All the King's Men (1949)

Interior: Jack Burden's Desk, The Chronicle, Day

Jack Burden is looking over the morning edition of "The
Chronicle." He reads the society page. A man enters and leans
across his desk.

		MAN
	Burden! Jack Burden! The boss wants
	to see you.

He folds his paper, rises, and walks by the presses into
Madison's office.

Interior: Madison's Office, Day

Madison, the city editor, is correcting copy at his desk.

		MADISON
	Hey, Jack, ever hear of a fellow
	called Willie Stark?

		JACK
	No. Who'd he shoot?

		MADISON
	Oh, county... uh... treasurer, or
	something like that.

		JACK
	What's so special about him?

		MADISON
	They say he's an honest man. What I
	want you to do is to hop into your
	car...

		JACK
	Why, you promised me a vacation.

		MADISON
	Well, that can wait.

		JACK
	Yeah... but there's a... a girl I
	know.

He opens his newspaper to the society page and shows Madison
a photograph of Anne Stanton.

		MADISON
	Oh... Well, she can wait too.

Jack takes the paper back and looks at it.

		JACK
	The question is... can I?

		MADISON
	The answer is... get up there.

		JACK
	Right.
		(starts to go)
	Oh... uh... what did you say his
	name was?

		MADISON
	Who?

		JACK
	The fellow's name.

		MADISON
	Oh, the... uh... Stark... Willie
	Stark.

Madison goes on with his work.

		JACK
		(as he leaves)
	Willie Stark...

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Kanoma City, Day

As Jack Burden's jalopy pulls up before the Kanoma County
Courthouse of this back-country, one-street small town.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	I found him in Kanoma City. A typical,
	hot, dusty, backwoods county seat.

He gets out of the car, and notices a crowd of people gathered
around a platform in the town square. As he walks over the
begins to hear the words that Willie Stark is speaking.

		WILLIE
	...to lie to them in order to line
	their own dirty pockets with the
	taxpayers' money. When have the
	citizens of Kanoma County ever
	witnessed a campaign like this? Why
	is the opposition so anxious to defeat
	me? Why have they used every dirty
	method known to make sure I'm not
	elected county treasurer? Well, I'll
	tell you why...

A man in shirt sleeves and suspenders, Tiny Duffy, comes out
of the local poolroom, listens for a moment to Willie's
speech, and signals to two uniformed men to go over and break
up the gathering.

Jack Burden stands close to the platform, next to Willie's
son, Tom, who waits patiently to distribute handbills.

		WILLIE
	...Because they're afraid of the
	truth... and the truth is this.
	They're trying to steal your money.
	Yeah, I said steal. The county
	commissioners rejected the bid on
	the schoolhouse. Why? Well, they'll
	tell you their reason is the job
	will be done better. The county
	commissioners would have you believe
	that they're interested in public
	welfare. They're interested in
	welfare, sure. But it's their own.
	Let's look at the reason in the light
	of the facts and the figures. That
	brick factory is owned by one of the
	commissioners. That same brick factory
	uses convict labor.

The sheriff and his deputy push through the crowd.

		SHERIFF
	Sorry, Willie, you'll have to move
	on.

		WILLIE
	Why?

		SHERIFF
	City Ordinance Number One-Oh-Five:
	more than five people congregating
	is disturbing the peace.

		WILLIE
		(ignores him)
	If you folks'll be so kind as to
	read these handbills, my boy will
	pass them out among you.

		SHERIFF
	There's an ordinance against that
	too.

		WILLIE
		(his face grim)
	Pass 'em out, Tom.

The sheriff pushes Tom back, grabbing the handbills out of
his hand. Willie jumps down off the platform.

		WILLIE
	Let him alone!

The sheriff collars Willie, then notices Jack on the platform
snapping a picture.

		SHERIFF
		(to deputy)
	Get that camera! Willie, you're under
	arrest.

He takes Willie by the arm and leads him away. The crowd
follows them to the courthouse. Tiny Duffy wipes the sweat
off his neck and goes back into the poolroom.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Kanoma City Poolroom, Day

Two of Duffy's men, Pillsbury and a local commissioner, are
playing pool as Jack enters.

		JACK
	Where can I find Tiny Duffy?

		PILLSBURY
	Right over there, mister.

He walks over to Duffy. Some townspeople, who followed him
there, gather around him to listen.

		JACK
	Uh, they told me I could get my camera
	back here.

		DUFFY
	Who told you that?

		JACK
	People. Can I?

		DUFFY
	You the reporter that's been snoopin'
	around town?

		JACK
	Are you Tiny Duffy?

		DUFFY
	What paper?

		JACK
	Chronicle.

		DUFFY
	You sure come a long way to stick
	your nose into other people's
	business.

		JACK
	That's true... Only my boss on the
	paper can't see it that way.

		DUFFY
	It ain't any of his business either.

		JACK
	Whose business is it?

		PILLSBURY
	Them as is tendin' to it. County
	commissioners that the voters of
	Kanoma County elected to tend to
	their business and not take no buttin'
	in from nobody.

		JACK
	You a commissioner?

		PILLSBURY
	Yeah. Name's Pillsbury. Dolph
	Pillsbury.

		2ND COMMISSIONER
	Me too. I'm a commissioner too.

		JACK
	Who isn't a commissioner?

		DUFFY
	He's the head man.

		JACK
		(to Pillsbury)
	Then you're in a position to know
	where --

		DUFFY
	He's in a position to know nothin'.
	And to say nothin'.

		JACK
	I thought you said he was head man?

		DUFFY
		(smiling)
	He uses my head.

		PILLSBURY
		(laughing loudly)
	Oh, Tiny, you're a card... Ain't he
	a card? Yeah, he's a card... Now,
	who thought up those city ordinances
	about arresting someone for making a
	speech?

		DUFFY
	Who's arrested? Nobody's been
	arrested.
		(looks toward the
		door)
	Hi, Willie.

Willie enters, accompanied by the sheriff and his deputy.
The others in the room, including Sugar Boy in his bartender's
apron, step aside to let him pass through.

		PILLSBURY
	Hi, Willie.

		DUFFY
		(to Sheriff)
	Did you apologize to Willie?

		SHERIFF
		(mumbles)
	Yeah, I apologized to Willie.

		DUFFY
	Did you give him his handbills back?

		SHERIFF
	Yeah, I gave 'em back.

		DUFFY
	Give him back his flag and his bag
	and...
		(points to Jack)
	give this man his camera.

		WILLIE
	I'm going to be on that same street
	corner tomorrow, Mr. Duffy.

		DUFFY
	You go right ahead, Willie. We all
	believe in free speech. We got to...
	it's in the Constitution.

		WILLIE
	My boy is out distributing those
	handbills now.

		DUFFY
	It's a free country, Willie. If you
	can convince the people to vote for
	you... you go right ahead.

		WILLIE
	What did you want to see me about,
	Mr. Duffy?

		DUFFY
	I wanted you to meet a fella came
	all the way up from the state capital
	to meet you. A reporter. Wants to
	write you up... maybe put your picture
	in the paper.

		WILLIE
		(turns to Jack)
	I'm happy to know you, sir.

		JACK
	Burden's my name... Jack Burden. Can
	we go somewhere where we can talk?

		DUFFY
	Now that ain't polite. Don't you
	want to hear both sides of the story?

Jack examines the camera that has just been returned to him.

		JACK
	I know your side.
		(finds the plate
		missing)
	What happened to the plate your men
	took from my camera?

		DUFFY
	Must have dropped out. Oh, come on,
	fellas, let's relax. It's a hot day...
	Hey, Sugar Boy...

		SUGAR BOY
	Yeah?

		DUFFY
	Bring some cold beer for the boys.

		WILLIE
	None for me, thank you kindly.

		PILLSBURY
	Now you know Willie don't drink,
	Tiny. His wife don't favor drinking.
	And Willie's the teacher's pet, ain't
	you, Willie?

		WILLIE
	I'll have some orange pop if you
	don't mind.

Duffy roars with laughter.

		DUFFY
	Orange pop! All right, Sugar Boy.
	Bring him some orange pop.

		SUGAR BOY
		(stutters)
	Th-th-the p-p-pop's s-s-sold out.

		DUFFY
	Did you hear that, boys? The p-p-
	pop's s-s-sold out.

They all laugh.

		PILLSBURY
	Now ain't he a card?

		WILLIE
		(his face hard)
	He stutters, Mr. Duffy, but you...
	you don't say anything.
		(to Jack)
	Let's go, mister.

They turn and go out.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Dirt Road, Day

Jack is driving Willie home to his farmhouse. They pass a
farmer and his family walking by the side of the road. Willie
smiles and waves to them.

Exterior: Stark Farmhouse, Day

As the car pulls into the drive we see Pa Stark in his rocking
chair on the porch, and Lucy, who stands at the top of the
steps, waiting to welcome Willie.

		WILLIE
		(as they go up the
		steps)
	This is my wife, Lucy, Mr. Burden.

		JACK AND LUCY
	How do you do?

		WILLIE
	That's my pa.

Jack reaches out to shake his hand.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Stark Farmhouse, Night

Willie finishes chewing his food, pats his mouth with a
napkin, and pushes his plate back.

		WILLIE
	Now we'll talk.

Camera pulls back to include Jack, Lucy, and Pa, all seated
around the dinner table.

		JACK
	You've been talking for a long time,
	Mr. Stark.

		PAPPY
	Willie's got a lot to say.

		LUCY
	You sleepy, Pappy? You want to have
	a nap?

		PAPPY
	No, I want to hear it.

Lucy gets up and turns on a light in the kitchen.

		LUCY
	I'm worried about Tom. It's getting
	dark. He should have been home.

		WILLIE
	He's a strong boy. Don't worry about
	him. He can take care of himself.

		JACK
	How old is the boy?

		WILLIE
	Fifteen.

		JACK
	How long have you been married?

