TALES OF THE GOLD MONKEY

LEGENDS ARE FOREVER

Participating Writers
Donald P. Bellisario
Reuben Leder
Milt Rosen

Written: August 24, 1982



			_ACT ONE_

FADE IN

EXTERIOR TOWERING CLOUDS - DAY - STOCK

as they build over the rugged mountains of China.  Suddenly, a C-47 
appears like a wraith out of the vapors, flies in the brilliant sunlight for a 
moment, then disappears into the next billowing white giant.  Over this we 
hear a rousing rendition of "The Yellow Rose of Texas" being played on a 
harmonica and...

			JAKE'S VOICE
	I hate this.

INTERIOR C-47 COCKPIT - ON JAKE

Cheroot clamped tightly between his teeth, concentrating on the 
instruments as the turbulent air tosses the Gooney Bird over half the sky 
above China.  Jake is wearing a fresh Flying Tiger's jacket and a cap that 
still has a USAAF insignia on it.   Between bumps he throws a glance to 
his left.

			JAKE
	I really hate this.

The harmonica music stops and we adjust to reveal....

GANDY DANCER

relaxed in the command pilot's seat, riding the turbulent air like an old salt 
rides the waves.  Gandy's five years older than Jake, ruggedly handsome 
with a gunfighter's moustache and a cowboy hat that Wyatt Earp might 
have worn.  He pounds the harmonica into his palm then drops it into the 
pocket of his worn Flying Tiger's jacket.

			GANDY
	Shoot.  This ain't nuthin' compared to the thunderbumpers over 
	Waco on a spring day.
		(looks down)
	Right, Jack?

CLOSE ON JACK

He barks twice.  He also has two eyes.

BACK ON BOTH

Gandy laughs as Jake flicks a glance down to Jack.

			JAKE
		(to Jack)
	How would you know?  You've never been in Texas on a spring 
	day or any other day.
		(to Gandy)
	And it's not the thunderbumpers I'm worried about.  It's hauling a 
	load of booze across half of occupied China to some warlord 
	who'd probably sell us both to the Japanese if he got half a 
	chance.
		(beat)
	I still can't believe Chennault came up with this.

			GANDY
		(shrugs)
	He gave it his blessing.

			JAKE
		(turns)
	Blessing?  You said it was orders!

Gandy straightens up and grasps the controls.

			GANDY
	I got it.

			JAKE
		(releasing the yoke)
	This whole thing was your idea, wasn't it?

Jack barks twice.

			JAKE
		(realizing)
	You told him I agreed with you?

Jack barks twice.

			GANDY
	The old man really respects you, Jake.

			JAKE
	Gandy!

			GANDY
		(pointing outside)
	You know what's out there, pardner?

			JAKE
	Yeah!  Half the Japanese army and air force.

CLOSE ON GANDY

as he shakes his head and leans toward Jake, almost whispering....

			GANDY
	Shangri-La.

FEATURE JAKE

as the Gooney Bird bounces up and down as if to nod agreement.  Jake is 
just staring at Gandy, he can't believe what he's hearing.

			JAKE
		(incredulous)
	Shangri-La.

			GANDY
	Yup.
		(beat)
	Where do you think James Hilton got the story?

			JAKE
	He made it up!

			GANDY
		(shakes his head)
	You don't make up stuff like that...It's a legend.  And legends are 
	based on truth.  The Chinese have told the story of Shangri-La for 
	5,000 years.  It's out there, pardner.  And you and I are gonna find 
	it.

			JAKE
		(stunned)
	You're nuts, Gandy!  Certifiably nuts!

Jack barks once.

			GANDY
		(to Jack)
	Thanks, pardner.
		(to Jake)
	The other night, Kwan-lo and I were splitting a bottle of rice wine 
	and he told me this warlord we're hauling the booze to once 
	visited Shangri-La.

			JAKE
	Kwan-lo's a drunk who'd say anything for a drink!

			GANDY
		(frowns)
	Trouble with you Jake is you don't trust people.

Jack barks twice.  Jake glares at Jack, then looks back to Gandy.

			JAKE
	Gandy.  What are we gonna do when we run outta cloud cover?

			GANDY
		(smiles)
	We ain't gonna run outta cloud cover.  Kwan-lo told me this time 
	of the year the thunderbumpers extend from Shin-Lai Province 
	clear to the Himalayas.  All we gotta....

They burst into the sunshine.

ON THE C-47 - STOCK

as it flies out of the wall of clouds into clear blue sky.

INTERIOR COCKPIT - ACROSS BOTH

as Jake just stares at Gandy, who seems genuinely surprised that the cloud 
cover has ended.

			GANDY
	Well, I'll be damned.

			JAKE
		(pointed)
	We get outta this, Gandy...I'm gonna kill you.

			GANDY
		(peering ahead)
	You're gonna have to take a ticket, pardner.

GANDY'S POINT OF VIEW - TWO JAPANESE ZEROS - STOCK

patrolling the skies ahead and above them.

ON THE C-47 - STOCK

Gandy throws it into a tight turn, trying to make it back to the clouds 
before getting spotted.

INTERIOR COCKPIT - BOTH

as they look back over their shoulders. hoping the Zeros haven't seen them.

			GANDY
	Think they spotted us?

ON JACK

He barks twice and heads for the rear of the plane.

ON THE ZEROS - STOCK

They wing over and dive after the retreating cargo plane.

ON THE C-47 - STOCK

Engines at full throttle as it races towards the clouds.

INTERIOR C-47 COCKPIT - FEATURE JAKE

as he looks back over his shoulder at the closing Zeros.  He watches 
intently, then....

			JAKE
		(shouts)
	Break right!

Gandy slams the cargo plane into a near vertical right bank as if it were a 
fighter.

ON THE ZEROS - STOCK

as, guns blazing, they shoot past the C-47 and bank around to make 
another pass.

INTERIOR C-47 COCKPIT - ACROSS GANDY AND JAKE

as Gandy gives it a real cowboy yell.

			GANDY
	Shoot, pardner, we're a hell of a team!

			JAKE
	I'm still gonna kill you!

			GANDY
	Here they come.

THEIR POINT OF VIEW - TWO ZEROS - STOCK

as they make a head-on pass.

ON THE C-47 - STOCK

as it shudders under the impact of dozens of hits.  The starboard engine 
bursts into flames.

COCKPIT - FEATURE JAKE

as he feathers the engine and hits the fire bottle.  Gandy is trying to hold 
the dying bird in the air.

ON THE C-47 - STOCK

Trailing black smoke, she punches into the clouds and disappears.

COCKPIT - ON BOTH PILOTS

Together they keep the crippled Gooney Bird flying.  Jake is literally 
leaning on the port throttle, giving the remaining engine every inch of 
power, while Gandy stands on the left rudder.  The whine is deafening and 
they have to shout over it.

			GANDY
		(looking at the port engine)
	She can't take it for long.  If we're gonna go down, maybe we 
	oughta turn back and try for that warlord's territory.

			JAKE
		(incredulous)
	Gandy, they'll blow is outta the sky or gun us in our chutes!

			GANDY
		(after a beat)
	You're right!  Get Jack and jump.

Jake unstraps and heads back, then he hesitates.

			JAKE
	Gandy....

			GANDY
		(big grin)
	Don't worry, pardner.  I'll be right on your tail.  Even play you a 
	little tune on the harmonica on the way down.

Jake slaps him on the back, then moves to the rear.  We hold on Gandy as 
he fights to keep the plane flying.

CARGO HOLD

Jake shoves his cap into his jacket, then grabs Jack and puts him in too.  
He zips it up until only Jack's head is sticking out, then opens the rear 
cargo door.  The clouds are streaming by and the noise is unbelievable.

			JAKE
		(shouts)
	Gandy!

JAKE'S POINT OF VIEW - FRONT COCKPIT

Gandy's right arm appears and gives a "thumbs up" sign.

