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WESTGATE
The Black Viper Adventure
Screenplay
by
Sam Bass
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"WESTGATE"
The Black Viper Adventure
FADE IN:
MAX TEMPLE, late thirties, trim and handsome man with brown
hair rides his thoroughbred horse across the desert at full
speed. Three Nazi’s agents are in full pursuit driving all-
terrain vehicles directly behind him.
Max rides hard across the hard desert floor. His horse
slides to a stop right at the saltwater shoreline.
The amphibious craft lands next to him with two men inside.
Max quickly removes his saddle and bridle from his horse
and urges the horse to leave. The animal runs down the
coastline. Max quickly jumps inside the powerful boat as it
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move forward.
The boat quickly moves out toward the open sea as the
pursuing Nazi agent’s fire on the sea craft.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
MAX
Thanks guys. Those Nazi pigs almost
had me.
WINSTON
Thank this new boat we invented.
CONNOR
Yes, when you consider the cost,
you have to ask, is it worth it?
MAX
Connor hit the gas.
Max goes into a chest at the side of the boat and pulls out
a Browning Automatic already loaded and he starts firing at
the Nazi ship. Max looks at Winston.
MAX
(continuing)
Winston, shoot the ship.
Wayne smiles and gets into the chest and pulls out a multi-
shot futuristic grenade launcher. Wayne starts popping off
rounds at the approaching Nazi ship.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
NAVAL OFFICER
Hurry Max, we’re in Mexican waters.
Max, Connor and Winston walk the net up the side and move
to the deck.
CUT TO:
Four Nazi agents move a middle-aged man and woman from the
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Two black sedans speed to the scene. One car goes after the
Nazi’s and the second car stops at the house. Two men rush
inside.
The two men begin to search the house going from room to
room.
The agent helps him get out of the hole and into the room.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
BARROWS
Thank God we found you. Are you
all right Johnny?
U. S. GOVERNMENT AGENT
Is this the Westgate boy?
DISSOLVE TO:
CUT TO:
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
NEWSMAN (V.O.)
We interrupt this programming for
an important message from the
President.
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Every one stops and listens and then looks up at the big
gray speakers that hang from the rafters.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
The two men in the wool suits walk swiftly past each person
bearing down on Rudolph Offenhausen.
The two men turn toward Rudolph from an isle in the work
place and walk directly toward him not far away.
The two men slow their pace slightly and continue to move
toward Rudolph.
The two men in suits run after him through the large
pavilion. Two more technicians are knocked aside by Rudolph
as the chase moves through the building.
(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:
JOHNNY
Gaa sorry, Rudolph.
The two men in suits jump from the platform to the landing
and hurry toward Johnny and Rudolph.
Johnny pulls on Rudolph's arm to help him and puts him off
balance. Rudolph trips and falls again. He scrambles to get
up.
The two men in suits are quickly on their prey. They grab
the fleeing Rudolph.
The men roughly throw him against the wall next to the
doorway and handcuff him.
JOHNNY
Sorry, Rudolph.
OFFENHAUSEN
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
The man that wears the dark wool suit nearest Johnny turns
from the secured prisoner.
AGENT CLANCY
Special Agent, Harry Clancy.
Johnny nods.
AGENT CLANCY
(continuing)
You're a hero son. This man is
the infamous Rudolph Offenhausen.
Johnny nods.
AGENT CLANCY
(continuing)
The notorious spy?
AGENT CLANCY
(continuing)
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
AGENT CLANCY
(continuing)
Hey, aren't you, Johnny Westgate?
That big brained kid?
JOHNNY
Yeah.
AGENT CLANCY
Stick to the brainwork, son. You’re
good.
OTTO
Good job, Westgate. Sloppy, but
good.
OTTO
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(continuing)
Let's eat, egghead.
Johnny nods.
JOHNNY
The agent said, Rudolph was a
spy?
OTTO
Don’t know, but he was an ass.
Let’s go bonehead.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
CUT TO:
His baggy pants are hanging to low and his butt crack is
showing.
JOHNNY
Otto, your crack is showing.
OTTO
Shoot no, you master liar.
JOHNNY
All right, don't go crackers.
OTTO
Good one, dumb ass.
Johnny and Otto begin to fill their trays from the serving
line. Johnny picks up a small bowl of soup and one-half of
a sandwich and puts it on his tray with a few crackers he
has already picked up.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Bono Hauser mops the floor and listens while getting closer
to Johnny and Otto. The wall behind him is lined with
pictures of the Westgate family.
OTTO
Westgate, what was that, hero stuff
all about?
JOHNNY
Beats me. Those guys said I was.
So I rode it out. I didn't want
to embarrass’em.
Otto laughs.
Johnny smiles.
JOHNNY
Otto, I might get an award or some-
thing. I mean the guy was a spy.
Besides Helen would be proud.
Otto thinks.
OTTO
Heck yeah, feed that ego, big head
boy.
Hauser mops and works his way a little closer to Otto and
Johnny. He stops next to the door leading into the
cafeteria. Hauser is intent on hearing Johnny and Otto's
conversation.
The heavy door hits Hauser's mop bucket. Hauser just stares
and acts as if nothing happened.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
No one noticed.
HELEN
Excuse me, Mr. Hauser.
JOHNNY
Hello, Uncle Max.
OTTO
It’s Mr. Temple, the big cheese
checking on the little people?