		WILLIE
	Nine years.

Willie grins at Jack's look of surprise. Lucy comes back
into the room.

		LUCY
		(laughs)
	He was a neighbor's boy. They were
	poor folks. Both died. I couldn't
	have any children, so... He's a good
	boy.

		WILLIE
	Oh, he's the best. I couldn't love
	him any more if he was my own flesh
	and blood.

		JACK
		(to Lucy)
	And now you, Mrs. Stark?

		LUCY
	Oh, there isn't very much to tell
	about me.

		JACK
	How did you meet?

		LUCY
	I was teaching school and one day a
	pupil walked in. It was Willie. I
	couldn't have a grown man in the
	class and Willie wanted to learn so
	badly... so I married him.

		JACK
	Is that the only reason?

		LUCY
		(pressing Willie's
		arm)
	Except that I loved him.

		WILLIE
	Get the coffee, Lucy.

She goes back into the kitchen.

		JACK
	When did they fire you, Mrs. Stark?

		LUCY
		(as she serves the
		coffee)
	A couple of weeks ago. I'd been
	teaching for a long time and nobody
	ever said I wasn't all right. But I
	don't care. I don't want to teach in
	a schoolhouse that they built just
	so somebody can steal some money.
	And Willie doesn't want to be
	Treasurer, either, if he has to
	associate with those dishonest people.

		WILLIE
		(glumly)
	I'm going to run. They can't keep me
	from running.

		JACK
	If you don't mind the truth, Mr.
	Stark, you haven't much of a chance.

		WILLIE
	I'm going to run. They're not going
	to kick me around like I was dirt.

		LUCY
	I don't care if Willie loses... just
	so he gets the truth to the people.
	Isn't that true, Willie?

Willie is silent. Jack looks at him.

		LUCY
	Isn't it, Willie?

		WILLIE
	Hmmm?... Yeah, yeah, sure, that's
	right.

		LUCY
	Well, if you lose you can give a
	little more time to studying your
	law books.

		JACK
	Oh, you studying law too?

		WILLIE
	By myself, at night.

		PAPPY
	Willie's a smart boy.

		WILLIE
	If I ever find the time I'm going to
	take a course at the university.

The door opens slowly and Tom comes in from the porch. His
clothes are torn and his face is dirty and bloody. He still
carries some of the handbills. They rise to their feet and
cluster around him.

		LUCY
	What happened, Tommy boy? What's the
	matter?

		TOM
		(head down, muttering)
	I gave out the handbills, Pa.

		WILLIE
	Speak up. Speak up.

		LUCY
	Let him tell it his own way. Go on,
	Tommy.

		TOM
	This time they were waiting for me.
	They took them away from me. Threw
	them in the dirt and beat me up. I
	brought some of them back.

		WILLIE
		(pats him on the back)
	Good boy. Have you eaten yet, Tom?

		LUCY
	Let him wash up first.

As Tom and Pappy go into the other room, a rock comes crashing
through the front window, shattering the glass. Willie, his
face filled with anger, throws open the door and stalks out
onto the porch. Jack stands at the door, watching Willie
shout into the darkness around him.

		WILLIE
	I'm going to run... and you're not
	going to stop me. I'm gonna run even
	if I don't get a single vote.

							FADE OUT

FADE IN:

Interior: Jack Burden's Desk, Day

Jack's fingers type out a story, the last line of which reads
"an honest man with courage." He pulls the sheet out and
hands it to Madison.

		JACK
	Here you are... the last of the Willie
	Stark articles. Now can I go?

		MADISON
	Yes. You've earned your vacation.
	You've been writing these like you
	really mean them.

Jack rises and walks toward the door.

		JACK
	I do.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Ferry To Burden's Landing, Day

Jack's car is ferried across the bay to the slip of Burden's
Landing.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	I hadn't been home in a long time.
	Only a hundred and thirty miles from
	Kanoma City. It was separated from
	the mainland by a body of water. For
	the first time I wondered if it wasn't
	separated by more than that.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Mrs. Burden's Home, Day

As Jack arrives, Mrs. Burden and her husband, McEvoy, are
seated at a lawn table near the boat landing.

		JACK
	Hello, Mother.

She runs forward to meet him.

		MRS. BURDEN
	Floyd, Jack's home. Oh, he looks
	fine... doesn't he look fine?
		(to Jack, coquettishly)
	How do I look, Jackie boy?

		JACK
	You look beautiful, Mother.

		MRS. BURDEN
	I've got so many things planned for
	you... parties and... it'll be just
	like old times. But first, let's
	have a drink.

		MCEVOY
	Can't that wait until this evening?

She goes ahead and pours the drinks.

		MRS. BURDEN
	Floyd... honey... my son's home.

		MCEVOY
	How long do you plan on staying?

		JACK
		(coldly)
	Two or three weeks. If that's all
	right with you.

		MRS. BURDEN
	I'm sure your father would be --

		JACK
	Stepfather, Mother.

		MRS. BURDEN
		(reproachfully)
	Now, Jackie... here we all are. Floyd,
	Jackie, myself.
		(raises her glass for
		a toast)
	To the best time we've ever had
	together.

		JACK
	Yes, Mother.

They drink. Mrs. Burden gulps hers down avidly. Jack looks
at her and then at McEvoy.

		JACK
	Excuse me... I...

He turns and walks back toward the shore. He boards a small
motorboat and heads toward a house that can be seen across
the water.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Stanton Home (Burden's Landing), Day

As the boat approaches the shore. Adam Stanton reaches down
and pulls the boat up on land. He throws his arm around Jack,
and the two climb the hill toward Judge Stanton, who stands
waiting to greet him.

		JACK
	Dr. Stanton, I presume.

		STANTON
		(laughing)
	Is my shingle showing?

		JUDGE
	Good to see you, boy. Very good.

		JACK
	Good to see you, Judge. How have you
	been? What have you been doing?

They walk back together to the patio tables.

		JUDGE
	Oh, just sitting here... waiting for
	all of you to come home. You know,
	when a man starts to get old his
	eyes stray and play funny tricks on
	him. As I watched you in that boat I
	thought sure I saw a boy of twelve
	with a fishing rod in his hands. And
	I was sure the first thing he'd say
	would be...

Jack catches sight of Anne Stanton walking down the path. He
runs to meet her. As they embrace, he looks back at the Judge.

		JACK
	Do you mind if I kiss your niece,
	sir?

He kisses her, and they turn and walk away.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Tennis Court (Burden's Landing), Day

Anne gracefully returns a ball to Jack, then runs to embrace
him at the net. Adam, seated near the court, smiles
approvingly.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Gulf (Burden's Landing), Morning

Jack and Judge Stanton in a rowboat, on their way to do some
duck hunting.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Gulf (Burden's Landing), Day

Adam is at the wheel of his sailboat, with Jack and Anne
behind him.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Stanton Living Room (Burden's Landing), Night

A party in the Stanton living room. Adam plays the piano. He
plays a waltz. Jack and Anne hold each other tightly as they
move among the other couples.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Burden Dining Room, Night

A formal dinner, attended by Jack and Anne, Mrs. Burden and
McEvoy, Judge Stanton and Adam. Mrs. Burden is proposing a
toast.

		MRS. BURDEN
	To all the good times we've had
	together at Burden's Landing. And
	especially to this one. Because my
	son's home.

		JACK
	Thank you, Mother. Thank you very
	much.

		MRS. BURDEN
	Monty, Anne and I have been discussing
	Jack's career. What do you think he
	ought to go in for? Shall he be a
	lawyer, doctor...

Jack looks at Anne.

		ANNE
	We were just discussing whether you
	should...

		JACK
		(to his mother)
	I like what I'm doing, Mother.

		MCEVOY
	You do very well at it. I read your
	articles about this fellow... Willie
	Stark. Very convincing... Too
	convincing for my tastes.

		JACK
	A lot of people like them.

		MCEVOY
	A lot of people are fools. Articles
	like that shouldn't be permitted.
	They only tend to incite people.

		JACK
	What are you afraid of?

		STANTON
	I thought they were very good. I was
	proud of you, Jack. I was particularly
	interested in Stark's ideas on health
	and medicine. You know the conditions
	at the hospital I work in. They're
	intolerable. I'd like to meet this
	Willie Stark. He sounds like an honest
	man.

		MCEVOY
	Honest man? This state is full of
	these log-cabin Abe Lincolns with
	price tags on them. The louder he
	yells the higher his price.

		JACK
	You think you can buy anything, don't
	you?

		MCEVOY
	Yes, don't you?

There is a silence. Then McEvoy turns to the Judge.

		MCEVOY
	What do you think, Judge?

		JUDGE
	I think this state could stand a few
	changes.

		MCEVOY
		(his face white)
	Well, I'll tell you what I think --

		ANNE
		(quickly)
	Oh, please... let's not talk politics.

		MRS. BURDEN
	Anne is right. I absolutely forbid
	any more of it. I know what we need,
	we need another toast.
		(to the Judge)
	You propose it, Monty... you're so
	good at it.

The Judge picks up his glass and stands up.

		JUDGE
	To the young people... to Anne, to
	Jack, to Adam... To what lies before
	them. To the world they'll make...
	in spite of the mistakes we've made.

		MCEVOY
		(rising)
	The mistakes you've made, not me.
	You're all still pretty high and
	mighty, aren't you? You all think
	this state needs a change. You don't
	like the way it's run. Well, who's
	going to run it? Willie Stark? The
	Judge?
		(to Jack)
	You? You can be bought too. As a
	matter of fact you have been. And
	with my money.

Jack's answer is to throw his liquor in his stepfather's
face. There is a pause. McEvoy wipes the liquor off with his
handkerchief.

		MCEVOY
		(slowly)
	That's a waste of good liquor.
		(looks at Mrs. Burden)
	Your mother wouldn't approve.

Jack turns and leaves the room.

		MRS. BURDEN
	Jack...

She hurries after him.

