_ACT ONE_ FADE IN EXT. SMALL TROPICAL ISLAND - DAY Afternnon rain clouds scale the flanks of the old volcano which dominates the center of the island until only its strange twin-needle peak can be seen from the surrounding islands. Beneath these clouds the jungle steams...a jade green sea dotted with brilliant tropical flowers and filled with the raucous chatter of exotic birds. CASCADING WATERFALL Fed by rains falling high up the volcano, the water drops a thousand feet to a tropical pool surrounded by a thick wall of jungle. We move in on a lone monkey sitting on a lava ledge which juts out over the pool, quietly eating a papaya. There is something eerie about this primate, perhaps the fastidious way he eats or his casual indifference to the water falling inches from his perch or perhaps it's the perch itself...strategically dominating the pool...the perfect lookout. Suddenly the monkey stops eating in midbite. The jungle around him is instantly silent and for a long time the only sound is that of the water plummeting into the pool, then, the whack of a machete cuts through the air. MONKEY'S POINT OF VIEW - THE JUNGLE The thick vegetation trembles for a moment then a razor-sharp blade slashes through the leaves and a man steps out. Hanus is in his midthirties, sunburned and wolf-lean; wearing a rather worn safari shirt soaked with sweat and white with body salt. He unconsciously adjusts the webbing holding the holstered Luger to his side and looks up at the huge monkey. CLOSE ON THE MONKEY as it stares back at the man...unafraid. BACK ON HANUS staring in awe at the monkey as a second German emerges from the trail behind him. Kurt is blond, young enough to still carry some baby fat and wearing a tailored outfit that hints at being a German uniform. At the sight of the monkey, he automatically unbuttons his holster and puts his hand on the Luger. Both speak with German accents. HANUS (awed) Incredible. (beat) Look at the size of him! KURT (touch nervous) He is just a big monkey. HANUS Look at his eys...he has no fear. KURT Then I shall teach him some. He pulls the Luger and aims at the monkey. Hanus turns and as Kurt fires, knocks his arm aside. The bullet ricochets off the ledge inches from the monkey, who doesn't even blink. KURT (furious) How dare you! Hanus immediately turns back, locking eyes with the huge primate. He speaks to Kurt in a low reassuring tone, as if to a child. HANUS Herr Leutner. If the legend is true, this male is a guardian. KURT (cuts him off) He is nothing but a monkey! CLOSE ON MONKEY At that moment, he stands erect, curls his lips revealing three-inch fangs and utters a scream so primal it raises the hackles on the necks of both men. ON HANUS AND KURT Kurt involuntarily retreats a couple of steps. Hanus locks eyes with the huge primate, trying to keep him on the ledge by sheer power of will. HANUS (low voice) Don't make any sudden moves, Herr Leutner. (beat) Back off slowly. Kurt's furious at being ordered and frightened by the monkey, raises the Luger and fires, hitting the animal square in the chest. ON MONKEY as it screams in pain, then gathers itself and leaps off the ledge toward the two men below. ON ALL Kurt fires two more shots, hitting the monkey in midair. It splashes into the pool and comes up struggling, still trying to reach him. As it drags its wounded body out of the water, Kurt steps forward and calmly executes it with a bullet in the head. The monkey slumps dead, half in and half out of the pool. KURT (smugly) You see...just a monkey. He shoves it with his jackboot back into the pool and it floats downstream through the jungle toward the ocean. CLOSER ON BOTH MEN Hanus watches in disgust as the dead monkey floats away, then turns angrily to Kurt, but before he can speak, another scream pierces the heavy mists hanging over the pool. Both men spin toward the sound to see.... ANOTHER MONKEY as it swings from a vine past the waterfall and drops gracefully on the other side of the pool. It is not nearly as big as the one Kurt just killed, but its snarl is as vicious and its fangs as deadly. BACK ON KURT AND HANUS Before either man can react, another scream and a third monkey appears as if by magic out of the thick jungle a few meters away. They turn toward it and a fourth drops out of the trees behind them. DOWN ANGLE ON POOL as a half dozen of the terrifying primates surround the two men, their screams and snarls so loud they block the sound of the waterfall. Then suddenly all the monkeys are silent. CLOSE ON KURT AND HANUS as they stand amid the beasts. For a moment nothing happens, then a huge monkey the size of the original guardian, drops seemingly from nowhere onto the lava ledge overhanging the pool. The other monkeys look to him as he studies the two men. KURT (frightened) Sergeant...what do we do? HANUS (slowly) I think...we die. CLOSE ON THE NEW GUARDIAN For a long moment, he stares in silence at the two men who have invaded the sacred pool. Then, with a blood curdling scream, he signals the tribe to kill and the titles begin. ON HANUS He cooly drops two of the charging monkeys before a third takes him down from behind. ON KURT backing into the water, yelling in fear, firing wildly. A huge male lands on his back, sinking yellow fangs deep into his fat neck. As Kurt arches his back and screams, the rest of the tribe falls upon him, ripping him apart. WIDE ON POOL It's over as quickly as it started. As the bloody bodies of Kurt and Hanus float downstream, the monkeys pick up their dead and disappear into the jungle. All that is left is the new guardian on the ledge. MOVING IN CLOSE ON THE GUARDIAN MONKEY he picks up the half-eaten papaya and begins to eat as he watches from his perch. Over this -- titles end and we hear.... JAKE'S VOICE Whatta you say, Jack? CUT TO INT. DOCKSIDE DIVE - DAY - CLOSE ON JAKE He's a rugged, cigar-smoking pilot who some women might call handsome. Some might call interesting. But all would call sexy. He is wearing a leather flying jacket (circa: 1935) and a flying cap with what in a few years will be known as the fifty-mission crush. He is holding his poker hand to someone we can't see, as he stares across the green-baized table to his opponents...a French sailor in the traditional wide-striped shirt and tassel-topped cap, a German naval officer with a dueling scar and Monocle, an American merchant sailor with a missing arm and a huge Black Man in a white suit and Palm Beach hat. The four men are staring back in disbelief. JAKE Well.... We hear a bark. CLOSE ON JACK sitting on the bar behind Jake, looking intently over his shoulder at the hand. Jack is a short-haired, black and white fox terrier who looks as if his seven years have been spent in constant dogfights. BACK ON ALL - FEATURE JAKE AND JACK Even though it's daylight, very little can penetrate the filthy Isinglass windows of the bar. The only real light is from the green and brass kerosene lamps above the table giving an aged look to the scene even in 1938. A pretty native girl brings a Coke to Jake and takes away the empty bottle. The German with the Monocle smiles and pours three fingers of red whiskey into his dirty glass. Jake picks up on it. JAKE (explaining) Just can't drink and fly. MONOCLE (thick Geman accent) You Americans don't seem able to drink and bet either. Jake locks eyes with Monocle as the German neatly tosses down the three fingers of whiskey. After a beat, Jake smiles to himself and leans forward to check the bets lying on the table. JAKE (innocently) What's the bet again? JAKE'S POINT OF VIEW - BETS ON THE TABLE In the middle of the green cloth is a pile of French francs, English pound notes, German deutsche marks, American dollars, a ruby ring, a string of pearls, a bit of jade and a Dutch passport. MONOCLE'S VOICE (exaggerated patience) Der ruby ring and twenty deutsche marks to you. BACK - FEATURING JAKE AND JACK as Jake looks up to the Black Man. JAKE And that's.... BLACK MAN (English accent) Fifty dollars, American. JAKE (shakes his head) Fifty dollars... (to Jack) You sure you wanna do this? Jack barks once. Jake signs and puts the hand down and turns to the dog. JAKE Okay. But remember, it was your idea. ON THE OTHERS as they watch what Jake is doing, first with curiousity and then with a growing look of surprise. CLOSE ON A TABLETOP Something drops spinning next to bets. We move in tighter and it spins to a stop...it's an eye. JAKE'S VOICE We'll see you and raise. CLOSE ON JAKE as he ties a leather eyepatch around one of Jack's eyes. MONOCLE (shocked) Mitt a glass eye? JAKE It's opal with a sapphire center. Cost me a couple of hundred bucks in '36 when Jack and I were flying gold outta Peru. (fondly remembering) We were flush then. Right Jack? Jack barks once as Jake turns and picks up his cards. JAKE Well...whatta ya say? CLOSE ON OTHERS The Black Man gingerly picks up the glistening eye and holds it up to the light. It sparkles. He begins to laugh. BLACK MAN It's worth at least 1200 deutsche marks on the Singapore market. He lays the eye on the green cloth in front of Monocle who studies it for a beat, then reaches into his breast pocket and pulls out a wad of German deutsche marks. He snaps them down on the table next to the eye. MONOCLE Call. CLOSE ON JAKE puffing on the cigar, all smiles as he lays down his poker hand. JAKE Three beautiful ladies. CUT TO EXT. ISLAND WHARF - DAY - CLOSE ON JACK trotting down the wood planks, looking quite pissed...still wearing the eyepatch. WIDER TO INCLUDE JAKE half-running, trying to keep up with the trotting dog. Across the beautiful blue lagoon and beyond the reef, a couple of rusting freighters ride at anchor. JAKE What are you upset at me for? I asked you if you wanted to bet your eye, didn't I? Jack barks twice. JAKE (aback) Whyatta you mean 'no'! I showed you my hand. I said, 'Whatta you say?' You said... (barks once) Right? Jack barks twice. Jake stops and stares after the trotting dog. JAKE (suspiciously) Jack. What are you trying to pull? Jack trots on ignoring him, so.... JAKE Jack...stay! CLOSE ON JACK as he stops. He won't turn and look at Jake who slowly walks towards him. JAKE (suspicious) Yes is... (one bark) And no is... (two barks) Right? Jack barks once. JAKE Right. So... (beat) Jack...what's 'no?' Jack barks once. Jake looks at him in surprise. JAKE What do you mean no's... (barks once) Jack takes that as a signal to trot on down the pier. We hold on Jake shouting after him. JAKE Oh, I get it. You're trying to switch signals on me. You want everybody to think I lost your eye again. Well it won't work! All the world knows... (barks once) ...is yes and... (barks twice) ...is no! (beat) Jack! You hear me, Jack! EXT. END OF WHARF - DAY - CLOSE ON MONKEY A normal one, but highly agitated as we pull back from his cage to reveal it among the cargo at the end of the dock. There are boxes of French champagne, pates, liqueurs and two large crates from Holland marked "Bibles." It's all waiting to be loaded on the white and maroon, twin- engined Grumman Goose moored below the pier. The Goose has seen better days...her paint is peeling, wings patched, there's even a long oil streak extending from the port engine, but like any truly beautiful woman, no matter how much she's been through, her classic lines will always show. As our pull-back continues we see why the monkey is so agitated. Cornered against a crate of Bibles is a pretty young girl named Sarah White. Sarah is a striking redhead in her early twenties who looks like she should be sitting at the Algonquin bar verbally fencing with the American literary left rather than fending off the advances of Sam, a rather large man in his thirties with groping hands who's her manager. SARAH Darn it, Sam, it must be over a hundred. It's too hot for this! SAM It's never too hot. He tries to kiss her. SARAH (angrily) Sam! Stop it! SAM (leers) Come on, Sarah. A little nice, nice won't hurt! Just then we hear a growl and Sam spins around. CLOSE ON JACK standing a few feet from them, growling at the big man. SAM'S VOICE Get outta here, mutt! Jack's hackles go up, he lowers his head slightly and growls deeper. SARAH (concerned) Sam...don't hurt the dog. Please. Sam picks up a crowbar lying atop the crates and starts slowly towards Jack. SARAH Sam! hey, I'll kiss you if that's what you want. Sam hesitates, Jack continues to stand his ground, growling. Finally Sam walks back to Sarah. SAM That's more like it, girlee. He takes Sarah in his arms to kiss her. The second their lips touch, Jack attacks...laying into the big man's leg. Sam yells and spins around, Jack hanging on even though all four of his feet are off the ground. Sarah screams. ON JAKE as he runs the last few feet down the wharf and around the pile of cargo. At the sight of Jack and Sam.... JAKE (yells) Jack. Let go! Sam grabs the crowbar again and is going to slam Jack with it when Jake grabs Sam's arm. The second Jake enters the fight, Jack lets go and sits next to Sarah to watch. The two men stare at each other...then Jake backs off. JAKE (to Sam) I'm sorry. He shouldn't have bit you but he just lost his eye see, and he's a little upset, so.... Jake doesn't get any more out. Sam slugs him, driving him back into the champagne crates. Jake shakes it off and looks at Jack. Jack just looks back...no help there. JAKE (to Sam) Okay. We'll call it even. (to Sarah) You all right, miss? She shakes her head...is it "no" or did she just tremble? Jake thinks it's "no", she's not okay. JAKE Then we won't call it even. He slugs Sam knocking him into a crate of Bibles. SARAH No! Jake looks at Sarah..."no?" While he's looking at Sarah, Sam slugs him. Jack just watches. THE FIGHT It's an old-fashioned donnybrook between two big men as they crash into the wooden crates and cases. The monkey is screeching, Sarah's screaming and Jack, well, he's sitting on his haunches enjoying it all. Either man is capable of putting the other down, but it's Jake who first lands a combination that drives Sam to his knees. As Jake backs away to let the man up (it's 1938 and Jake has a tremendous sense of fair play), Sarah lifts a champagne bottle from a broken case and whacks Jake over the head with it. He crashes like the 1929 stock market. CLOSE ON JACK The dog give Sarah the eye (sorry) as if to say, "Why'd you do that?" Then, trots over to lick Jake's face. DISSOLVE TO EXT. WHARF - LATER - JAKE'S POINT OF VIEW As he comes to, the image focuses and it's Sarah sitting on one of her suitcases, legs crossed a la Sadie Thompson, scratching the back of Jack's ear and looking quite angry. SARAH (sarcastically) Thanks one heck of a lot! ON JAKE He sits up holding his head and leans back against the monkey cage. The monkey screeches. Jake winces. JAKE (to Sarah) Why do I think that sounds sarcastic? SARAH 'Cause that's the way I said it! JAKE Lady, I just saved you from a masher! SARAH (cuts in) That masher was my manager! I've handled his hot hands from Liverpool to Singapore to this two-bit island of...Taga...Taga.... JAKE Tagataya. SARAH (continuing) Whatever! And I've done it without your help! Now he's taken the boat to BoragorA to catch the clipper to Hawaii and I'm stuck here with two suitcases, five bucks, an empty stomach and I wanna know what you're going to do about it? JAKE It's Jake. SARAH It's not Jake! JAKE That's my name...Jake. SARAH Oh. ANOTHER ANGLE As Jake manages to struggle to his feet, starts putting the crates back together and carrying them aboard the Goose, he glances at Jack who's still getting his ear scratched. JAKE And that...pacifist you're petting is Jack. Sarah kisses one of Jack's ragged ears. She seems oblivious to the eye patch. SARAH Thanks for defending me, Jack. Jack nearly smiles. JAKE I'm the one who got beat up! (rubbing his head, trying to remember) I still can't figure how it happened. I had him on the ropes...like Louis had Schmeling...then... SARAH (quietly) I broke a bottle of champagne over your head. (after a beat) I didn't know it was French champagne. (beat) That's an attempt at humor. JAKE Humor. Really. SARAH (defensive) Look, I didn't want to get stranded in the middle of the South Pacific. Sam may be all hands, but like I said, I can handle him. JAKE I'll bet you can. SARAH What do you mean by that! As Jake carries the monkey cage on board.... JAKE Take it any way it fits, lady. SARAH It's Sarah. Sarah Stickney White. Jake disappears into the Goose with the cage. JAKE'S VOICE Figures. Sarah glares. JAKE'S VOICE Look, Sarah. The afternoon thunder bumpers around here are real killers. So, the sooner I get the Goose loaded and outta here, the better. He climbs back out and picks up another crate. She just stares at him. JAKE You know I could us a little help. SARAH Oh, really. JAKE (getting angry again) You did sorta delay my departure by launching a bottle of champagne over my head. SARAH I explained all that. JAKE Okay. If guilt's not enough...I happen to be flying to Boragora. CLOSE ON SARAH on her reaction.... CUT TO EXT. GRUMMAN GOOSE - DAY - CLOSE ON PORT ENGINE The prop turns slowly in the sun, then blurs as the engine catches with a chug that sends a belch of black smoke out the exhaust. The big rotary rattles and shakes for a few moments before settling into a steady roar. INT. COCKPIT - ACROSS JAKE, JACK AND SARAH Satisfied that the port engine is running steady, Jake fires up the starboard. Jack, sitting between Jake and Sarah, watches the procedure with a critical eye. The starboard engine catches with the same shake, rattle and roll. SARAH (concerned) Are they supposed to do that? Jack barks once. JAKE (smiles) That means, yes. SARAH Two barks mean yes. One means no. Everybody knows that. Jake just stares at her. EXT. THE GOOSE as Jake advances the port throttle and turns the amphibian away from the dock, taxiing into the wind. INT. COCKPIT - CLOSE ON ALL Jake smiles at Sarah. JAKE Ready? As Sarah nods, Jack turns and disappears into the rear compartment. Sarah looks back to see where the dog is going. SARAH'S POINT OF VIEW - JACK as he trots through the cargo hold past the monkey cage, the Bible crates and the boxes of champagne to nestle between a parachute and a life jacket by the rear door. BACK CLOSE ON SARAH as she slowly looks from Jack to Jake. Jake smiles. JAKE He hates takeoffs. Before Sarah can ask why, Jake opens the throttles. EXTERIOR - ON THE GOOSE as she slowly accelerates across the lagoon. It isn't exactly the most impressive takeoff roll you'll ever see. INT. ACROSS JAKE AND SARAH Sarah's eyes dart from the windshield to Jake, who is inching the throttles further and further forward. The Goose surges a bit and begins to slap the small waves of the lagoon. JAKE (without looking at her) Can you swim? SARAH Why? JAKE Just curious. Sarah looks back forward. SARAH'S POINT OF VIEW - THE LAGOON In the distance we cn see the breakers pounding across the reef. They are headed straight for it. BACK ON BOTH Sarah turns to Jake to ask him about the reef, but before she can, he jerks the control yoke back and forth...trying to break the Goose loose from the suction of the water. EXTERIOR - ON THE GOOSE It seems to waddle in slow motion across the lagoon toward the reef. INT. COCKPIT - ON BOTH as Jake slams the yoke in and out...the throttles now all the way to the fire wall. JAKE (to the Goose) Come on, baby. Come on. ON THE HULL as it slaps through the water. ON THE ENGINES straining at full throttle, threatening to fly apart. ON THE REEF as the waves crash across the coral. The Goose is only a few hundred meters away and still in the water. ON THE GOOSE She breaks free of the water for a few seconds trailing a plume of white spray, then settles back in again. ON JACK as he nestles deeper into his parachute and life jacket. CLOSE ON JAKE AND SARAH He is total concentration. Sarah looks to him and there's no longer fear in her eyes...there's excitement! JAKE Come on baby...Fly! _Fly_! ACROSS THE REEF - ON THE GOOSE as she bounces out of the water within twenty meters of the reef and roars over camera climbing up into the blue Pacific sky. BACK ON JAKE AND SARAH Jake is trimming the Goose, acting as if the takeoff was quite routine. Sarah has recovered enough to.... SARAH (breathless) You coulda killed us! JAKE Yah, I coulda...but I didn't. Jack trots up from the cargo hold and takes his position between them, acting as if nothing had happened. Sarah stares at the two of them. ON THE GOOSE as it climbs away through the first puffy white clouds above the island. EXT. WHARF - CLOSE ON SAM He is watching the Goose fly away, a slight smile on his bruised face. MONOCLE'S VOICE Do you have a match? Sam turns to discover Monocle standing beside him. Sam stares at him a beat, then.... SAM Sure. He pulls a match and snaps the head with his thumbnail. As the match flares.... CLOSE ON MONOCLE'S HAND We hear a metallic click as the glinting blade of a German commando knife drops down into his hand. The hand lunges forward. BACK - CLOSE ON SAM AND MONOCLE Sam's eyes widen in surprise. His mouth opens to speak, but nothing comes out. As he slides down out of frame we move in tight on Monocle who takes the still burning match from Sam's hand and calmly lights his cigarette. FADE OUT _END OF ACT ONE_ _ACT TWO_ FADE IN EXT. JAPANESE GARDENS - DRAGON LADY'S ESTATE - DAY A white-robed Japanese monk trots across the high-arched moon bridge and up the gravel path to the sacred bell atop the hill. There, he strikes the heavy bronze bell with the suspended wooden bole, sending a deep booming peal echoing across the cherry-blossomed hills. CUT TO EXTERIOR - CLOSE ON HORSES' HOOVES as they pound down a dirt road at the gallop. We can hear the bell resounding in the distance. The camera pans up to reveal a party of 19th Century Japanese warriors escorting an Oriental ship captain and a tall, blond European dressed in the uniform of a German Army Colonel. This is Willie. ON THE ESCORT as their horses slide to a halt in front of the gate to the Dragon Lady's estate. Hostlers run up and grab the reins as the escorts dismounts in the billowing dust. CLOSE ON WILLIE He slaps the dust from his uniform, adjusts his hat, tucks his briefcase under his arm and strides forward into the slate courtyard. COURTYARD - ON TODO an impressive Japansese Samurai with a shaved head who stands waiting at the other end of the courtyard. As Willie strides up to Todo.... TODO (undisguised disgust) You are late. WILLIE (German accent) It was your boat that brought me, Todo. Todo stares at him a beat, then shouts an order in Japanese to the two warriors from the escort party who are still at the other end of the courtyard. They shout "hai" and turn to the ship's captain. CLOSE ON WILLIE He turns and glances back down the courtyard, his expression turning from curiousity to shock. WILLIE Mein Gott! WILLIE'S POINT OF VIEW - THE SHIP'S CAPTAIN as he kneels before a Samurai warrior with a raised sword. As the sword comes down.... BACK ON WILLIE AND TODO Todo nods with satisfaction. TODO He will never be late again. With that, he spins on his heel and strides into the estate. We hold on Willie's horrified expression until he finally turns and follows Todo. EXT. DRAGON LADY'S ESTATE as Todo strides up to the large Japanese house. Willie, a bit pale, is almost running to catch up. At the enterance, Todo steps out of his shoes and inside. Willie struggles for a bit with the heavy jack boots, eventually gets them off and hurries after him. INT. PRINCESS KOJI'S BATHHOUSE - DAY - CLOSE ON COBRA as it sways back and forth, a red ribbon tied around its neck just below the fully extended hood. A handsome Japanese warrior, clad in white shorts and a headband emblazoned with Princess Koji's emblem, appears circling the cobra. His body glistens with sweat in the steam-filled room as he attempts to snatch the ribbon from the cobra's neck. Intercut with: PRINCESS KOJI immersed in a huge hot tub, attended by two hand maidens and calmly sipping saki as she watches the deadly match with a slight smile of pleasure on her lips. Suddenly the cobra strikes and misses. The hand maidens visibly jump with the strike, but the Princess doesn't even blink. Now the young warrior lunges for the ribbon, the cobra strikes...both miss and the circling goes on. A gong strikes and the Princess looks to.... CLOSE ON SHOGI SCREEN as the part, revealing Todo in a low bow. TODO (in Japanese) Honorable Princess...the German Pig has arrived. PRINCESS KOJI (in Japanese) Show him in. Todo raises up and steps aside. Willie appears, a smile fixed upon his face. He is surprised to find the Princess in a hot tub, and pleased, until he sees the warrior and the cobra. WILLIE What are they doing? TODO Is a test. WILLIE A test? TODO To become a Koji warrior, one must pass many tests...this is but one. PRINCESS KOJI (seductively) Not all my tests are so...difficult. Some are actually quite pleasurable. (beat) Would you like some saki? Willie nods and a hand maiden brings him a saki which he tosses down and holds out for a refill. During this the warrrior lunges again and misses. The circling match continues. PRINCESS KOJI Your message said you wanted an interview to discuss a venture of mutual importance. Willie turns to the Princess. WILLIE You have heard of the Legend of the Gold Monkey? PRINCESS KOJI Don't tell me that little paperhanger in Berlin has fallen for that one? WILLIE (stiffens) Princess Koji, I am a loyal German officer. While I do not indulge in politics, neither can I stand idly by while the leader of my country is insulted. PRINCESS KOJI (sipping saki) One must do what one must do. Willie looks at Todo, whose hand is to his sword. WILLIE I must protest...most vigorously. The Princess laughs...it is the cold laugh of the cobra. PRINCESS KOJI Your protest is accepted. WILLIE (relieved) Good. (beat) Now, you know of the Legend? PRINCESS KOJI I know somewhere in the Marivellas there is supposed to be a gold idol as big as a house, guarded by giant monkeys. There is also supposed to be a tribe of Zulus with the treasure from King Solomon's mines, and the lost Ark of the Covenant and.... WILLIE (interrupting) German Intelligence believes the Legend of the Gold Monkey to be true. (pulls papers and hands them to her) These are the decoded reports of two German officers, posing as Dutch artists, who were here in the Marivellas seeking the idol. They vanished, exploring and island they thought might be inhabited by giant monkeys. TODO Which island? WILLIE I don't know that yet. Berlin is sending me that information by a secret courier. ANOTHER ANGLE as the warrior makes another feint at the cobra which lashes out and misses. Willie edges a little closer to the hot tub. PRINCESS KOJI Willie, despite your act, I know you're not stupid. If this huge Gold Monkey exists and we find it...I