MAX
Right, Otto. Johnny don't forget
school tonight.
HELEN
Hi everybody. Johnny, I've just
got a second. Call me when you
get home or just come by.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
HELEN
(continuing)
Bye, honey.
Johnny stares.
MAX
Johnny, school? Graduating from
college at seventeen doesn't mean
your I. Q. will get you educated.
JOHNNY
All right, Uncle Max.
MAX
Otto, I know you have a lot of
research going on now, but I
need you to tutor, Johnny. Just
until he gets his P-H-D. Well,
I’ll just say thanks in advance.
OTTO
Ah, All right.
Otto comments.
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
(continuing)
He said that just because I've
lived in the guest house behind
the mansion for ten years. I’m
obligated.
JOHNNY
Otto. I can't go to school tonight.
I got plans.
OTTO
You gotta.
Johnny is determined.
JOHNNY
Otto, look what I found. Rudolph,
the spy dropped it.
WINSTON
Hi-de-ho guys, what’s cooking.
OTTO
Hi Winston, what’s buzzin with you?
Winston smiles.
WINSTON
It’s all good. Been doing some
interesting experiments
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John is interested.
JOHNNY
You still on that secret deal?
Winston is proud.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
WINSTON
Yeah and it’s really moving. We
are almost finished. Sorry, gotta
zip it. Can’t say anymore.
OTTO
Well then. You got a secret?
WINSTON
Yep, Gotta secret. All right then,
see ya round. Like a donut.
JOHNNY
I like him, but he’s a little weird.
OTTO
Yeah, good guy, but he’s kind of a
bohunk.
OTTO
Turn this over to the authorities.
JOHNNY
What if that spy has gold or a great
invention hidden.
Otto is interested.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
I'd be impressed. But, listen
I’m suppose to take care of
you until somebody gets your
parents back from the Nazi’s.
JOHNNY
I know.
Otto is thinking.
OTTO
Sorry Johnny, about your parents
I mean.
Johnny smiles.
JOHNNY
It’s all right. Uncle Max says
the Nazi’s won’t hurt them because
they want their knowledge.
Otto smiles.
OTTO
That’s right. They’ll be home soon
and kick your butt for going to
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Johnny smiles.
JOHNNY
Thanks Otto.
OTTO
Come on, light wait. We’re burnin
day light.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Otto swings the cafeteria door wide open and bumps Hauser's
shoulder.
Johnny and Otto walk away from the 40's style cafeteria and
into the foyer of the large Westgate complex.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
Where are we going?
Johnny is secretive.
JOHNNY
Come on, Otto. I'll show you.
Otto is reluctant.
OTTO
Westgate, you are wasting my time.
I got research.
DISSOLVE TO:
OTTO
This new brighter and better light
invention of yours should have a
wider beam.
Suddenly the beam gets wide and lights the entire tunnel
with a blinding white light.
JOHNNY
What’d you think.
OTTO
Well, it could have been tinted.
I do have sensitive eyes.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
JOHNNY
My secret lab. What’da think?
OTTO
I'm always impressed by rusty
doors in a dark tunnels.
JOHNNY
Come on, Otto. I'll get a few
pieces of equipment and we'll
go.
The heavy door closes with a slam behind them. Otto jumps
from the sound and his own tension.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
JOHNNY
Be careful.
Johnny takes a glass beaker and opens the value on the end
of the hose pouring the green liquid into the container. He
looks at Otto then drinks it down. He sets the beaker on
the table while looking at Otto.
JOHNNY
(continuing)
Kool-aid. Want some?
Otto smiles.
OTTO
Dumb ass.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
Parlor tricks?
JOHNNY
No, mind tricks.
(Johnny points at
his brain)
From here.
JOHNNY
Don’t touch that light.
Johnny
(continuing)
It will cut you.
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OTTO
What is it a pocketknife? Maybe
a vegetable chopper.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Otto is impressed.
OTTO
(continuing)
What are you going to do with it?
JOHNNY
I haven’t figured out anything yet.
It’s really a ray more than light,
or it may be a light. I guess I
could call it a gamma ray-light or
a laser something or the other?
Otto is impressed.
OTTO
Well figure it out. It could be
really big.
(he smiles)
Maybe a gamma ray butter knife.
OTTO
Where did you get the car? I didn’t
even know you could drive.
JOHNNY
Yes, Winston and Connor taught me.
OTTO
Johnny, what is this metal door
for on the roof?
JOHNNY
I'll show you later.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
Boy, you spent a lot of money.
JOHNNY
It’s an experimental project funded
by Ford Motor Company. They’re big
on this science stuff. I built it
last summer. Mostly from Westgate
Laboratory’s test parts. Max, will
flip when he sees it.
OTTO
Yeah, flip you. Where did you get
those tires and those wheels, the
radio's? That radar? Man, this thing
is loaded.
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Johnny is enthused.
JOHNNY
Otto. This is the car of the future,
today! It even has a radio and a
cold air unit for summer.
JOHNNY
(continuing)
I put airplane tires on it. Adapted
aluminum aircraft wheels and buffed
them for appearance.
OTTO
Yawn, neat, really neat. I like
cars.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
JOHNNY (O.S.)
Look at this, Otto.
(raising the
hood)
I put on every available racing
or auto speed option I could
find more for power than speed.
Otto shades his eyes from the light reflecting off the
bright chrome on the multi-carburetored engine. He nods and
stares.