Exterior: Veranda, Night

As Mrs. Burden comes out after Jack. Anne stands in the
doorway.

		MRS. BURDEN
	Jack... you go back in and apologize.

		JACK
	Apologize? I'd rather die.

		MRS. BURDEN
	I've got to live with him.

		JACK
	Well, I don't. Neither do you. You
	don't love him, Mother. You never
	did.

		MRS. BURDEN
	Son, don't spoil anything now... He
	can help you.

		JACK
	I can get along without him. You
	need this house. And the parties.
	And the cars and the clothes and the
	lies. I don't. It's the truth, Mother,
	face it. For once in your life, face
	it.

Mrs. Burden appeals to Anne.

		MRS. BURDEN
	Anne, please... please make him
	understand.

Anne says nothing. Mrs. Burden goes back into the house.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Stanton Living Room, Night

Anne and Jack sit alone in the room, beneath the portrait of
the old Governor Stanton.

		JACK
	Anne, Burden's Landing is a place on
	the moon. It isn't real. It doesn't
	exist. It's me pretending I live on
	what I earn. It's my mother trying
	to keep herself young, and drinking
	herself old doing it. It's you and
	Adam living in this house as though
	your father were still alive. It's
	an old man like the Judge dreaming
	of the past... Anne, come away with
	me.

		ANNE
	And do what?

		JACK
		(rises impatiently)
	And live in a shack and eat red beans.
	Anne, what do you want me to do?

		ANNE
	Oh, Jack, Jack, you haven't been
	sure. You've gone from one thing to
	the other... a year at law school,
	and now this job as a reporter...

		JACK
	Are you afraid I can't make a living?

		ANNE
	Oh, no, Jack, it isn't that. I don't
	care about the money. It... it's
	just that I... I want you to be
	something.

		JACK
	What is it you want me to be?

		ANNE
	I don't know. It's just that I want
	you to be... to do... something
	important.

Jack looks up at the portrait of Governor Stanton.

		JACK
	Like your father. All right. I'll
	run for governor.
		(pause)
	Anne, I'm sorry. I'm sorry I said
	that.

		ANNE
	All right, Jack. I'll go away with
	you. I'll do anything you want me to
	do.

They kiss.

		JACK
	Anne, I've wanted you to say that
	more than anything in the world, and
	now that you've said it... Anne, I
	guess you were right. I'm not sure
	of anything, including myself. I'm
	not sure I could live up to the...
		(looks again at the
		portrait)
	Anne, wait for me. Please wait for
	me.

		ANNE
	I'll wait for you.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Madison's Office, Day

Madison is at his desk as Jack enters.

		MADISON
	Hello, Jack. Cut your vacation short,
	didn't you?

		JACK
	Yeah.

		MADISON
	By the way, Jack, the fellow you
	wrote the articles about... uh...
	Stark.

		JACK
	Yeah?

		MADISON
	He lost.

		JACK
	Well, I guess that's the end of Willie
	Stark.

He turns around and walks off toward his desk.

							FADE OUT

FADE IN:

Interior: Stark Farmhouse, Night

Lucy and Willie are seated together at the table. Willie has
his law books open before him.

		WILLIE
	...Measure of the damages is caused
	by...

		LUCY
		(prompting)
	A breach...

		WILLIE
	A breach...

		LUCY
	Of an agreement...

		WILLIE
	Of an agreement...

		LUCY
	To sell personal property...

		WILLIE
	To sell...
		(slams the book shut)
	Oh, two years of this.

		LUCY
		(leaning over to him)
	Oh, go on, Willie, go on.

He opens the book again.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Willie's Law Office (Kanoma City), Day

Willie positions the framed diploma on the wall. The camera
pulls back to show Tom and Lucy, looking on.

		WILLIE
	Willie Stark... Bachelor of Law...

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Kanoma City Farm, Day

Close shot of Willie, talking to a farmer.

		WILLIE
	If you'll just let me take your
	case...

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Farm, Day

Willie walks beside a farmer who is plowing his field.

		WILLIE
	Really, I'll wait for my fee. Just
	as long as you want me to.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Willie's Law Office, Night

Through the window, on which is printed "Willie Stark:
Attorney at Law," we see Willie, alone, pacing back and forth
in his office.

		LUCY'S VOICE
	Go on, Willie, go on.

		WILLIE'S VOICE
	They're not going to kick me around
	like I was dirt.

		LUCY'S VOICE
	If you lose you can give a little
	more time studying your law books.

		WILLIE'S VOICE
	I'm going to be on that same street
	corner tomorrow, Mr. Duffy!

		DUFFY'S VOICE
	By all means. Free speech, free
	country, Willie.

		WILLIE'S VOICE
	That brick factory is owned by a
	brother-in-law of one of the
	commissioners. The county
	commissioners rejected the low bid
	on the schoolhouse.

Willie crumples a piece of paper in his hand and tosses it
against the window.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Schoolhouse (Kanoma City), Day

A plaque on the school wall reads KANOMA CITY GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Interior: Schoolroom, Day

Teacher faces her class. The clanging of a fire bell is heard.

		TEACHER
	All right, children, this is a fire
	drill.

The children rise and start to march out of the room in double
file.

		TEACHER
	Remember now, walk quietly.

Exterior: Schoolhouse, Day

The children's feet, as they climb down the fire escape.
Camera pans past children to an iron rod supporting the fire
escape. The brick around the rod starts to crumble and it
rips loose. The children scream out in fear and agony.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Cemetery, Day

The whole town is there. Willie Stark, Lucy, Tom stand
modestly in the background. Quiet sobbing is heard as the
minister reads from the Bible. When he finishes the prayer,
he walks past the line of mourners, shaking their hands. The
ceremony is over. As they start to go, a man spots Willie,
goes over to him, and lifts Willie's arm in the air.

		MAN
	Oh, Lord, I'm punished for voting
	against an honest man.

This sudden action brings response; women begin to cry and
people push their way forward to grab Willie by the hand.

		VOICES OF THE MOURNERS
	God bless you, Willie. If we had
	only listened to you, Willie. You
	were right, Willie. Let me shake
	your hand, Willie. We should have
	listened, Willie. You were right all
	the time.

On Willie's face is the realization that something important
has happened to him.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Stark Farmhouse, Night

An article is pasted in a scrapbook. It reads: "VOICE IN THE
WILDERNESS. Recent school tragedy is a potent reminder that
a man named Willie Stark..." A hand draws a pencil underneath
the name.

		WILLIE'S VOICE
	A voice in the wilderness. A man
	named Willie Stark...

Camera pulls back to show Willie at the table busy with his
scrapbook. He looks up at Lucy.

		WILLIE
	How about that, Lucy, that's me.

She looks at him, unsmiling, and sits down to help him clip
various articles from other papers.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Stark Farmhouse, Night

A series of clippings are being pasted in the scrapbook.
They read:

A. SCHOOL VICTIMS SUE COUNTY: STARK FILES DAMAGE SUIT

"Will prove graft cause of tragedy," says Attorney Stark.

B. CITIZENS COMMITTEE FORMED

Draft Stark to lead fight to rid state of graft.

C. CITIZENS COMMITTEE DEMANDS STATE-WIDE INVESTIGATION

D. Large photograph of Willie. Under it, the caption: RURAL
AREAS IN REVOLT

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Madison's Office, The Chronicle, Day

The clippings are spread out on Madison's desk. He looks up
at Jack.

		MADISON
	Get up there. Get up there fast.
	Your friend, Willie, is hotter than
	a firecracker.

Jack starts toward the door.

		MADISON
	Stay there with him.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Harrison's Political Headquarters (State Capital),
Day

A politician points to a map on the wall.

		POLITICIAN
	Look, before this Kanoma City business
	we had this whole area tied up. Now
	we're losing to Hickville.

Camera pulls back, revealing the candidate, Harrison, Tiny
Duffy, and a woman, Sadie Burke.

		POLITICIAN
	We must find a way to split that
	vote.

		HARRISON
	Well, all I know is, the way it is
	now it looks like I'm not going to
	win.

		POLITICIAN
	I know a way... find a dummy.

		SADIE
	Find a dummy.
		(looks at Harrison)
	That's what we've got.

		POLITICIAN
	A guy from the sticks... strong enough
	to grab some votes and dumb enough
	not to ask questions.

		DUFFY
	If you want to listen to a boy from
	the sticks, I know just the guy.

They crowd around to listen.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Stark Farmhouse, Day

Jack sits at the dinner table, with Willie and Lucy. Tom
stands next to Willie. Pappy dozes in his chair.

		JACK
	No more politics, eh, Willie?

		WILLIE
	No, I worked too hard in my time to
	get there. I think I'll just go on
	practicing law and make a little
	more money.

		JACK
	The question I'd like to know is,
	why all the speeches you're making
	around the countryside?

Willie is about to answer when he hears the sound of
approaching cars.

		WILLIE
	Wonder who that is?

He goes to the window, and we see a big black limousine
turning into his drive. He opens the door and waits as Sadie,
Duffy, Dolph Pillsbury, and other politicians climb the steps
to meet him.

		DUFFY
	Brought some people all the way up
	from the state capital just to meet
	you.
		(turns to others)
	Folks, I want you to meet Willie
	Stark, the next governor of our state.

Willie, Lucy, and Tom beam happily. Jack looks skeptically
at Sadie, whose only reaction is to smile, politely.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Country Road, Day

Close shot of three posters on a billboard. They read ELECT
JOE HARRISON (HAPPY JOE) GOVERNOR FOR GOVERNOR ELECT McMURPHY
WILLIE STARK FOR GOVERNOR.

The camera pans to the road, where an old Model T comes
bouncing along. As it passes we see a poster stuck on its
back: WILLIE STARK -- GOVERNOR.

Exterior: Railroad Station, Day

Willie Stark walks out on the platform at the rear of the
train and talks to some of the townspeople who have gathered
at the station.