shall keep it. WILLIE (smiles) Even if Der Fuhrer would pay you five times what it's worth as gold? PRINCESS KOJI Now, why would Hitler do that? WILLIE According to legend, the gold idol survived the fire of a volcano. PRINCESS KOJI You believe that? WILLIE A thousand years ago the Tse-sing monks who supposedly cast the idol knew the secret of blending gold with other metals to make it impregnable to heat. Germany needs such an alloy. PRINCESS KOJI For what? WILLIE Rockets...capable of hurtling bombs from one end of the Earth to the other! The only thing we lack at the moment is a metal capable of withstanding the heat generated by our fuels. PRINCESS KOJI Five times its gold value? WILLIE Jah. PRINCESS KOJI And if this idol doesn't exist? WILLIE One million reichmarks for your trouble. PRINCESS KOJI (after a beat) Willie...you have a deal. ON THE WARRIOR AND THE COBRA He lunges one more time and misses. The cobra doesn't. Struck on the arm, the yound warrior staggers back, mortally wounded. He manages a bow to Princess Koji and then collapses in the arms of the guards. As they drag him out.... CLOSE ON WILLIE He is going to be ill. Beside him, Princess Koji rises, her hand maidens wrapping her with towels. PRINCESS KOJI Too bad. (beat) I would have enjoyed seeing how he did in my next test. Willie looks to her, she smiles down on him...a cold deadly smile. CLOSE ON THE COBRA hissing and erect...waiting its next challenger. EXT. GOOSE - DAY - CRUISING THROUGH THE CLOUDS passing in and out of the great white cotton puffs. SARAH'S VOICE (in the middle) ...after England and France it was all downhill. INT. COCKPIT - ACROSS JAKE AND SARAH He seems totally relaxed, but he's intently watching the sky ahead as Sarah sort of prattles on. Jack is asleep on the deck between them. SARAH (continuing) Sam booked me into half the gin mills from Marseilles to New Delhi. JAKE Why'd you go? SARAH Wanted to see the world before it gets blown to hell. (off his glance) War's coming. Everyone knows it, even the isolationists. They just pretend they don't. (beat) What about you. Why are your out here? JAKE First thing to learn about the islands is not to ask a man his last name. Second is, not to ask where he's from and third.... SARAH (cuts in) ...why he's here in the first place. He glances at Sarah, smiles, then resumes studying the horizon. After a beat.... JAKE You figured out how you're gonna get a ticket on the clipper with only five bucks? SARAH I'll manage. (off his look) Hey! I mean, Sam'll be cooled off by the time that boat gets him to Boragora. He and I may be quits, but he owes me at least a ticket home. JAKE (shakes head) He's not gonna make it. Sarah looks at Jake, a touch alarmed. SARAH What? JAKE In time. (explaining) It's a two-day boat ride from Tagataya to Boragora. The clipper takes off at dawn tomorrow. SARAH Well, when's the next clipper? JAKE A week. But she'll be flying west. The next eastbound clipper won't be along for two weeks. SARAH Two weeks! You mean I'll be stuck on Boragora with no dough for two weeks! JAKE Looks that way. SARAH Oh, boy.... JAKE I don't know how well you can sing, but you're a redhead and American...out here that's worth something. (beat) I can probably get you a job singing at the Monkey Bar. SARAH Monkey Bar.... JAKE Yah. Run by a friend of mine...Louie. SARAH No last name, right. JAKE Right. Everybody just calls him Bon Chance Louie. SARAH Lucky Louie? JAKE Yah. (sits ups slowly) Had a date with the guillotine once and lived to talk about it. He taps the throttles slightly forward. The drone of the two Pratt and Whitney's increases in pitch. CLOSE ON JACK His ears immediately prick up, even in sleep. BACK ACROSS JAKE AND SARAH Jake has taken a firmer grip on the control yoke. Sarah still doesn't realize anything might be wrong. Jack does. He sits up and looks out the cockpit window. SARAH You mean...someone tried to cut his head off? JAKE Yah. The French Government. Only something went wrong with the guillotine and they had to let him go. Sort of an unwritten French law. (beat) Fasten your seat belt, please. SARAH (turns to look out) Are we there? SARAH'S POINT OF VIEW - THUNDERSTORMS ...a solid wall of them as far as the eye can see, climbing far higher than the Goose can ever go. SARAH'S VOICE Oh...oh! BACK ON ALL The first slight bumps of turbulence shake the Goose. JAKE Don't worry. (beat) It'll get a little bumpy, but that's all. (looks at Jack) Right, Jack? Jack look sat him, turns and walks back to the rear of the plane. ON JACK as he passes the monkey and snuggles between the parachute and life jacket. CLOSE ON SARAH She turns from Jack to Jake. The look on her face is one of concern. EXTERIOR - ON THE GOOSE as it enters the leading edge of the thunderstorms. TIGHT ON COCKPIT Sarah is braced. Jake has one hand on the dual throttles and the other on the yoke as the Goose bounces all over the sky. CARGO HOLD The monkey is hanging from the top of his cage, swinging with the turbulence and screeching his head off. Jack is snuggled in nice and tight. BACK ON JAKE AND SARAH The engines are roaring as they plow deeper into the storm. Outside the cockpit the sky is black. Rain pelts the windows. A jagged lightning bolt flashes, blinding them for an instant. Jake glances at Sarah who's terrified. JAKE (shouts over noise) Just a couple of minutes more and.... He doesn't get to finish. The port engine misfires. ON PORT ENGINE coughing and sputtering as black smoke belches out the exhaust. ON JAKE as, fighting to hold the Goose in the air, he goes through the standard engine-out procedure. Sarah is scared, but smart enough to keep her mouth shut. The rain continues to pound the aluminum skin of the Goose like pellets. CLOSE ON ALTIMETER winding down through 3000 feet. ON THE GOOSE as Jake feathers the prop on the port engine. ACROSE JAKE AND SARAH He's got full power on the starboard engine, but the Goose is still dropping. JAKE (shouts) I can't hold her in the air with all this weight! You'll have to dump the cargo. SARAH Me? JAKE (fighting the controls) Unless you'd rather do the flying. MOVING WITH SARAH She unbuckles and fighting to maintain her balance in the tossing Goose, works her way through the cargo hold to the rear door. She opens it. The noise is incredible. Rain streaks horizontally past the hatch as bursts of lightning illuminate the black heart of the storm. Sarah reaches for the nearest crate...the Bibles. She hesitates. Moves past it and grabs the crate of champagne instead. CLOSE ON JAKE watching Sarah. As she tosses the champagne out first, he turns back forward and shakes his head. A huge bolt of lightning slams past the nose of the Goose. JAKE (to God) I agree. Booze first. Bibles last. He looks at the altimeter. CLOSE ON ALTIMETER It unwinds past 2000 feet. ON THE GOOSE dropping through the clouds, boxes flying out the cargo hatch into the storm. ON JACK watching Sarah at work. ON SARAH tossing out the French pates and tins. She is soaking wet, dress plastered to her body, hair flying in the wind...in other words, beautiful. JAKE'S VOICE (shouting) More! You got to get rid of more! She looks around. The only things left are the Bibles, her two suitcases, the monkey and Jack. She pushes the first crate of Bibles to the door. ON JAKE watching her. Just as she tosses the Bibles out, he turns forward to see.... JAKE'S POINT OF VIEW - TWIN VOLCANIC PEAKS as they appear out of the storm directly in front of the Goose. ON THE GOOSE Jake banks hard and flying between the peaks, which are instantly swallowed up by the storm. SARAH has been tossed across the cargo hold and into the bulkhead. She lies there, stunned. Jack is to her side. He licks her face. As she starts to come around, Jack grabs one of her suitcases by the handle and drags it toward the hatch. SARAH (seeing Jack) Jack! No! She struggles to her feet and checks the weight of her two suitcases, then throws the light one out and stashes the heavier one in the corner. Even Jack doesn't understand that. ON ALTIMETER as it unwinds past 1000 feet. JAKE'S VOICE (shouting) We're still dropping! BACK ON SARAH Only Jack, the monkey and her suitcase are left. She looks at the monkey, who screeches. She grabs his cage. Opens it. Takes the terrified monkey out, and tosses the cage. Then she closes the cargo hatch and works back towards the cockpit. ON COCKPIT Jake is still struggling to hold the Goose in the air as Sarah straps herself in, holding the monkey. SARAH Everything's out...but the animals and.... They flash out of the storm clouds and over a rain-pelted beach. Sarah twists in her seat to look back at the beach disappearing behind them. SARAH Turn back! JAKE Can't. The Goose would stall in a turn! Got to keep flying straight. ON THE ALTIMETER as it winds down through 100 feet. ON THE OCEAN as the storm-tossed waves break, their tops blowing into white froth. Suddenly the Goose roars over on one engine, fifty feet off the water...still dropping. FADE OUT _END OF ACT TWO_ _ACT THREE_ FADE IN EXT. DOCK AT BORAGORA - DAY - WIDE ON CORKY pacing towards the end of the long wooden pier. The Pan Am clipper lies at anchor in the lagoon and on the horizon storm clouds block the setting sun. CLOSER Corky is thirty-one, sprouting a week's growth of beard and dressed in a rumpled white suite, French fisherman's cap and worn wing tip shoes. He pulls a soiled handkerchief and wipes the sweat from his face. He looks a bit like a young Thomas Mitchell. He also looks scared. CORKY (mumbling to himself) I warned him. Don't fly the Goose to Tagataya. Starboard carburetor won't take it. But does he listen to Corky? No. I'm only his mechanic! He stops at the end of the pier and scans the sky towards the storm. CORKY Serve him right if he's down in that sea with the sharks! He turns and starts pacing back towards the other end of the dock. REVERSE ANGLE We see the town at the end of the dock. A typical island settlement with the French flag flying over the two-story hotel with a colonnade. The Monkey Bar is in this hotel. At the other end of town is a small whitewashed church with a thatched roof. A number of warehouses about the shoreline, some emblazoned with The Dragon Lady's symbol. Her sampans and inter-island cats are evident among the many boats in the lagoon. CLOSER ON CORKY as he suddenly stops and turns, looking out to sea. He strains his ears. After a beat, we hear it, too...the distant throb of an engine fading in and out on the tropical breeze. Corky breaks into a run back to the end of the dock where he strains his eyes towards the horizon. SMASH CUT TO THE GOOSE as she roars in over the reef on one engine, ten feet off the deck. She flies past the Pan Am clipper, then gently flairs and settles into the lagoon with a splash and a trailing stream of white water. ON CORKY waiting at the end of the dock as the Goose taxis up. He grabs a line and ties her to the pier. Jake kills the starboard engine and Corky opens the rear cargo hatch. Jack comes trotting out past Corky. CORKY (all smiles) Boy am I glad to see you... (sees the eye patch) Oh, Jack. He lost it again, huh. Jack barks twice and continues down the dock. JAKE'S VOICE He's lying. ANOTHER ANGLE - FEATURING JAKE as he climbs out on the wing carrying a tool box. He walks to the port engine and begins unsnapping the cowling. Corky joins him. CORKY I told you that starboard carburetor needed rebuilding. JAKE Corky.... CORKY (blasting on) Told you it wouldn't hold to Tagataya and back! JAKE Corky.... CORKY (still blasting on) But do you listen to me? No! (beat) Besides that, you lost Jack's eye again! SARAH'S VOICE Which eye? ON SARAH as she steps out of the hatch, the monkey clinging to her. Corky is surprised. He leans into Jake. CORKY (whisper) Who's she? JAKE Name's Sarah. Corky gives her the once over, he's not sure whether he likes her or not. SARAH Which eye? CLOSE ON CORKY He starts to tell her, but can't remember. He puts his hand over his right eye, then his left. He turns and looks down the dock. CORKY'S POINT OF VIEW - JACK A couple of dogs lying at the end of the dock scatter as Jack trots through them. We can't tell from the rear which eye the patch is on. BACK ON ALL Corky finally turns back to Sarah and.... CORKY His left. SARAH (shakes her head) His right. But I won't tell Jack you couldn't remember. CORKY (trying to recover) Oh. I...I remembered. I was just testing you. SARAH Did I pass? Corky blinks, then grins. CORKY Yah. SARAH (smiles) Swell! Then we'll celebrate. I'll grab my stuff and buy you a beer. She lets the monkey drop to the dock and reenters the hatch. CLOSER ON JAKE AND CORKY Jake goes back to work on the engine. CORKY (enthused) I like her, Jake. JAKE You like anyone who buys the beer. CORKY (trying to recall) That reminds me, there's something I gotta tell you. (thinking) I told you about the starboard carburetor.... JAKE (shakes his head) Corky. Which engine am I working on? CORKY (automatically) Port. Corky blinks, looks across at the starboard engine which was running when the Goose landed and finally it hits him. CORKY Jake! The starboard carburetor held! JAKE That's right. The port engine quit. (beat) You sure it was the starboard carburetor that needed rebuilding? CORKY (blinks) I wouldn't make a mistake like that, Jake. Honest. JAKE (after a beat) No, you wouldn't, Corky. Corky smiles with relief. SARAH'S VOICE Hey. Someone give