BACK ON JAKE

He tightens the harness one more time, then yells....

			JAKE
	Good luck!

And he leaps into the void.

EXTERIOR CLOUDS - DAY

For a few beats we see nothing but white, then Jake floats into frame 
suspended from his harness, Jack's head sticking out above the zipper.  
They are both listening to the fading whine of the Gooney Bird.  Then it 
changes tone and comes back towards them, the sound of the engines 
growing louder and louder.

			JAKE
		(realizing)
	He wouldn't!  Even Gandy's not that nuts.

Jack barks twice.  The sound of the C-47 becomes deafening as it roars 
past the clouds.

INTERIOR C-47 COCKPIT - ON GANDY

as he flies through the clouds, barely holding the plane in the air.  He 
doesn't look frightened...he looks excited.  He begins to sing "The Yellow 
Rose of Texas" and we....

CUT TO

EXTERIOR TOWERING CLOUDS - DAY

Gradually Gandy's whistling is obliterated by the roar of twin engines and 
the Goose bursts into view.  We are back in the present.

			JAKE'S VOICE OVER
	There is nothing lonelier than flying solo over the Pacific Ocean.

INTERIOR GOOSE COCKPIT - ON JAKE

four days' growth of beard, chewing on the stub of his cheroot and looking 
a bit tired.

			JAKE'S VOICE OVER
	So, I always make sure I have someone on board to keep me 
	company.
		(looks to his right)
	Even if all they do is sleep.

ON JACK

sleeping in the copilot's seat.

ACROSS BOTH

as Jake smiles and lights the cigar.

			JAKE
	Wake up, Jack.  We're almost there.

Jack continues to sleep.  Jake finishes lighting the cheroot, then with an 
eye on Jack, he slightly alters the throttle setting...Jack's immediately 
awake, his head popping up to see what's wrong.

			JAKE
		(smiles)
	Thought that would wake you.
		(looks forward)
	We're almost there.

Jack sits up on the seat and looks forward over the nose of the Goose.

JACK'S POINT OF VIEW - BORAGORA

The blue water of the lagoon glistens invitingly in the morning sun.

ON THE GOOSE

She banks gracefully and comes into the wind over the reef.

			JAKE'S VOICE OVER
	I'd been gone two days flying nuns to the leper colony on Bolo 
	Island.  There hadn't been room for Corky, so I had to leave him 
	behind.

INTERIOR COCKPIT - FEATURE JAKE

as he eases the Goose down towards the water.

			JAKE'S VOICE OVER
	Funny.  Lately Corky had a way of getting on my nerves with his 
	constant chatter, but after two days without him...well, I missed 
	the little guy.
			(to Jack)
	I'll bet Corky's pacing the dock just dying to see us.  Let's see if 
	we can give him a perfect landing.

Jack barks twice.

BORAGORA DOCK - DAY

It's deserted.

ON THE GOOSE

It kisses the water gently, sending a rooster tail of spray.

			JAKE'S VOICE
	Not bad, huh?

Jack barks twice.

INTERIOR COCKPIT - JAKE

guns the Goose towards the dock, then the smile on his face fades.

			JAKE
		(looking around)
	You see Corky?

Jack barks once.

			JAKE
		(puzzled)
	That's funny.
		(beat)
	Maybe he didn't hear the engines.  The trades are blowing out to 
	sea.
		(to Jack)
	We're gonna have to do this the hard way.

EXTERIOR ON THE GOOSE

as the front hatch pops open and Jack's head appears; the engines are still 
idling softly.  Jake sets Jack on the nose and then coils a rope up beside 
him and sticks the end of it in his mouth.

			JAKE
	This time wait until I bump the dock.  I don't like fishing you 
	outta the lagoon.

Jack gives him a dirty look.

INTERIOR COCKPIT - JAKE

comes up from under the instrument panel, settles in his seat and gently 
advances the throttles.

ON THE GOOSE

Jake brings it slowly into the dock.  As the starboard pontoon touches the 
ramp, Jake kills the engines and Jack leaps off the nose and onto the dock 
with the rope.  He races around a tie-down with the rope, pulling against it 
to hold the Goose in place.  Jake pops up out of the nose hatch and jumps 
onto the dock, taking the rope from Jack and tying the Goose down.

			JAKE
	Atta boy, Jack!
		(beat)
	See...we don't need Corky, do we?

Jack barks twice.  Jake laughs, then turns toward the Monkey Bar.

CLOSE ON JAKE

He freezes as he hears something drifting on the wind from the Monkey 
Bar.  It grows louder and clearer...it's a piano and harmonica playing "The 
Yellow Rose of Texas."  Jake breaks into a grin.

			JAKE
	It can't be!

Jack barks twice and tears up the dock with Jake running after him.

INTERIOR MONKEY BAR - DAY

The locals are gathered around the piano as Corky pounds happily away.  
Beside him, in the cowboy hat and Flying Tiger's jacket is Gandy, wailing 
away on the harmonica.  Sarah joins in with the words and before you 
know it, everyone is singing...including Louie, Gushie, and the parrot.

ON THE SWINGING DOORS

Jack scoots in under them and a split second later, Jake bursts through 
grinning from ear to ear.  He gives a rebel yell and....

			JAKE
		(top of his lungs)
	Gandy Dancer!

ON GANDY

He stops playing, gives a rebel yell back and....

			GANDY
		(top of his lungs)
	Jake Cutter!

ANGLE ON ALL - FEATURE JAKE AND GANDY

as the two men race toward each other.  Corky is beaming.  Sarah smiling.  
Jake and Gandy meet in the center of the room, look at each other a beat.

			GANDY
	You sure are a sight for sore eyes, pardner.

			JAKE
	So are you.

			GANDY
	Can I buy you a beer?

			JAKE
	In a minute.  I gotta do something first.

Jake starts to turn away.

			GANDY
		(puzzled)
	What?

Jake spins back bringing a solid right to Gandy's chin that sends his hat 
flying off his head and him across a table onto the floor.

			JAKE
		(pissed)
	I gotta kill you!

ON GANDY

as he shakes his head to clear the stars.  Jack trots up and looks at him, tail 
wagging.

			GANDY
		(grins)
	Jack!
		(frowns)
	Ah, hell, he lost your eye again.

Jack barks twice.  Before Gandy can say anything more, Jake drags him to 
his feet and the fight is on.

SERIES OF SHOTS - THE DONNEYBROOK

as Jake and Gandy go to it.  A clean fight, but a helluva good one.  As this 
goes on....

Intercut with:

SARAH AND CORKY

watching.  Sarah's eyes wide.  Corky, drinking his beer and smiling.

			SARAH
	They'll kill each other!

			CORKY
	Naw.  They used to do it all the time in China.  Every time Gandy 
	suckered Jake into some wild goose chase...it'd end up in a fight.

Jake and Gandy crash past Corky and Sarah.

			CORKY
	The best fight they ever had was in...in....

He can't remember where.

Intercut with:

GUSHIE AND LOUIE

watching the fight.  Gushie has a pad and pencil, Louie is taking inventory.  
Jake slugs Gandy, knocking him into a table, the glasses and bottles hitting 
the floor and breaking.

			LOUIE
	One bottle of Beaujolais, twenty francs.

			GUSHIE
	It was half-empty, Louie.

			LOUIE
	Fifteen francs.  Two wine glasses, five francs....

ON JAKE AND GANDY

as they both slam into the bar.  They sag slightly, and breathing heavily 
look at each other.  Jake has a bloody nose.  Gandy has a bloody mouth.  
After a beat....

			GANDY
		(breathing hard)
	One beer?

			JAKE
		(breathing hard)
	One beer.

			PARROT
	Set 'em up!  Awwk!

They turn to the bartender who sets the beers down in front of them.  They 
both down them.  As they do....

Intercut with:

ON SARAH AND CORKY

Corky looks at his empty glass and licks his lips.