		WILLIE
	Folks, if you'll just bear patiently
	with me for a couple of minutes, I'd
	like to tell you what this state
	needs. It needs a balanced tax
	program. Now I'd like to give you
	the facts and the figures.

Some of the townspeople start to move away.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Train, Day

As the train pulls away from the station, Willie turns around
to Jack.

		WILLIE
	How did it sound, Jack?

		JACK
	Fine, Willie, fine.

		WILLIE
		(alarmed)
	Say... I forgot to send a telegram
	to Lucy... Conductor!

Jack and Sadie exchange looks.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Train Club Car, Day

Willie, jacket off, works over a speech with Duffy as
Pillsbury and Sadie look on.

		WILLIE
	Now right here... right here I'd
	like to add something about last
	year's taxes... eh?

		DUFFY
	I wouldn't add a thing. Just give
	them the facts.

		PILLSBURY
	Yeah... and the figures.

		DUFFY
	Great speech.

Sadie sips her drink.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Street Corner (Upton), Day

Willie stands on a platform, next to an American flag, reading
from his prepared speech.

		WILLIE
	What this state needs is a balanced
	tax program. Last year, last year
	the state claimed to have spent on
	roads...

Sadie turns and walks away, no longer able to listen. Jack
follows her toward the hotel.

Interior: Hotel Lobby (Upton), Day

As Jack and Sadie cross the street, enter the lobby, and sit
down next to the front window. We can still see Willie and
his small street-corner audience in the background.

		JACK
	Do you mind if I sit with you, Sadie?

		SADIE
		(shrugs)
	Stand... sit...

		JACK
	Thanks... Tell me, what are you on
	this merry-go-round for?

		SADIE
	I take notes.

		JACK
	For whom?

		SADIE
	For those who pay me.

		JACK
	Which is.

		SADIE
	People.

		JACK
	Smart people.

		SADIE
	Oh, yeah. Anybody that pays me is
	smart.

		JACK
	You don't have to be smart to frame
	a guy like Willie Stark.

		SADIE
	No. No, brother, you don't.

		JACK
		(lights a cigarette)
	It is a frame, isn't it?

		SADIE
	Why don't you give me a cigarette?

		JACK
		(gives her the pack)
	To split the vote and win the election
	for Harrison, huh?

		SADIE
	If you know, why do you ask?

		JACK
	I just want to make sure.

		SADIE
	Yeah.

		JACK
	Look, why don't you tell the boys
	back home to save their money. Willie
	couldn't steal a vote from... from
	Abe Lincoln in the Cradle of the
	Confederacy.

		SADIE
	I wish the poor... had enough sense
	to have somebody give him a good
	greasing for the beating he's going
	to get. 'Cause this way all he gets
	out of it is the ride.
		(looks at Willie
		through the window)
	Hey, those speeches! Ain't they awful?
	Ain't they just plain awful? Question
	to you: if somebody told him he was
	a sucker, do you think he'd quit?

Willie has just finished his speech and is on his way over
to the hotel.

		JACK
	I don't know, Sadie. I really don't
	know.

		WILLIE
		(as he comes into the
		lobby)
	Did it sound all right, Mr. Burden?

		JACK
	Fine, Willie, fine.

		WILLIE
	Thanks.

He and Jack go upstairs together. Sadie watches them.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Sadie's Hotel Room (Upton), Night

Sadie lies on her bed, listening to Willie in the next room,
rehearsing one of his speeches.

		WILLIE'S VOICE
	Now, friends, if you will bear
	patiently with me for a few minutes,
	I'll give you the figures. What we
	need is a balanced tax program...

		JACK'S VOICE
	No, Willie, no.

Sadie pulls off a shoe and hurls it at the wall.

		SADIE
	What I need is some sleep. Shut up!

Interior: Jack's Hotel Room (Upton), Same Time

Willie lies on his bed. Jack finishes shaving in the bathroom
as he continues to rehearse him.

		JACK
		(shouting back at
		Sadie)
	Shut up yourself!
		(goes to bed, shakes
		Willie)
	Listen, Willie, try it on your feet
	this time.

		WILLIE
	Oh, no. Wait a minute. My feet are
	killing me. Let me stay here, huh?

		JACK
	All right... Look, Willie, you tell
	'em too much. Just tell 'em you're
	going to soak the fat boys and forget
	the rest of the tax stuff.

		WILLIE
		(pathetically)
	That's what I say.

		JACK
	But it's the way you say it. Willie,
	make 'em cry. Make 'em laugh, make
	'em mad, even mad at you. Stir 'em
	up and they'll love it and come back
	for more. But for heaven's sake don't
	try and improve their minds.

		WILLIE
		(suddenly)
	A man don't have to be governor.

		JACK
		(surprised)
	What?

		WILLIE
	A man don't have to be governor.

Pause.

		JACK
	Well, they haven't counted up the
	votes yet.

		WILLIE
		(quietly)
	Oh, I'm going to lose, Mr. Burden. I
	know that. Don't try and fool me.
	I'm not going to lie to you. I wanted
	it. I wanted it so badly I stayed up
	nights thinking about it. A man wants
	something so badly he gets mixed up
	in knowing what he wants. It's
	something inside of you. I would
	have made a good governor. Better
	than those other fellows.

There is a knock on the door.

		JACK
	Come in.

		WILLIE
		(almost to himself)
	A great governor.

Sadie enters. She immediately spots the liquor, and pours
herself a drink.

		SADIE
	Since you won't let me sleep you
	might at least give me a drink.

		WILLIE
		(muttering)
	Build them highways... greatest system
	of highways in the country.

		JACK
		(to Sadie)
	Help yourself.

		WILLIE
	I'll build schools.

		SADIE
		(to Jack)
	What's up?

		JACK
	Nothing... except Willie here has
	been saying as how he's not going to
	be governor.

		SADIE
		(directly, to Jack)
	So you told him.

		JACK
	I don't tell anyone anything... I
	just listen.

		SADIE
		(goes to Willie)
	Who told you?

		WILLIE
	Told me what? Told me what?

		SADIE
	That you're not going to be governor.

		WILLIE
		(getting up)
	Jack! Told me what?... Told me what?

Jack says nothing. Sadie gulps down her drink, bangs the
empty glass on the bureau top, and turns to face Willie.

		SADIE
		(loudly)
	All right! That you've been framed,
	you poor sap.

Willie looks at her steadily for a moment.

		WILLIE
		(quietly)
	Framed?

		SADIE
	And how! Oh, you decoy, you woodenhead
	decoy! And you let 'em. You let 'em
	because you thought you were the
	little lamb of God. But you know
	what you are?
		(she waits for his
		answer; he has none)
	Well, you're the goat! You are the
	sacrificial goat! You are a sap...
	because you let 'em.

		JACK
	Sadie! That's enough.

		SADIE
	Enough? He didn't even get anything
	out of it. Oh, they'd have paid you
	to take a rap like that, but they
	didn't have to pay a sap like you.
	Oh, no, you were so full of yourself
	and hot air, all you wanted was a
	chance to stand up on your hind legs
	and make a speech: my friends, what
	this state needs is a good five-cent
	cigar. What this state needs is a --

		WILLIE
		(to Jack)
	Is it true?

		SADIE
		(prayerfully, to the
		ceiling)
	He wants to know if it's true.

		WILLIE
	Is it true?

		JACK
	That's what they tell me.

There is a long pause. Willie looks almost as if he is going
to cry. Sadie pours out another drink, a stiff one.

		SADIE
		(handing it to him)
	Here.

Willie drinks it all.

		JACK
	Hey, lay off that. You're not used
	to it.

		SADIE
		(jeeringly)
	He's not used to a lot of things.
	Are you, Willie?

		JACK
		(angrily)
	Why don't you lay off of him, Sadie?

		SADIE
		(ignores Jack)
	Are you, Willie? Are you? Are you...
	are you, are you, are you?

She shoves the bottle at him. He takes it and pours himself
a drink.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Sadie's Hotel Room (Upton), Morning

Willie is snoring on the bed. Sadie's coat is thrown over
him. She is in the bathroom, applying lipstick. Jack enters.

		SADIE
	Hi.

		JACK
	Well, things seem to have quieted
	down.

		SADIE
		(laughs)
	Yeah, I quieted him down.

		JACK
	Yeah. How was he? Noisy?

		SADIE
	Oh, he reared some. He's been telling
	me all the things he's going to do.
	He's going to do big things, this
	fella. He's going to be President.
	He's going to kill people with his
	bare hands. I quieted him down...
	Hey! Who's Lucy?

		JACK
	His wife.

		SADIE
	He talks like she's his mammy...
	she's going to blow his nose for
	him.

Jack sits on the bed next to Willie.

		JACK
	Well, I'll take him from here on in.
	They're waiting for him at the
	barbecue.

Sadie pulls her coat off Willie and goes to the door.

		SADIE
	Yeah, well give me a receipt for the
	body and I'll be on my way.

She leaves. Jack bends over Willie, who continues to snore.

		JACK
	Hey, Willie, Willie... come on, wake
	up, Willie. Come on, Willie.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Fairgrounds (Upton), Day

A crowd mills about underneath a banner that reads HEAR WILLIE
STARK MAMMOTH BARBECUE -- UPTON FAIRGROUNDS

Exterior: Fairgrounds, Day

Willie, staggering a bit, hung over, reacts painfully to the
staggering height of the Ferris wheel. He leans on Jack for
support, and they walk on.

Exterior: Fairgrounds, Day

Willie takes a seat on the children's swing as Jack goes off
to get some coffee. Two little girls stare curiously at him.
Willie waves them off. Jack returns with the coffee and pours
some whisky in it. Willie tips his hand, forcing him to pour
more, then gulps his drink down.

Exterior: Bandstand (Upton), Day

Duffy, Pillsbury, and the other politicians stand on the
platform, waiting for Willie. A band plays march music. Duffy
goes over to Sadie, who is standing on the steps of the
platform.

