. It sits under a
street light outside the tall wire fence not far from the
sediment pool.
Hauser stares for a moment at the car.
The agent stares with him.
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NAZI AGENT
(continuing)
I thought we where dead.
Hauser looks at him curiously.
HAUSER
What's the difference? We smell
dead.
Hauser points at the car.
HAUSER
(continuing)
That's our ride. Let's go!
Hauser walks toward the waiting car. The man follows him
mumbling about the filth.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
NAZI AGENT
Crappy job.
Hauser glances back as he walks.
HAUSER
Shut up!
Hauser stops at the first of two fences. The man starts to
grab the fence to climb it.
HAUSER
(continuing)
Wait!
The man stops and looks at Hauser.
Hauser takes his broad leather belt off. With the leather
end he touches the metal buckle to the wire. Huge blue
sparks fly.
Hauser motions for the agent to wait. He turns and walks
into the darkness.
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The man is left dumbfounded staring at the scene.
He hear an engine start. He then hears voices and dogs
barking and growling.
Out of the darkness a set of headlights come on and then go
off. The roar of a tractor engine gets loader. Finally it's
visible, Hauser has a large mowing tractor headed for the
tall fence.
The Westgate security force is three hundred yards behind
him and closing.
He jumps off a few feet away and lets the tractor crash
through the two fences.
The tractor spins its wheels in the tangle of the crushed
wire fences. Electrical sparks hit the ground. The fire and
smoke from a shorted circuit can be seen as the tractor
moans to a stop.
Hauser and his man runs through the hole in the fence to
the black sedan.
The efficient agent breaks out the side window of the car
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
with his elbow and jumps inside. He leans over to hot wire
the ignition.
Hauser gets inside. The agent sits up after finishing the
ignition.
The car starts and they speed away.
A man comes out of the bushes zipping his pants. He runsand yells after his car.
CAR OWNER
Hey! That's my car!
He stops and mumbles.
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CAR OWNER
(continuing)
Can't even take a whiz anymore
without something happening.
Then two large Westgate security men come from the hole in
the fence and grab him. He freezes looking innocent.
INT. WILDHORSE LANDING DOCKS - YACHT SLEEPING BAY
Two rough looking German sailors play cards.
Johnny, Otto and Connor are tied. They sit in a row on a
bunk.
Johnny's hands are tied behind his back. He fumbles with
his ropes untying them.
SAILOR NO. ONE, laughs and throws his cards on the table
face up.
SAILOR NO. ONE
Gin! Ah ha!
SAILOR NO. TWO, just looks at him. He shuffles the deck and
deals the cards again.
Sailor No. One, turns to the captive trio.
Otto is nervous.
The sailor bellows out.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
SAILOR NO. ONE
(continuing)Look at that boy, Hans. He looks
like a super race. To bad he's an
American mongrel.
Sailor No. Two, acknowledges with an uninterested gesture
as he finishes the deal and picks-up his cards.
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Connor speaks up.
CONNOR
I suppose a drunken rummy in your
condition is better?
Sailor No. One, starts to get up.
Sailor No. Two, puts his hand on his arm. Sailor no. one,
sits and grumbles.
SAILOR NO. ONE
You are lucky. You old Bulldog.
Connor smiles.
CONNOR
A limited vocabulary always resorts
to name calling.
Otto nudges Connor to be quiet.
Sailor No. One, jumps up and starts for Connor.
Connor quickly jumps up with his hands untied slinging the
ropes to the floor.
He flips the big sailor over his shoulder and knocks him
out.
Sailor No. Two is surprised at the old mans ability. He
charges Connor.
Johnny frees his hands and starts to help Connor.
Connor hits the sailor in the stomach. The sailor bents
over gasping for air.
Connor grabs him by the seat of the pants and runs his head
into the bulkhead of the ship. The second sailor is out.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Otto looks around.
OTTO
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Boy Connor, youre tough.
Connor proudly smiles.
Johnny speaks to them urgently.
JOHNNY
Let's get outta here.
Connor and Otto nod in agreement and they leave the
sleeping bay.
EXT. WESTGATE LABORATORY FRONT GATE
Max speeds his 1940 Lincoln Zephry out the front gate of
the complex past the well-manned guardhouse.
He sees Helen driving a 1940 Ford Deluxe convertible into
the complex.
Max screech his Lincoln to a stop outside the gates and
yells to her.
MAX
Helen, What are you doing here?
Helen stops and looks back at Max. She appears worried.
HELEN
I'm looking for Johnny. He activated
his sensor and he didn't call.
Max turns to a guard at the gate.
MAX
Take her car, shes going with
me.
(looking back at
Helen)Come on. Im going after Johnny.
Helen gets out of her car and the guard gets in. He drives
away.
Helen hurriedly gets inside Max's car.
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
They speed away.
INT. MAX TEMPLE VEHICLE
Max looks at Helen as he speed toward the Wildhorse docks
at the harbor.
MAX
What's this sensor business?
Helen holds up a small black box with a flashing red light
on it.
HELEN
Johnny invented it. He has one
and I have one.