me a hand. ANOTHER ANGLE - ON ALL Jake's eyes widen at the sight of Sarah struggling to lift her heavy suitcase out of the hatch. Corky runs to help her with the suitcase; he can barely lift it. JAKE You didn't dump that! SARAH You think I'm gonna be stuck in the South Pacific with only the clothes on my back, mister, you're crazy. JAKE That suitcase coulda made the difference between staying in the air or going in the drink. SARAH (using his line) It coulda...but, it didn't. With that she turns and walks after Corky, who's lugging the suitcase down the dock. The monkey screeches and scampers after Sarah. CLOSE ON JAKE He glares after Sarah for a beat, then muttering to himself, attacks, disconnecting the carburetor with a vengeance. He pulls it out of the engine and starts tearing it down. CLOSE ON CARBURETOR The filter, line and internal orifices are all gummed up with some sort of resin. CLOSE ON JAKE as he fingers the gummy substance...knowing it didn't get there by accident. JAKE (quietly) Damn. CUT TO INT. MONKEY BAR - DAY - CLOSE ON CARVED MONKEY Its fangs bared in a silent scream. We widen to reveal it as one of a tribe of monkeys, intricately carved into a teakwood backbar, doing everything from eating to sleeping. In front of this museum-quality piece stands Bon Chance Louie. A dapper Frenchman in his fifties who has a nervous habit of gingerly rubbing the back of his neck which is always covered with a red bandana. At the moment, however, Louie is beaming, for beneath the slow-turning fans the bamboo tables are packed with Europeans from the clipper who must spend the night. Most are wearing Panama suits and muted ties...all are characters out of a Somerset Maugham play. A native is pounding out "As Time Goes By" on the upright piano in the corner, but his efforts can barely be heard over the chatter of a half- dozen languages each shouting louder than the other in an attempt to be understood. Into this smoke-filled menagerie comes.... JACK trotting beneath the swinging doors and straight to the bar. Louie spots him and breaks into a smile, which fades as Jack comes closer. LOUIE (French accent) Ah, Jacques, mon ami...he lost it again! Jack barks twice as Louie pours some beer in a bowl and Jack laps it up, Corky and Sarah enter. Corky drops the suitcase at the bar with a thud and Sarah winces. CORKY Louie. Two beers! Louie motions for the barman to pour two beers. Then catching Sarah's eye he automatically rubs his neck...a motion which is not lost on Sarah. LOUIE Aren't you going to introduce me to your friend? Corky, licking his lips at the sight of the beer being poured, is puzzled until he realizes Louie's referring to Sarah. CORKY (embarrassed) Oh, sure. Sorry. Louie...this is Sarah. She's a...ah.... Sarah smiles and extends a hand to Louie, to shake. SARAH Just passing through. LOUIE (kissing her hand) Enchante. Sarah doesn't know if he's sincere or not, but Corky thinks it's great as he smiles and wipes the foam from his lips. ON THE MONKEY Louie sees it for the first time as it scampers up the backbar to join its woodcarved cousins. LOUIE (beaming) Jake got him! (to monkey) Hey little fella...come to Papa Louie. Corky suddenly looks concerned and puts his beer down, an unusual act seeing as it's still half-full. CORKY'S POINT OF VIEW - A RATHER LARGE MAN standing just inside the door of the Monkey Bar, watching the street. He's dressed in a white Panama suit that had to be special made to fit his enormous frame. CORKY'S VOICE Oh, oh. BACK ON BAR Corky starts across the crowded room towards the door as Louie continues to entice the monkey with bits of food and Sarah just looks confused. Finally.... SARAH (to Louie) What's going on? LOUIE Jake's been...too American, again. (off her look) He's a sucker for the pretty leg and the sob story. That Gargantuan by the door has a very sexy wife who hired Jake ot find her husband. They spent the past week flying all over the islands looking for him. SARAH (nods knowingly) And he didn't want to be found. LOUIE He showed up this afternoon on the Clipper. It seems she is the one who didn't want to be found. The monkey jumps onto Louie's shoulder, who turns to Sarah, who turns to the door in time to see.... JAKE comes through the swinging door, carburetor in hand, a worried expression on his face. The big man reaches out and stops him. GARGANTUAN Jake Cutter? JAKE Yah. Corky reaches them. CORKY Jake. I just remembered what I had to tell ya. JAKE (to Corky) What? The Gargantuan slugs Jake knocking him back through the swinging doors and into the street. EXTERIOR - ON JAKE lying in the dirt, stunned. Corky is out of the bar a step ahead of the Gargantuan. CORKY That's Bobbi's husband. And guess what, Jake. He wasn't lost at all! Jake looks at Corky in disbelief. ANGLE ON JAKE as Gargantuan pulls him to his feet. JAKE You're Bobbi's husband? He grunts a "yes". JAKE What are you mad at me for? All I did was fly your wife around the islands trying to find you! GARGANTUAN I wasn't lost. JAKE (catching on) I think I can explain.... Jake doesn't get a chance. Gargantuan clobbers him, knocking him back into the crowd. Jake shakes the cobwebs from his head and moves back toward the Gargantuan with a determined look. JAKE Okay...I won't explain. He throws a tremendous right to Gargantuan's chin. It's like hitting a concrete wall. It doesn't even move the big guy. CLOSE ON JAKE He looks to Corky in disbelief. ON CORKY He looks scared to death BACK ON GARGANTUAN as he grabs Jake and throws him through the swinging doors. INT. MONKEY BAR as Jake flies through the doors and slams into the sawdust covered floor. Everyone is cheering and betting. Evidently this sort of thing is quite common in the Monkey Bar. We move in on Jake who weakly raises his head. JAKE'S POINT OF VIEW - ON JACK sitting next to Sarah, watching the fight. We tilt up to Sarah's face, she looks like she wants to help, in fact. She reaches with her toe and shoves the carburetor to Jake's outstretched arm. BACK ON JAKE He glances with glazed eyes to where Sarah's looking. The carburetor is lying there, a few inches from his outstretched arm. ON GARGANTUAN AND CORKY as they come back through the swinging doors with Corky trying to talk the big man out of doing anymore damage to Jake. CORKY (very fast) Jake didn't know Bobbi was running from you. How could he? All Bobbi ever said to Jake was how lonely she was without her husband. Every night, she'd be up in Jake's room.... The big man growls with rage, pushes Corky aside, and drags Jake to his feet by the nap of his flight jacket. ANOTHER ANGLE He's about to whack Jake in the face again when Jake beats him to it...a roundhouse to the guy's chin with the carburetor. The big man goes down like a toppled redwood. The piano player breaks into an off-key version of "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy" and the crowd either cheers or groans depending on their bet. MOVING WITH JAKE as Corky helps him to the bar. CORKY (nervous) I tried to warn you, didn't I, Jake. Soon as I remembered I told you. They reach the bar and Jake plops the carburetor on it then eases onto a stool. Louie puts a bottle of whishkey in front of him. LOUIE You're getting smarter, Jake. Learning to fight like a Frenchman. SARAH (wincing at his face) You look awful. Jake stares at each of them in turn, then looks down at Jack. JAKE Don't you have anything to say? Jack barks...one. CORKY (still nervous) That means he doesn't, Jake. See one bark means no and two.... JAKE (losing his temper) Corky! CORKY (innocent) What Jake? JAKE (getting control) Can I have your beer? CORKY Oh, sure, Jake. Sure. Jake picks up the beer and downs it. Then uses a napkin and the whiskey to clean his cuts. ON THE GARGANTUAN as the native waiters drage the big man out through the swinging doors. BACK ON THE GROUP AT THE BAR as they watch the big man being carried out. JAKE (dabbing at cut) Louie, can you ice King Kong over there so he doesn't kill me. LOUIE Oui. He'll spend the night in jail and have his passport returned in time to catch the Clipper in the morning. JAKE Merci, Louie. LOUIE (in French) You're welcome. SARAH (surprised) How can you do that? CORKY Louie's the Magistrate de Justice for the islands, ain't you, Louie. LOUIE (modestly) Just the French ones. SARAH (shocked) But...I thought the French tried to.... Louie unconsciously adjusts the scarf around his neck. LOUIE To what? Sarah looks to Jake...did he make the guillotine story up? CLOSE ON JAKE dabbing his cuts, acting as if he doesn't have the foggiest idea why Sarah seems confused. ON JACK His hackles go up and he begins to growl at someone who's just entered the bar. BACK ON ALL - FEATURE JAKE as they look to see who Jack is growling at. JAKE (sarcastic to Jack) Good dog. You watch that ape tear me apart but you bark at the preacher. CLOSE ON TIKI AND REVEREND TENBOOM She is a beautiful island girl with dark eyes and even darker hair, wearing a huge cross on the end of a beaded necklace, which instead of inspiring piety, only serves to accentuate her breasts. Walking a step ahead of her is the man she worships -- the Reverend Tenboom. Even in his black minister's suit we recognize him as Willie, the German army officer. FADE OUT _END OF ACT THREE_ _ACT FOUR_ FADE IN INT. MONKEY BAR - DAY - ON WILLIE as he stands before Jake and the others. Jack is still growling. Willie looks at Jack and forces an understanding smile. WILLIE I see you lost the poor animal's eye, again. JAKE (trying to change subject) Ah...Sarah, this is the Reverend Tenboom. He's...saving the natives from committing original sin. Sarah flew in from Tagataya with me, Reverend. Willie shakes Sarah's hand, she isn't sure she likes it. WILLIE The you came protected by God's word. SARAH I did? TIKI That Reverend's way of saying Bible. WILLIE (forced smile) Tiki. Why don't you prepare the church for evening vespers. TIKI I'd rather prepare for blessing.... Jake and Louie exchange glances while Willie stiffens slightly. Sarah's just confused. WILLIE All in God's good time, my child. TIKI (smiles) Okay, I go prepare church first. She turns and runs out. WILLIE (old forced smile) They are so simple...so pure. Much like Adam and Eve must have been in the garden. It is our sacred duty to preserve such innocence. SARAH Oh, those were your bibles we lost. WILLIE (paling) Lost? SARAH (sadly) We had to dump them. WILLIE (losing it) You dumped my bibles! LOUIE (equally aghast) Why would you do such a thing? JAKE It was the only way I could stay in the air on one engine. CORKY (rambling) Jake's right. The Goose can't lift more than 3600 pounds on one engine. And she weighs nearly 3100 dry. Then there's Jake's weight, Jack's, the fuel, Sarah. That would be about.... As he tries to add the total in his head.... LOUIE My pate. My truffles. Mon Dieu! My champagne! CORKY (has the total) ...400 pounds and... (hefts Sarah's suitcase) ...Sarah's suitcase must be near fifty...you barely made it! LOUIE (astounded) You saved your suitcase and threw out my 1927 Pom Peron. SARAH (weakly) It made sense at the time. (off thier looks) It's not exactly hopeless. There's a chance we can recover some of it. We dumped most of the cargo over an island. WILLIE/LOUIE What island? JAKE Baku. Their expectant faces both turn sour at the same time. Sarah looks from them to Jake. SARAH What's wrong with Baku? JAKE Nothing. If you like walking around on a live volcano. CORKY Blows every year about this time. No one goes near it. JAKE And that includes me. Insurance'll replace the cargo, Louie, but not me. (beat) Come on, Corky, we got work to do. Jake picks up the carburetor and heads for the door. Corky tosses down the rest of his beer and ambles after him. So does Jack. We hold on the downcast faces of the group that's left, even the monkey seems sad. EXT. MONKEY BAR - DAY Outside, under the veranda, Jake hands Corky the carburetor and lights a cigar. JAKE Whatta you make of that? Corky examines it, then looks up in surprise. CORKY Someone sugared the gas. JAKE Yah. That's what I figured. Thank God it was only in the port tank. CORKY Jake.... JAKE No. Corky, I don't know why. Louie and Willie come out. After a beat, Willie goes down the street looking very glum. Louie joins Jake and Corky. LOUIE Jake, I've been thinking. Going to Baku would in a way be doing God's work...I mean finding the bibles. JAKE Louie, I was doing God's work hauling 'em here and I almost went in the drink. Besides, hunting for your goodies isn't exactly my idea of.... LOUIE (interrupts) No, no, no, no. (beat) But...if while looking for the bibles, you found a little pate...perhaps a bottle or two of the Pom Peron...don't think the Lord would mind. JAKE (firm) No LOUIE (low whisper) Jake. I don't like to mention this but you owe me three months back rent on the room and Corky's bar bill is longer than the Reverend's face. Jake's thinking. LOUIE I'll even give you two hundred dollars in credit. JAKE Three fifty. LOUIE Three fifty? JAKE Cash...American. CORKY (smiles) It's what we need to get Jack's eye back, right. Jack barks twice. JAKE And I want you to give Sarah a job singing in the bar. LOUIE Mon Dieu does it never end! (after a beat) Can she sing? Jake shrugs. LOUIE Oh, well, she's a redhead and American and it was a very special Pom Peron. Louie shrugs and extends his hand. Jake shakes on it and we.... CUT TO EXT. LAGOON AT