My Cousin Vinny Page #2

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REAR-VIEW MIRROR - There's a cop behind them

BILL:

There's a cop behind us

STAN:

A cop?

BILL:

There's nothing to worry about

STAN:

There might be

BILL:

There's nothfrig to worry about

until there's something to worry

about

STAN:

(beat)

What's he doing now?

BILL:

(glances in rear-view)

Nothing

STAN:

'Nothing' -- he's still following

us, isn't he?

BILL:

He's not following us -- he's just

behind us

STAN:

(beat, BEAT, BEAT)

Is he •still there?-

BILL:

(glances up again)

Yeah,

STAN:

(deeply distressed)

Goddammit

BILL:

Calm down. There's a cop behind

us, that's all. Nothing's wrong

There's no problem

(more)

(CONTINUED)

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BILL (Cont'd)

(glances in rear-view

mirror, his heart

sinks)

Uh oh

STAN:

(terrified)

What?! What 'uh oh'? What?

What?

BILL:

His light's on

Stan ig:
crushed. He slams the dashboard with his fist

STAN:

F***! F***! Goddammit!

Goddammit! What're we going to

do?

BILL:

(pulls car over)

It's probably nothing

taillight or something, don't

worry

STAN:

We don't have money for bail!

BILL:

. (amused by Stan's

worrying)

We don't .!l!!.!! money for bail;

nothing's happened

STAN:

Nothing? You're getting pulled

over aren't you? You stole

something, didn't you?

(doomed)

We're f***ed,

(Bill keeps his eye on

the mirror)

MIRROR - The Sheriff's car door opens

Stan looks at Bill for comment

BILL:

Here he comes

--~--·-----------------------------~,,__---=-,... . The DEPUTY hides behind the door

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DEPUTY fl

SHOW ME YOUR HANDS

Stan and Bill exchange dumbfounded looks. They put their hands

up. The deputy rests his pistol on the door

DEPUTY fl

GET OUT OF THE CAR AND PUT YOUR

HANDS ON YOUR HEAD

INT. LINEUP - BILL AND STAN AND OTHERS

Stan and Bill are led into a makeshift lineup room, where they

"~ stand along a group of men - none looking remotely like Bill

or Stan. Bright, blinding lights. They have to squint

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STAN:

(whispering to Bill)

Ridiculous -- all this over a can

of tuna!

VOICE:

(firmly)

KEEP QUIET:

EXT. SAC-0-SUDS - DAY

SHERIFF FARLEY - a man aged around 50 - is watchi.ng the dead

body of the Cashier being photographed

(CONTINUED)

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8,

-x

A Deputy enters and whispers to Farley

DEPUTY:

I think we may get a confession

Farley leaves the shop. He passes a woman, who is very upset

WOMAN:

I just heard that someone shot

Jimmy Willis'?

FARLEY:

He's dead

WOMAN:

Oh my God, who would do such

thing'?

FARLEY:

A couple of boys from New York,

I believe. They were just picked

out of the line-up

INT. HOLDING ROOM - BILL

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