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FADE IN: EXT. GENERAL POST OFFICE - DAY A police jeep arrives. Two police men come out of the jeep. Both are young men,dressed in uniform. They are in their late 20s. The have nameplates on their uniforms. They read MIKE JOHNSON and. They are OFFICERS from F.B.I. Its a Monday morning. Time is around 10 A.M. INT. POST OFFICE Both officers enter the post office. We see a crowd gathered at a place. Officers walk towards the crowd as they walk past the post master s cabin. The board outside cabin reads name as. An old man comes out of the crowd. He is the post master,. He seems to be in his late 50s. We are the officers from F.B.I. Officers, I called you. I am the post master of this post office. They shake hands. The crowd disappears to their respective work. They start doing their routine work. So you called me? Ya. Some thieves broke in here. We found this locker open. (Points to the broken locker) Both MIKE and PAUL look at broken locker. Do you find anything else missing? What about the security bank? Have Final they broken Draft in that too? 7 Demo No officer. All the money is intact. They have stolen nothing of it. Nothing else is missing. PAUL is thinking. He realizes something and he suddenly speaks up.
2. Mike, I think they didn t come here for robbery. They came with a specific purpose. HENRY looks confused. MIKE checks inside the broken locker. Can you tell me who is the owner of this locker? HENRY is about to speak but then he stops. Then after a pause he speaks. I will have to check it. Its not my department. Its BILLY S department. HENRY then turns to BILLY and asks him for the file of locker owners. BILLY brings the file and gives it to HENRY. HENRY checks the file. He turns 4-5 pages. Then his eyes lock on one account. He shows it to MIKE. MIKE is looking at HENRY. (CONT'D) Here it is. This Locker belongs to JOSEPH MARTIN. MIKE and PAUL look at the file. There is a complete information about JOSEPH. At the right corner of the his profile, there is JOSEPH S photograph. JOSEPH has curly hair. He looks to be in mid 30s. Suddenly we hear MIKE S cell rings. MIKE take out cell from his pocket and picks up the phone. MIKE listens carefully. After a while he replies. Ok. We are coming. MIKE turns to PAUL as look on. (CONT'D) We need to go. PERKINS has found a corpse at the field near airport. EXT. A LARGE FIELD - AFTERNOON Two police jeeps are parked. Three officers dressed in uniform are watching at a corpse with blood all around. Officer PERKINS turns the body around. Its JOSEPH s body. Oh JESUS! Its JOSEPH MARTIN. He s dead.
3. He watches the body and face carefully. (CONT'D) OFFICER PERKINS, take the body for autopsy. All of them lift the body with one hand while other hand on their nose, since body is smelling very badly. They put the body in one of the jeep. Officer PERKINS drives away the jeep. MIKE is thinking something seriously. Final Draft 7 Demo Hey, Mikey what happened? MIKE is still thinking as an aeroplane flies very closely over them since the field is very near to the AIRPORT. I think this murder has got something to do with the robbery. Interesting! Very interesting! MIKE suddenly looks at PAUL. (CONT'D) Lets move. Final Draft 7 Demo Where? To the post office. INT. POLICE JEEP MIKE is driving the jeep while PAUL is sitting on the other side of the front seat. Did you notice something? (IRRITATINGLY) Final What? Draft 7 Demo The thieves only broke one locker in the post office. This means they knew JOSEPH s locker. How did they know about JOSEPH S locker? PAUL thinks hard and then he speaks.
4. I suspect someone from the post office must have helped them. Bingo! That s what I am thinking too. Now lets go to Post Office. INT. THE POST MASTER S CABIN HENRY is sitting on his chair. MIKE and PAUL are facing him. They are also sitting on chairs. In between them is a table. There are some official papers on it. HENRY drinks some water. He keeps the glass down and looks at MIKE. Officer, I don t know anything about the lockers. Its BILLY S department. He looks after them. Why? Anything serious? Yes, owner of that broken locker is dead. HENRY looks shocked. We see sweat appearing on his face. What? How? I am afraid but its true sir. And we suspect that someone from the post office is involved in it. HENRY is nervous and shocked. He drinks full glass of water. He cleans sweat on his face with a piece of cloth. What are you talking, officer? The guys here are never gonna believe it that one of them is involved in a murder. MIKE shrugs. HENRY is not willing to accept it. (CONT D) All the guys here are very good. Nothing of this sort has happened here before. We have a very clean record. They are all very good (Pauses) including me.
5. No. Not one of you. I request you sir not to disclose this thing. I want it to be a secret. HENRY gives a nod in nervousness. MIKE and PAUL both stand up. They are about to leave the cabin. MIKE remembers something. Final MR. (CONT'D) address. FARLEY, In Draft fact I need it JOSEPH will be MARTIN s 7 better Demo if you give me information about all those who work here? Ya sure. HENRY opens the drawer in the table. He takes a file out. He gives it to MIKE. MIKE takes the file. I will return it to you in couple of days. Thanks for your help, sir. HENRY gives the nervous smile. MIKE checks JOSEPH S address. EXT. JOSEPH MARTINS S HOUSE - EVENING MIKE and PAUL at the door. MIKE knocks on door. An old woman opens the door. She is JOSEPH MARTIN S MOTHER. Can we please come in? We are the officers from F.B.I. INT. JOSEPH MARTIN S HOUSE The room is very tiny with so many things in it. Its very clumsy. There is a sofa in one corner. MIKE and PAUL are sitting on a sofa. JOSEPH S MOTHER is sitting on a chair. There is table at the centre with bottle of water on it. We have a bad news for you MRS. MARTIN. JOSEPH S MOTHER What happened? What s wrong? MIKE speaks up sadly.