			SARAH
	Is it over?

			CORKY
	Ah....

Gandy finishes his beer.  Jake finishes his.  They both take a breath and 
Gandy slugs Jake.

			CORKY
	...not yet.

ON GUSHIE AND LOUIE

as the totalling of the damages goes on.

			LOUIE
	One table...two hundred francs.
		(beat)
	One chair...fifty francs.

ON JAKE AND GANDY

They are punched out, standing in the middle of the Monkey Bar, 
desolation all around them.  They are breathing so hard they can barely 
talk.

			JAKE AND GANDY
	Had enough?

They start to laugh.  It builds as they collapse to the middle of the floor 
trying to catch their breath.

ON CORKY AND SARAH

Corky smiles.

			CORKY
	It's over.

			SARAH
		(walking away)
	It's ridiculous!

MOVING WITH LOUIE

as he walks up to Jake and Gandy.

			LOUIE
	It was magnifique!

They both grin...it was a good fight.  Louie hands Jake a slip of paper.

			JAKE
	What's this?

			LOUIE
	The bill for the damages.

			JAKE
	Nine hundred and twenty francs!

			LOUIE
	I rounded it off.

			GANDY
	How much is that...American?

			JAKE
	A couple of hundred.

			GANDY
	Total?

			JAKE
	Each.

Gandy winces and stands, then helps Jake to his feet.  Louie goes about 
straightening up the bar.  Corky joins Gandy and Jake.

			CORKY
	That was great!  I was telling Sarah this time was almost as good 
	as the fight you two had in...in....

	       GANDY				       JAKE
	Shanghai.				Kantong.

			CORKY
		(shakes his head)
	No.  It was...ah...
		(remembers)
	...Kwee-Lin!

Jake and Gandy look at each other, puzzled.

			JAKE
	Corky...we were never in Kwee-Lin.

Corky looks puzzled.  He turns and heads for the bar for a beer.

			CORKY
	Funny.  I coulda sworn it was you two.


We hold on Jake and Gandy.

			GANDY
		(shakes his head)
	He hasn't changed in a year.

			JAKE
		(rubbing his jaw)
	Not much.
		(suddenly leery)
	And I'll bet neither have you.
		(beat)
	What are you doing in Boragora?

			GANDY
	Looking for you...pardner.

Jake moves to the bar to dab some booze on his cuts...Gandy sticks right 
with him.

			JAKE
	Oh, no...don't start that 'pardner' stuff on me.

			GANDY
	Jake, I've reformed.

			JAKE
	The hell you have.  Whatever you're after...the Shinto Emerald, 
	the Maltese Falcon, Tut's Treasure...the Fountain of 
	Youth...whatever it is you can count me out!

			GANDY
	Maybe Oomupwah can convince you.

			JAKE
	Oomup...what?

			OOMUPWAH'S VOICE
		(British accent)
	Oomupwah.  It's a Watusi name.

CLOSE ON JAKE

as he turns.

			JAKE
	I don't care if it's Eskimo.  I'm not....

He looks practically into Oomupwah's navel.

ANOTHER ANGLE - FEATURING JAKE AND OOMUPWAH

A lithe, handsome seven-foot two Watusi warrior in his late twenties 
wearing an ill-fitting, rumpled tropical suit.  There is a quiet, almost 
disturbing regality about him.  He speaks with a perfect British accent.  He 
extends his hand.

			OOMUPWAH
	It is a pleasure to meet you.  Mr. Dancer has spoken highly of you 
	and my people are grateful.

			JAKE
		(recovering)
	Grateful?

			OOMUPWAH
	For your help.  We leave in the morning...at first light.

Jake looks to Gandy who grins.

			GANDY
	You're gonna love this one, pardner.

On Jake's reaction....

					FADE TO BLACK

			_END OF ACT ONE_


			_ACT TWO_

FADE IN

EXTERIOR BORAGORA - DAY - ESTABLISHING - STOCK

The Goose is riding gently at anchor at the dock.

			JAKE'S VOICE
	No!

			GANDY'S VOICE
	I can't believe you're that cold and callous.

INTERIOR MONKEY BAR - DAY

Jake, Corky, Louie and Gandy are at the bar where we left them at the act 
break.

			JAKE
		(astounded)
	Me!  Callous?

Jack barks twice.

			JAKE
	Who asked you?

			LOUIE
	Jake, I must agree with him.

			JAKE
	You mean you believe his story about a Watusi tribe on Eel 
	Island?

			LOUIE
	Why would he lie?

			JAKE
	Because he's after something!  Captain Kidd's treasure...the 
	Golden Fleece...the Lost City of Atlantis...something!

			LOUIE
	He must have hit you harder than I thought.  Let me look at your 
	eyes.

			JAKE
	My eyes are fine!

Gandy is studying the gold monkey.

			GANDY
	Where'd you all get this?

			JAKE
	Aha!  See!

			CORKY
	It's just made of brass.  We thought it was gold at first, like the 
	legend....

			GANDY
	What legend?

			JAKE
		(warning)
	Corky....

			CORKY
	Yeah, Jake?

			JAKE
	Could I have some of your beer?

			CORKY
	Oh sure, Jake.
		(hands it over)
	Just don't drink it all this time.

As Jake reacts to that....

			LOUIE
	It seems to me you are being rather hard on your friend, Jake.

			JAKE
	Louie...you don't know him!
		(beat)
	Besides, there are no Watusi's in the Marivellas!  Watusi's live in 
	Africa.

			GANDY
		(fondling the idol)
	These migrated.

			JAKE
	Eel Island is in Boga territory...they'd kill anyone who set foot on 
	it.

			GANDY
	Tell that to Oomupwah...he says his people have been living there 
	for hundreds of years.

THEIR POINT OF VIEW - OOMUPWAH

seated at a table, drinking a beer and staring out at the ocean.

			JAKE'S VOICE
	That's the part I can't figure out.

BACK ON ALL

as Jake turns to Gandy.

			JAKE
		(continuing)
	Where you found him and how you got him to go along with 
	this con.

			GANDY
	You know, Jake, you used to be so...so....

			JAKE
	Gullible?

			GANDY
	Now...you're jaded.  Really jaded.  And, it's a shame.

			LOUIE
	Jake, as administrator of these islands, if there are Watusi on Eel 
	Island and especially if they're suffering from malaria, it is my 
	duty to document their existence and alleviate their suffering.

			JAKE
	You're buying his fairy tale?

			LOUIE
	Oui.  We leave in the morning for Eel Island with the quinine and 
	other medical supplies they brought with them.

			JAKE
	Fine.  But you're not going in the Goose.

Off Jake's firm look, we....

SMASH CUT TO

EXTERIOR GOOSE - DAY

as it climbs into the puffy white clouds above Boragora.

INTERIOR REAR CABIN

We pan down the aisle to reveal Oomupwah, Louie, Corky, and Gandy.  
Gandy is squatting in the aisle beside Corky.

			CORKY
	...so Jake and Sarah took the idol from Fritz and brought it back 
	to Boragora.

			GANDY
	But it was supposed to be as big as a house?

			CORKY
	Aw, you know how legends are.

			GANDY
	Yup...
		(thinking)
	But, I wonder if....

			CORKY
		(after a beat)
	What?

			GANDY
		(standing)
	Nothing.  I just thought that maybe they missed the real 
	idol...maybe it's still on that island.
		(shrugs)
	Guess not.

He turns and moves toward the cockpit and we move in on Corky.  It's got 
him thinking.

GOOSE COCKPIT - FEATURE JAKE

Cheroot in his teeth, looking very sour as he flies along.  Jack is riding in 
the copilot seat.  Gandy sticks his head in.

			GANDY
	Mind if I fly copilot?

			JAKE
	He only gives it up to Corky.

			GANDY
	Shoot.  You'll let me sit there, won't you, Jack?