BORAGORA - NIGHT - ESTABLISHING It's a beautiful moonlit night in the tropics. We can make out details as if it were day -- sampans in the harbor, Pam Am clipper riding quietly at anchor, even the distant break of surf over the reef. The only electric light in sight is a naked bulb at the end of the long wooden pier where the Goose is tied up. MOVING IN ON THE GOOSE Corky has pulled the port engine cowling and has parts strewn all over the planks. He's cleaning them in a bucket of gasoline as Jack sits beside him, watching. CORKY (philosophically) I dunno, Jack. Seems to me Jake's doing everything he can to get your eye back. It's not his fault he can't find it. CLOSE ON JACK He rubs his eye patch with his paw and barks twice. CORKY (chastising) Come on...be fair. INT. GOOSE COCKPIT - CLOSE ON JAKE The only light is a dim red glow from the instrument panel. Beyond him, out the side cockpit window, we can see Corky and Jack on the dock. We come in on the middle of Jake's radio transmission.... JAKE ...The Frenchman said he sold it to a Boson on the Hancock. EXT. DESTROYER HANCOCK - NIGHT - ESTABLISHING - STOCK as the old three-stacker plows through the gentle swells of the South Pacific. JAKE'S VOICE (continuing) An old timer with no nose bone. Thought his name was Wilson or Winslow. INT. HANCOCK RADIO SHACK - NIGHT A young radio operator tunes in the low frequency radio with huge glowing output tubes. It's 1938, so of course, he's known as...Sparks. SPARKS No Nose Winslow. He's our gunnery chief. BACK ON JAKE as he sits up in the cockpit. JAKE Great! I gotta talk to him. CLOSE ON CORKY AND JACK Across them in the b.g. we can see Jake in the cockpit. CORKY Remember that time in '37 when Jake lost your eye to that Chinese bandit and he flew all the way to Tibet in a snow storm to get it back? Jack barks twice...reluctantly. CORKY He'll get it, again. You gotta have faith, Jack. CUT TO INT. REVEREND TENBOOM'S ROOM - NIGHT - CLOSE ON BIBLE as it is laid down on the bamboom dresser. CORKY'S VOICE (continuing) ...you just gotta have faith. We widen to reveal Willie removing his black coat and hanging it upon a wooden peg. The room is simple...white plastered walls and bamboo furniture. As Willie unsnaps his celluloid minister's collar.... TIKI'S VOICE You give blessing now? ANOTHER ANGLE - TO FEATURE THE WHITE-ENAMELED STEEL BED Sitting on the bed under the mosquito netting, darning a hole in one of Willie's socks is Tiki. Willie looks at her and smiles. There's a knock at the door. WILLIE (to himself) Mein Gott. He pulls the suspenders back on. WILLIE I'll give you your blessing when you finish my sock. As he walks past the bed to the door, we move in close on Tiki, as she goes back to her needlework. ON THE FRONT DOOR as Willie opens it to reveal a tall man standing in the shadows. WILLIE Yes. What can I do for you, my son? A leather-gloved hand gives Willie a bible. Willie slowly opens it to a page he knows to look for. WILLIE'S POINT OF VIEW - PAGE IN BIBLE A Nazi swastika has been drawn across the page. WILLIE'S VOICE Come in. CLOSE ON MONOCLE His eyepiece glints in the moonlight as he steps forward. CUT TO EXT. BORAGORA DOCK - NIGHT - ON THE GOOSE Corky and Jack are still working on the engine as Jake drops down from the wing beside them. He's all smiles. JAKE A Boson on the Hancock's got Jack's eye. They anchor here, Friday and he'll take 350 bucks for it! CORKY What I tell ya, Jack! Jack looks at Jake, then puts his head down into his paws and stares out to sea. JAKE He'll believe it when he sees it. (beat) Corky, I'm gonna check the charts. You need anything? CORKY A couple of beers. Jake just looks at him, knowing that if he gives Corky the beer he'll be gone for the night. JAKE Corky.... CORKY (chastised) Yah...I know. Jake stares sadly at Corky for a beat then remembers something and fishes inside his flight jacket. JAKE I almost forgot... (pulls out chocolate bar) Picked this up from an American sailor on Tagataya this morning. CLOSE ON CORKY Eyes bulging as he unwraps the bar. CORKY American chocolate. I haven't had American chocolate since we flew those nuns to the leper colony last...last.... BACK ON ALL as Jake smiles, knowing Corky can't remember. JAKE Last April. (hopeful) You coming, Jack? Jack doesn't move. JAKE (disappointed) Well...see you guys later. He turns and walks down the long pier towards town. CLOSER ON CORKY AND JACK Corky watches Jake for a long moment, then turns to Jack. CORKY You know, sometimes Jack, you can be real unfair. The dog stares at Corky, then sighs, gets up and trots off down the pier after Jake. We hold on Corky who smiles, licks his fingers clean and goes back to work on the engine. CUT TO EXT. CHURCH - NIGHT The door of the little thatched roof manse opens and Willie exits, glances around, then motions for Monocle. The two men quickly cross the moonlit road to the church. INT. CHURCH - NIGHT - MOVING WITH WILLIE AND MONOCLE as they walk briskly down the tamped-earth aisle, past the wooden pews towards the simple teakwood altar beneath the church's only stained-glass window. Willie speaks in angry whispers. Monocle is calm as ice. WILLIE Why didn't der Gestapo inform der Wehrmacht? MONOCLE Why didn't der Wehrmacht inform der Gestapo? WILLIE This is insanity! You sabotage der plane bringing in the Bibles...Bibles which can tell me where the island with the Idol is! MONOCLE (cuts in) I didn't know your Bibles were on that plane. Even if I did, my orders were to kill an American spy. WILLIE You said you killed him on der dock! MONOCLE (fondly remembering) Jah. (beat) But that was after der plane took off. I thought he was going to be on it. WILLIE You Gestapo don't think, all you do is act! MONOCLE I do not have to answer to you. WILLIE We shall see about that. (looks him over) And why in Gott's name are you wearing a German Naval uniform! MONOCLE (it's so obvious to him) We don't wear uniforms in der Gestapo. (brushes a piece of lint) This is my cover. Willie can't believe his ears. He shakes his head in amazement and disappears behind the altar. BEHIND THE ALTAR Willie opens a hidden panel and leads Monocle down into the dark recesses beneath the altar. CLOSE ON A MATCH as it's struck. It lights a lantern revealing a tiny room beneath the altar. There is a map of the Pacific with various marking in German, a photo of Hitler and a large transmitter. Willie throws a switch and the radio's big tubes glow orange. He puts on the headset, turns the dial and begins to tap out a message on the key. Monocle seats himself on the edge of the table, lighting a cigarette without removing his black leather gloves as he takes in the room. It's the kind of place he likes. WILLIE (tapping out message) We shall let Berlin settle who's in charge here! Monocle manages to blow a little smoke Willie's way, as we.... CUT TO EXT. COLONNADE ABOVE THE MONKEY BAR - NIGHT The rooms of the hotel all face the ocean so the tradwinds can blow through the louvered doors. As Jake and Jack come down the open balcony toward their room, a storm is threating to dump rain at any moment. JAKE (in the middle) ...I really did think one... (barks) ...meant yes. Honest, Jack. Jake pulls his key and starts to unlock the door. Jack begins to growl. Jake looks at him, unlocks the door and lets it swing slowly open. Then he stands aside and motions for Jack to charge in. CLOSE ON JACK He's not nuts. He sits. BACK ON JAKE He looks at Jack, shakes his head, and dives into the room. INT. HOTEL ROOM - ON JAKE as he his the floor, rolls over once and comes up on the balls of his feet ready to fight. The light snaps on and Jake spins toward the wall switch. JAKE Aha! JAKE'S POINT OF VIEW - BOBBI looking quite seductive in a one-piece dress that buttons down the front, with more buttons open than closed. Her hand is still on the light switch. BOBBI Hi! She kicks the door shut with her foot. CLOSE ON JACK about to walk in as the door slams in his face. ON JAKE AND BOBBI He's embarrassed and feeling a bit silly, so naturally he.... JAKE (defensive) What the hell are you doing here! She crosses to Jake, hips swinging, throws her arms around his neck. BOBBI I heard how you and Francis fought over me. She pulls his head down and kisses him. A good old-fashioned deep tonguer that Jake returns. As they part.... JAKE (incredulous) Francis? BOBBI Un-huh. Bobbi gives him another kiss, pulling him even tighter to her body. As Jake wiggles loose.... JAKE Bobbi, you lied to me! You told me your husband was a runaway. It wasn't him, it was you! BOBBI So I got who did what backwards. JAKE Swell, your 'Francis' damn near took my head off this morning. Look at me! BOBBI Let me kiss your booboos. There is a crack of lightning and rain pelts down on the roof. Over this.... SARAH'S VOICE Jake? You in there? BOBBI (wary) Who's that? EXT. COLONNADE - CLOSE ON SARAH AND JACK She's kneeling in front of the door, scratching Jack's ear. It's pouring down behind her. SARAH (straining to hear) What'd you say? BACK INSIDE - TIGHT ON BOBBI AND JAKE Jake covers Bobbi's mouth with his hand before she can speak. JAKE (calls out) Just a minute... (whispers to Bobbi) Keep your mouth shut until I get rid of her and you can spend the night here. Deal? She nods and he slowly removes his hand from her mouth. EXT. COLONNADE - ON SARAH AND JACK as the door opens and Jake appears. He doesn't let it open more than a foot or so. JAKE Hi. SARAH Hi. (beat) I saw Jack sitting out here and thought...maybe you didn't know... JAKE Oh...thanks. He opens the door a little wider for Jack, who instead turns and trots off down the colonnnade. SARAH Guess he's still upset about the eye. JAKE Guess so. For a moment, the two of them just stare at each other. Then.... SARAH Ah...Louie offered me a job. JAKE Hey, that's terrific. SARAH It'll help keep me honest till Sam gets here.... (smiles) Or better yet, when he does. Jake smiles. SARAH You were right about the boat from Tagataya. Won't be in till tomorrow. JAKE Yah. After a beat. SARAH (straight) Look, Louie told me you asked him to give me the job and I just wanted to thank you for.... JAKE (cuts in) You'da done the same for me. SARAH Sure. (pauses) Well, sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite. JAKE (smiles) Don't let Louie hear you say that. He closes the door and we hold on Sarah, a bit confused. INT. JAKE'S ROOM Bobbi is studying him as she lights a cigarette. Jake strips his shirt off and washes in the basin. BOBBI So that's what you're a sucker for...the innocent type. (off his look) Why does that kind always fool guys like you? Jake towels off and puts on a clean shirt. Bobbi is surprised. BOBBI Hey. You said I could spend the night. Jake puts on his cap and throws the jacket over his shoulder. JAKE You can. (beat) I didn't say I was gonna spend it with you. She comes from the floor with a roundhouse slap that cracks against his cheek. For a moment they just stare at each other, then.... BOBBI You bastard. JAKE (softly) How'd you know, Bobbi? She stares at him a beat longer then exits, slamming the door behind her. Jake stares after her, looking a bit sad, then collapses on his bed. EXT. COLONNADE - NIGHT - ON BOBBI as she clicks down the balcony in her high heels. A door opens and Sarah's head pops out. She's surprised to see it's Bobbi. SARAH Oh. I heard a door slam and thought.... BOBBI (finishing) That it was Jake? Nope. Just me. She flashes a crocodile smile. BOBBI But you can have him now, honey. I'm done. And with that she walks, hips swinging, down the colonnade. INT. SARAH'S ROOM - CLOSE ON SARAH as she closes the door and turns into camera. The look on her face is disappointment and then anger. She crosses the room and lifts the heavy suitcase onto the bed. As she does. SARAH (to herself) Serves you right. You're here to do a job. Not get involved with some hairy-chested ape who can't even take care of a one-eyed dog! CLOSE ON THE SUITCASE as Sarah unstraps the thongs and flips the lid open. Inside the lid is a map of the islands and a 1938 almanac. The bottom of the suitcase is filled by a radio transmitter. FADE OUT _END OF ACT FOUR_ _ACT FIVE_ FADE IN EXT. DESTROYER HANCOCK - AT SEA - NIGHT - STOCK cutting through the swells, her wake boiling white in the moonlight. INT. RADIO SHACK - CLOSE ON SPARKS as he absently taps his pencil against the pad. He glances up at the twenty-four hour clock. The Navy Commander seated beside him smiles at his impatience. COMMANDER She's still probably decoding. SPARKS Yes, sir. CUT TO INT. SARAH'S ROOM - MOVING DOWN ANTENNAE WIRE from where it's attached to the ceiling, to the suitcase, and eventually to Sarah, who's seated at a dressing table with the headset around her neck, using the 1937 World Almanac to decode the message. As she finishes.... SARAH (reading message) German radio traffic indicates Weirmarcht and Gestapo both seeking Gold Monkey. Island of Baku involved. She looks up in surprise and whistles, then checks the Almanac and begins to tap out a message on the key. DISSOLVE TO INT. RADIO SHACK - ON SPARKS as he finishes decoding Sarah's message and reads it to the Navy Commander. SPARKS (reading out loud) Message received and understood. Can explore Baku. (looks up) Will Sam join me? The Commander sighs. COMMANDER I was afraid she'd ask that. (beat) Send...'Sam killed. On Tagataya. Be careful.' Sparks nods and begins sending. CUT TO INT. SARAH'S