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EXT. McNEIL PENITENTIARY - DAY<br />
Grim-faced guards scan the yard from machine-gunned<br />
towers.<br />
INT. McNEIL PENITENTIARY - VISITOR BOOTH - DAY<br />
Mickey Cohen sits across from visitor Johnny Stompanato.<br />
Cohen is going off the handle.<br />
COHEN<br />
What do you mean Deuce Perkins got<br />
clipped last night?!<br />
STOMPANATO<br />
They shot him in his library.<br />
COHEN<br />
I don't want a floor plan; I want<br />
to know who! Who's taking the<br />
ticket for this, Johnny?<br />
STOMPANATO<br />
Nobody. At least not yet.<br />
COHEN<br />
And what about the merchandise<br />
Deuce was holding for me?<br />
STOMPANATO<br />
Gone. Not a trace.<br />
COHEN<br />
Some ferstunkener is moving in and<br />
we don't know who?! Maybe we<br />
should ask Hedda Hopper!<br />
As "STRANGER IN PARADISE" ENDS, so does the MONTAGE.<br />
INT. BRIEFING ROOM - AD VICE - DAY<br />
Addressing the squad, a no-nonsense VICE CAPTAIN picks up<br />
a stack of magazines.<br />
VICE CAPTAIN<br />
Picture-book smut, gentlemen.<br />
There's been a bunch of it found<br />
at collateral crime scenes lately.<br />
Mostly narcotics and prostitution<br />
collars.<br />
As the Vice Capt. hands it out for the men to examine,<br />
new member Jack Vincennes arrives late.