One Way Passage Page #6

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ON DECK:

The crowd at the anchor watches in relief.

IN THE WATER:

Dan and Burke sit on the log. Dan rises.

DAN:

Lucky for you I knew where that key

was.

BURKE:

(still dazed)

Yeah. Thanks.

Dan helps Burke to a nearby ladder.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. DAN AND BURKE'S STATEROOM - LATER

Dan puts on dry clothes as Burke, already changed, sits behind him, checking

and holstering his pistol.

BURKE:

Hey, you know, somebody must have

left that rail unfastened. Leanin'

there and, all of a sudden, we're in

the ocean.

DAN:

(dryly)

Yes. We ought to sue the company.

BURKE:

I still can't see why you saved my

life with what's facing you.

DAN:

Ah, suppose we don't discuss that.

BURKE:

Well, anyway, I - I kind o' feel

like I ought to do you a little

favor.

DAN:

What? For a little thing like your

life?

Dan hears the click of the handcuffs behind him and glances in Burke's

direction. PAN OVER TO Burke holding the open handcuffs in his hands.

DAN:

I'll tell you what you can do.

BURKE:

What?

DAN:

Those are not particularly becoming

to the well-dressed man. 'Sides,

once this ship's at sea, there's no

chance for a getaway. Kind o'

tough on both of us to be ironed.

What do you say?

Burke looks at the cuffs and thinks it over. After a beat, he pockets them.

BURKE:

All right, Dan.

DAN:

(surprised but pleased)

Thanks.

BURKE:

But if you try to pull a fast one on

me, I'll knock you off cold. Is that

understood?

DAN:

Obviously.

BURKE:

I ain't kiddin'.

DAN:

Well, I couldn't suspect you of that.

Burke gives Dan a double take. Dan looks amused.

DAN:

Well, it's kind of stuffy in here.

All right if I go on deck?

BURKE:

(casually)

Sure.

Dan grabs a cap and heads for the door. Burke rises and follows, grabbing a

jacket.

BURKE:

But I'll go along with ya.

Dan nods in reluctant agreement and the two men exit the stateroom.

DISSOLVE TO:

A NEON SIGN:

shaped like an arrow. It reads: "To gangplank"

We PAN OVER AND DOWN from this to the PURSER'S STATION where Dan is in the

middle of a conversation with the uniformed purser.

DAN:

I have an important message to

deliver to her and, like an idiot, I

forgot her last name. Her first name

is "Joan."

PURSER:

I'm sorry, sir, but--

DAN:

(gesturing)

She's about, uh-- Oh, she's about so

tall. Jet black hair and large brown

eyes.

PURSER:

Well, without her last name, it'll be

awfully hard for me to find her.

During this conversation, we PAN OVER to Burke who watches and listens from

under the gangplank sign, shaking his head in disbelief. Burke looks in the

direction of the gangplank as he hears a noisy crowd.

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