OTTO
Right.
JOHNNY
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OTTO
I like it. It’s, it’s freakin
gorgeous.
Johnny is proud.
JOHNNY
We're driving it tonight. I put some
of that fire proof paint we've been
testing on it. Seventy-five coats.
JOHNNY (O.C.)
(continuing)
It's bullet proof too. That new glass
we tested, I put it in the car. Its
got a lot a stuff.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
Westgate, your Uncle Max will massacre
you if he finds out about this secret
stuff. That car musta cost ten or
fifteen thousand.
Johnny laughs.
JOHNNY
Naa, he knows I’m doing something. He
help’s me sometimes like he gave me
the new hydrogen fuel system in it.
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OTTO
He did that? You guys put Formula-Z
in this car?
Johnny is amused.
JOHNNY
Yeah. It's only a synthetic.
JOHNNY
It’s all right, the thing is just
a robot. A project Max works on.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
Turn it off, Johnny. It appears
aggressive.
JOHNNY
Be calm, it has batteries. They’ll
run down in a minute.
Otto moves from the corner but is trapped against the large
laboratory work-table by the robot. He fights the snapping
machine off with a tall Bunsen burner from the display of
laboratory tools.
OTTO
Back off, metal head.
JOHNNY
You all right, Otto?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
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OTTO
Yeah, But Max’s robot isn’t.
Johnny smiles.
JOHNNY
You fix it.
OTTO
Me, I’m a chemist. Maybe I could
make some magic water.
JOHNNY
Come on Otto. Spies are waiting.
JOHNNY
We got five seconds to get out.
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
How do we get back in?
Johnny smiles.
JOHNNY
I'll show you when we get back.
Otto nods.
OTTO
Needs work, Westgate. Specially
the rubber ball thing.
The sleek Westgate car speeds away into the darkness down a
laboratory complex road.
OTTO (O.S.)
(continuing)
What else ya got?
JOHNNY
Hey, Charley.
The Westgate custom car rolls down the rough dirt road
slowly.
The powerful Westgate car stops. Johnny and Otto get out
shutting the car doors behind them. They look around the
area.
JOHNNY
This way, Otto.
Johnny and Otto move out toward a narrow rocky trail on the
riverbank.
The small trees and tall grass cast eerie moonlit shadows
across the water as Johnny and Otto move down the dark
intimidating trail.
OTTO
Hey, you know that famous Indian
Trail of Tears went right along
this river bank. Such a waste of
human life.
OTTO
Where is this place?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
JOHNNY
This way master gasster.
OTTO
It's not funny. I'm embarrassed.
I have a problem.
Johnny and Otto move cautiously to the dark and very wide
entrance of the riverside cavern.
Otto nods.
INT. CAVERN
JOHNNY
Otto, have you got the light?
OTTO
Yes.
JOHNNY
Turn it on.
OTTO
NO.
JOHNNY
What's your problem.
OTTO
Someone may be here.
HAUSER
You're right.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
I know.
JOHNNY
That wasn't me.
OTTO
What.
JOHNNY
Talking.
JOHNNY
Bono Hauser!
Hauser smiles.
HAUSER
Johnny Westgate, Otto Goldprimage?
How absolutely stupid of you.
Johnny is concerned.
JOHNNY
What is this, Bono?
OTTO
Yeah, Bono.
Hauser is amused.
HAUSER
You've heard the phase, "Curiosity
killed the cat"?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
HAUSER
(continuing)
In this case it caught a Westgate
and an Otto. We have nothing in
this cave. However we did know both
of you could not resist the map. We
merely need your brain.
Otto speaks up. He overlaps Bono and two of his men as they
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OTTO
You'll never get it.
HAUSER
Not yours, young Westgate. But you
may speak to the S. S. in Berlin
about yours. They may need a toilet
builder.
OTTO
Nazi's?
Hauser laughs.
HAUSER
How absolutely conscious of you,
Otto.
Johnny and Otto look at each other. Otto mouths the word
Berlin to Johnny.
Hauser hears a boat motor and looks toward the deep rolling
river.
CONNOR (O.S.)
Johnny Westgate, where are you?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Johnny clearly sees the advantage when Hauser and his men’s
attention is drawn to Connor's voice.
Hauser bumps into his own two men and they struggle to
recover their composure.
JOHNNY
Run Otto!
Hauser and his men have recovered and are chasing them.
They crash through the underbrush making their own trail.
Hauser and his men blast out of the tree-line and chase the
car on foot.
Otto twist around and bites The Nazi henchman's hand. The
man lets go with a scream. Otto pries his other hand loose
from the door.
The Nazi agent falls to the ground with a thud and rolls to
a stop.
Connor is smug.
CONNOR (O.S.)
That man would have lost a hand
if you had two pieces of bread.
OTTO
Hurry, Johnny. Those guys are
bad men.
CONNOR
What on earth is going on? Where
did you get this nice looking
vehicle, Johnny Westgate? It
appears expensive.
JOHNNY
Better yet, Connor. How did you find
us and why?
Connor is insulted.
CONNOR
I was merely doing a good deed,
thank you. I saw a man follow
you as you left the laboratory
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
Then what, investigator York?
CONNOR
I admit I was not prepared for this
fiasco.
JOHNNY’S P.O.V.
BACK TO SCENE
JOHNNY
Here they come!