ROOM - ON SARAH as she copies down the message, we slowly move in on her face as tears well up in her eyes and trickle down her cheek. DISSOLVE TO EXT. SUNRISE OVER BORAGORA as the lagoon turns from pink to violet, the quietness of the dawn is shattered by the roar of four, huge rotary engines running up to full throttle. ON THE CHINA CLIPPER - STOCK The big amphibian speeds across the lagoon, its powerful engines thrusting the hull through the water like a speed boat. It breaks clean from the water and climbs up into the rising sun and home. CLOSE ON JAKE He and Jack are standing at the village end of the pier watching the Clipper climb away. He looks down at the dog. JAKE We'll take her home someday, Jack. Jack barks twice. SARAH'S VOICE (calling) Jake! Wait up. He turns as Sarah runs up beside him. She's wearing pants and a man's shirt tied at the waist. She looks cute walking down the dock beside Jake and Jack. JAKE What are you doing up so early? SARAH I'm going with you. JAKE What? SARAH Well, Louie isn't going. He's scared to death of that volcano and since I did throw the cargo out, maybe I can help you find it. Besides, it might be fun. She looks up at him and he notices her red eyes. JAKE (softly) You've been crying. SARAH (defensive) Don't be stupid. I'm just allergic to something on the island. She runs forward toward the Goose with Jack trotting after her. JAKE (to himself, meaning himself) ...or someone. ON CORKY as he climbs down from the wing, covered with grease and bone tired after being up all night. SARAH Morning, Corky! CORKY (smiles) Hiya, Sarah. Morning Jake. (looks up at engine) Well...she's good as new...almost. Jake swings in under the wing and eyeballs the engine. JAKE Corky, I don't know how you do it. Corky goes into his "aw shucks" act, then remembers.... CORKY Jake, there's something.... Jake climbs up on the wing and walks toward the cockpit. JAKE (finishing) ...you gotta tell me. CORKY (can't remember) It had to do with the Goose.... JAKE The starboard carburetor? CORKY No.... CLOSE ON JAKE He reaches the cockpit and stops. JAKE'S POINT OF VIEW - CLOSE ON MONOCLE seated in the pilot's seat smiling his sinister smile. MONOCLE Guten morgen, Herr Cutter. CORKY'S VOICE Jake, I just remembered.... JAKE/CORKY'S VOICE ...somebody's here to see you. INT. GOOSE COCKPIT Monocle slips from the pilot's seat to the copilot's as Jake climbs in and eyes him suspicously. MONOCLE I hope you don't mind. I was amusing myself...by imagining what it must be like to be a pilot. JAKE I don't mind...I do it all the time. Monocle smiles, a little. JAKE What do you want? MONOCLE To help. I heard you wanted the eye back. CLOSE ON JAKE He looks over his instruments and starts priming the port engine. JAKE Yah, I did. But.... He hesitates. Something clicks in his head. He turns to Monocle. JAKE (continuing) ...what does that have to do with you. WIDEN TO INCLUDE THE GERMAN MONOCLE If I could get it for you? Would that be worth say...a flight to my ship? JAKE Depends. (beat) Where's your ship? MONOCLE Anchored off Tagataya. (holds up briefcase) I came over to pick up maps for our captain which came in on the clipper. Your goose could save me a day getting back. JAKE Okay. Where's the eye? MONOCLE (smiles) I have it. (beat) Won it from that frog sailor after you left the game. It's in my locker on board ship. CLOSER ON JAKE He knows Monocle is lying. After a long pause, Jake smiles and pulls a cigar, biting the end and spitting it out the open window. JAKE Fritz. You gotta deal. MONOCLE (lighting Jake's cigar) Goot. Off Jake's eyes as he puffs.... DRAGON LADY'S VOICE I don't like it, Willie. CUT TO EXT. BAKU LAGOON - DAY The Dragon Lady's power yacht is slowly entering the lagoon, the red dragon flag fluttering from its stern. Above the lagoon, the towering double-peaked volcano, wreathed in clouds. CLOSER ON THE YACHT Princesss Kogi's warriors stand in rigid attention on the foredeck as the Captain carefully maneuvers through the narrow opening in the reef. Astern, Willie in his Weirmacht uniform, Dragon Lady in safari gear, and Toto in samurai armor, stare up at the huge volcano. WILLIE (looking at volcano) Neither do I, but we must find at least one of the Bibles they dumped. DRAGON LADY I'm not talking about the volcano. (off Willie's look) I don't like eliminating Jake Cutter. (slight smile) I'm...a little fond of him. WILLIE Princess Kogi, Berlin was quite clear. The Gestapo agent is taking orders from me and I ordered him to keep Jake, and his plane away from here, not kill him. Like you, I enjoy having Jake around, even if I do suspect he's an American agent. (looks to volcano) It looks quiet enough. TOTO (sniffing the air) Is goint to erupt. WILLIE (touch panicked) When? TOTO (shrugs) Maybe next year. Willie relaxes. TOTO Maybe today. Willie stiffens. Toto loves it. POINT OF VIEW - DRAGON LADY'S YACHT as it drops anchor. A motor launch is lowered and the Dragon Lady, Toto, Willie and the four samurai climb in. As it pulls away toward the white sand beach.... CLOSE ON MONKEY watching all this from the jungle. He snarls, quietly, revealing his fangs and melts into the undergrowth. CUT TO EXT. GOOSE - DAY as it passes over a string of emerald-green islands at five thousand feet on its way to Baku. INT. REAR CARGO AREA - CLOSE ON MONOCLE seated in the last seat, staring straight ahead, working his gloved hands to relieve his tension. INT. COCKPIT OF GOOSE Our heroes are crowded into the tiny cockpit. Jake at the controls. Sarah in the copilot seat. Jack between them on the deck and behind him, Corky, standing with both arms on the seat backs. Corky is listening very intently to the engines. Finally, he reaches forward and nudges the port throttle slightly. Jake glances up at him. CORKY (off Jake's look) They were a little out of sync. Jake turns back forward Corky casts his eyes over the instruments, leans forward again and this time adjust the fuel mixture. CORKY (off Jake's look) You're running 'em too lean. CLOSER ON CORKY He obviously needs a drink. He reaches forwrd again only this time Jake slaps his hand. JAKE Corky... (beat) You shoulda stayed in Boragora. CORKY (smiles) And let you burn out my engines! No sirree Bob! Besides. Whatta you gonna do when that starboard carburetor quits? Jake looks out the window toward the engine. CLOSE ON STARBOARD ENGINE purring smoothly. BACK TIGHT ON ALL Sarah looks like she's going to kill Jake. Corky licks his lips...the lack of booze is really getting to him. Jake turns back. JAKE She's running fine. (beat) Stow your tool kit in the aft locker and keep an eye on Fritz back there. CORKY Aw, Jake, I don't like being back there with him.... JAKE (angry) Who's captain here! I want the tool kit in the aft locker and your tail back there. Now! Corky turns and heads to the rear. CORKY (chagrined) Sure Jake, right away. Right away. Jack follows Corky. CLOSER ON SARAH AND JAKE She watches Corky and Jack moving aft, then turns to Jake with a vengeance. SARAH (furious) You really are something! Corky's jumpy 'cause he needs a drink! But all you know is he irritates you, so you climb all over the little guy. JAKE Listen Sarah Stickney White. Corky and I have been together since he pulled me out of a burning tri-motor in Guatemala. You've known him one day! I know best how to take care of him and hold his boozing to a minimum. Damn! What am I explaining all this to you for anyway? SARAH I don't know! JAKE And why are you so mad at me. Last night you were trying to get into my room. SARAH (shocked) I was not! (beat, then nastily) And even if I was, what would you have done with two of us in there? (quickly) Don't answer that! JAKE Two of you? (catches on) You saw Bobbi leave my room. (smiles) You're jealous. SARAH (outraged) Jealous. Jealous! Jake Cutter you are the most ego-centered man I have ever had the displeasure of meeting! CARGO HOLD - MOVING WITH CORKY as he walks past Monocle. The German looks at him and smiles. Corky smiles, but he's nervous...he's afraid of the German. Jack, of course, growls as he trots by. Corky open the aft storage compartment and sets his tool kit inside. CORKY'S POINT OF VIEW - SHELF IN AFT COMPARTMENT There's a Hershey bar lying on it. Corky put down the tool kit and picks up the bar. MOVING WITH CORKY as he unwraps the chocolate bar and takes the seat in front of the tall German. CORKY (to Monocle) I knew Jake wasn't really mad at me. Monocle just glints at him. INT. COCKPIT - ACROSS JAKE AND SARAH She's still ranting at him as we return. SARAH (in the middle) ...just because a girl tries to be friendly you think she's making a pass. Well where I come from girls don't make passes! JAKE You gotta mirror? SARAH They wait for the guy to... (looks at him) What? JAKE (low voice) A makeup mirror. I need one. SARAH Do I look like the type who would go off to a volcanic island with a makeup mirror? Jake just stares at her, finally, she blinks and reaches into her shirt pocket pulling out a small square mirror and hands it to Jake, who positions it on the console, adjusting its angle. CLOSE ON THE MIRROR as Jake adjusts it so he can observe Monocle in it. We see Corky's reflection as he enjoys the chocolate and behind him, the German. JAKE'S VOICE Fritz back there thinks I'm flying him to Tagataya. BACK TIGHT ON JAKE AND SARAH Jake finishes adjusting the mirror and goes back to flying the plane. SARAH Why would he think that? JAKE Cause that's what I told him. See he lied to me, so I lied to him. I think it all has something to do with you. SARAH (bit uptight) Me? JAKE Bobbi said something last night about not being fooled by you. Bobbi was talking sexually, but I started thinking politically. That engine we lost yesterday was sabotaged. Only three reasons someone would do that...to kill me. Jack. Or you. (beat) I think it was you. SARAH (nervous) You ought to write for the movies...your fantasy's are incredible! JAKE Maybe. But any minute now Fritz is going to realize I've been slowly changing our heading...flying away from Tagataya and toward Baku. And if I'm right...about my fantasy...he'll realize I'm on to him. (smiles to Sarah) I don't fight well, Sarah, when I don't know what I'm fighting for...or who. CLOSE ON SARAH She glances from Jake to Monocle, then back to Jake. She doesn't have much choice. CUT TO EXT. BAKU JUNGLE The thick, green vegetation parts as one of the samurai hacks his way through. He is followed by the others and eventually the Dragon Lady, Willie and Toto bring up the rear. We can hear the raucous calling of birds and somewhere in the distance, a primal scream. WILLIE What was that? The Dragon Lady looks at Toto, whose hand automatically goes to his sword. He shakes his head...he doesn't know either. DRAGON LADY The islands are full of animals the world has never seen. Before Willie can answer, there is a shout up ahead. A samurai comes running back down the freshly cut track and bos to the Dragon Lady, he is holding a torn water-soaked bible in his hand. CLOSER The Dragon Lady takes the bible, turns it over and hands it to Willie. WILLIE (excited) Jah. Jah. This is one of the bibles for the shipment! Willie frantically flips through the remaining pages then he angrily tosses it aside. WILLIE (bit crazed) Genesis is misisng! We have to find a bible with Genesis! The Dragon Lady motions to the samurai who races back up the trail. Willie is breathing hard...very excited. He begins to crash around in the underbrush looking for bibles. The Dragon Lady calmly pulls a cigarette and Toto lights it as they watch Willie go nuts. DRAGON LADY Willie. Don't you think it's time you told me what was in the Bibles? ON WILLIE lifting leaves, pulling down vines, tearing up the foliage. WILLIE (panting) The illustration of the Garden of Eden in those bibles is a copy of the last painting our men sent back before they disappeared. Berlin believes it's of the island they were about to explore...an island inhabited by monkeys. (beat) We have to find one of those Bibles to find the island with the monkeys. CLOSE ON TOTO staring into the jungle. He slowly pulls his samurai sword. TOTO No, we don't. TOTO'S POINT OF VIEW - LARGE TIBETAN MONKEY staring at them from the foliage a mere ten meters away. CUT TO EXT. ON THE GOOSE - DAY as it roars past camera toward an island on the horizon. INT. AFT SECTION - ON CORKY Chin on his chest, snoring away. We pan past him to Monocle, who's staring out the window. MONOCLE'S POINT OF VIEW - ISLAND ON THE HORIZON its twin peaks penetrating the clouds...Baku. BACK ON MONOCLE He turns slowly forward, his face an icy mask. He reaches into his briefcase, but keeps his eyes on the cockpit. We pan down to reveal him screwing a silencer on the barrel of his Luger. COCKPIT - ON JAKE AND SARAH Sarah is talking just loud enough for Jake to hear her over the roar of the motors. He's shocked, but his eyes are on the makeup mirror. JAKE You're a what? SARAH An agent. JAKE For Uncle Sam? SARAH Well not for Uncle Adolf. (adds) ...we may not be at war with Germany yet, but it's inevitable. The isolationists won't let us arm, so F.D.R.'s doing everything he can to keep Germany from developing new weapons. JAKE Don't tell me the Germans can't develop a heat-resistant alloy if they need it. SARAH Eventually. But why give them the technology on a silver platter.... CLOSE ON JAKE His eyes narrow slightly. SARAH'S VOICE ...or rather