Max takes the box and looks at it.
Helen takes it back.
HELEN
When you push this button. The
other persons flashes. He madeit in case we need to find the
other or we have trouble. It
was a six month anniversary
present.
Max is serious.
MAX
Can we find him with it.
Helen smiles.
HELEN
Yes, the light gets brighter the
closer we get.
Max nods and watches the road.
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Helen appears serious.
HELEN
(continuing)
What's going on Max?
Max speeds forward while explaining to Helen.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
MAX
Johnny and Otto got mixed up
with
INT. BONO HAUSER VEHICLE
Bono Hauser and his Nazi henchman race toward the landing.
Hauser glances at the man.
HAUSER
At least we got the kid and Otto
Goldprimage. A little messy, but
we have them.
The Nazi agent nods and watches the road.
NAZI AGENTYes, arent we clever.
Hauser rolls his eyes and looks back at the road.
EXT. WILDHORSE LANDING ROAD
AERIAL SHOT - Hauser, Barrows and Max's cars are viewed on
three different roads. They are merging toward the docks at
the landing. Sounds of ship fog horns can be heard in the
distance.
INT. SPECIAL FEDERAL AGENT BARROWS VEHICLE
Agent Barrows speaks to an agent sitting beside him as he
speeds toward the harbor.
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BARROWS
I hope those Nazi creeps don't get
Johnny out ta sea before we get
tooem.
The straight laced agent nods looking straight ahead.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. DOCK IN FRONT OF YACHT
Hauser and his man slide their stolen car to a stop. They
jump out and run up the gangplank to the yacht.
INT. MAX TEMPLE VEHICLE
Max and Helen see them running. Max slide the car to a
stop.
Helen looks down and sees her sensor get brighter.
HELEN
He's here.
INT. SPECIAL FEDERAL AGENT BARROWS VEHICLE
Barrows and the agent watch the yacht as they speed closer.
Barrows quickly stops his vehicle near the gang plank.
Barrows and the agent see Bono.
Bono and his man run onto the deck of the yacht with Max
and Helen close behind.
EXT. DOCK IN FRONT OF YACHT
Barrows and the agent get out of the car and run to the
deck of the ship.
EXT. YACHT DECK
Suddenly Bono Hauser and his heavily armed henchman
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disappear in the darkness.
Just as quickly Nazi thugs surround Max, Helen, Barrows and
his agent. Barrows, Max and the agent position to fight.
Helen decides this is good. She positions herself. The
thugs hold their weapons on Max and the group. Then Hauser
appears and everyone stops.
HAUSER
Thank you for coming. You saved
me a lot of trouble looking for
you. You know witnesses and all
of that.
Johnny's voice sounds off from above.
JOHNNY (O.C.)
Not so fast, Nazi Hauser!
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Johnny switches on a large ship signal light.
He shines the bright light on Hauser putting him in the
spotlight.
Johnny stands looking down at Hauser with his hand on aship winch brake.
Hauser looks up and shades his eyes.
A large crate swings above him.
HAUSER
You think I can't get away before
that crate hits the deck?
Johnny smiles.
JOHNNY
I think.
Hauser smiles.
HAUSER
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What do you want, Westgate?
Johnny appears confident.
JOHNNY
I want you to tell your men to
back away.
Hauser runs as he talks.
HAUSER
Forget it, Westgate.
Johnny drops the handle.
The large crate crashes down.
It hits Bono a glancing blow on the shoulder.
He stumbles, but gets away.
Connor pops up from behind a large canvas and pushes a
metal handle.
A large cargo net drops on most of the Nazi thugs.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Barrow, his agent and Max begin fighting with the six
remaining thugs.
Johnny pursues Bono. Helen yells and starts to follow
Johnny.
HELEN
Johnny!
Hauser's Nazi agent steps in front of her. He smiles andstarts for Helen. She dodges his advance.
Helen pauses. Then with a fury of Karate fist and feet she
knocks the agent down and he is out.
Helen steps over him and runs toward Johnny.
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Otto walks from a door in the yacht cabin eating a sandwich
into the middle of the fight.
He takes notice and put the sandwich in his mouth then
walks to a thug while taking a fire extinguisher from the
wall. Otto hits the thug on top of the head as he fights
Max. Max turns to another Nazi attacker.
Otto moves to Agent Barrows and his assailant.
He hits the Nazi on the head and he is out. Agent Barrows
smiles and turns to another attacker.
Otto sits on a crate then pulls food from his pocket and
eats. Otto looks up.
He can see Johnny approaching him with Helen not far
behind. Johnny looks toward Bono.
Johnny Sees Bono go over the side of the yacht.
Helen catches up to Johnny. She grabs him by the arm.
Johnny is surprised for a moment and turns to defend
himself. Johnny drops his defenses.
They hug briefly.
HELENI'm so glad you're all right.
Johnny kisses her hastily. He turns his attention back to
their situation.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
JOHNNY
We gotta catch him. He's a spy.
Helen smiles and nods. They start over the side of the
freighter on a rope ladder.