OTTO
Shouldn’t we be shooting one?
Connor is composed.
CONNOR
Of course. Shouldn’t we have gun?
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The Westgate car speeds around a long curve. Hauser red car
is getting closer as they accelerate forward.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
JOHNNY’S P.O.V.
BACK TO SCENE
Otto is concerned.
OTTO
What now, Johnny? You got any
tricks in this machine?
JOHNNY
I’ll make a point with them.
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CONNOR
Original, Jonathan.
Otto's eyes get big and he springs back into the car seat
as they close on the two cars.
Connor is casually.
CONNOR
Brace for impact.
Hauser red Chevrolet rolls onto the oil coated road and
spins around out of control in the middle of the two-lane
highway.
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JOHNNY
Hang on guys!
JOHNNY P.O.V.
The Westgate Car crashes into the two cars blocking the
road.
BACK TO SCENE
JOHNNY
(continuing)
everybody okay?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Otto and Connor stare straight ahead and nod silently still
in shock from the crash.
The rear oil values stop dispensing oil. The Westgate car
continues at top speed down the highway.
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CONNOR
Do you suppose this trick car will
be able to get us out of this mess?
OTTO
It already has.
CONNOR
There will be more. Nazi don’t give
up that easy.
OTTO
Johnny built this car. It will.
CONNOR
Thank goodness. I was under the
impression you built it.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
DISSOLVE TO:
Otto panics.
OTTO
There he is, Johnny! He must have
a hot rod motor in that car.
A large metal bar from the running board area slams out
from the side of the Westgate car. It crushes against the
side of Hauser's vehicle and blows out a tire.
The metal bar retracts back into the running board of the
Westgate car. Johnny and his crew speed on.
OTTO (O.S.)
Yee ha!
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
CONNOR
Yes me too. Yee ha.
JOHNNY
Hey, let’s go to the house and
see Max he can take care of this.
DISSOLVE TO:
OTTO
Hope he’s here? Should we even
tell’em?
Connor is calm.
CONNOR
Of course, toe jam. This is a spy
ring of criminals and it is a time
of world war. We can't let them
get the two of you.
(after thought)
Or maybe…
(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:
JOHNNY
Come on, I wonder where the guards
are?
Otto is skeptical.
OTTO
Could be trouble. Maybe we should
go to the lab.
Hauser and his men are waiting. They grab all three. The
Nazi henchmen drag them inside past two Westgate guards
that are tied up lying on the floor.
CONNOR
This is a persistent Nazi.
HAUSER
Shut up, you snooty butler.
Connor is insulted.
CONNOR
Butlering is an honorable profession,
however sir, I am an accountant.
OTTO
Max, are you all right?
Hauser interrupts.
CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
HAUSER
Shut up, idiot, no talking.
MAX
I'm all right.
Hauser intervenes.
HAUSER
Everybody sit. We have a short
wait until our ride comes.
MAX
What do you want, Hauser.
HAUSER
Nothing from you, Temple. The
Fatherland wants the boy.
OTTO
Take one of us.
Hauser is smug.
HAUSER
With a two hundred and twenty four
I. Q. we want the boy. We don't need
an average inventor or a worn out
numbers cruncher. Those brains don’t
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launch rockets.
CONNOR
I would guess you don’t know someone
has to account for the money before
a rocket is ever launched.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
JOHNNY
You can't get away with this.
HAUSER
We have already gotten away with
It.
Everyone hears the car doors open then close and voices
outside. They hear the front door of the estate open and
close.
HAUSER
I wouldn't push that. It could
be a hazardous to your health.
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Johnny is shocked.
JOHNNY
Agent Clancy!
AGENT CLANCY
Sorry Hero. I'm Major Adolph Heinz.
Of the S. S. at your service.
JOHNNY
How come you all speak such good
English?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
AGENT CLANCY
Training, something you Americans
and the rest of the world lack.
OFFENHAUSEN
I see our little charade paid off. We
knew it would be impossible to get to
you in the laboratory without a large
commotion. So we arranged for the cat
to come to the mouse.
OTTO
Rat is more like it.
CONNOR
Don't insult the rat.
OFFENHAUSEN
Go check the ship.
(turns to Hauser)
Get the cars ready.
(looks at his men)
Take them. Let us go.
Hauser's men grab everyone and start moving them toward the
cars.
HAUSER
I'm taking Temple to the laboratory.
I want that Formula-z they always
talk about.
Hauser reminds.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
HAUSER
(continuing)
The synthetic Hydrogen fuel?
HAUSER
Rudolph, I'll take care of the
vehicle. We may have a need for
it. I'll meet you at the ship.
OFFENHAUSEN
Quickly. The police and Westgate
security are on the way.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
The driver looks at him from the car. He can hear sirens
getting closer over the blasting house alarms. The driver
shrugs his shoulders and speeds away.
Three Nazi’s pull Johnny, Otto and Connor from their sedan.
They push all of them toward the docks and a small ship’s
ramp. They all walk up the short ramp to the wooden deck
and step onto the ship.
Max, Bono Hauser and his man move down the stone stairway
and inside the massive building. Inaudible voices can be
heard in the distant background of the large and open
research center.
Max runs his fingers through his thick dark hair. He comes
out with a small thin piece of metal hidden between his
fingers.
HAUSER
Let's go.
Suddenly Max presses the metal hard between his fingers and
throws it against the wall.