Jack barks twice and jumps out of the seat and trots to the rear cabin.  Jake 
concentrates on flying.  Gandy smiles and slips into the seat.  For a 
moment they fly without a word, then Gandy touches the yoke.

			GANDY
	You mind?

Jake hesitates a beat, then takes his hands off the yoke.

			JAKE
	You got her.

He pulls a match a lights his cheroot.  After a beat....

	      	JAKE			     GANDY
	What happened after I jumped....	After you jumped, I....

They both smile.

			GANDY
	My chute was shot up.  I had no choice but to stick with the 
	Gooney Bird.
		(beat)
	I put it into a clearing near Shin-Lai and spent the next six 
	months....

			JAKE
		(fills in)
	Looking for Shangri-La.

			GANDY
	...at an orphanage in Tung-chwan.
		(beat)
	The nuns hid me from the Japanese.  Shared what little food they 
	had.  Kept me alive.  I guess some of their philosophy rubbed off.

Jake studies Gandy, not really believing him, and yet....

			GANDY
		(deep breath)
	By the time I got back to the base, I was convinced I had to do 
	something to help people instead of chasing some legend.
		(looks to Jake)
	So, I left the Tigers and started flying for the International Red 
	Cross.  Oomupwah and I broke the back of a Tri-Motor on a 
	potholed runway in the Solomons.  We shipped the quinine as far 
	as Boragora by boat.  The rest you know.
		(sincere)
	And that's the truth.

Jake stares at him.  Finally Gandy turns forward.

			GANDY
	Okay...maybe not a hundred percent.

			JAKE
	I knew it.

			GANDY
	Oomupwah said his people would give me a thousand buck bonus 
	in gold if I'd deliver the quinine.
		(beat)
	I haven't seen Molly since she was two.  That's five years, Jake.  
	Five years without a mommy or a daddy.  As soon as I finish this 
	job, I'm going home.  Back to Washington, Pennsylvania and my 
	little girl.  And that's the truth.
		(takes his hands off the yoke)
	You got her.

Jake takes over the controls, still studying Gandy...he's so damn sincere.

			GANDY
		(nodding forward)
	Eel Island.

THEIR POINT OF VIEW - LUSH TROPICAL ISLAND

with mountains rising into the clouds and thousand-foot cliffs plunging 
into the sea.  It's as if the island was a castle and the ocean its vast moat.  
(North shore of Molokai)

			JAKE'S VOICE
	How are we gonna scale those cliffs?

INTERIOR GOOSE COCKPIT - FEATURE OOMUPWAH

as he moves forward and sticks his head into the cockpit between the two 
pilots.

			OOMUPWAH
		(pointing)
	There is a lake just below the peak.  You can land your Goose 
	there.  It's only a short climb from the lake to my village.

			JAKE
	Short climb?

			OOMUPWAH
	My village is atop the mountain....

THEIR POINT OF VIEW - THE CLOUD-COVERED MOUNTAIN

which dominates the center of the island.

			OOMUPWAH'S VOICE
		(continuing)
	...in the clouds.

ON THE GOOSE

as it crosses the cliffs and over the jungle towards the interior of the island.

			JAKE'S VOICE
	I got that old feeling....

GOOSE COCKPIT - ON ALL

Gandy pushes his cowboy hat back on his head and grins at Jake.

			GANDY
	You have turned into a real nervous Nellie, pardner.

			OOMUPWAH
		(points)
	There is the lake.

			JAKE
		(looking)
	Where?

			OOMUPWAH
		(pointing)
	There.

			JAKE
		(sees it)
	There?  There!

JAKE'S POINT OF VIEW - SMALL MOUNTAIN LAKE

nestled at the base of the mountain.  It is surrounded by thick jungle on 
three sides and looks about as big as the bathtub at the Monkey Bar.

			GANDY'S VOICE
	What's wrong?

GOOSE COCKPIT - FEATURE JAKE

as he stares incredulously.

			JAKE
	What's wrong?  Gandy, that's not a lake...it's a puddle!

			GANDY
	Want me to land her?

			JAKE
	No, I don't want you to land her.

Jake retards the throttle slightly and eases the Goose down towards the 
lake.

			JAKE
	I'll make a pass to size her up.

			GANDY
		(pulling harmonica)
	Shoot, Jake, just put her down.  Making a pass ain't gonna make 
	the lake any bigger.

Gandy begins to play "The Yellow Rose of Texas."  Jake can't help but 
smile a little.

			JAKE
		(to Oomupwah)
	Better strap in and tell the others to do the same.

			OOMUPWAH
		(exiting)
	Of course.

REAR CABIN - MOVING WITH OOMUPWAH

as he walks back, stooped over because of his great height, to his seat.

			OOMUPWAH
	Mr. Cutter wants everyone to strap in.

			CORKY
	Oh-oh....

			LOUIE
	Is something wrong?

Jack barks twice.  Louie looks out the window.

			LOUIE
	Mon dieu!

ON THE GOOSE

as Jake brings it dragging in over the jungle toward the lake.

GOOSE COCKPIT

Gandy is wailing away on the harmonica as Jake concentrates on the 
approach.

REAR CABIN

Everyone is staring out the window, sucking down a little lower in the seat, 
except Oomupwah who sits there...stoically.

GOOSE COCKPIT

Jake cuts the engines and drops the Goose over the trees towards the water.  
Gandy throws one leg up to the console to brace himself and 
unconsciously begins to play faster.

ON THE GOOSE

It touches the water with a huge splash since Jake had to literally dump it 
in.

JAKE'S POINT OF VIEW THROUGH WINDSHIELD - THE TREES

at the opposite end of the lake are rushing up.

GOOSE COCKPIT - ON JAKE

He slams the starboard throttle to full power.

ON THE GOOSE

It skids in a tight turn on one pontoon, sliding sideways toward the trees.

REAR CABIN

Everyone is pulled sideways by the force of the turn.

ON THE GOOSE

The friction of the skid on the water finally slows it to a stop a few yards 
from shore.

GOOSE COCKPIT

Jake lets out a sigh of relief.  Gandy slowly removes the harmonica from 
his mouth and shakes his head.

			GANDY
		(laconically)
	Not bad for a flyboy used to having a whole ocean to land in.

Jake shakes his head and lights his cheroot...but he's grinning.

REAR CABIN

Everyone is sitting up relieved they're alive.  Corky looks around.

			CORKY
	Jack?  Jack, you okay?

We hear one bark.

CLOSE ON JACK

upside down under the seat across the aisle from his nest.  He scrambles 
out and shakes himself.  Corky kneels down beside him, straightening his 
eye patch.

			CORKY
	Some landing, huh?

Jack barks once.

EXTERIOR JUNGLE

Through the leaves we see the Goose nose into shore.  Corky jumps out of 
the front hatch and leaps ashore tying the Goose off to a palm tree.  Jack is 
right behind him.

CLOSER ON CORKY

He watches Jack run off into the jungle.

			CORKY
	Yeah...it was a long flight.

Corky moves into the bushes too.

REAR CABIN

Jake and Gandy begin unlashing the crates of quinine as Louie and 
Oomupwah peer out the cabin windows at the mountain.

			JAKE
	See anyone?

			LOUIE
	No.

			OOMUPWAH
	Do not worry.  Bearers started down the mountain at the first 
	sound of your engines.  They will be here shortly.

			LOUIE
	I hope so.

LOUIE'S POINT OF VIEW - THE MOUNTAIN

rising like a fortress into the clouds.

			LOUIE
	I'm too old to pack more than myself up a mountain anymore.

BACK ON GROUP - FEATURE JAKE AND LOUIE

Jake passes a crate to Gandy.

			JAKE
	Anymore?  When'd you ever climb more than the steps to 
	your office.

			LOUIE
		(looking out window)
	The last time was with Mallory in '24.

			JAKE
		(stops)
	Mallory.  He disappeared climbing Mt. Everest!

