_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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