Hauser and his man yell and scream as they fall ten feet
into a large shiny metal shut. Immediately the two of them
slide very fast, down and forward.
Hauser and the man continue to speed forward and fall into
a swift moving underground sewage canal.
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
The brown water swirls full of sewage debris as the two men
splash into it.
The light from the hole that they fell through lights the
dark basement and their fate. They are pulled and swirled
toward the rushing brown water spillway.
The two men struggle to keep their heads above the dirty
water. Hauser yells out to his Nazi agent.
HAUSER
Use your shirt for floatation.
NAZI AGENT
This is the sewer.
HAUSER
There are worse things. We could
fail this mission. Swim!
They fall over a twenty feet tall spillway that drops into
a huge sediment pool outside the building.
HAUSER P.O.V.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
MAX
Agent Barrows? This is Max Temple.
We have espionage at Westgate. I
sent security to get two culprits
in our exterior cesspool. Yes, I'm
going to Wildhorse landing Johnny's
there. Yes, he is there.
The rushing dirty brown water pushes Bono and his man
toward the opposite end of the long open sediment pool.
HAUSER
Stay away from the pipe!
Hauser and his accomplice are soon sucked into the darkness
of the giant sewer pipe. The last sight of Hauser is his
feet as they slide into the swirl of the tube.
Hauser and his man blast from the end of the huge pipe into
another distant exterior sewage pool with aeration
sprinklers whirling overhead.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
HAUSER
Let's get to the freighter. They'll
be looking for us by now!
NAZI AGENT
Look at this. The pools full of
it.
NAZI AGENT
(continuing)
I thought we where dead.
HAUSER
What's the difference? We smell
dead.
HAUSER
(continuing)
That's our ride. Let's go!
Hauser walks toward the waiting car. The man follows him
mumbling about the filth.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
NAZI AGENT
Crappy job.
HAUSER
Shut up!
HAUSER
(continuing)
Wait!
Hauser takes his broad leather belt off. With the leather
end he touches the metal buckle to the wire. Huge blue
sparks fly.
He jumps off a few feet away and lets the tractor crash
through the two fences.
Hauser and his man runs through the hole in the fence to
the black sedan.
The efficient agent breaks out the side window of the car
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
with his elbow and jumps inside. He leans over to hot wire
the ignition.
CAR OWNER
Hey! That's my car!
CAR OWNER
(continuing)
Can't even take a whiz anymore
without something happening.
Then two large Westgate security men come from the hole in
the fence and grab him. He freezes looking innocent.
SAILOR NO. ONE, laughs and throws his cards on the table
face up.
SAILOR NO. TWO, just looks at him. He shuffles the deck and
deals the cards again.
Otto is nervous.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
CONNOR
I suppose a drunken rummy in your
condition is better?
Sailor No. Two, puts his hand on his arm. Sailor no. one,
sits and grumbles.
Connor smiles.
CONNOR
A limited vocabulary always resorts
to name calling.
He flips the big sailor over his shoulder and knocks him
out.
Connor grabs him by the seat of the pants and runs his head
into the bulkhead of the ship. The second sailor is out.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
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JOHNNY
Let's get outta here.
Max speeds his 1940 Lincoln Zephry out the front gate of
the complex past the well-manned guardhouse.
MAX
Helen, What are you doing here?
HELEN
I'm looking for Johnny. He activated
his sensor and he didn't call.
MAX
Take her car, she’s going with
me.
(looking back at
Helen)
Come on. I’m going after Johnny.
Helen gets out of her car and the guard gets in. He drives
away.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
MAX
What's this sensor business?
HELEN
Johnny invented it. He has one
and I have one.
HELEN
When you push this button. The
other persons flashes. He made
it in case we need to find the
other or we have trouble. It
was a six month anniversary
present.
Max is serious.
MAX
Can we find him with it.
Helen smiles.
HELEN
Yes, the light gets brighter the
closer we get.
HELEN
(continuing)
What's going on Max?
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CONTINUED:
MAX
Johnny and Otto got mixed up
with…
Bono Hauser and his Nazi henchman race toward the landing.
Hauser glances at the man.
HAUSER
At least we got the kid and Otto
Goldprimage. A little messy, but
we have them.
NAZI AGENT
Yes, aren’t we clever.
BARROWS
I hope those Nazi creeps don't get
Johnny out ta sea before we get
too’em.
DISSOLVE TO:
Hauser and his man slide their stolen car to a stop. They
jump out and run up the gangplank to the yacht.
Max and Helen see them running. Max slide the car to a
stop.
Helen looks down and sees her sensor get brighter.
HELEN
He's here.
Barrows and the agent watch the yacht as they speed closer.
Bono and his man run onto the deck of the yacht with Max
and Helen close behind.
Barrows and the agent get out of the car and run to the
deck of the ship.
HAUSER
Thank you for coming. You saved
me a lot of trouble looking for
you. You know witnesses and all
of that.
JOHNNY (O.C.)
Not so fast, Nazi Hauser!
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CONTINUED:
HAUSER
You think I can't get away before
that crate hits the deck?
Johnny smiles.
JOHNNY
I think.
Hauser smiles.
HAUSER
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JOHNNY
I want you to tell your men to
back away.
HAUSER
Forget it, Westgate.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Barrow, his agent and Max begin fighting with the six
remaining thugs.
HELEN
Johnny!