Louie turns and starts forward toward the cockpit.

			LOUIE
	Oui.  I blame myself.  If our rope hadn't parted in the storm, he 
	might still be alive today.

We hold on the stunned looks of Jake and Gandy as Louie disappears into 
the cockpit.

EXTERIOR GOOSE - FRONT HATCH

Louie's head pops up and he looks around.

			LOUIE
		(calling)
	Corky!

Corky appears out of the jungle, looking relieved.

			LOUIE
	Any sign of the bearers?

			CORKY
	Nuthin'.
		(beat)
	It's so quiet it's giving me the heebie jeebies.

			LOUIE
	Where's Jack?

			CORKY
		(touch embarrassed)
	He's...ah...you know...indisposed.

CLOSE ON JACK

He's not indisposed, he's ready to fight.  The hackles on the back of his 
neck are sticking straight up and he's growling softly.

JACK'S POINT OF VIEW - A BOGA WARRIOR

Short, no more than five feet tall, painted with broad slashes of white, red 
and yellow pigment and carrying a lethal blowgun.  He takes a dart from a 
leather pouch, inserts it into the barrel, takes aim and...fires!

					FADE OUT

			_END OF ACT TWO_


			_ACT THREE_

FADE IN

EXTERIOR JUNGLE - ON JACK

He leaps to one side just in time to avoid the dart.  With a yelp, he switches 
ends and takes off through the jungle back towards the lake.  A second dart 
zips past his ear and into a tree.

ANGLE ON THE GOOSE

The landing party has formed a line and are passing crates from the Goose 
through the front hatch to the shore.  Jack comes racing out of the jungle 
and leaps onto the nose of the Goose nearly knocking a box out of Jake's 
arms.

			JAKE
	Jeez Jack!  Watch what you're doing.

Jack stands on the nose, facing the jungle and growls.

			GANDY
	What is it?

			LOUIE
	Perhaps the bearers have arrived?

Jack barks once.

			CORKY
	That means they haven't.  See one bark means no and....

			JAKE
	Corky!
		(to Jack)
	Trouble, boy?

Jack barks twice.

			CORKY
		(finishing)
	...and two means yes.

ANOTHER ANGLE

as Jake and Oomupwah move a few feet into the jungle.

			OOMUPWAH
		(Swahili)
	Are you there my brothers?

They wait for an answer...the only sound is the wind in the trees.

BOGA'S POINT OF VIEW - JAKE AND OOMUPWAH

from about a hundred meters away.

BACK ON JAKE AND OOMUPWAH

Louie, Corky and Gandy join them.

			JAKE
	I don't like it.

			OOMUPWAH
	We will unfortunately have to carry the medication ourselves.

			LOUIE
	What about the bearers?

			OOMUPWAH
	They are not coming now.

The others look at him.

			JAKE
	Why not?

			OOMUPWAH
		(turning away)
	Perhaps they are too ill.

Jake watches him go back towards the Goose, then he turns to Gandy.

			JAKE
	Or perhaps something is going on that isn't being said.

			GANDY
	Don't look at me.  I'm just an angel of mercy.

Gandy turns and goes back towards the Goose.

			LOUIE
	What do you want to do?

			JAKE
	We gotta haul that quinine up there.
		(beat)
	Corky, you and Jack stay here.

			CORKY
	Awww...Jake.

			JAKE
		(ignoring him)
	Anchor the Goose in the middle of the lake until we return.

			CORKY
	But, I wanna help.

			JAKE
	Corky.  The Goose is our only way outta here.  I need my best 
	men guarding it.

			CORKY
	Oh...sure, Jake.
		(exiting)
	Jack, we got guard duty!

We move in closer on Louie and Jake as they stare into the dark jungle.  
Finally....

			JAKE
	Mt. Everest, huh?

			LOUIE
	Oui.

Louie turns and walks back and we hold on Jake still studying the jungle.

DISSOLVE TO

EXTERIOR JUNGLE TRAIL - DAY

Oomupwah is leading the way with Louie, Gandy and Jake following.  
They are all carrying boxes strapped to their backs as they climb the steep 
path through the jungle toward the mountain.

EXTERIOR MOUNTAIN LAKE

Corky has let the Goose drift into the middle of the lake.  He leans out the 
cockpit and yells to Jack, who's sitting on the nose next to an anchor with 
some coiled rope.

			CORKY
	Let her rip!

Jack nudges the anchor until it slides off the nose of the Goose and plunges 
into the lake.  A few seconds later the Goose swings taut at anchor and 
Corky comes up through the forward hatch carrying a rifle.

			CORKY
		(licks his lips)
	I sure could use a beer.  How about you?

Jack barks twice.  Corky laughs and shades his eyes, looking up at the 
mountain.

CORKY'S POINT OF VIEW - MOUNTAIN

looming above him like a tropical Matterhorn.

EXTERIOR JUNGLE PATH - DAY

as our group climbs up the trail.  We zoom ahead to a bush where we see a 
Boga warrior slip his blowgun through.  He fires.

ON GANDY

He turns to say something to Jake and the dart thuds into his pack.

			GANDY
		(puzzled)
	You hear something?

He turns and Jake sees the dart in his pack.  He draws his pistol as he spots 
a Boga.

			JAKE
		(yells)
	Bogas!

Jake fires into the jungle and we hear a scream.  In seconds the air is filled 
with darts and gunfire.

SERIES OF SHOTS

With dozens of Bogas firing darts from the trees and jungle bordering the 
trail, our valiant group fights its way up the mountain.  Most of the darts 
are hitting into the packs on their backs as....

			JAKE
		(firing)
	Keep moving!  It's our only chance!

			GANDY
		(firing)
	Ain't no grass growing under my feet, pardner!

			LOUIE
		(firing)
	Just like the old days...at Fort Zindernuff!

			GANDY
		(stops)
	Zindernuff.  You were at Fort Zindernuff!

			JAKE
		(firing)
	Will you keep moving!

Gandy moves on and they manage to get past the biggest group of Bogas.  
Oomupwah leads Louie on as Jake and Gandy pause to provide covering 
fire down the trail.

CLOSE ON JAKE AND GANDY

side by side firing at the charging Bogas...darts whistling through the air 
around them.

			GANDY
	Was he really at Zindernuff?

			JAKE
	Why?

			GANDY
	If he was, maybe he knows where the Blue Water Sapphire is!

			JAKE
		(warning)
	Gandy!

ANGLE ON OOMUPWAH AND LOUIE

They turn a corner in the trail and Louie yells back....

			LOUIE
	Don't dally all day.

BACK ON JACK AND GANDY

They drop two of the charging Bogas and take off up the trail around the 
corner to....

THE GORGE

It separates the jungle from the mountain and is hundreds of feet deep.  
The only way across is over a swaying rope bridge.  On the other side, the 
bridge is anchored in the solid rock and exits into a cave.  There, two 
Watusi warriors with long bows guard the entrance.  Oomupwah is 
halfway across the bridge with Louie behind him as Jake and Gandy run 
up.

			GANDY
		(beaming)
	Just like in the legend!

			JAKE
		(pissed)
	What legend?

Gandy turns and fires down the trail instead of answering.

			JAKE
		(yelling)
	What legend!

			GANDY
	Keep moving, Jake.  They're right on our tail!

On the other side of the bridge the two Watusi warriors begin to fire 
arrows at the screaming Bogas who have reached the bridge.

ANOTHER ANGLE

as the four men move across the flimsy rope bridge...arrows and darts 
flying in both directions.

ON A WATUSI

as he takes a dart in the heart, drops his bow and stumbles forward into the 
gorge.

ON THE BRIDGE

Jake turns and gets off two shots.

ON OOMUPWAH

He scurries off the end of the bridge, grabs the long bow that was dropped 
and begins firing arrows across the gorge.