		DUFFY
	Where is he?

		SADIE
		(pointing)
	There he is.

Escorted by Jack, Willie approaches the platform and stumbles
up the steps past Sadie.

		SADIE
	Whoops!

		DUFFY
		(to Jack)
	Is he drunk?

		JACK
	Never touches the stuff. Lucy doesn't
	favor drinkin'.

Duffy follows Willie up on the platform.

		SADIE
		(to Jack)
	How'd you get him here? He was out
	stiff.

		JACK
	Hair of the dog that bit him.

		SADIE
	Hair? He must have swallowed the
	dog.

On the platform, Duffy looks uneasily at the bleary-eyed
Willie. The band suddenly plays a fanfare, and the chairman
steps up to the microphone.

		CHAIRMAN
	Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me a
	great deal of pleasure to introduce
	to you that true man of the people,
	the next governor of the state...
	Willie Stark.

There is scattered applause as Willie steps forward to speak.

		WILLIE
	My friends...

He turns his face from side to side, and fumbles in the right
side of his coat pocket to fish out his speech.

		WILLIE
	My friends... I...

He tries to focus on the speech, which he clutches before
his eyes with both hands. Then he lifts his head, and looks
directly at the people who have come to hear him. As he
speaks, the camera focuses on the faces of these people: the
farmers, workers, hicks, red-necks who are Willie's audience,
Willie's people.

		WILLIE
	I have a speech here. It's a speech
	about what this state needs. There's
	no need in my telling you what this
	state needs. You are the state and
	you know what you need... You over
	there... look at your pants. Have
	they got holes in the knees? Listen
	to your stomach. Did you ever hear
	it rumble from hunger?... And you,
	what about your crops? Did they ever
	rot in the field because the road
	was so bad you couldn't get them to
	market?... And you. What about your
	kids? Are they growing up ignorant
	as dirt, ignorant as you, 'cause
	there's no school for them?... No,
	I'm not going to read you any speech.

He throws his speech away. Duffy looks alarmed.

		WILLIE
	But I am going to tell you a story.
	It's a funny story...

		SADIE
		(from the steps)
	Hey!

		WILLIE'S VOICE
	...So get ready to laugh.

		SADIE
	What's he up to?

		JACK
	Shut up!

		WILLIE
	Get ready to bust your sides laughing,
	'cause it's sure a funny story. It's
	about a hick... a hick like you, if
	you please. Yeah, like you. He grew
	up on the dirt roads and gully washes
	of a farm. He knew what it was to
	get up before dawn and get feed and
	slop and milk before breakfast...
	and then set out before sunup and
	walk six miles to a one-room, slab-
	sided schoolhouse. Oh, this hick
	knew what it was to be a hick, all
	right. He figured if he was going to
	get anything done, he had to do it
	himself. So he sat up nights and
	studied books. He studied law because
	he thought he might be able to change
	things some... for himself, and for
	folks like him.

Sugar Boy listens intently, sharing in the anger in Willie's
speech.

		WILLIE
	No, I'm not going to lie to you. He
	didn't start off thinking about the
	hicks and all the wonderful things
	he was going to do for them. No. No,
	he started off thinking of number
	one. But something came to him on
	the way. How he could do nothing for
	himself without the help of the
	people. That's what came to him. And
	it also came to him, with the powerful
	force of God's own lightning, back
	in his home country, when a
	schoolhouse collapsed because it was
	built of politics... rotten brick.
	It killed and mangled a dozen kids.
	But you know that story. The people
	were his friends because he fought
	that rotten brick. And some of the
	politicians down in the city, they
	knew that... So they rode up to his
	house in a big, fine, shiny car and
	said as how they wanted him to run
	for governor...

Jack, electrified, grips Sadie's arm.

		JACK
	Sadie, he's wonderful... wonderful...

Duffy fidgets as Willie continues to pace and speak, his
face filled with conviction, and with fury.

		WILLIE
	...So they told the hick... and he
	swallowed it. He looked in his heart
	and he thought in all humility how
	he'd like to try and change things.
	He was just a country boy who thought
	that even the plainest, poorest man
	can be governor if his fellow citizens
	find he's got the stuff for the job.
	Well, those fellows in the striped
	pants... they saw the hick and they
	took him in.

He points his finger at Duffy, who is coming over to speak
to him.

		DUFFY
		(low voice)
	Willie, what are you trying to do?

Willie turns on him, roaring.

		WILLIE
	There he is! There's your Judas
	Iscariot.
		(he pushes Duffy across
		the platform)
	Look at him... lickspittle... nose-
	wiper.

Duffy gestures frantically to the band.

		DUFFY
	Play! Play!

		WILLIE
		(pushing him again)
	Look at him!

		DUFFY
	Play anything.

The band starts to play, adding to the pandemonium. Willie
shouts above it.

		WILLIE
	Look at him! Joe Harrison's dummy!
	Look at him!

		DUFFY
	That's a lie!

		WILLIE
	Look at him!

Duffy signals to some of his goons standing near the platform.

		DUFFY
	Go get him, boys... go get him.

Sugar Boy leaps up on the platform, his pistol drawn and
pointed at Duffy's men. Willie throws up his arms to silence
the crowd.

		WILLIE
	Now, shut up! Shut up, all of you.
	Now, listen to me, you hicks. Yeah,
	you're hicks too, and they fooled
	you a thousand times, just like they
	fooled me. But this time I'm going
	to fool somebody. I'm going to stay
	in this race. I'm on my own and I'm
	out for blood.

The camera moves in close on Willie's face.

		WILLIE
	Listen to me, you hicks...

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Willie's Speeches, Day and Night

A series of close-ups of Willie's face as he shouts and jeers
his message, always accompanied by the loud and frenzied
cheers of the crowd. Superimposed over his face is the figure
of Jack Burden, at his desk, typing out his stories.

		WILLIE
	Listen to me and lift up your eyes
	and look at God's blessed and
	unflyblown truth... And this is the
	truth. You're a hick. And nobody
	ever helped a hick but a hick himself.

Loud cheers and yells.

		WILLIE
	All right, listen to me... listen to
	me. I was the hick they were going
	to use to split the hick vote. But
	I'm standing right here now on my
	hind legs... even a dog can learn to
	do that. Are you standing on your
	hind legs? Have you learned to do
	that much yet? Here it is, here it
	is, you hicks. Nail up anybody who
	stands in your way! Nail up Joe
	Harrison! Nail up McMurphy! And if
	they don't deliver, give me a hammer
	and I'll do it myself.

						DISSOLVE TO:

NEWSPAPER HEADLINE

There is a photograph of Willie and a headline that reads

STARK CHANCES BOOMING

Superimposed over the newspaper is a shot of a crowd
applauding and yelling for Willie.

Interior: Joe Harrison's Campaign Headquarters, Night

Duffy, Pillsbury, and other aides stand looking at a poster
of Willie.

		POLITICIAN
	I want his throat cut, from ear to
	ear.

Exterior: Willie's Campaign Montage

Rock crashes through a window, knocking down a poster of
Willie.

Poster being torn off the side of a building.

A man is attacked as he tries to distribute leaflets.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Jack Burden's Desk, The Chronicle, Night

Jack is working on a story when Madison comes to his desk.

		MADISON
	No use going any further, Jack. We
	aren't printing them any more.

		JACK
	I thought the Chronicle line was --

		MADISON
	Divide and conquer? Stark is getting
	too big for his britches and the
	hicks are getting too smart. We're
	now supporting Harrison.

		JACK
		(stands up)
	How do you square that?

		MADISON
	I work here.

		JACK
		(putting on his coat)
	Well, I don't... not any more.

		MADISON
	Jack, you fool.

		JACK
	If you had any guts you'd print
	this...

		MADISON
	I work here. I take orders.

		JACK
	I know. You've got a wife and three
	kids and your boy goes to Princeton.

		MADISON
	You won't find it easy to get another
	job.

		JACK
	I'm too rich to work.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Street Outside State Capitol, Day

NEWSPAPER HEADLINE READS

HARRISON WINS CLOSE RACE
STARK SWEEPS RURAL AREAS
CITY VOTE DECIDES ELECTION

Superimposed over newspaper is a crowd cheering at Harrison's
victory parade. Willie, raincoat thrown over his shoulders,
looking grim, and Sadie and Sugar Boy are part of that crowd.
They turn away and walk toward a bar.

Interior: Bar, Day

Jack is already at the bar. Willie, Sadie, and Sugar Boy
join him there.

		JACK
	We didn't do so good.

		WILLIE
	Double bourbon.

		SADIE
		(sitting next to Jack)
	Same for me.

		WILLIE
	And a beer.
		(to Jack)
	I hear you got fired from the paper.

		JACK
	You heard wrong, Willie. I quit.

		WILLIE
		(passing the beer
		back to Sugar Boy)
	You're smart. 'Cause before I'm
	through with that mob they're not
	going to have enough money left to
	pay the boy that cleans the spittoons.

		JACK
	How do you feel, Willie?

		WILLIE
	I feel fine, fine. You see, Jack, I
	learned something.

Willie and Sadie exchange looks.

		JACK
	Yeah... what?

Close shot of Willie.

		WILLIE
	How to win.

							FADE OUT

FADE IN:

Exterior: Road, Day

Jack stands on the side of the road, thumbing a ride.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	I didn't see Willie again until his
	second campaign... four years later.

Interior: Office, Night

Jack turns in some copy to a man at a desk.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	I drifted from job to job...

Exterior: Street, Day

Jack and others in front of an employment agency.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	...That is, whenever I could find
	one.

Interior: Bar, Night

Jack, at the bar, looking haggard and disheveled, picks up a
newspaper and turns to find a photograph of Anne. The caption
reads STANTONS ARRIVE HOME.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	But always further and further away
	from Anne, and the life at Burden's
	Landing.