a gold monkey. ON MONOCLE as he brings the Luger up to the back of Corky's seat. He's going to kill him. CLOSE ON JACK He's been watching this from his nest. He charges. ON JAKE He sees Jack tearing across the aisle toward Monocle...it's what he's been waiting for. He throws the yoke over hard and yells to Sarah.... JAKE Hang on! AFT SECTION OF GOOSE - ON ALL Three events occur simultaneously: Jack tears into Monocle's leg. Monocle's reflex jerks the gun up and fires a round through the ceiling. And the Goose banks sharply throwing both men and the dog across the compartment into the seats on the other side. ON THE GOOSE as it dives in a sharp bank through the clouds. COCKPIT - ON JAKE AND SARAH He pulls the Goose out of the banking dive, levels off, then grabs Sarah's hands and puts them on the yoke. JAKE Hold her level! He's gone before Sarah can even react. She sits, terrified, trying to hold the plane in level flight. AFT COMPARTMENT as Jake runs down the aisle. Corky is blinking...stunned. Jack has never let go of Monocle's leg. Monocle is bringing the gun around to shoot Jack as Jake kicks it out of his hand and drags the German to his feet. Jake slugs him on the jaw, sending the Gestapo agent flying into the rear bulkhead. CLOSE ON MONOCLE as he slides, unconcious, to the deck, his monocle still firmly locked in place. FEATURING JAKE as he picks up the Luger and helps a wobbly Corky to his feet. CORKY (dazed) What happened? Starboard engine quit? JAKE No. The starboard engine coughs, backfires and dies. Corky looks at it. CORKY Yes, it did. SARAH'S VOICE (a scream) Jake! Jake hands the Luger to Corky and races back to the cockpit. COCKPIT - ON SARAH She's trying to hold the Goose level, but it's diving to the right. Jake fights his way back into the pilot's seat and grabs the yoke. JAKE I got it! He feathers the starboard engine and cuts back, slams the port throttle. The plane continues its spiraling dive. JAKE (to the Goose) Come on, baby. Don't do this to me. ON THE GOOSE as it continues to spin towards the island of Baku. INT. COCKPIT - ACROSS JAKE AND SARAH The twin needles of the peak slide by as Jake slowly pulls the Goose of the spin. They level off in a slight nose down attitude, losing altitude rapidly but no longer in danger of crashing into the ocean. Sarah takes a deep breath of relief as does Jake. JAKE (looks at her and smiles) Don't worry. Nothing else can go wrong. There is a roar and huge ball of fire and pumice blows out the top of Baku as the volcano erupts. FADE OUT _END OF ACT FIVE_ _ACT SIX_ FADE IN EXT. ISLAND OF BAKU - DAY - ON THE VOLCANO A thick black cloud of ash boils out of the twin peaks and trails off to the south, darkening half the island. ON THE GOOSE as it skims across the lagoon on the sunny side of the island with its starboard engine feathered. It splashes down hard and slows instantly. With only one engine running, it taxis toward the beach in a right hand turn. INT. COCKPIT - ON JAKE AND SARAH They're breathing a little easier as Corky appears behind them and Jack scrambles between his legs to join the group. CORKY (nervous relief) Told you that starboard carburetor wouldn't hold. Didn't I tell him, Sarah. SARAH (laughs) You sure did, Corky. Jack barks twice. CORKY See. Even Jack.... JAKE (cuts in, smiling) Okay. Okay. I get the message. At that moment the sound of the engine grows louder as the aft cargo hatch is opened. JAKE (spins to look) Corky.... EXT. GOOSE - CLOSE ON MONOCLE as he dives into the lagoon and swims away from the Goose. INT. COCKPIT - ON ALL as they watch him swin away from the plane toward the beach. SARAH Stop him! JAKE I can't taxi left with only a port engine! ON MONOCLE still wearing the monocle, of course, as he reaches shore and scrambles into the jungle. COCKPIT - CLOSE ON JAKE as he watches him disappear. CORKY Sorry, Jake. JAKE At least he's not armed. CUT TO EXT. JUNGLE - DARKENED SIDE OF THE ISLAND - SERIES OF SHOTS of the Dragon Lady's landing party under attack. The battle is fierce and with the exception of Willie's Luger, it's samurai sword versus claw and fang. In the thick jungle the Tibetan monkeys have the advantage. As the party retreats toward the beach, Toto, for all his toadiness, proves to be a tremendous fighter. Bloody, but unbowed, he is the last samurai defending the rear while the others escape. THE BEACH Willie and Dragon Lady race for the motor launch as Toto and the samurai battle the five huge monkeys that are left. Out on the ocean sand the tide turns, and with a slashing charge, Toto forces the monkeys back into the jungle, snarling and pawing at the air. CLOSER ON TOTO He struts across the sand to the boat, the happy, victorious warrior. ON MOTOR LAUNCH as Willie turns to the Dragon Lady. WILLIE We must go back! DRAGON LADY Willie, you're as cuckoo as Adolf. Willie turns and looks up at the volcano as Toto and the samurai reach the launch and climb aboard. WILLIE'S POINT OF VIEW - VOLCANO as the smoke pours out of the twin peaks. WILLIE'S VOICE But the Idol is up there somewhere. The monkeys prove that! BACK CLOSE ON WILLIE as he stares at the volcano which is rumbling and roaring. WILLIE (preaching) Der Fuhrer is depending upon me to find it for Germany and I will not let him down! The motor on the launch starts. Willie blinks and turns. WIDER ON ALL Dragon Lady is seated lighting a cigarette. Toto is at the helm. The boat is starting to move out into the lagoon. DRAGON LADY Willie you've made your speech for the Fatherland...now will you get in the boat. Willie doesn't hestitate, he leaps into the boat as it pulls away. Toto smiles. CUT TO EXT. BAKU LAGOON - DAY - ON THE GOOSE her nose pulled up on the beach, Corky and Jake at work on the starboard engine. Sarah and Jack are on the sand staring up at the volcano as it belches fire and ash over the other side of the island. CLOSE ON CORKY AND JAKE Corky wipes the sweat from his eyes and shakes his head. JAKE How long? CORKY Two...maybe three hours. There is a dull roar from the volcano. Corky continues to work, but Jake looks up. JAKE'S POINT OF VIEW - THE TWIN PEAKS as the eruption continues. JAKE'S VOICE Make it one. BACK ON JAKE He stands, adjusts the holster strapped around his narrow hips, then drops from the wing to the sand. He pulls Monocle's Luger from his waistband and hands it to Sarah. JAKE Stick close to the Goose. SARAH Where are you going? JAKE (checking his pistol) After Fritz. SARAH (surprised) Why? JAKE I can't leave him here with the island about to blow up, no matter what he's done. (holsters his pistol) I gotta give him a chance to save his hide. SARAH I'm going with you. JAKE (firmly) No, you're not. You're going to stay here and guard Corky and the Goose. (to Jack) And so are you, understand. Jack barks twice. Jake nods and turns, but Sarah grabs him by the arm. CLOSER ON BOTH as she pleads with him. SARAH Jake, I've got this thing pretty well figured out. Fritz's job was to prevent us from coming here, right? Which means the Germans must have someone else here already. Which means this has to be the island with the Gold Monkey. Which means.... Jake grabs her by the shoulders. JAKE ...that if you don't listen to me, I'm gonna take you over my knee and spank you. She just stares at him as he turns and runs down the beach to the tracks left in the sand by Monocle. JAKE (to himself) Women. SARAH (to herself) Men. ACROSS CORKY as down the beach he sees Jake disappear into the jungle. He turns and looks at Sarah. She spins and starts up the beach in the other direction with Jack tagging along. Corky shakes his head and goes back to work on the carburetor. CORKY (to himself) Children. They're all children. MOVING WITH SARAH AND JACK as she kicks the sand, she's so pissed. The volcano rumbles and she looks up it. Jack suddenly sniffs the air. He barks and runs into the jungle. SARAH Jack? (beat) Jack what is it? She takes off after him. ON JACK trotting through the thick foliage, sniffing, on a trail. MOVING WITH SARAH as she tries to keep up with the dog. CLOSE ON JACK He comes upon a stream flowing down the mountain into the lagoon. He stops and begins to bark, the hackles up on his back. He is still barking as Sarah breaks through the brush behind him and freezes at what she sees. SARAH'S POINT OF VIEW - DECOMPOSED BODIES of Hanus, Kurt and the giant guardian monkey, caught in the roots of a mangrove tree at the end of the stream. BACK ON SARAH as she moves slowly forward and stares at the remains of the monkey. SARAH (awed) My God. It's true. She steps into the streams and gingerly removes the map cas from Hanus' remains. CUT TO JAKE as he follows the trail left by Monocle through the thick jungle. Jake is evidently a pretty good tracker, picking up subtle signs of the German's passage...a broken vine, a footprint in the moss, etc. The volcano rumbles, the jungle shakes and there is a loud explosion. Jake looks up.... JAKE'S POINT OF VIEW - THROUGH THE JUNGLE CANOPY of smoke and fire pouring out of the top of the volcano. CUT TO SARAH also looking at the eruption. The volcano belches loudly for a few more seconds then settles down. Sarah looks back at the map she's unfolded from Hanus' case, then rolls it back up and moves into the jungle stream. ON JUNGLE STREAM as it cascades down the side of the volcano cutting a path through the thick green vegetation. We can hear the waterfall thundering somewhere ahead over the occasional rumble of the volcano. Jack appears, jumping from rock to rock as he works his way upstream. Behind him, Sarah comes wading through the knee-deep water. CLOSE ON JACK He stops on a rock beneath a huge, leaf-covered vine, his ears pricked up. His hackles rise and he begins to growl. Sarah comes up beside him and kneels down, the Luger at the ready. SARAH (whisper) Easy Jack. What is it, boy? She lifts the thick vine hanging across the stream. SARAH'S POINT OF VIEW - THE JUNGLE POOL and on the lava ledge...the Guardian Monkey. BACK TIGHT ON SARAH AND JACK Sarah stares in awe at the huge primate. SARAH (whisper) Jack. He's magnificent! Jack growls...he doesn't agree. Just then the volcano rumbles and another explosion rocks the jungle. ON THE POOL as boulders, shaken loose by the explosion, plummet down the side of the volcano and splash into the pool. The Guardian turns and disappears into the veil of water. CLOSE ON SARAH AND JACK Her eyes wide in amazement. SARAH (whisper to Jack) A cave. Jack starts to bark twice, but senses soemthing behind them and spins just as.... ON MONOCLE standing behind Sarah, he brings a lava rock down on Jack's head knocking him out. WIDER ON ALL Sarah starts to scream but Monocle stifles it with one gloved hand and grabs the Luger from her with the other. MONOCLE I wouldn't scream unless you want that monkey for company. Sarah stares at him a beat, then nods. He releases her and she immediatly turns to Jack to see if he's alive. Monocle checks the Luger, then pulls Sarah to her feet. ON THE WATERFALL as the Guardian monkey comes back through the falling water, now that boulders have stopped crashing down. ON MONOCLE AND SARAH He rips a vine and uses it to tie Sarah to a tree. SARAH (angry whisper) You animal! If you've killed Jack, I'll get you. I swear it! Monocle blinks at the thought, then smiles. MONOCLE (laugh) Why are you whispering, Fraulein? Sarah looks toward the Guardian monkey through the trees and then snaps her face back to Monocle's sneering face. She pales, knowing what he intends to do. Monocle lifts the Luger toward her face.... CUT TO JAKE moving along the trail, near the mountain stream. We can hear the waterfall in the distance. Suddenly a shot echoes through the jungle. Jake runs toward the sound. CUT TO JUNGLE POOL - ON THE GUARDIAN as he leaps from his perch to the edge of the pool. ON SARAH tied to the tree, watching the huge monkey through the leaves as he approaches. Monocle is nowhere to be seen. The monkey pulls a vine away, sees Sarah and flashes his fangs in a snarl. Even though she's terrified.... SARAH (weak smile) Nice monkey. The monkey swipes the air with a giant paw and moves toward her. Before he reaches her, Jack, now conscious, attacks, biting him on the leg. The monkey screams in pain and turns to face his tormentor. The little terrier has already zipped around him and now bites him on the ass. MOVING WITH MONOCLE as he scales the rocks towards the lava ledge. In the jungle behind him we hear the monkey snarling, Sarah screaming and Jack barking. Monocle reaches the ledge and disappears through the veil of falling water. WIDE ON SARAH as the monkey swipes at Jack. The little terrier is deliberately working the monkey further and further away from Sarah. ON JAKE as he breaks through the thick vegetation and sees Sarah. Jack and the monkey have disappeared into the jungle, but we can hear them barking, snarling not far off. Jake stares at Sarah. JAKE Didn't I tell you not to leave the plane. SARAH (crazed) Untie me! Jack and the monkey growl and crash in the jungle a few meters away. Jake doesn't move an inch. JAKE I told you what I was going to do. SARAH (plea) Jake! He hesitates a beat, then finally unties the vine wrapped around her wrists. CUT TO INT. CAVE BEHIND THE WATERFALL Monocle stands inside the cave letting his eyes adjust to the dim light. The cave is dark and covered with green slime...it's a very scary place. Monocle moves forward