Helen pauses. Then with a fury of Karate fist and feet she
knocks the agent down and he is out.
Otto sits on a crate then pulls food from his pocket and
eats. Otto looks up.
HELEN
I'm so glad you're all right.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
JOHNNY
We gotta catch him. He's a spy.
Helen smiles and nods. They start over the side of the
freighter on a rope ladder.
Helen and Johnny see Hauser start a speed boat tied off
below them.
Hauser's boat.
JOHNNY
Let's go.
HELEN
Give me your sensor.
They swing over the side and slide to the dock below.
HELEN
What are you going to do?
Johnny is confident.
JOHNNY
Hang on! Watch that sensor.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
HELEN
Your car turned out really keen,
Johnny.
Max sees a teak wood speed boat tied off at the dock near
him.
MAX
I am going after, Hauser. Take
the prisoners!
Max reaches the sleek boat and jumps inside. He looks for a
key.
Abruptly Otto and Connor arrive and get in the boat as Max
looks for a way to start it.
Otto quickly hot wires the boat. They take off as Connor
comments.
CONNOR
Good thing we got Otto.
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
HELEN
There he is.
Johnny looks.
He sees a long wooden wharf jutting far out into the water.
His car rolls down the long wharf and skids to a stop near
the edge.
JOHNNY
Take the car. Follow us with the
sensor.
Helen acknowledges.
Johnny jumps.
He lands in the boat and they speed after Bono. Max finally
comes along side Hauser’s boat and jumps in with Bono.
CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
MAX
He got away.
Max slows the boat. Otto comes along side. Johnny gets in
the boat. He grabs a two-way radio lying on the floor and
adjust the frequency.
JOHNNY
Helen.
Helen looks at the radios and decides which one to pick up.
She answers.
HELEN
Is that you, Johnny?
Helen smiles.
HELEN
All right Johnny. Did you get the
spy?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
HELEN
Roger, felony buster.
Helen grins as she starts the car and back off of the dock.
She puts it in gears and accelerates forward.
HELEN
(continuing)
That's my man.
Johnny, Max and the fake tied up Hauser ride toward the
blinking lights of the distant North Point Dock. Otto and
Connor follow close behind.
MAX
This Hauser guy is clever.
JOHNNY
Not clever enough. The real Hauser
wants that formula. He's at your
office, now.
MAX
Winston, what are you doing here?
Winston replies.
WINSTON
I, I did wrong.
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CONTINUED:
WINSTON
(continuing)
All the while I worked for Westgate
Lab’s I was working for Hauser and
Offenhausen. I thought they wanted
to develop something special to help
mankind. I didn't know they were
Nazi's.
MAX
What are you talking about, Winston?
WINSTON
I developed the Black Viper program.
JOHNNY
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WINSTON
Not anymore. All of the equipment is
at my house. It's really great.
MAX
Does anyone else know about this?
WINSTON
Only by name.
Otto docks his boat and ties it off a few feet away. A
policeman takes the henchman from Max.
CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Johnny and Max get out of the boat with Winston and walk to
Helen.
JOHNNY
Quick, Helen. We gotta get to
Winston's house.
MAX
Otto. You and Connor take care of
this and meet us at the lab.
Johnny, Helen, Max and Winston jump in the Westgate car and
speed away.
Johnny, Max and Winston look around the grounds before they
get out of the car. Max takes charge.
MAX
It's clear. Let's go.
CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
WINSTON
I am sorry about this. But I will
right this wrong.
(picking up a
large bound
report)
This is the entire project and
it's uses. I patterned it after
the comic book super heroes, but
it is completely functional crime
fighting equipment. It'll fit you,
Johnny.
MAX
If this program works the secret
must not leave this room. What
about it Winston? Will you stay
on and keep it going?
WINSTON
You mean I'm not going to jail.
Max smiles.
MAX
Everybody deserves a second chance.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Winston is overjoyed.
WINSTON
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Helen moves to Johnny and begins to help him with the tight
suit.
JOHNNY
The first order of business is to
find out how this works. The second
is to get started building Helen one.
HELEN
I like this new look.
Winston explains.
WINSTON
Johnny, push the magnetic coil
button.
WINSTON
(continuing)
Turn it off!
He looks up embarrassed.
JOHNNY
Anti-gravity?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
HELEN
What else?
MAX
Read this. We have got to get to
the lab. and grab Hauser.
JOHNNY
What about all of this stuff?
MAX
Winston go get Otto and Connor.
Secure this project in my
private laboratory.
WINSTON
Yes sir, Mr. Temple. I won't let
you down.
The Westgate car rolls to a stop and sets outside the huge
complex for a moment.
Johnny, Helen and Max get out and discretely go into the
building through a private side entrance.
Max, Helen and Johnny hide behind cut out sign in the hall
against a dark wall.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Two of Bono Hauser's men walk past them at the end of the
hall with two Westgate guards in custody.
Two more men immediately enter the office. Johnny and Helen
fight with them.
SECURITY GUARD
That's enough. Hands up.
Hauser and his men pause. They look at the guard. Hauser
and his men stop and put up their hands.
JOHNNY
Well I guess that's the last of,
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Bono Hauser.
OFFENHAUSEN
No. It's the last of Westgate.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OFFENHAUSEN
(continuing)
It would appear we have a stand-off.
But as angry as I am right now, it
hardly makes a difference to me.