Exterior: Street, Day

Camera pans with Jack as he trudges along the street.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	But Willie wasn't drifting. He knew
	where he was going.

We see an insert of a newspaper. It has a caricature of
Willie, swinging a sledge hammer. The caption reads

STARK ATTACKS ADMINISTRATION
CHARGES OLD MACHINE STILL CORRUPT

		JACK
		(voice over)
	He had his foot in the door and he
	kept right on pushing to get in. He
	had lost the election but he had won
	the state... and he knew it... and
	the people knew it.

MONTAGE: WILLIE'S LIFE

Writing on a fence: THE PEOPLE'S WILL SHOULD BE THE LAW OF
THE STATE... WILLIE STARK Painted on a rock: KNOWLEDGE BELONGS
TO THE PEOPLE... WILLIE STARK

Lettering on a barn: FREE MEDICINE FOR ALL PEOPLE -- NOT AS
A CHARITY BUT AS A RIGHT... WILLIE STARK

Poster on a building: MY STUDY IS THE HEART OF THE PEOPLE...
WILLIE STARK

		JACK
		(voice over)
	They were all hopping on his
	bandwagon... even Tiny Duffy.

Newspaper caricature: it shows Willie on a bandwagon headed
for the state capitol. Everyone is trying to climb aboard.
Caption is THEY'RE ALL FOR WILLIE NOW. Huge poster on the
side of a building: MY STUDY IS THE HEART OF THE PEOPLE.
Camera pans up to photograph of Willie on the poster.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	Yep, Willie came back like he said
	he would.

Interior: Willie's Office, Day

Willie is being interviewed by a group of reporters. Sugar
Boy lounges nearby, leaning against the wall.

		WILLIE
	Do you want to know what my platform
	is? Here it is: I'm going to soak
	the fat boys and I'm going to spread
	it thin.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Circus Grounds, Day

We see balloons with inscriptions reading "I'm for Willie,"
and a large banner stretching overhead, saying FREE CIRCUS
TODAY -- COMPLIMENTS OF WILLIE STARK. The crowd moves about,
gazing at the clowns, animals, the trapeze act.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	Willie was right -- he'd learned how
	to win...

Exterior: Park, Day

A truck loaded with beer kegs pulls into the park. On the
back of the truck is a sign: BIG STARK RALLY TODAY -- FREE
BEER -- FREE FOOD -- EVERYBODY INVITED. Superimposed over
this is the image of dollar bills floating through the air.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	He spent a lot of money doing it...
	an awful lot of money... I was
	beginning to wonder where he got it
	from.

Montage: Willie's Second Campaign

Hand holding check made payable to Willie Stark Campaign
Fund... $7000. Willie's hand reaches out and takes it.

Hand holding check payable to cash for $5000. Superimposed
is Willie, looking on, and his hand endorsing the back of
the check.

Another check to the Stark Campaign Fund for $3500. Poster
of Willie is superimposed.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	There were rumors throughout the
	state that Willie was making deals
	with all kinds of people... strange
	deals... for Willie Stark.

Crowd milling about circus grounds, with Willie's poster
superimposed.

Fireworks exploding. Crowd cheers.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	The second time out, it wasn't a
	campaign... it was a slaughter. It
	was Saturday night in a mining town.

Huge poster is affixed to the side of a building. It bears
Willie's face, and his slogans.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Hotel (State Capital), Day

Crowd stands about as Willie and Jack make their way into
the hotel.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	He came back and he took me with
	him.

Interior: Hotel Lobby, Day

The lobby is packed as Willie, Jack, Sugar Boy, and Pillsbury
enter. Willie makes signals to Duffy to tag along with the
entourage. Willie leans over to speak to the room clerk.

		WILLIE
	This is Jack Burden, a friend of
	mine. From now on he's going to live
	here. Give him anything he wants.

The group starts up the stairs, past the officers who are
standing guard. Duffy stops to speak to one, pointing his
finger at some of his men standing below.

		DUFFY
	Let these boys through, officer.

		WILLIE
		(to Jack)
	Duffy works for me now.

		JACK
	It looks like everybody works for
	you.

They start up the second flight of stairs.

		WILLIE
	No. No, not yet. But I want to keep
	him around. He reminds me of something
	I never want to forget.

Willie stops and looks around at Duffy's men hurrying up the
steps.

		WILLIE
		(to Duffy)
	Come on, come on, come on, come on.
	Are these the boys?

		DUFFY
	These are the boys that can get the
	boys.

		WILLIE
	How many do you think we can get?

		DUFFY
	Fifty.

		WILLIE
	How much?

		DUFFY
	Five dollars a head.

		WILLIE
		(to Sugar Boy)
	What do you think, Sugar? Do they
	look like good boys?

		SUGAR BOY
	T-t-they b-b-better be.

		WILLIE
	Get a hundred... All right, go on,
	all of you. Blow. Blow, blow. You
	too, Duffy. Go on.

Duffy and his men turn and go downstairs.

		WILLIE
		(to Jack)
	Handbill distributors.

		JACK
	If they all look like them I'd hate
	not to take one.

		WILLIE
	That's the object. Not like when
	they beat up my boy Tom.

		JACK
	How is Tom?

		WILLIE
	Oh, he's fine. He starts college in
	the fall.

		JACK
	Oh. And Lucy?

Willie's expression changes. He starts up the stairs.

		WILLIE
	Fine... fine.

Interior: Willie's Campaign Office In Hotel, Day

The place is a beehive of activity, with typists and
messengers scurrying about, all supervised by Sadie.

		SADIE
	Hey, I need a boy... Where's a boy?
		(boy runs up)
	Take that downstairs; they're waiting
	for it. Right away, on the double.
		(to typist)
	Listen, baby, you've got to double-
	space all of this... he can't read,
	see.

The door opens and Willie, Jack, and Sugar Boy come in.

		JACK
	Sadie!

		SADIE
		(to typist)
	And they need four copies.
		(looks up)
	Hi, Jack. How are you?

		WILLIE
	Sadie is my secretary now.
		(to messenger, trying
		to squeeze by)
	Oh, pardon me.

As Willie and Jack walk toward adjoining room, Sadie calls
out:

		SADIE
	Fix your tie, Willie.

Interior: Bedroom Hotel Suite, Day

Willie and Jack enter from the office.

		WILLIE
	Hey, Sugar.

Sugar Boy appears in the doorway. Sadie slips by into the
room.

		WILLIE
	Keep everybody out of here. I want
	to talk to Jack and Sadie alone.

He walks over to Jack, who leans back on the bed.

		WILLIE
	From now on you're working for me.

		JACK
	Doing what?

		WILLIE
	I don't know. Something will turn
	up, won't it, Sadie?

		SADIE
	Yeah. We need a college man around...
	for research.

		WILLIE
	How much did they pay you on that
	newspaper?

		JACK
	Three hundred dollars a month.

		WILLIE
		(laughs)
	I could buy you cheap, couldn't I?

		JACK
	For a bag of salt.

		WILLIE
	No. No, I don't play that way. I
	like you, boy. I always have. I'll
	tell you what I'll do. I'll give you
	four hundred dollars a month and
	traveling expenses.

		JACK
	You throw money around like it was
	money.

Willie gets up and walks to the window.

		WILLIE
	Money?... I don't need money. People
	give me things.

		JACK
	Why?

		WILLIE
	Because they believe in me.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Burden's Landing, Day

Willie's car is on the ferry crossing the bay to Burden's
Landing. Sugar Boy drives the car off the ferry and up the
road toward the house.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	I was going home again. But this
	time it was different. Now I had a
	feeling that maybe the waiting was
	over... for me, and for Anne.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Stanton Living Room (Burden's Landing), Night

Close shot of Willie standing in front of the fireplace,
beneath the portrait of Governor Stanton.

		WILLIE
	It's a far cry from where I come
	from... to this house.

Camera pulls back. The room is crowded with people, all of
them friends of the Stantons. Anne, Adam, Judge Stanton,
Mrs. Burden, and McEvoy are part of the audience sitting
around the fireplace. Jack stands next to Willie.

		WILLIE
	And standing here under the portrait
	of one of the greatest governors of
	this state, talking to you people...
	well, it's an honor I never thought
	I'd have.

		JACK
	Are there any questions?
		(looks around)
	Mr. McEvoy.

		MCEVOY
		(smiles)
	No, I have no questions.

		JACK
	Judge?

		JUDGE
	A few... but it will hold.

		STANTON
	I have a question.

		WILLIE
	Shoot.

		STANTON
	A lot of people in this state have
	been saying that you've been making
	deals... some of them with the very
	groups that you claim you're against.
	Is that true?

		JACK
	Adam, you know how rumors start...

		WILLIE
	Yes. Yes, that's true. I have nothing
	to hide. I'll make a deal with the
	devil if it'll help me carry out my
	program. But believe me, there are
	no strings attached to those deals.

		STANTON
	You're sure about that?

		WILLIE
	Doc, Jack here has been telling me
	how you feel about things... how
	you'd like to see a new hospital
	built, a hospital that's the biggest
	and best that money can buy. You
	want those things, Doc, because,
	well, because you're a man who wants
	to do good. Now, I'd like to ask you
	a question.

		STANTON
	Shoot.

The guests laugh good-naturedly.

		WILLIE
	Do you know what good comes out of?

		STANTON
	You tell me, Mr. Stark.

		WILLIE
	Out of bad... that's what good comes
	out of. Because you can't make it
	out of anything else. You didn't
	know that, did you?

		STANTON
	No, I didn't... There's another
	question I'd like to ask you. You
	say there's only bad to start with
	and the good must come with the bad.
	Who's to determine what's good and
	what's bad?... You?

		WILLIE
	Why not?

		STANTON
	How?

		WILLIE
	Why, that's easy. Just... just make
	it up as you go along.

More laughter. Willie smiles and goes on.