ON A BOGA

as he catches one of Oomupwah's arrows in the chest.  Another leaps to 
take his place and he too dies.  A third comes forward and fires a dart.

ON GANDY

The dart catches him high in the shoulder.  He yells, loses his balance and 
falls.

ANOTHER ANGLE

as Gandy catches himself and hangs suspended from the rope bridge.

ON THE GROUP AT THE CAVE

Oomupwah continues to fire arrows and Louie, the pistol.

ON JAKE

He turns from firing to see Gandy hanging by one hand from the rope 
bridge.  Jake drops his pistol and dives for Gandy's hand, grasping it just as 
the wounded man lets go.  The weight of Gandy's body pulls Jake, too, 
over the edge.  He ends up hanging from the bridge with one hand and a 
leg and onto Gandy with the other two.  As they dangle over the thousand 
foot gorge....

			GANDY
		(wincing in pain)
	You're in better shape than I thought, pardner.

Jake grits his teeth and somehow manages to pull both he and Gandy onto 
the swaying bridge.  As they lie there, panting for breath....

			JAKE
	We get outta this....

			GANDY
	I know...you're gonna kill me.

Jake nods, then picks up his pistol and provides covering fire as Gandy 
stumbles the rest of the way across the bridge towards the safety of the 
cave.

CUT TO

EXTERIOR THE GOOSE - DAY - CLOSE ON CORKY

seated on the nose, cradling the rifle, his head turned up towards the 
mountain.  From the clouds wreathing the peak, we can barely hear the 
distant reports of Jake's and Louie's pistols.

			CORKY
		(nervous)
	That's Jake's Wetherby...
		(listens)
	And that's Louie's Colt!  You think they got ambushed?

There is no reply from Jack.  In fact, Jack isn't even sitting next to Corky.  
Corky twists around.

			CORKY
	Jack?

He stands and looks to the top of the wing.

ON JACK

lying down on the fuselage between the Wasp Jrs. staring towards the rear 
of the Goose and growling.

			CORKY'S VOICE
	Jack...come down from there!

WIDER ON ALL

as Corky moves up to the windscreen to talk to Jack.

			CORKY
	This is no time to sunbathe.  We're supposed to be on guard.
		(beat)
	You see something?

Jack barks twice.  Corky climbs up on the wing and lays down beside Jack.  
He looks at the jungle across the lake.

			CORKY
	I...I don't see nothing.
		(beat)
	You sure?

Jack barks twice.

THEIR POINT OF VIEW - ON THE LAKE

At first we don't notice anything, then we see what appears to be a half-
dozen reeds in the water drifting toward the Goose.  The Bogas are using 
their blowguns as snorkels to swim underwater.

BACK ON CORKY AND JACK

Jack is on his feet now, growling louder.  Corky still doesn't see anything.

			CORKY
	Jack...you're making me nervous!  There's nothing out there...
		(sees them)
	Oh yes there is!

He fires at one of the blowguns.

ANGLE ON THE WATER

The bullet kicks up the water inches from the blowgun and the Boga using 
it surfaces with a yell.  A second later, three more surface and begin 
swimming fast for the last few meters to the Goose.

ON CORKY AND JACK

Corky fires at the attacking Bogas, who either duck under water or put the 
tail of the Goose between them and his rifle.  Jack growls at something 
behind them.  Corky spins to see....

A BOGA WARRIOR

climbing onto the bow of the Goose.  Behind him we see four or five more 
Bogas swimming up.  The Boga raises the blowgun to his lips.

ANGLE ON ALL - FEATURE CORKY

as he fires, blowing the Boga into the water.

			CORKY
	They're all over us!

Jacks barks twice and darts along the wing to nip at a Boga climbing up 
over the pontoon.  The Boga yells and falls back into the water.  Corky 
keeps them at bay until he runs out of ammo.

			CORKY
		(yells)
	Jack!  Come on!

Corky slides onto the nose of the Goose, knocks a Boga who's climbing on 
back into the water, then jumps into the hatch.  He turns and waits for Jack 
to leap in, then slams the hatch shut, just as two Bogas appear atop the 
wing firing their blowguns.

INTERIOR COCKPIT

Corky climbs up from under the instrument panel and into the pilot's seat.  
Jack is right behind him, jumping into the other seat.  Corky races through 
the engine start procedure, turning on fuel pumps, throwing switches, etc.

			CORKY
	We gotta get outta here!  Come back for Jake later.  If we....

A Boga face appears upside down in the windshield, inches from Corky's 
face.  Corky yells, scared out of his wits!  The Boga yells...he was scared 
too, but only for a moment.  He clambers down and begins to pound on the 
window with his blowgun, trying to break it.  Another Boga does the same 
thing on the side window as Jack snaps at him.  Corky is terrified as he 
reaches for the starter button.

			CORKY
		(automatic yell)
	Clear!

Jack barks twice and Corky hits the starter button.

ON THE GOOSE

A dozen Bogas are swarming over the wings and fuselage as the port prop 
begins to turn slowly in the sun.  One by one, they stop their screaming 
war cries and stare at it in awe.

Then a huge belch of black smoke explodes out of the exhaust and the 
Wasp Jr. roars to life.  The Bogas, who have never seen or heard anything 
like it, can't leap off the Goose fast enough.

INTERIOR COCKPIT

Corky realizes what's happened.  He guns the engines a couple of times.

			CORKY
		(to Jack)
	The engines!  They're scared of my engines!

Jack barks twice.  Corky grins and guns the engine again.

WIDE ON THE GOOSE

taxiing in a tight circle as the Bogas swim for shore as fast as their toady 
little legs can propel them.

			CORKY'S VOICE
		(continuing)
	Wait'll we tell Jake!  Bogas are scared of our engines!

CUT TO

EXTERIOR WATUSI VILLAGE - DAY - ON GANDY'S SHOULDER

as Louie removes the dart.  We widen to reveal Gandy propped against a 
palm tree in the middle of a Watusi village.  The village itself is in the 
center of an extinct volcano with the walls of the caulder rising hundreds 
of feet above on all sides.  The only way in or out is through a cave leading 
to the suspension bridge.  Behind them, Oomupwah is doling out quinine 
to his fellow tribesmen.  Jake looks very concerned as Louie dabs at 
Gandy's wound with antiseptic.

			JAKE
	How's it look?

			GANDY
	Shoot.  Don't worry about it.  Ain't even an arrow...just a little 
	ole dart.

			LOUIE
	With poison on its tip.

			GANDY
		(sobering)
	Poison?

			JAKE
	The Bogas make it from a swamp mushroom.

			GANDY
		(tight smile)
	Hell, I love mushrooms.

			LOUIE
	Not this one.
		(finishes)
	In a few hours, we should know if I got to it in time.

			GANDY
	And if you didn't?

Louie and Jake both just stare at him, they don't have to say it.  Gandy rubs 
his shoulder and puts on a big grin.

			GANDY
	Shoot...I feel just fine.

He stands, a bit shaky, but appears to be okay.  Louie stands and closes 
his bag.

			LOUIE
	I'd best help Oomupwah with the quinine.
		(looks around)
	Your know, Monsieur Dancer, I didn't really believe you, but 
	this is an authentic African kraal and these people appear to be 
	Watusi.
		(exiting)
	It's fascinating.

CLOSE ON JAKE AND GANDY

As Louie walks over to help Oomupwah dole out the medication, Gandy 
looks around, immensely pleased with himself.  Jake watches him as he 
lights his cheroot.

			JAKE
		(off-handed)
	Just like the legend.

			GANDY
		(without thinking)
	Yup.  Just like....

He catches himself and turns to face Jake.

			JAKE
		(tossing match)
	You might as well tell me...it can't get any worse.

Gandy grins sheepishly and pulls Jake even further away from the others.

			GANDY
	Ever hear of a writer called M. Rider Haggard?

