PEAKY BLINDERS II Page #7

GOVERNOR:

Since yesterday morning he has been

claiming that the murder was

ordered by the British Secret

Intelligence Service.

Campbell chuckles as he finds his box of matches.

CAMPBELL:

It’s a little late to be coming up

with nonsense like that, don’t you

think?

GOVERNOR:

He was told if he kept his mouth

shut there would be a last minute

pardon. Which has not materialized.

CAMPBELL:

Forgive me Governor. What business

is this of mine?

The Governor looks Campbell up and down...

GOVERNOR:

He says the man who hired him was

an Intelligence Service Chief of

Staff.

Campbell takes out a match...

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GOVERNOR (CONT’D)

An Ulsterman. Carries a cane with a

wolf head handle. A bullet wound in

his left shoulder.

Campbell lights his match on the wall...

CAMPBELL:

Still I hear no bells.

Campbell busies himself sucking the flame of his match into

the tobacco.

GOVERNOR:

Oh it was terribly easy to find you

Major Campbell. I consulted

colleagues in Whitehall. He’s ‘the

new broom’ they said. ‘Quite the

firebrand’.

Campbell gets lost behind a plume of smoke.

GOVERNOR (CONT’D)

You don’t even bother trying to

cover your tracks do you.

Campbell suddenly steps one pace forward and practically pins

the Governor physically against the wall.

CAMPBELL:

Governor, the Secret Intelligence

Service in this country operates

according to carefully defined

rules. Indeed, there is a charter.

He sucks on his pipe like an academic...

CAMPBELL (CONT’D)

But sometimes, especially when it

comes to the difficult situation we

have presently in Ireland, they are

rules which you might describe more

accurately as...

Campbell puts his face close.

CAMPBELL (CONT’D)

...‘guidelines’.

The Governor meets Campbell’s eye and speaks softly...

GOVERNOR (QUIETLY HORRIFIED)

The British Government. Using

criminals as political assassins.

CAMPBELL (STEAM ROLLER)

Governor, you have a very clearly

defined remit.

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CAMPBELL (STEAM ROLLER) (CONT'D)

Part of that remit is to oversee

the smooth completion of executions

sanctioned by the Crown. In the

next four and a half minutes it is

your job to escort the man in that

cell...

Campbell uses his free hand to hammer on the cell door with

his fist.

CAMPBELL (CONT’D)

...to the gates of hell. And as a

fellow civil servant I would ask

that you do not interfere in the

work of other Government

departments.

The two men stare at each other, close up.

CAMPBELL (CONT’D)

And should you ever feel the desire

to discuss this matter with anyone

else...

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