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by J. Ott
FADE IN:
INT. OFFICE OF BUDDY WINCHELL, PRIVATE EYE - DAY
Noir lighting filters in through the blinds on the stale, run-down office. Police sirens echo in the distance.
BUDDY WINCHELL leans back in his chair, feet up on the desk, fedora cocked over his eyes, nursing a flask.
BUDDY (V.O.)
Even without a hangover on a Wednesday morning, it was hard times in the city. Ends werent met and before you knew it, even the casinos were losing money. Normally hard times are boom times for a private dick, but not me. I fell out of favor when the papers got a hold of some snaps I took of the mayors wife in the company of some lumberjacks.
Buddy hears something. His sits up, rights his hat and stows his flask in a desk drawer. JIMMY, a kid with thick glasses bursts in the door, holding something in his hand.
BUDDY (V.O.) (contd)
Dont matter to me what the mayor thinks, she was no stranger to logging. Little Jimmy was my biggest fan, and today he had a fan of his own, a pocket fan he called it, real handy when things get hot.
DETAIL of the pocket fan.
BUDDY (V.O.) (contd)
Normally I dont pay much attention to the kid, but today he had a story that hit me like a sack of coffee beans. It seems that the mad professor on the hill, Windy Macgillicuddy, had invented this device at the behest of one J. Spurlington Peaches, the richest man in town. There was no mystery in that -- Spurlington was known to have a bad case of the sweats. Something was eating his conscience and he was desperate to cool it off. The professor could help, but the professor was missing.
0002000006250000065C 61F,Buddy takes the fan and pats Jimmy on the back.
INT. MANSION OF J. SPURLINGTON PEACHES - DAY
Sculptures and elaborate floral displays suggest an opulent sitting room. Buddy sits in the middle of a big couch with his hat held between his legs.
BUDDY (V.O.)
Normally I dont pay much attention to Jimmy, but today I could hug him. He got me a case, and he got me a good one.
J. SPURLINGTON enters, every bit the dandy. Buddy shows him the fan. Spurlington starts talking.
BUDDY (V.O.) (contd)
It seems all was not roses at the Peaches estate. Spurlington was still sore about what I did for his friend, the mayor, but he promised to make everything all right if I could just find the professor.
Buddy looks through an open doorway and catches a glimpse of WENDY, this storys dizzy dame.
BUDDY (V.O.) (contd)
It wasnt just the speech he had to give at the Association of Magnates and Tycoons, it was the affections of the professors daughter, Wendy. Wendy had grown up fast since last I saw her, and she made a mean impression. Some dames are born dizzy, some achieve dizziness, but guess in Wendys case it was the third kind, dizziness by nurture.
INT. PROFESSOR LAB - DAY
Buddy and Wendy enter. Wendy points around the lab at various clues, a spilled beaker, a dropped lab coat, a half-built fan.
BUDDY (V.O.)
There had been a minor struggle, but everything was pretty much intact and there was no blood. I asked Wendy if the professor had any enemies. I asked her if anything was missing.
Wendy points at a coat hanger.
INT. BAR - NIGHT
Buddy drinks.
00020000062C00000C7B 626,BUDDY (V.O.)
Spurlington wasnt the only one who wanted that special, air-conditioned coat, or that was what the kidnappers wanted me to think. No one knew anything at the lowlife dives and it started to look like my night was going to end up in dregs.
Jimmy enters. The BARTENDER tries to throw him out but Buddy talks down the Bartender. Jimmy hands Buddy a note with childish scrawl.
BUDDY (V.O.) (contd)
A left-handed ransom note asking a million bucks for the professors safe return. Somebody didnt want their handwriting recognized.
EXT. BAR - NIGHT
Jimmy leads Buddy to a payphone, then runs off. Buddy hears a ring, and answers.
BUDDY (V.O.)
I knew the voice right away. It was the professor. He said he was safe and sound and that the goons who were keeping him company were the serious type, so pay up.
Sound of a train whistle and clattering on the tracks.
BUDDY (V.O.) (contd)
What he didnt say, but what I heard, was the one a.m. outta town blow its mournful horn. There was only one place in this naked city where that dirge of a eulogy rings so cold and clear: the old train depot.
INT. OLD TRAIN DEPOT - NIGHT
Any large, dark, and scary area will do.
BUDDY (V.O.)
A lot still didnt add up. Why did the professor call me? Why did the goons give Jimmy the note and not Spurlington? And why kidnap the professor and his coat when kidnapping Wendy and her long, fishnet-stockinged legs wouldve netted more bread?
In the middle of the space, in a pool of light with shadows all around, the PROFESSOR sits, tied to a chair.
BUDDY (V.O.) (contd)
000200000A20000012A1 A1A,The answer is there werent any goons.
Gunshots fired. Buddy dives for cover.
He sneaks behind some boxes, coming up on where the gunshots originated. Its...
BUDDY (V.O.) (contd)
It was only little Jimmy with a cap gun. Which he stopped firing when he saw I was alone.
The professor stands and winks at Buddy.
BUDDY (V.O.) (contd)
The whole thing was a set-up to get me back in Spurlingtons good graces.
Wendy steps from the shadows. She shares a longing look with Buddy.
BUDDY (V.O.) (contd)
Even the dame was in on it. There was no doubt about the nurture bit, Windy raised Wendy to be one clever cookie.
INT. MANSION OF J. SPURLINGTON PEACHES - NIGHT
Wendy hugs the Professor in front of a beaming J. Spurlington, who shakes Buddys hand.
BUDDY (V.O.)
If I was a punning man, Id say that everything was peaches with me and J. Spurlington.
Wendy moves from her father to hug Buddy, whispering something sexy in his ear out of the view of Spurlington and the Prof.
BUDDY (V.O.) (contd)
For now, at least.
FADE OUT.
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