MAX
Put your weapon away.
OFFENHAUSEN
So, now I have to decide what to
take and what to give up. I want
the z formula project and the
Black Viper program. But then I
need young Westgate and his rude
and stupid assistant. But if I
consider the time element only
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JOHNNY
I'll go and do what you want. Just
don't hurt anyone.
Offenhausen smiles.
OFFENHAUSEN
It appears you have matured in the
last few hours.
(looking at Bono)
Get the car and bring it to the
front entrance.
Bono leaves.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OFFENHAUSEN
(continuing)
Let's go.
(they all move)
Only Westgate.
(looks at his man)
Take the others to the basement.
Meet me at the alternate location.
go.
long dark tunnel to the basement where Johnny and Max's lab
is hidden.
After they pass the door it opens slightly and Otto peers
out.
Otto quietly steps out and bangs the man on the top of his
head with his large robust fist.
Otto sits on his back and twists the man's leg holding him
in place.
MAX
Where is the alternate location?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
MAX (O.S.)
(continuing)
Where is it?
HELEN
Let me. Johnny's in danger.
HELEN
(continuing)
Where is that darn location, you
punk?
HENCHMAN
The old Rock Port Airport!
HELEN
Darn guy was soft. Let's go.
MAX
Secure that man and the building.
Don't forget the file room. Now!
Otto drops the man's foot. Otto picks up the man. Connor
and Winston go into action.
Helen stops beside the rocket pack display. Max stops and
looks back at her.
HELEN
Does this thing work?
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MAX
It needs the fuel activated?
She takes the rocket pack off the dummy and straps it on
her back.
HELEN
Activate the fuel.
As Helen and Max exit She adjust the rocket pack to her
body.
MAX
Helen, you don't know how to operate
this.
HELEN
Max.
MAX
All right. It's Uranium. Turn this
switch and push this button. You're
ready. You guide it with your arms
and/or legs. Like a bird.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
MAX
I'll meet you there.
HELEN
Call my mom and dad. Tell them
I'll be late.
Helen blasts off into the night sky toward the distant
airport.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
throat with his arm. He has his gun drawn and pointed at
her head.
OFFENHAUSEN
I wouldn't, Westgate!
HELEN
Take him, Johnny. Don't worry
about me!
Offenhausen smiles.
OFFENHAUSEN
Inventive little crowd you run
with, Westgate.
INT. AIRCRAFT
Max arrives in time to see the airplane roll out and become
airborne.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
INT. AIRCRAFT
OFFENHAUSEN
I'm sorry dear, but you are an
uninvited guest.
JOHNNY
Helen!
OFFENHAUSEN
Shut up! Better a broken heart
than a broken neck.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Max turns toward the ground. He goes into a steep dive and
flies toward a nearby body of water.
He yells to Helen.
MAX
Helen this weight is too much. I'll
hold altitude as long as possible.
When we get low enough over the water
you jump.
Helen swims in to shore and gets out. she sits on the bank
exhausted.
Max takes off the jet pack and goes to Helen. She looks up
at Max with tears in her eyes.
HELEN
Will we ever see him again?
MAX
I don't know, Helen. All of our
resources will go to finding him.
INT. AIRCRAFT
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
JOHNNY
You killed, Helen!
HAUSER
Stop it, Rudolph.
Offenhausen hangs on, but the wind and vacuum pull him
outside. He hangs on to the floor and side of the door with
just his finger tips.
HAUSER
I hope he gets that parachute on
in time.
JOHNNY
I hope he's mashed flat as a pan-
cake.
HAUSER P.O.V.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
BACK TO SCENE
HAUSER P.O.V.
BACK TO SCENE
Hauser is amused.
HAUSER
He made it. What luck. I thought
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JOHNNY
Bono, that man was evil. You are
in charge now. Let's go back. Do
the right thing.
HAUSER
That man was never in charge.
Just a front so I could do my
job. A mere Trojan Horse young
Westgate. Let me introduce myself.
General Bono Hauser of the German
Fatherland's intelligence corp.
DISSOLVE TO:
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
CONNOR
My word, who would have thought
a simple light could do that.
Otto smiles.
OTTO
Me, Connor. I call it Viper Ray.
CONNOR
How original, Viper ray. It’s an
instant classic. I would think
you could do more with the money
we spend on your research.
OTTO
It's tough to take a dump like an
elephant when you work for peanuts.
CONNOR
Otto, you humor is as appetizing
as a turd on a salad.
OTTO
Is that accounting humor-less?
Connor is amused.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
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Winston smiles and brushes the bullets off with his hand.
They clink on the floor.
HELEN
This is it, Max. From all of the
communications and special agents
reports. I think they are hiding
in this little town village. Just
waiting for a ship or plane to
take them to their destination.
WINSTON
The suits ready, Max. You need to
try it on and test it.
HELEN
Go ahead, Max. Time is important.
Max goes behind an oriental screen and puts the sleek suit
on. He steps out.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
OTTO
Time for the test, Max.
The suit glows and the wall disintegrates before him. Max
turns to the others.
Winston smiles. He walks to Max and wipes them off with his
hand. Winston puts the pistol in his pocket.
WINSTON
It works. You’re bulletproof.
Otto attaches the light gun to the Black Viper belt. Max
presses his belt again. He holds out his hand.
MAX
This is great.
