Fletch Page #3

28 FLETCH

---He chews his lip.

29 STANWYK

STANWYK:

Fifty thousand and a guarantee you won't get caught.

---Stanwyk searches Fletch's face carefully for a reaction. After several beats....

FLETCH:

I'm still here.

STANWYK:

(turns and goes to the French doors)

I want it done Thursday evening, around eight PM.

My wife will be off to the club for a committee

meeting. It's the staff's night off.

(pushes doors open)

These will be open.

30 FLETCH

FLETCH:

Wouldn't they normally be locked?

31 MASTER

STANWYK:

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. The staff

usually forgets.

FLETCH:

I have the same problem with my help.

STANWYK:

(goes on, unresponsive)

I will be here in the room, waiting for you.

The safe will be open and there will be fifty

thousand dollars in it. You will be wearing

rubber gloves. Do you own rubber gloves?

FLETCH:

I rent them. Monthly lease, with an option to buy.

STANWYK:

In this drawer....

---He opens the top drawer of his desk

32 INSIDE THE DRAWER

---an enormous .357 Magnum.

33 MASTER

---Stanwyk holds up the gun.

34 FLETCH

FLETCH:

A .357.

35 MASTER

STANWYK:

Very good. My .357. Use it and no one can

trace it to you. The room will be in some disarray.

FLETCH:

So it looks like a burglary attempt. You

catch me. I get the gun, and shoot you.

STANWYK:

Precisely. Are you a good shot?

FLETCH:

(looking at the huge gun)

What's the difference? The noise'll kill you first.

STANWYK:

Get me on the first shot, if you can.

FLETCH:

I don't think you'll have to worry about that.

---A beat. Stanwyk stares at Fletch.

STANWYK:

Do you have a passport?

FLETCH:

Sure, all drifters do.

STANWYK:

Fine. After you kill me, take the Jaguar.

The keys will be in the glove compartment.

FLETCH:

Take it where?

---Stanwyk starts to write down the information on a note pad.

STANWYK:

LAX. Go to the Pan Am desk. There will

be a ticket waiting for you.

FLETCH:

Where am I going?

STANWYK:

(hands Fletch the note)

Rio. Flight 306. Departs at eleven PM.

FLETCH:

They serve dinner on the flight?

STANWYK:

It'll be a first class-ticket. I'm sure you'll

enjoy the ride. I would recommend staying down there

at least a year, Mr. Fletcher.

FLETCH:

You've certainly thought this out, haven't you?

STANWYK:

I am not someone who leaves a great deal

to chance, Mr. Fletcher.

FLETCH:

You sure those doors will be open?

STANWYK:

Yes. All you provide are the gloves, the passport,

and the aim. I'll take care of everything else.

FLETCH:

The gun, the money, the tickets, and the dying.

STANWYK:

That's right.

FLETCH:

You sure got the hard part.

STANWYK:

What do you say, Mr. Fletcher? You'll be doing

me and my family a great service.

36 FLETCH

---thinking it over.

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