Memphis Belle Page #5

Clay opens one and reads it.

RASCAL:

Read 'em out loud! Get me in the

mood for tonight.

CLAY:

Girl friend.

He tosses the letters to Virge, who puts them in the

stove.

EUGENE:

Does Becker have any clean socks

in there?

Eugene goes over to the locker, searches for socks. Clay

puts the next few items in a pile on the bed.

CLAY:

Air medal, photos, pocket knife.

Dirty book!

DANNY:

I'll take it.

Clay tosses the paperback to Danny: God's Little Acre,

with a lurid cover. Danny flips through it. In the

middle is stuck:
a four-leaf clover wrapped in

cellophane.

DANNY:

Look. Becker forgot his good luck

charm.

VIRGE:

Poor slob.

EUGENE:

He should of worn it around his

neck. Then you never lose it.

He kisses his St. Anthony medal.

CLAY:

Rubbers.

RASCAL:

Dibs!

Clay tosses them to him. Then puts some other things on

the bed in the widow's pile: money, a compass, a diary.

(CONTINUED)

13.

13 CONTINUED:
(3)

RASCAL:

We know Virge the Virgin won't

need them. Virge, you gotta

promise if you ever lose your

cherry, you'll tell me about it.

VIRGE:

I'll send it to you. C.O.D.

Eugene starts searching his bunk area. Jack comes running

up and takes some money from the pile on Becker's

bunk.

JACK:

Becker owed me ten.

DANNY:

Jack, don't take his money!

JACK:

He owed it to me! Hey, what do

you guys know about Germany?

EUGENE:

Pretty women.

DANNY:

Good beer.

VIRGE:

The hamburger's named after a town

there.

JACK:

Well, a little bird told me that's

where they're sending us tomorrow.

The men react with disbelief and shock.

EUGENE:

You sure?

RASCAL:

We ain't going to Krautville. Our

plane's broke.

VIRGE:

No, it's fixed.

RASCAL:

Christ, let's go break it!

(CONTINUED)

14.

13 CONTINUED:
(4)

VIRGE:

Anybody want the rest of this

stuff?

Virge, Danny, Rascal, Jack and Eugene start towards the

bunk.

SHOT FROM ABOVE:

Clay dispenses the rest of Becker's possessions with the

other men standing around the bunk.

CLAY:

Deck of cards. Razor blades.

Lucky Strikes. Shoelaces. Pack

of Doublemint...

Rascal takes the cards, Jack the razor blades, Danny the

cigarettes, Eugene the shoelaces, Virge the gum. We

start to hear BIG BAND MUSIC and we're in -

14 INT. AIRPLANE HANGAR - NIGHT

It has been turned into a dance hall for the night:

streamers, a mirror ball, a bar and a big band. The

dance is in full swing. Jack is dancing with a shy

skinny girl and Eugene is dancing with a boisterous big

girl. It looks like they're with the wrong partners.

Eugene swings under the big girl's arm, kicks Jack in

the butt when his back is turned, then quickly swings

back into the big girl's arms. Jack looks around, but

has no idea where the kick came from.

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