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WINSTON
There's more. We have a plane
that is turbo powered. Faster
than anything I know. You have
the Westgate car and a Black
Viper motorcycle.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
MAX
Helen, get those coordinates for
the hide out. I'm going after,
Johnny.
HELEN
Go, Max.
MAX
Aah!
OTTO
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
MAX
Helen, tell agent Barrows what
I'm doing. See if you can get
some help down there.
Helen acknowledges.
MAX
(continuing)
The rest of you monitor me and
keep me informed.
WINSTON
Be careful everything is new and
untested in the field.
Max turns and blast off in a smooth lift off from his anti-
gravity system. He glides smoothly forward picking up speed
as he gets higher.
OTTO
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CONNOR
Nazi’s running the world, if we
don’t stop them.
HELEN
You guys get the Westgate car
ready. We're headed for
Louisiana.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
HELEN
(continuing)
Come on, we are short on time.
Max glides from the clear sky and lands near a clump of
trees on the outskirts of the small town. He looks toward
the community surveying the area.
A small, six year old CAJUN BOY, sees him. He walks to Max
looking up at him.
BOY
Hi, why are you wearing that
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funny suit?
MAX
Well gee. Let's see. I'm Black
Viper, the crime fighter.
BOY
I like that suit.
(looking him over)
Black Viper? Good name too.
Max is pleased.
MAX
Will you help me?
BOY
Yes, I like to fight crime.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
MAX
Me too.
HELEN
I hope Johnny’s all right.
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OTTO
I hope we’re all right too.
The small boy walks down the town street past an outdoor
patio where Hauser and a large muscular assistant sit at a
patio table.
The boy turns the corner and runs to end of the building.
He waves at Viper.
The small boy turns and watches the front corner of the
hotel building.
The Westgate car blast down the highway. The car speeds
past a Louisiana state trooper.
The young handsome trooper speeds his patrol car after the
Westgate vehicle.
Black Viper grabs the man's shoulders and butts him in the
head. The man is knocked out.
Johnny is surprised.
Johnny's eyes get big, He tries to talk with his gag on. He
moves in his chair.
Suddenly from behind, Hauser and his man grab Max. Max make
a loud noise. The two Nazi's hold their ears.
Black Vipers stops and looks at the two men they instantly
jump him.
Hauser fights with Black Viper while the other man grabs a
lamp.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
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MAN
Get away from him.
The man quickly turns and touches Black Viper with the
electric cord.
HAUSER
Who is this?
HAUSER
Take Westgate, we need to move
to the landing strip.
Hauser, the man and Johnny get in a Ford panel truck. They
speed away in a cloud of dust down a dirt trail.
BACK TO SCENE
She sees Black Viper flying from the hotel and toward the
distant dust cloud.
The Ford panel speeds down the road. They see Black Viper.
He becomes visible standing in the middle of the road in
front of them.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Helen sees them. She turns the Westgate car directly behind
them.
HELEN
Otto, lift the car and turn on
the wind.
Wind blows from vents around the windshields and from the
grille, blowing the dust away.
The Westgate car rolls close to the panel truck. It's body
is one foot higher off the ground for the rough terrain.
The truck hits a bump and Johnny flies high and out the
back of the panel.
Black Viper smiles and puts Johnny down. Helen and her
group gather around.
MAX
I'm getting better at this crime
fighting.
She then grabs Johnny and kisses him full on the lips.
Helen pauses and smiles. She then takes Johnny's gag off
and kisses him again. Black Viper unties Johnny.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
JOHNNY
I guess they got away?
MAX
Not yet. I'll take care of them.
JOHNNY
My Uncle Max is something else.
OTTO
You can say that again. He thinks
he's a crime fighter now.
Connor badgers.
CONNOR
Original, Otto. He is a real crime
fighter.
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WINSTON
Shouldn’t we go help?
JOHNNY
Yeah, we better go. He may need
help.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. RIM OF A DEEP RAVINE, DIRT ROAD
Hauser and the man race along a narrow dirt road dodging
pot holes on the edge of the deep crevice steadily heading
up hill.
HAUSER
Just over that hill and we'll meet
our plane.
MAN
If that snake thing doesn't get us.
Hauser is angry.
HAUSER
That thing is just a man. You put
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MAN
He doesn’t learn very fast. Here's
your chance.
Hauser and the man can't stand the sound. Hauser miss
steers and slides the panel toward a large rock on the side
of the road.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
MAX
Don't lay in the road. You may get
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HELEN
We’re with Westgate Laboratories
A division of the Army…
TROOPER
I know all about it. I’m here to
help.
The trooper then carefully puts him in his patrol car due
to the man’s broken legs. He speaks to him.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
TROOPER
(continuing)
Stay.
MAX
Don't worry. I'll take care of
this.
BORDER PATROL
Are you the good Guy?
MAX
I am.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
suit again.
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MAX
Surrender.
They see Black Viper throw the last soldier to the ground
and round them up. He begins to march the prisoner soldiers
toward the plane.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
Johnny and Max looks around and sees the young trooper
fighting with Hauser in the distance on the trail near a
sheer one hundred feet drop off.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
TROOPER
See you in hell, damn Nazi.
MAX
Your mother and father would be
proud of you.
JOHNNY
Hauser?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:
JOHNNY
(continuing)
Rudolph! Is Hauser? Bono Hauser,
got away?
Johnny thinks.
FADE OUT.
THE END