Strangers on a Train Page #5

GUY:

Nice meeting you, Bruno.

BRUNO:

(detaining him at the

door)

You think my theory is okay, Guy?

You like it?

GUY:

Sure, sure, Bruno. They're all okay.

(he salutes a quick

goodbye and hurries

away)

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Left alone, Bruno picks up Guy's lighter from the table,

starts to call Guy back to hand It to him.Then he looks closer

at the insignia of crossed tennis rackets.

BRUNO:

(smiling)

Criss-cross.

DISSOLVE TO:

A WIDE VIEW OF THE TOWN OF METCALF

METCALF RAILROAD STATION

as the train comes in.

THE TRAIN STATION PLATFORM MED. SHOT

As Guy gets off the with his suitcase and tennis rackets. A

baggage man with baggage truck is passing.

GUY:

Hi, Bill.

BAGGAGE MAN:

(smiling)

Guy Haines! Good to too you, boy.

You be sure to win at Southampton

tomorrow, hear me? I've got two

dollars on your nose.

GUY:

(indicating his

suitcase and rackets)

Then park these in a lucky spot for

a few hours, will you?

BAGGAGE MAN:

Sure thing.

He loads them onto a truck.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. METCALF STREET LONG SHOT

Guy is walking up the main street.

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EXT. MUSIC SHOP

Typical music shop of a small town, with plate glass windows

and displays of radios, records, sheet music, etc. Activity

of a couple of customers and salespeople inside. Guy comes

along the street and goes into the shop.

INT. MUSIC SHOP

As Guy enters. There are the usual counters and shelves,

pianos and radios on display, and the sound of a piano being

tuned in the back of the store. MIRIAM is finishing with a

customer at a counter. MR. HARGREAVES, the manager, is busy

at the shelves. Another girl clerk is serving a customer.

In one of the glass cubicles where records are tried out, a

customer is playing symphonic music; in a second glass cubicle

another customer is listening to a record of popular music.

A third cubicle is empty. Activity of the street is seen

through the plate glass front.

Guy walks straight to Miriam, just as she is finishing with

her woman customer, handing over a small package.

MIRIAM:

(taking money from

customer)

Even change. Thank you, Madam.

(she looks up at Guy

as the woman moves

off)

Well -- hello, Guy.

GUY:

You're looking well, Miriam.

Miriam's face is pretty because it is still young. She is

self-centered and inclined to be vindictive. She wears

harlequin glasses with myopic lenses which tend to make her

eyes look small.

MIRIAM:

So are you. You've got a nice tan,

playing tennis with all your rich

friends.

GUY:

(ignoring the remark)

What time do we meet your lawyer?

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