		WILLIE
	Folks, there's a time to talk and
	there's a time to act. I think the
	time to act is right now. And with
	your support, I not only will win
	but I will do all of the things I
	promised. I need your help. Oh, I
	need it badly. But I'm not going to
	beg for it. In the name of this state
	which we love... in the name of the
	governor in whose house we meet... I
	demand it.

There is immediate applause. Anne is the first to rush over
and shake Willie's hand.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Stanton Home, Night

The last of the guests are leaving. Jack and Willie remain
with the Judge, Anne, and Adam.

		WILLIE
		(to Judge)
	Well, what do you say, sir?

		JACK
	You've got to say yes. With you in
	the race...

		JUDGE
	I'm an old bird... I...

		WILLIE
	But a game one.

They laugh.

		WILLIE
	Look, I'll give you complete power
	as attorney general. You can do
	anything you see fit. I'll swing the
	ax to clear the way for you. Is that
	a deal?

The Judge smiles, then puts out his hand.

		JUDGE
	It's a deal.

They shake hands.

		WILLIE
	Jack, we have to get back to town...
	a lot to do.
		(shakes hands with
		Adam)
	Dr. Stanton.

Jack kisses Anne on the cheek. Anne comes over and shakes
Willie's hand.

		ANNE
	I'm very glad to have met you.

							FADE OUT

FADE IN:

Interior: Hotel Lobby (State Capital), Day

People stand before the election return board in the hotel
lobby. Camera pulls back, revealing a newspaper picture of
Willie, and the headline

STARK ELECTED GOVERNOR
WILLIE WINS

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Street Outside Willie's Hotel Balcony, Night

A crowd stands below Willie's hotel window, chanting together:

		CROWD
	We want Willie! We want Willie!

A high angle from the balcony shows Anne, Jack, and Adam in
the center of the excited crowd, looking expectantly upward.
Some of the people around them are carrying torches. Arc
lights play over the dome of the state capitol in the
background. In response to the chants, Willie appears on the
balcony. With him, standing on the balcony, are Tom and Lucy.
The crowd erupts into cheers as he steps outside.

		WILLIE
		(raises his hands for
		silence)
	This is not a time for speechmaking.
	I should get on my knees and ask God
	to give me strength to carry out
	your will.

Loud cheers. Adam watches Anne. She applauds. Willie looks
down at the crowd and continues his speech.

		WILLIE
	This much I swear to you. These things
	you shall have. I'm going to build a
	hospital. The biggest that money can
	buy... and it will belong to you.
	That any man, woman, or child who is
	sick or in pain can go through those
	doors and know that everything will
	be done for them that man can do. To
	heal sickness. To ease pain. Free.
	Not as a charity, but as a right.
	And it is your right that every child
	shall have a complete education.
	That any man who produces anything
	can take it to market without paying
	toll. And no poor man's land or farm
	can be taxed or taken away from him.
	And it is the right of the people
	that they will not be deprived of
	hope...

The crowd applauds, and Willie waves. We see Anne, face aglow,
turn to Jack.

		ANNE
	Does he mean it, Jack? Does he?

		STANTON
		(as he walks away)
	That's his bribe.

Anne and Jack watch Adam as he leaves.

							FADE OUT

FADE IN:

Montage: Willie Becomes Governor

Willie, Sadie, and Jack leaving their old campaign
headquarters.

Willie, Sadie, Jack, and others going upstairs in the
governor's mansion. The ousted politicians are just packing
up and leaving.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	What if it was his bribe! He swept
	the old gang out of office. What if
	they hollered like stuck pigs? He
	jammed through bill after bill and
	the people got what they wanted.

Willie yelling at the legislators during a session.

		WILLIE
	I demand that this bill be passed.
	Nobody's going to tell me how to run
	this state.

Road excavation -- a bulldozer clears away dirt.

A huge crane maneuvers over a dam site. Men are seen working
on the girders of a large power plant.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	He started to build the roads, the
	schools, the power dams, to change
	the face of the state from one end
	to the other... His methods?

Shots of uniformed policemen roughing up citizens. Willie
and Sugar Boy move in on a man being held by cops.

Willie looks on as Jack thumbs through his little black book.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	Politics is a dirty game... and he
	played it rough and dirty. Willie's
	little black book was a record of
	sin and corruption. And me, Jack
	Burden? I kept the book and added up
	the accounts.

Willie in a nightclub, surrounded by some show girls. A
photographer takes a picture of Willie with a girl balanced
on his knee.

Willie leads a marching band out onto a football field.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	Clown, show-off, playboy, they yelled
	at him. Building football stadiums.
	Fiercely proud of his son who played
	in them.

Shot of Tom in football uniform running across the field
with the ball. Willie, in the stands, hugs Lucy.

		WILLIE
	Oh, look at him go. He's going to be
	All-American.

Willie makes an inspection of the police. He stops to adjust
an officer's tie.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	They said he was building up a private
	army. But he was building, always
	building...

Sign at building excavation reads HERE ON THIS SITE WILL BE
ERECTED THE GOVERNOR STARK HOSPITAL -- "TO HEAL SICKNESS. TO
EASE PAIN. FREE. NOT AS A CHARITY -- BUT AS A RIGHT"... WILLIE
STARK.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	Always playing up to the crowd.
	Letting them trample on tradition.
	Well, tradition needed trampling on.

A square dance at the governor's mansion. Willie dances with
Anne.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	The crowd loved it... Willie loved
	it... and so did I.

							FADE OUT

FADE IN:

Interior: Executive Office Corridor, Day

Jack walks down the corridor on the way to Willie's offices.

Interior: Willie's Executive Offices, Day

As Jack enters from the corridor, Sadie is coming out of
Willie's private office.

		SADIE
		(through open door)
	You low-down, no-good redneck...

She slams the door hard. We hear Willie laugh.

		JACK
		(to secretary)
	What goes on here?

		SECRETARY
	That's what Sadie wants to know.
		(she shows Jack
		newspaper containing
		photograph of Willie
		at the nightclub)
	The boss poses for too many pictures.

Jack grins, then walks into Sadie's office.

		SADIE
	I'll kill him.

		JACK
	Why, Sadie, I'm surprised at you.

		SADIE
	I'll kill him.

She goes to the door to yell to the secretary.

		SADIE
	I hate all women.

She slams the door again, and returns to her desk.

		SADIE
	Was she pretty?

Jack shoves the paper at her. She ignores it.

		SADIE
	Was she pretty?

		JACK
	If I met her on the street I'd never
	recognize her.

		SADIE
	Was she pretty?

		JACK
	How should I know? I wasn't looking
	at her face... Look, if it's going
	to cause all this grief, why don't
	you let him go?

		SADIE
	Let him go? I'll kill him. I'll drive
	him out of this state.

		JACK
	Just because a guy's sitting with a
	couple of girls on his knees in
	public...

		SADIE
	Public or private... I know him. How
	about what happened in Chicago? That
	girl on skates... and the time you
	both went to St. Louis... There's a
	new invention, you know, Photography
	and newsreels. Willie Stark in a
	nightclub... Willie Stark with a
	blonde.

		JACK
	You could always bleach your hair.

		SADIE
	I could also break every bone in his
	neck. After all I've done for him...
	Now he goes two-timing me.

		JACK
	He's been two-timing Lucy. So there's
	another kind of arithmetic for what
	he's doing to you.

		SADIE
	Lucy?
		(laughs)
	If she had her way he'd be back in
	Kanoma City slopping the hogs right
	now. And he knows it. He knows what
	she'd do for him. She had her chance.

		JACK
	You seem to think Lucy's on her way
	out, don't you?

		SADIE
	He'll ditch her... Give him time.

		JACK
	You ought to know.

She slaps his face.

		JACK
	Hey, you got the wrong guy. I'm not
	the hero of this piece.

The door to Willie's office bursts open and Willie dashes
out.

		WILLIE
	All right, come on, both of you.
	Let's go, hurry it up.

They go out through the reception room, pick up Sugar Boy,
and head down the corridor.

		WILLIE
	Come on. Pillsbury put his hand in
	the pork barrel and got caught. You
	know, I never did trust that guy.

Some newsmen are waiting on the top landing.

		NEWSMEN
	Have you heard about Pillsbury? What
	do you intend to do about Pillsbury?
	How about it, Governor?

Willie pushes by them.

		WILLIE
	Later, boys, later.
		(to Jack)
	Say, Jack, go back and get the Judge.
	Let's get him over to my hotel just
	as soon as you can.

They all hurry after Willie as he rushes down the stairs.

Interior: Lobby State Capitol, Day

Anne is about to go up the stairs when she meets Willie and
the others on the way down.

		ANNE
		(to Willie)
	I waited for you.
		(she sees Sadie)
	Hello.
		(back to Willie)
	You promised we could... uh... discuss
	my charity project... Children's
	home?

		WILLIE
	Well, I'm very sorry. Something very
	important came up. You'll call me
	later, won't you?

		ANNE
	Yes, certainly.

		SADIE
	We're late.

Anne watches as they cross the lobby and exit.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Stark's Hotel Suite, Night

Close shot of Willie, seated, with his feet propped up on a
table. Pillsbury stands before him. Jack, Sadie, Duffy, and
Sugar Boy are also in the room.

		WILLIE
	Look at you, Pillsbury. Fifty years
	old, gut-sprung, teeth gone, never
	had a dime. If the Almighty had
	intended for you to be rich he'd
	have taken care of that a long time
	ago. The idea of you being rich...
	that's plain blasphemy. Ain't that a
	fact?

Pillsbury doesn't answer.

		WILLIE
	Answer me!

		PILLSBURY
	Yes.

		WILLIE
	Louder, man. Don't mumble. Speak up.
	Say it's a fact, a blasphemous fact.

		PILLSBURY
	It's a fact, a blasphemous fact.

Sugar Boy laughs loudly. The phone rings and Sadie picks it
up.