6. I am sorry but your son JOSEPH is no more. JOSEPH S MOTHER can not believe it. JOSEPH S MOTHER No. No. You are lying. This is not true. She starts crying. Both the officers try to console her. I am afraid but its true. Please calm down, mam. Have some water. PAUL lifts water bottle from the table and gives it to JOSEPH S MOTHER. She takes a sip. Can you please help us find your son s victim, MRS. MARTIN? She has stopped crying. She is very sad. She remembers JOSEPH. She suddenly starts crying again. Calm down, MRS. MARTIN. Please. She stops crying. She wipes her eyes with both her hands. JOSEPH S MOTHER How can I help you? Can you tell me when was JOSEPH home last? She thinks for some time. JOSEPH S MOTHER Final He left home Draft Friday night. 7 He ate Demo his dinner and then he left home. He was very worried. What work did he do? Do you know any of his friends?
7. JOSEPH S MOTHER He never told me anything. I knew his only one friend. His name is JIMMY. He was JOSEPH S best friend. Can you give us his address? EXT. JIMMY S HOUSE - EVENING MIKE and PAUL are at the door. MIKE knocks on the door. It is the corner house in row of houses. The board outside reads MR. MICHAEL ROBERTS. An old man opens the door. Old man is MICHAEL ROBERTS, JIMMY S FATHER. Hello, Sir we are the OFFICERS from F.B.I. Is JIMMY here? Are you his father? MICHAEL Yes, I am JIMMY S father. Actually sir, your son s friend, JOSEPH MARTIN is murdered. We want Final to know something Draft from your 7 son. Demo MICHAEL is nervous. MICHAEL Why? My son is a very good boy. He was JOSEPH S best friend. Why would he kill (interrupting MICHAEL) No sir. You are thinking wrong. We just want to ask him general questions about JOSEPH. Final Draft MICHAEL 7 Demo MICHAEL is relieved. He takes a deep breath. He is not here. He works at THE BARISTA COFFEE SHOP as a waiter. MIKE stops the jeep in front of a food shop. INT. POLICE JEEP - EVENING MIKE is very stressed and hungry. He looks at PAUL.
8. Long day s work. No time to eat. I am very hungry. Can you get me some food please, PAULIE? Anything for you. PAUL opens the door. He goes inside the shop to get some food. MIKE takes out his cell from the pocket and looks for something in the backseat. He gets a file. He checks it and dials a number. INT. BARISTA COFFEE SHOP MIKE and PAUL are standing. A waiter comes to them. He is JIMMY. He is dressed in uniform. JIMMY Boss told me that you are looking for me. Any problem? Ya. We need to ask you some questions. INT. INVESTIGATING ROOM OF POLICE STATION A man is sitting on a chair. He is JIMMY. He is in his uniform. He is crying. His eyes are wet. PAUL and MIKE are standing in front of him investigating about JOSEPH. JIMMY He was very worried. He told me that FRANCIS was going to kill him. He didn t tell me the reason. But JOSEPH had taken some money from FRANCIS. I last saw him on the Saturday evening. After that I didn t see him. The officers look interested. JIMMY looks down shaking his head. He is not willing to believe that JOSEPH is killed. Who is FRANCIS? Do you know anything about FRANCIS? JIMMY looks up and gives a nod
9. JIMMY JOSEPH and I used to work for him. He had an hotel. We were working as waiters. I left his job because I came to know about FRANCIS S crimes. But JOSEPH didn t leave his job. He needed money. FRANCIS gave him the money. Final Where can Draft we get FRANCIS? 7 Demo JIMMY In his apartment, in the afternoon time. What s his address? EXT. FRANCIS S APARTMENT - AFTERNOON MIKE and PAUL are at the door. PAUL knocks on the door. No response. Both MIKE and PAUL slam the door. It opens. INT. FRANCIS S APARTMENT They enter the apartment. No one is there. They enter the bedroom. A man is sleeping besides a girl. Both are naked. The man is FRANCIS. Very rough looking man with a beard in his late 40s. It seems they have had sex. Their body is covered with white sheets. MIKE and PAUL takes their gun out. At the noise of their entry into the room, both FRANCIS and the girl awake. MIKE points his gun towards FRANCIS. The girls shout in fear. She covers her body with sheet and runs out of the room. He slams his gun across FRANCIS S face. INT. INVESTIGATING ROOM IN THE POLICE STATION FRANCIS is sitting on chair with his hand tied to the chair. He seems to be severely beaten by the officers. MIKE and PAUL stand in front of him. Paul slaps on his face Tell or I will beat you to death Did you kill JOSEPH? MIKE slaps FRANCIS again. FRANCIS cries out in pain. FRANCIS is ready to tell the truth.
