LA Confidential.pdf - Screenplay.com
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F<strong>LA</strong>TNOSE<br />
I don't know. No one knows.<br />
Maybe they're mavericks. You want<br />
a prostie roust? Huh? Some narco<br />
action?<br />
(breaking down)<br />
What do you want?!<br />
DUDLEY<br />
We want you to go home.<br />
(to Breuning)<br />
Uncuff him, Michael.<br />
Dudley turns to Exley.<br />
DUDLEY<br />
Mr. Sifakis is a known loan shark<br />
from San Francisco. He arrived<br />
this afternoon at Union Station.<br />
Looking for business opportunities<br />
in our fair city. An organized<br />
crime associate in need of reeducation<br />
in the ways of polite<br />
society.<br />
Uncuffed, Flatnose rubs his wrists. Wary. As Breuning<br />
steps back, Flatnose snatches the .45 off the table.<br />
F<strong>LA</strong>TNOSE<br />
Motherfuckers!<br />
Exley dives for cover, but the other four cops just stand<br />
there. Dudley looks down on the floor at Exley.<br />
DUDLEY<br />
It's part of the play, Edmund. A<br />
sincerity test.<br />
Flatnose looks at the gun a beat, then squeezes the<br />
TRIGGER. CLICK CLICK. No bullets.<br />
DUDLEY<br />
(to Breuning)<br />
Sit him back down.<br />
CLICK, CLICK. They shove Flatnose back in the hot seat.<br />
Dudley offers a hand to Exley, helps him to his feet.<br />
DUDLEY<br />
Wendell, you need to ac<strong>com</strong>pany<br />
Detective Lieutenant Exley on<br />
official police business. I'll<br />
finish up here.<br />
INT. EXLEY'S PLYMOUTH - DAY<br />
They drive in silence. No love lost here. Finally.
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