			JAKE
	Sure.  He wrote about Africa...
		(catching on)
	Gandy!  That was just a novel!  A fictional novel!

			GANDY
	Based on a legend and legends are....

			JAKE
		(finishing)
	Based on fact.  I know, you've told me!

			GANDY
		(with a fervor)
	I did some rootin' around in Africa after I read Haggard's novel.  
	Got into some of the same legends he did.  Found something he 
	left outta that novel.
		(whisper)
	After Tremain, the Watusi were afraid others would come, so they 
	moved the treasure!  Took it across the great sea to an island...an 
	island with a mountain in the clouds.  And do you know the only 
	way into that mountain?

			JAKE
		(doubting)
	Across the suspension bridge?

			GANDY
	And through a cave to the kraal.

He takes Jake and turns him, wincing slightly at the pain in his shoulder as 
he does.

			GANDY
	Look to the right of the cave we came through.

JAKE'S POINT OF VIEW - ANOTHER CAVE

in the side of the volcano.  It is guarded by two tall Watusi warriors.

			GANDY'S VOICE
	With their warriors so sick they can barely stop the Bogas from 
	crossing the bridge, why do they have two guards on a cave inside 
	the volcano?

BACK CLOSE ON JAKE AND GANDY

as Jake turns back to him.

			GANDY
	I'll tell you why, pardner.  Because inside that cave is the treasure 
	from King Solomon's mines!

On Jake's reaction....

					FADE TO BLACK

			_END OF ACT THREE_


			_ACT FOUR_

FADE IN

EXTERIOR CAVE ABOVE THE GORGE - DAY

The suspension bridge is swaying slightly in the breeze as Jake, Gandy and 
Louie study the jungle across the gorge from behind a boulder at the 
mouth of the cave.  Two Watusi warriors, with long bows, stand a few 
meters behind them.  Gandy is sweating and winces every time he moves 
his wounded shoulder.

			JAKE
	It's our only chance.  If I can get to the Goose, I'll climb to 
	altitude and radio Boragora for help.

			LOUIE
	Jake.  One man, alone, through that jungle filled with mean little 
	Bogas?  Never.  Not in daylight.
		(beat)
	Perhaps at night...with a lot of luck....

			JAKE
	Can't wait until dark.  I'll never find the way.  Besides, Tony and 
	Lou hate scenes shot in the dark.  And, I can't leave Corky and 
	Jack down there all night in the Goose.  The Bogas will get them.

			GANDY
	Jake's right.  I've got to try it, now.

			JAKE
		(incredulous)
	You've gotta try?

Gandy lifts his head for a slightly better look.

			GANDY
	Yup.

We hear the whistle of a dart as it zips across the gorge.  Gandy bobs 
slightly and the dart zings by his head and ricochets off the cave wall.  
The Watusi fire off a round of arrows.

			GANDY
		(grins)
	See what I mean.  You ain't got my moves, pardner.  I can zig zag 
	through those Bogas like a cutting horse through a herd of heifers.

			JAKE
	Then how'd you get wounded?

			GANDY
		(winces slightly)
	Ain't quite got that one figured out, but I think....

			JAKE
		(an order)
	_You_ are staying here.

			OOMUPWAH'S VOICE
	Gentlemen, neither of you could survive a dash across the bridge.

ON OOMUPWAH

standing in the recess of the cave behind him, flanked by four more Watusi 
warriors.  He is no longer wearing the ill-fitting suit, but is adorned in the 
robe and ostrich-feathered headdress of a Watusi king.

			GANDY
	Whooeee...look at you!  You're dressed like a king.

			OOMUPWAH
	Gandy, my friend, I am a king.  And as such, cannot let you or 
	your friends who have helped us throw your lives away.

			JAKE
	Oomupwah, your warriors are brave, but they're so sick with 
	malaria they can barely stand.
		(beat)
	I've gotta get to the Goose to radio for help and the only way is 
	across that bridge.

			OOMUPWAH
	There is another way.

Off their looks....

CUT TO

EXTERIOR VOLCANIC CAVE - DAY - ON THE GROUP

as they are led by Oomupwah from the cave towards the one inside the 
caulder which Gandy pointed to earlier.

			OOMUPWAH
	It is dangerous, as you will see, but at least no one will be firing 
	blow darts at you...at least not until you leap into the lake.

			JAKE
	Leap?

They reach the entrance.

			OOMUPWAH
		(ignores Jake's remark)
	This is as far as the others need go.  I will lead you from here, 
	Mr. Cutter.

CLOSE ON JAKE AND GANDY

Gandy is paling and beginning to sweat profusely.  His eyes burn brightly 
as he leans in to Jake and whispers....

			GANDY
	He'll probably blindfold you....

			JAKE
	Gandy....

			GANDY
	Count your steps...listen to the echo changes.

Louie steps up and feels Gandy's head.

			LOUIE
	You're burning up.

			OOMUPWAH
		(to warriors)
	Take him to my house.

The warriors step forward and help Gandy off towards the huts.

			GANDY
	You don't make it, Jake, I'll never let you live it down.

As he's helped off, Louie steps up to Jake.

			LOUIE
	I'll see what I can do to make him comfortable.

			JAKE
	You telling me he doesn't have a chance?

			LOUIE
	One always has a chance, Jake.
		(kisses his cheek)
	Bon chance, mon ami.

Then Louie turns and trots after the warriors and Gandy.  Jake turns to 
Oomupwah.

			JAKE
	What's in this cave?

Oomupwah studies him for a beat, then....

			OOMUPWAH
	Food and water.  All we have in the village is stored here.
		(turns)
	Follow me.

INTERIOR CAVE - DAY - MOVING WITH THE GROUP

A Watusi warrior with a torch leads the way, followed by Oomupwah, 
Jake and finally another warrior with a torch brings up the rear.  They enter 
a vast room filled with huge baskets and water barrels...most of which are 
empty.  After a moment's hesitation, they proceed on into the narrowing 
cave.

ANOTHER ANGLE

as the torch appears, then our group, now walking single file due to the 
narrowness of the cave.

			OOMUPWAH
		(in Swahili)
	I will take him from here.

The warrior hand his torch to Oomupwah, who moves forward with Jake 
following.

			OOMUPWAH
	Stay close...the way is quite narrow.

They move on and we hold on the two warriors who remain behind.

NARROW PASSAGE

The flickering light of the torch appears, then Oomupwah's face.  He stops 
and motions Jake forward.

			OOMUPWAH
	There is only room for one from here...it is only a few more 
	yards.

Jake's face appears beside him.

			JAKE
	To what?

			OOMUPWAH
	An opening in the mountain...above the lake.

Jake crawls forward on his hands and knees toward the camera.

			JAKE
	How far above the lake?

EXTERIOR MOUNTAIN SIDE - DAY - CLOSE ON OPENING

as Jake crawls out from the heart of the mountain onto a narrow ledge.  He 
looks down.

JAKE'S POINT OF VIEW - THE LAKE

is a hundred feet below him.

CLOSE ON JAKE

He looks down, shakes his head.  Then he tucks his cap in his jacket 
and...jumps.

ON JAKE

as he plummets a hundred feet, entering the placid water of the lake with a 
huge splash.  We hold on the water for a moment, then....

CUT TO

EXTERIOR GOOSE - DAY - CLOSE ON CORKY AND JACK

lying on the wing, sleeping in the sun.  Jack picks his head up for a beat, 
then lays it back down.

			CORKY
	What is it, Jack?  Something up?

Jack barks once.  Corky rolls back over to go to sleep.

			JAKE'S VOICE
	Corky!

Corky pops awake.

			CORKY
	Hiya, Jake.  I didn't hear you coming.

ANGLE TO INCLUDE JAKE

soaking wet, standing on the nose of the Goose.

			JAKE
	Corky...is this how you guard the Goose!

			CORKY
	Don't need to guard it anymore, Jake.  The Bogas are scared to 
	death of the Goose.
		(beat)
	Ain't that right, Jack?