10. FRANCIS Yes. I killed JOSEPH. I killed him. Why? Because he didn t return your money? FRANCIS No. Because he knew everything. Final What did he Draft know? 7 Demo FRANCIS doesn t response. MIKE takes out gun and slams it on his face on one of the wounds. FRANCIS shouts in pain. FRANCIS He knew that I was involved in drug dealing. JOSEPH had a file which had the information of all of those who are involved in this. He had kept this file in his locker. Officers listen to him carefully. Where is the file? FRANCIS I don t know. PAUL holds the gun on his fore head. You fuckin bastard, tell me or I will kill you. FRANCIS Its in the drawer in my apartment. Did someone from post office help you? Final Draft FRANCIS 7 Demo Yes. Who is it? I already know it PAUL.
11. PAUL is surprised. MIKE takes out his cell and calls a number. (CONT'D) OFFICER PERKINS, I have some work for you. INT. POST OFFICE Officers enter. Everyone is doing their own work. As everyone watches them, they stop doing work. Everyone is watching them. BILLY is also standing there. You are under arrest. MIKE walks towards BILLY. Everyone is shocked. BILLY sees MIKE coming towards him. He is very scared. MIKE walks past him and goes to THE POST MASTER. Everyone watches it carefully. (CONT'D) You are under arrest MR. FARLEY. shakes head. Everyone is stunned and shocked. We hear noises of people talking. No. I am innocent. I haven t done anything wrong. No. MR. FARLEY the drama is over. You are the culprit. We have arrested FRANCIS. turns nervous and disappointed. BILLY JACKMAN I can't believe it. MR. FARLEY is a good man. He helps everyone. He can t even think of harming anybody. I think you have got wrong Final information, Draft officer 7 Demo Not really. None of them believes it. BILLY JACKMAN Why did he do it?
12. He is involved in a drug case. JOSEPH had file that had that had information about the persons involved in this case. I don't know exactly. But his name must be in it. Isn't it MR. FARLEY? FARLEY nods in disappointment. Final But Mikey, Draft how did you know 7 it? Demo PAUL, MR. FARLEY made a big mistake. When he called me to inform about the broken locker, he told me that JOSEPH MARTIN'S locker had been broken. But when I asked him about the owner of the locker in the post office, he pretended that he didn t know it. That was his mistake. That s when I started suspecting him. MIKE smiles and looks at HENRY. looks down in anger. He is cursing himself for that mistake. (CONT'D) But my suspicion turned right when I called BILLY and he told me that MR. FARLEY had once asked him casually about JOSEPH'S locker number. BILLY looks at MIKE still shocked and shaking his head. But why did you tell MR. FARLEY that someone from post office is involved in it when you suspected him? Final I just wanted Draft his reaction 7 and I Demo got it. He became very nervous. He was very restless. PAUL looks very proud of MIKE. You are too good man. Too good. MIKE gives him a smile.
13. BILLY JACKMAN Officers, we still can't believe it that MR. FARLEY could do this. We didn't expect this from his. People standing there still look shocked. It seems that they always had good image of in their mind which is broken unexpectedly. They still can t believe it. Final Lets (Pointing take Draft him towards to the FARLEY) place 7 where Demo he deserves to be in. PAUL tie handcuffs to FARLEY'S hand. MIKE and PAUL take him with them holding him in their hands. EXT. POST OFFICE - DAY MIKE and PAUL come out of the police station with FARLEY. PAUL opens the door of the back seat and pushes FARLEY in forcefully. PAUL also sits on the back seat so that FARLEY doesn t try to escape. MIKE is about to sit on the driver s seat, his cell rings. MIKE takes out the phone out of his pocket. He picks up the phone. He listens carefully. After a while he replies with some determination. Ok. Good job, officer. We will expose them all one by one. We are coming shortly at the police station. MIKE cuts the phone and keeps it in his pocket. He then sits on the driver s seat. INT. POLICE JEEP PAUL is curious. Final What happened Draft Mikey? 7 Demo It was officer PERKINS. He said he got the file and it has big names including some political leaders. FRANCIS and FARLEY are only a small link. There are number of big names behind them. MIKE turns very angry in fact he is furious.
14. (CONT'D) These few fuckin selfish leaders use people's faith for their own fuckin purpose. These few leaders are a curse to the society. They bring disgrace to the country. FARLEY looks on shamefully. PAUL tries to cool MIKE down. He keeps his hand on his shoulder from the back seat. Final Calm down, Draft Mikey. Lets move. 7 Demo MIKE starts the engine. (CONT'D) MIKE it's unbelievable what a single broken locker has led to. Isn't it? MIKE is watching the road as he takes a right turn. The road is empty. He looks up in the camera and gives a light smile thoughtfully. Ya. THE BROKEN LOCKER. FADE OUT.