Helen and Johnny see Hauser start a speed boat tied off
below them.
Helen quickly throws her blinking sensor in the back of
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Hauser's boat.
Hauser turns the boat to open water and races away.
Johnny smiles at her and immediately looks around.
He sees the Westgate car sitting on the wharf in front of
the ship. It sits on top of cargo netting that is partially
hooked to a cargo crane.
Johnny turns to Helen.
JOHNNY
Let's go.
Helen speaks to Johnny.
HELEN
Give me your sensor.
Johnny pulls it from his pocket and lays it in Helen's hand
while they run to a cable hanging over the side of the
ship.
They swing over the side and slide to the dock below.
They get inside the Westgate car.
INT. WESTGATE VEHICLE
Helen looks at Johnny and the flashing sensor.
HELEN
What are you going to do?
Johnny is confident.
JOHNNY
Hang on! Watch that sensor.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
The car starts and speeds forward It breaks through the
small piece of net that blocks its way.
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Helen looks around at the inside of the Westgate car.
HELEN
Your car turned out really keen,
Johnny.
Johnny is pleased as he speeds forward.
EXT. YACHT DECK
Max, Barrows, the agent, Connor, and Otto look surprises
as they hold onto the subdued thugs and watch Johnny drive
away.
Otto takes a bite of his sandwich.
He watches the Westgate car blast forward down the harbor
road and fade away in the darkness.
Max runs to the side of the ship and watches anxiously. He
looks around the area.
Max sees a teak wood speed boat tied off at the dock near
him.
He rushes down the ramp to it. Max yells out to agent
Barrows as he passes.
MAX
I am going after, Hauser. Take
the prisoners!
Barrows watches and nods.
Max reaches the sleek boat and jumps inside. He looks for a
key.
Abruptly Otto and Connor arrive and get in the boat as Max
looks for a way to start it.
Otto quickly hot wires the boat. They take off as Connor
comments.
CONNOR
Good thing we got Otto.
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Otto is happy. He smiles and pulls out a piece of candy and
start eating it as they speed forward.
INT. WESTGATE VEHICLE
Helen looks across the harbor as Johnny races forward
down the rough road. The red light of the sensor she holds
in her hand blinks brighter.
HELEN
There he is.
Johnny looks.
He sees an image of a boat with running lights moving in
line with the road he is on. Johnny also sees another boat
with running lights closing fast.
Johnny looks down the road.
He sees a long wooden wharf jutting far out into the water.
He speeds for the wharf.
His car rolls down the long wharf and skids to a stop near
the edge.
Johnny turns to Helen as he gets out.
JOHNNY
Take the car. Follow us with the
sensor.
Helen acknowledges.
Johnny runs to the edge of the wharf.
He waits poised to jump.
Bono Hauser's boat swiftly passes by leaving a wake.
Max moves his boat along side Johnny.
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Johnny jumps.
He lands in the boat and they speed after Bono. Max finally
comes along side Hausers boat and jumps in with Bono.
CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Otto takes the controls of Max's boat and continues to run
along side Hauser.
Max grabs Hauser and turns on him. He hits Bono in the
nose, his nose flies off.
Max stares at him for a second.
Hauser holds his bleeding nose.
Max picks up a plastic nose and looks at it. Max pushes
Hauser's face up to look.
It's one of Hauser's Henchman.
Max shacks his head.
MAX
He got away.
Max slows the boat. Otto comes along side. Johnny gets in
the boat. He grabs a two-way radio lying on the floor and
adjust the frequency.
JOHNNY
Helen.
INT. WESTGATE VEHICLE
Helen looks at the radios and decides which one to pick up.She answers.
HELEN
Is that you, Johnny?
JOHNNY (RADIO V.O.)
Who else, sweet cakes. Pick us up at
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the North Point Dock.
Helen smiles.
HELEN
All right Johnny. Did you get the
spy?
JOHNNY (RADIO V.O.)
Kind of. Call the police and meet us
there.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Helen smiles mischievously.
HELEN
Roger, felony buster.
Helen grins as she starts the car and back off of the dock.
She puts it in gears and accelerates forward.
HELEN
(continuing)
That's my man.
EXT. RIVER NEAR WILDHORSE LANDING
Johnny, Max and the fake tied up Hauser ride toward the
blinking lights of the distant North Point Dock. Otto and
Connor follow close behind.
MAX
This Hauser guy is clever.
Johnny smiles while he thinks.
JOHNNY
Not clever enough. The real Hauser
wants that formula. He's at your
office, now.
Max hears a noise.
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He pulls open a hatch in the boat floor. A man is tied
lying on the floor.
Max helps him out and takes off his gag.
Max and Johnny overlap as they see the man.
MAX AND JOHNNY
Winston?
Max speaks to Winston.
MAX
Winston, what are you doing here?
Winston replies.
WINSTON
I, I did wrong.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Max and Johnny listen.
WINSTON
(continuing)
All the while I worked for Westgate
Labs I was working for Hauser andOffenhausen. I thought they wanted
to develop something special to help
mankind. I didn't know they were
Nazi