slowly. After a few feet, the light form the enterance fades. He pulls a lighter, flicks it on. There's an old torch in the wall. He lights it and slowly moves forward. MOVING WITH MONOCLE as he penetrates the dark, slimy cave. To the side of his vision, beyond the flicker of the torch, lizards and other things slither and slide away. Monocle burns away a huge cobweb hanging from the ceiling to the damp floor. He steps forward and then stops, his monocle glinting in the flame of the torch. MONOCLE'S POINT OF VIEW - SKELETON REMAINS of the last monk to die. Sitting with a sword across his bony lap, his back to a green obsidian pedestal. ON MONOCLE as he edges closer. MONOCLE'S POINT OF VIEW - THE GOLD MONKEY atop the pedestal, covered with green scum, its jeweled eyes flashing in the flicker of the yellow flame. Only a foot high, it is a powerful sculpture of a monkey crouched upon a half-ball, its right arm pointing directly at camera. ON MONOCLE as he steps forward, eye glinging to grasp the treasure. CUT TO EXT. WATERFALL - ON JAKE AND SARAH as they climb the rocks to the ledge and disappear through the falling water. INT. CAVE - ON JAKE AND SARAH as they stop just inside the entrance, letting their eyes adjust. THEIR POINT OF VIEW - BACK ON THE CAVE in the flickering yellow light of the torch they can see Monocle holding the Gold Monkey. JAKE'S VOICE (shouts) Fritz! Monocle spins bringing the Luger up to fire. Jake shoves Sarah to the damp floor and fires. The bullets richochet off the slimy walls and the reports echo and reecho in the dark cave. THE GUN BATTLE - SERIES OF SHOTS Neither Jake or Monocle are able to hit the other in the dark. It appears to be a standoff until the cave shakes and rumbles as another eruption begins. This one is so powerful that part of the ceiling starts to come down. Through the noise and falling debris.... JAKE (shouts) Give it up! You can't get out unless we let you. CLOSE ON MONOCLE He knows it's true. JAKE'S VOICE Come on. Before we all die. After a moments hesitation, Monocle tosses the Luger into the center of the cave. Then he picks up the Idol and slowly stands. ON ALL - FEATURE JAKE AND SARAH as Monocle walks towards them, holding the idol in his hands. SARAH You found it! MONOCLE Jah. He holds out the idol to her and as she reaches for it, he drops it. Jake and Sarah automatically move to catch it. CLOSE ON MONOCLE'S GLOVED HAND We hear the click and see the blade drop into place. BACK ON JAKE AND SARAH Jake also hears the click and grabs Monocle's hand just in time. As the two men struggle backwards into the waterfall, Sarah clutches the idol. EXT. WATERFALL The two men come fighting through the water and onto the ledge. EXT. BAKU VOLCANO Another eruption sends rocks and pumice arching thousands of feet into the air. EXT. GOOSE - DAY - ON CORKY He finishes snapping the cowling in place and runs along the wing to the cockpit as super-heated rocks tossed out by the eruption spalsh, sizzling into the lagoon around the Goose. INT. COCKPIT - ON CORKY He licks his lips as he fires up the starboard engine. It coughs and sputters. He hits the starter again. CUT TO EXT. WATERFALL - ON JAKE AND MONOCLE as they continue the struggle. The eruption is dropping hot rocks onto the pool. Finally both men fall, locked in each others arms into the water. Sarah appears on the ledge clutching the idol. She looks down into the pool. SARAH'S POINT OF VIEW - THE POOL The water is bubbling as Jake and Monocle struggle somewhere beneath the surface. CLOSE ON SARAH scared to death for Jake. SARAH Come up, Jake...oh please come up! BACK CLOSE ON THE POOL Someone breaks the surface and gasps for air. It's Jake, choking and spitting water. As he struggles out of the pool, Sarah climbs down beside him, grabbing and kissing him. JAKE (coughing) Now, follow the stream back to the Goose. I'm going after Jack. (beat) You know, Sarah, this doesn't change anything. You're still getting that spanking. Before she can answer, Jake is into the jungle. She takes the idol and starts across the pool towards the stream. Something rolls under the water near her and she screams. CLOSE ON MONOCLE dead, of course, as his body surfaces and rolls over...the monocle still firmly fixed in place in his eye. CUT TO EXT. JUNGLE - DAY - MOVING WITH JAKE as he follows the torn trail the great monkey has left chasing Jack. Jake stops and listens. He whistles. Waits a beat. Whistles again. Something screams and a beat later, Jack comes tearing back down the trail to Jake. CLOSE ON BOTH as Jake drops to one knee and grabs Jack by the ears, nearly taking his eye patch off as he hugs him with joy. JAKE You old son of a gun! He snaps his head up as he hears the rustling of the monkey coming through the jungle towards them. JAKE Let's get outta here! Jack barks...once. And takes off. Jake spins, a look of surprise on his face. JAKE Aha! One bark is yes! Then Jake takes off after him. ON THE POOL as Jack comes flying out of the jungle and runs downstream with Jake on his tail. Just as they disappear, the Guardian Monkey emerges from the jungle and swings across the pools after them. CUT TO INT. GOOSE COCKPIT - ON CORKY as he hits the starter again. CORKY Come on, mama. Catch. ON THE PORT ENGINE as it belches...and then catches. BACK ON CORKY grinning. He fires up the starboard engine. The second it catches, he guns the throttles and turns the Goose to sea. ON SARAH as she comes running down the beach to the Goose. She climbs up on the cockpit and hands Corky the Gold Monkey. He grimaces as he touches the slimy idol. CORKY Pardon my French, but what the hell is this! SARAH Never mind. I gotta go back for Jake! Just then, Jack comes racing out of the jungle and across the sand. CORKY Oh, oh...he doesn't run like that unless somethin's chasing him. ON JAKE as he comes racing out of the jungle behind Jack. CORKY'S VOICE ...neither does he! The monkey appears on the beach behind Jake. ON THE GOOSE Jack leaps from the beach into the cockpit. RACING WITH JAKE as Corky pours on the power and the Goose starts pulling away from the beach. Jake runs into the water and catches the open rear hatch. ON THE MONKEY as he stops, realizing he can't catch the plane. The volcano rumbles and the monkey turns, and with a final snarl, lumbers back into the jungle. INT. COCKPIT OF GOOSE as Jake, dripping water, slips into the pilot's seat. JAKE Jack...where's Jack! SARAH Where do you think? Jake glances back. CLOSE ON JACK panting hard, nestled between the parachute and life jacket. THE VOLCANO as it erupts again, sending more super-heated rock and magma into the air. ON THE GOOSE She lumbers across the lagoon, hot rock splashing around her like falling shrapnel. INT. COCKPIT - ON ALL Jake has the throttles to the firewall. Sarah's strapping in. Corky's eyes are glued to that starboard engine. ON STARBOARD ENGINE roaring at full power. ON JAKE shoving the yoke in and out. ON THE GOOSE picking up speed. Spray flying from the hull. ON SARAH using body English, trying to help get the Goose into the air. SARAH Come on, baby. Fly. Fly! Jake glances at her and smiles. ON BAKU VOLCANO as she blows the double peaks clean off, sending a broiling ball of super- heated air and pumice over the ocean and hot lava flowing down her side. EXT. DRAGON LADY'S YACHT - CLOSE ON DRAGON LADY watching the volcano erupt through powerful field glasses. DRAGON LADY'S POINT OF VIEW - THE GOOSE as it flies low over the water away from the erupting island. ON DRAGON LADY AND WILLIE as she lowers the glasses and turns to the tall, thin Colonel. DRAGON LADY I thought your Gestapo friend was going to divert Jake. WILLIE One can never rely on the Gestapo. Dragon Lady laughs and we.... DISSOLVE TO EXT. MONKEY BAR - NIGHT - ESTABLISHING The usual music and rowdy noises. Over which we hear.... CORKY'S VOICE This should take about thiry seconds. INT. MONKEY BAR - NIGHT the piano player is pounding out "As Time Goes By." We follow Gushie, the handicapped barman, as he wheels through the crowd and delivers a couple of beers to the French sailors and native girls they have picked up. INT. SIDE ROOM OFF MONKEY BAR The doors to the bar are closed, but we can see the crowd through the louvered doors and hear the noise. Louie, Corky, Jake, Sarah and Jack are all gathered around the billiard table. Corky's squatting on the floor washing the green slime off the monkey Idol in a bucket full of gasoline as the others watch. Jack suddenly growls. Jake moves to the door and opens it revealing Willie, dressed as the Reverend, of course. WILLIE (smiles) Good evening, children. JAKE Come on in, Reverend. He enters and Jake closes the door. Jack continues to growl. JAKE Jack. Stop it. (whisper to Sarah) I can't figure why he hates the preacher. Willie, trys to keep his cool, but he can't take his eyes off the Idol. WILLIE I'd heard you'd found something on Baku, Jah? (beat) Mein Bibles? SARAH Afraid not, Reverend. Corky finishes cleaning the Idol and lifts it onto the center of the billiard table under the light. CLOSE ON THE IDOL It radiates under the bright light. CORKY'S VOICE (slightly awed) But we did find a Gold Idol. ON THE GROUP as they stand mesmerized before the Monkey Idol. Finally.... JAKE Louie...what do you think it's worth? Louie sniffs and examines the Idol closely. LOUIE (bit of a smile) I'd give you a couple of hundred francs for it. JAKE For a Gold Idol! LOUIE Brass. WILLIE Impossible! LOUIE Rub it and see. As Willie steps forward to rub the Idol, Corky looks to Jake. CORKY Can I have a beer now, Jake. JAKE (stunned) Sure. Corky immediately goes into the bar for his beer. CLOSE ON SARAH AND JAKE Jake shrugs and turns to Sarah JAKE Well, I guess they won't be giving you any ticker-tape parades in New York. Sarah is staring at the Idol. SARAH I'm not going to New York. JAKE Or DC. SARAH (still staring at the Idol) I'm staying here. JAKE (pleased) Y'are? (recovering) I mean, what's there to spy on here? Sarah glances at Willie and Louie, then whispers to Jake.... SARAH (warning) Jake.... CLOSE ON WILLIE as he rubs the Idol and sees his hand turn black from the brass. WILLIE Mein Gott. It is brass! He turns to the others, he's quite shaken. WILLIE If you'll excuse me, children, it's been a rather tiring day. (to himself) I think I'll go home and give Tiki my blessing. He walks out through the bar. ON LOUIE, SARAH AND JAKE as they watch him go. SARAH (innocently) I thought he blessed Tiki earlier? Louie and Jake exchange looks. JAKE I guess he didn't get around to it. (changing the subject) How about a beer? Jack? Jack barks once and Jake sighs. SARAH (consoling) He'll feel better when you get his eye from that Bosun on the the Hancock tomorrow. LOUIE The Hancock? JAKE Yah, she's anchoring for weekend liberty. LOUIE Not the Hancock. She had to sail for the Philippines on emergency orders. Some crisis or another. CLOSE ON JACK He looks at Jake with his one good eye, then spins and trots out into the Monkey Bar. INT. MONKEY BAR - ON JACK as he trots out of the game room and down the bar past Corky who's drinking his beer. Jake follows, then Sarah and finally Louie, carrying the Brass Monkey. JAKE (a plea) Jack. Be fair. How could I know? I'll get your eye back. I promise. Even if I have to fly to the Philippines to get it. (beat) Trust me! Jack barks once and keeps going. CORKY That means no, Jake. See if he barks once.... JAKE (losing it) Corky! CORKY (innocently) Yah, Jake? Louie places the Brass Monkey on the bar. Sarah stiffles a smile and Jake.... JAKE (sighs) Can I have some of your beer. CORKY (all smiles) Sure, Jake. As Corky hands him the beer.... CUT TO EXT. MAIN STREET OF BORAGORA - ON WILLIE as he walks down the darkened street toward the church. Behind him we can hear piano music coming from the Monkey Bar. Willie is not happy. Suddenly out of the darkness Toto appears. Willie is startled which is exactly the effect Toto wanted to create. He smiles. The Dragon Lady steps out from behind Toto. Willie looks around nervously. DRAGON LADY Well? WILLIE They found it. DRAGON LADY Then all we have to do is take it from them. WILLIE Don't bother. (off her look) It's...it's made of brass. The Dragon Lady looks at him and begins to laugh. Then Toto starts. Even Willie can't help it, he begins to laugh, too. CUT TO EXT. BAKU VOLCANO - NIGHT The violent eruptions have ceased. But the island and the surrounding ocean is lit by the red-hot flow of glowing lava. We hear the laughter continuing from the previous scene, then.... DRAGON LADY'S VOICE (still laughing) All that effort just to find a brass monkey! INT. WATERFALL CAVE - NIGHT CLOSE ON GUARDIAN MONKEY sitting deep in the recesses of the cave, lit by the glow of nearby flowing magma. We start to pull back, revealing a half-dozen of the surviving monkeys huddled behind the Guardian. As the pullback continues.... WILLIE'S VOICE (laughing) Maybe you're right. Maybe we were a little cuckoo believing such a legend. We pull out of the mouth of the cave. The waterfall is no longer flowing, instead red hot lava pours down from the volcano. As the pullback continues we realize the cave is the open mouth of a huge monkey idol. The ledge the Guardian sat on is the finger at the end of the pointing arm. And the idol, a hundred feet high and draped with flowing lava, is still unmelted. FADE OUT _THE END_
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