Jack barks twice and rolls over on his back to go to sleep.  On Jake's 
reaction....

CUT TO

EXTERIOR SUSPENSION BRIDGE - DAY

The Bogas have launched an all out attack.  Some are firing darts over the 
gorge from the jungle, while others charge across the swaying suspension 
bridge, screaming their barbaric war cry at the top of their lungs.

ON OOMUPWAH

standing in the mouth of the cave, oblivious to the danger, firing arrow 
after arrow at the charging Bogas.  Around him, warriors fall, as much 
from the malaria as from Boga darts.

INTERIOR OOMUPWAH'S HUT

It has become an aid station where Louis and two Watusi women tend to 
the wounded and sick warriors.  Gandy is lying on a pallet, soaked with 
fever.  He can barely move and his eyes are bright with fever.  Even from 
here, one can hear the screaming Bogas.  Louie looks up from a wounded 
warrior to Gandy.

			LOUIE
		(smiles)
	We could use a troop of your cavalry about now, mon ami.

			GANDY
		(manages a grin)
	Maybe I can conjure one up.

Gandy takes the harmonica from his pocket with his good hand and begins 
to play "The Yellow Rose of Texas."  Weakly at first, then louder and 
louder.

SMASH CUT TO

INTERIOR GOOSE COCKPIT - ON JAKE

as he bores in on the mountain top, his jaw set.  The music from Gandy's 
tune swelling into a fully orchestrated heroic theme.

ON CORKY AND JACK

seated beside Jake, eyes wide with excitement.

JAKE'S POINT OF VIEW - THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE

as he dives toward it.

ON THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE

The Bogas are nearly across, only Oomupwah is left to defend the bridge.  
Suddenly the roar of the Goose's engines causes them to look up in fright.

ON THE GOOSE

screaming down on the bridge, its wingtip a few feet from the mountain.  It 
roars over, the blast from the props sending the bridge into wild 
oscillations.

ON THE BOGAS

hanging on, terrified out of their wits.

ON THE GOOSE

as it climbs up into the sky and wings around to make another pass.

COCKPIT - FEATURE JAKE

as he looks back over his shoulder at the bridge.

			JAKE
	Let's try it a little lower this time.

			CORKY
		(panicked)
	Lower?

Jack barks once.

ON THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE

as the Goose roars back down, even lower, if that's possible.  The Bogas 
are dropping their blowguns and fleeing back into the jungle as fast as their 
bandy legs can carry them.  The Goose screams over the bridge and zooms 
up into the sky.

ON OOMUPWAH

standing alone at the edge of the bridge.  He lifts his head and utters a 
mighty Watusi cry of victory.

ON THE GOOSE

climbing into the clouds, waggling its wings.

DISSOLVE TO

INTERIOR OOMUPWAH'S HUT - DAY

Louie is kneeling beside Gandy as Jake rushes in, followed by Corky, Jack 
and Oomupwah.  Outside we can hear the Watusi chanting in victory.

			LOUIE
	Jake, you did it!

Jack barks once.

			JAKE
	Jack's right.  The Goose did it.

			CORKY
		(rapid fire)
	You should've seen 'em run, Louie.  Last we saw, those Bogas 
	were paddling towards the outer islands.  I ain't seen anyone run 
	that fast since...since...ah....

Gandy opens his eyes and manages a grin.

			GANDY
		(weakly)
	Since Jake and I chased those Zekes over Shanghai.

			CORKY
		(quickly)
	Yeah, since Shanghai.

			JAKE
		(kneeling)
	How you doing?

			GANDY
	Not bad...for a dying cowboy.

			JAKE
	Gandy....

			GANDY
		(cutting in)
	Save it, pardner.  I know the score.
		(painful breath)
	Jake...
		(beat)
	I gotta talk to you...alone.

Jake looks up at the others.  Oomupwah nods, and kneels, touching 
Gandy's hand in a farewell gesture.

			OOMUPWAH
	Thank you, my friend.  My people shall sing of your bravery.

			LOUIE
		(a salute)
	Au revoir, mon ami.

			CORKY
		(thumbs up)
	I'll...I'll be waiting outside.

Jack trots over and licks Gandy's face.

			GANDY
		(small laugh)
	Don't you go getting sentimental on me.

Jack barks once and leaves.

CLOSE ON JAKE AND GANDY

as Jake turns back to him.  Gandy lifts himself painfully up on one 
shoulder.  His eyes are burning brightly.

			GANDY
		(hoarse whisper)
	Were you blindfolded?

			JAKE
	No.

			GANDY
		(scared)
	No?  That doesn't make sense?
		(labored breath)
	They'd never let you see the treasure, Jake!  They had to blindfold 
	you!

			JAKE
	Gandy...
		(pause)
	What I meant was, they did.  But...I managed to slip it.

			GANDY
		(eyes bright)
	Then you saw it!  You saw King Solomon's treasure!

			JAKE
		(smiles)
	Just like Haggard wrote.

Gandy collapses back on the pallet.

			GANDY
		(weakly)
	Whoopie!  I knew it!

MOVING IN CLOSE ON JAKE

His eyes begin to water as he tells Gandy what he saw.

			JAKE
	There's a cavern...a hundred yards long and the dead Watusi kings 
	sit in stone thrones on both sides of it.

Intercut with:

MOVING IN CLOSE ON GANDY

as he closes his eyes and listens, dying.

			GANDY
	The ivory...was the ivory there?

			JAKE
	Thousands of tusks...some twenty feet high.  And tipped in silver.

			GANDY
		(weaker)
	And the gold....

			JAKE
	Everywhere I looked.  Goblets...shields...scepters...the room 
	seemed lined with gold!

			GANDY
		(gasping)
	Jake...the three stone chests....

			JAKE
		(smiles)
	They were there!  Just like in the book.  Two feet square and 
	three-quarters full of raw, uncut diamonds...
		(beat)
	The diamonds from King Solomon's mines!

And Gandy dies...smiling.

					FADE TO BLACK

			_END OF ACT FOUR_


			_TAG_

FADE IN

EXTERIOR MONKEY BAR - NIGHT - ESTABLISHING - STOCK

We hear a few sad notes from a harmonica.

INTERIOR MONKEY BAR - NIGHT - ON CORKY

sitting at a table, playing Gandy's harmonica.  We widen to reveal Jake, 
Jack, Sarah, Gushie, and Louie at the table.  Louie has just finished 
pouring them glasses of wine.  The bar behind them is practically deserted.

			LOUIE
		(toasting)
	To Gandy...the kind of man of whom legends are made.

			ALL
		(toasting)
	To Gandy.

They finish and Corky goes back to playing the harmonica.

			SARAH
	Will they give him a decent burial?

			JAKE
	Oomupwah said he'd bury him like a king.

			LOUIE
	Gandy would have liked that.

			SARAH
		(after a beat)
	What about his little girl?

			CORKY
		(stops playing)
	Jake and I are gonna send Molly money every month.

			SARAH
	I'd like to chip in.

			GUSHIE
	Count me in.

			LOUIE
	And me.
		(pulls out a pouch)
	Jake.  This was his payment from Oomupwah.  A bonus, he said.

			JAKE
		(taking pouch)
	Yeah.  A thousand in gold.  It'll be a start.
		(hefts it)
	Not very heavy.

Jake looks inside, then up to the others.

			SARAH
	What is it?

Jake pours the contents of the pouch onto the table.

CLOSE ON TABLE

as a dozen raw diamonds roll out of the pouch.

BACK ON ALL

They stare, wide eyed.  Louie picks one up.

			LOUIE
	Raw diamonds.
		(looks up)
	Molly Dancer is going to be a very wealthy little girl.

			CORKY
	Jake...you don't think....

Off Jake's reaction:

					FREEZE FRAME

					AND

					FADE OUT


			_THE END_



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