Code of Silence Page #3

The two men slip into the back gate of an old tenement. They

pass through a gangway to the front of the building, and

climb the front stairs.

Though we can no longer see them, we HEAR a DOOR OPENING, a

GREETING in Spanish, and FEET FOUNDING up the steps.

The garbage truck GRINDS forward and halts again. Eddie comes

up to the cab. He is wearing a gun under his overalls. He

and Donato listen on the RADIO to the CONVERSATION coming

from inside the building.

INT. COMACHO FRONT STAIRS - DAY

A muscular Latino, POMPAS COMACHO, leads Spider and Doc down

the paint-peeling corridor. The SOUND of BABIES CRYING and

FAMILIES WAKING gives a sense of teeming humanity behind

every door.

The Latino knocks at a door heavily fortified with burglar

bars. The door opens. The bars are unlocked.

SPIDER:

How y'all doin?

VOICE (V.O.)

(from within)

It's O.K. O.K. Como esta?

Pompas leaves the two men and heads down the stairs toward

the front door.

INT. COMACHO APARTMENT - DAY

Doc and Spider enter. They're patted down.

A sleepy eyed Latino woman comes to stand in the bedroom

doorway. VICTOR COMACHO barks at her in Spanish, and she

disappears into the bedroom.

EXT. ALLEY - DAY

Eddie stands on the running board of the truck with Donato

at the wheel. They listen to the RADIO.

DOC (V.O.)

(from radio)

Hey, man, we're clean, huh. We ain't

fools.

SPIDER (V.O.)

You do that real nice, Pancho. what

say we get married.

Eddie tosses a soiled Rubic's Cube into Donato's lap.

EDDIE:

Found you a present.

DONATO:

Sh*t, those things will f*** up your

mind.

EXT. CEMETERY - DAY

Cragie is watching over the wall with his binoculars. He

looks back at Kosalas, who is hopping from foot to foot.

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