		SADIE
	Yeah?... Oh, I see.
		(hangs up)
	Dumond can't come. He says his wife
	is sick.

		WILLIE
	I don't care if she's dying. Sugar,
	get the car. Get him and bring him
	over here.

Sugar Boy exists. Willie turns back to Pillsbury.

		WILLIE
	Now, you know what you're supposed
	to do, don't you, Pillsbury? You're
	supposed to stay poor and take orders.
	Oh, there'll be some sweetening for
	you from time to time... but Duffy'll
	take care of that. Don't you go
	setting yourself up on your own again,
	do you understand that?

		PILLSBURY
	Yes.

		WILLIE
	Louder, man. And say, I understand
	that.

		PILLSBURY
	I understand that.

		WILLIE
	Give him a pen and some paper, Sadie.

There is a knock on the door.

		WILLIE
	See who that is, Duffy.

Judge Stanton enters.

		WILLIE
	Oh, hello, Judge. Sit down. I'll be
	with you in just a couple of seconds.
		(back to Pillsbury)
	Now write what I tell you to write...
	Dear Governor Stark. I wish to resign
	as auditor due to ill health, to
	take effect as soon as you can relieve
	me. Respectfully yours.
		(after a pause)
	Did you sign it?

		PILLSBURY
	No.

		WILLIE
		(roaring)
	Well, sign it! Don't put any date on
	it. I can fill that in when I need
	it.

Pillsbury signs the paper.

		WILLIE
	Now bring it to me.

Pillsbury moves slowly, so Sadie yanks the paper out of his
hand and passes it to Willie.

		WILLIE
	Now get out.

Pillsbury slinks out of the room.

		JUDGE
	The papers have the story.

		WILLIE
	Yeah, I know.

		JUDGE
	They're talking about impeachment
	proceedings.

		WILLIE
		(rising)
	Against who?

		JUDGE
	This time, Pillsbury.

		WILLIE
	I got that "this time," Judge.

		JUDGE
	How true is it?

		WILLIE
	It's too true.

The phone rings.

		SADIE
	Yes?
		(hands phone to Willie)
	This is it, Willie. Jeff Hopkins on
	the wire.

Willie takes the phone, but puts his hand over the mouthpiece
so that he can speak to Jack.

		WILLIE
	What have we got on Hopkins, Jack?
		(as Jack riffles
		through the black
		book)
	Hello, Jeff. About that Pillsbury
	business...
		(reads from black
		book Jack holds out
		for him)
	Here's what I want you to do when it
	comes up in the legislature. Now,
	wait a minute, wait a minute. You
	listen to me.
		(still reading from
		book)
	You got a mortgage coming due on
	that place of yours in about five
	weeks, haven't you? You'd like to
	get it renewed, wouldn't you?
		(pause)
	All right, Tiny'll talk to you in
	the morning.

He grins and hangs up the phone.

		WILLIE
	Get going, Tiny.

Duffy leaves.

		JUDGE
	You haven't answered my question.
	Why are you saving Pillsbury's hide?

		WILLIE
	I'm not a bit interested in
	Pillsbury's hide. It's something
	much more important than that. If
	the McMurphy boys get the notion
	they can get away with this, there's
	no telling where they'll stop.

		JUDGE
		(quietly)
	Or where you will... Pillsbury is
	guilty. As attorney general of this
	state, it's my job to prosecute.

		WILLIE
	Judge, you talk like Pillsbury was...
	was human. He isn't. He's a thing.
	You don't prosecute an adding machine
	if the spring goes busted and makes
	a mistake. You fix it. Well, I fixed
	him. I'm not a bit interested in
	Pillsbury. It's something much bigger
	than that.

		JUDGE
		(getting up)
	Yes, it is.

		JACK
	He's right, Judge. Can't you see
	that he's right?

		JUDGE
	He's right because you want him to
	be right. Because you're afraid to
	admit you've made a mistake. Do it
	now before it's too late.
		(to Willie)
	I'm offering my resignation as
	attorney general. You'll have it in
	writing by messenger in the morning...
	dated.

		WILLIE
		(softly)
	It took you a long time to make up
	your mind, Judge. A long time. What
	made you take such a long time?

		JUDGE
	I wasn't sure.

		WILLIE
	And now you are?

The Judge nods.

		WILLIE
	I'll tell you what you are. You're
	scared. You sat in that big easy
	chair of yours for thirty years and
	played at being a judge. Then all of
	a sudden I came along and put a bat
	in your hand, and I said, go ahead,
	Judge, start swinging. And you did.
	And you had a wonderful time. But
	now you're scared. You don't want to
	get your hands dirty. You want to
	pick up the marbles... but you don't
	want to get your hands dirty. Look
	at my whole program, Judge. How do
	you think I put that across?

		JUDGE
	I knew how, but I never knew why.

He starts to leave.

		WILLIE
	You're not by any chance thinking of
	going over to McMurphy's boys, are
	you?

		JUDGE
	I'm through with politics.

		WILLIE
	I'm happy to hear that.
		(extends his hand)
	No hard feelings.

		JUDGE
		(ignores the hand)
	Goodbye, Governor.
		(to Jack)
	Are you coming with me, Jack?

Jack turns away.

		JUDGE
	You're making a mistake.

He goes. Willie closes the door behind him.

		WILLIE
	Do you think he means it when he
	says he's through with politics,
	Sadie?

		SADIE
	No. No, I don't.

		WILLIE
	What about you, Jack?

		JACK
	I've known the Judge all my life.
	He's always meant everything he's
	said.

		WILLIE
	All right. All right. Take it easy.
	I'll take your word for it.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Willie's Hotel, Night

Willie's car draws up to the curb. Sugar Boy hops out to
open the door for Willie.

Sadie is watching him from a window upstairs in the hotel.
Anne is in the back seat; Willie leans down to talk to her.

		WILLIE
	Sugar, take Miss Stanton home.
		(to Anne)
	When am I going to see you again?

She doesn't answer.

		WILLIE
	What's the matter, Anne?

		ANNE
	Please take me home now, Sugar Boy.

		WILLIE
	You've got to understand me.

		ANNE
		(turns away)
	I understand you. It's myself I don't
	understand.

		WILLIE
	Do you think I like sneaking around
	corners any more than you do? But
	right now, with the Pillsbury business
	and with your uncle quitting... If I
	got a divorce...

		ANNE
	Maybe we'd better stop seeing each
	other.

		WILLIE
	No. No, we won't stop seeing each
	other, will we?

		ANNE
		(slowly)
	No.

		WILLIE
	Because you believe in what I tell
	you.

		ANNE
		(puts her hand on his)
	Because I believe what you tell me.

Sadie approaches.

		SADIE
	Good evening, Governor Stark.
		(looks at Anne, but
		talks to Willie)
	I thought you might like to know
	that Judge Stanton kept his promise.
		(directly to Willie)
	He gave the story to every paper in
	town.

		WILLIE
	Sugar, meet me at the hotel as soon
	as you can.

							FADE OUT

FADE IN:

NEWSPAPER HEADLINE

ATTORNEY GENERAL RESIGNS:
STANTON ACCUSES STARK OF
QUASHING PILLSBURY GRAFT

Interior: State Legislature Assembly Room, Day

Duffy stands in the forground, looking in on the uproar and
confusion of the assembly.

		SENATOR
	These are serious charges that Judge
	Stanton has given to the press. This
	legislature is entitled to a complete
	and full report on the Pillsbury
	affair. Let the truth be known.

		2ND SENATOR
	Let it come out.

		3RD SENATOR
	I move that we adjourn.

		4TH SENATOR
	I second the motion.

		CHAIRMAN
	All those in favor, say aye... Motion
	carried. The house is adjourned.

As Duffy turns and walks away, other senators rise up in
their seats in protest.

						DISSOLVE TO:

MONTAGE: PILLSBURY SCANDAL

Sign on building reads: CITIZENS COMMITTEE MEETING, Subject:
PILLSBURY SCANDAL, 8 P.M. Tonight -- Town Hall.

A man pastes a strip across the sign: CANCELED.

A man is making a speech to a small group of people.

		MAN
	If you let Willie Stark get away
	with the Pillsbury graft, there's no
	telling...

Thugs break up the meeting. The speaker is beaten up. Jack
Burden turns through the pages of the little black book.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Stark's Hotel Suite, Day

Willie is lying on the bed. Jack is seated. Sadie and Sugar
Boy stand nearby.

		JACK
	But we beat the Pillsbury rap...
	It's over.

		WILLIE
	These things are never over. I'll
	tell you what I want you to do, Jack.
	I want you to start a new page in
	that black book of yours... under
	then name of Judge Stanton.

		JACK
	You're crazy. There's nothing on the
	Judge.

		SADIE
	Why? Because his name is Stanton?

		WILLIE
	Ssshhh, easy.

		JACK
	What if I won't do it?

		WILLIE
	You know, some of this has rubbed
	off on you.

		JACK
	What are you going to do? Have me
	shot?

		WILLIE
	No... no... but I'll have to get
	myself a new boy.

		JACK
	I tell you there's nothing on the
	Judge.

		WILLIE
	Jack, there's something on everybody.
	Man is conceived in sin and born in
	corruption.

		JACK
	It's a waste of time.

		WILLIE
	What's the matter, Jack? Are you
	afraid you might find something out?

Jack stares at him.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Burden's Landing Ferry, Night

Jack's car is seen coming across on the ferry.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	I kept saying to myself that Willie
	was wrong about the Judge. If there
	was anything left at Burden's Landing,
	it was honor. I had to believe that.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Stanton Living Room, Night

Jack and Anne stand together in the living room.

		JACK
	Anne, I want to ask you a question.
	Was the Judge ever broke? Really
	broke?

		ANNE
	Why do you want to know?

		JACK
	I don't want to know, but I've got
	to.

		ANNE
	Did he tell you --

		JACK
	Did who tell me?

		ANNE
	I don't know. I... how should I know
	if the Judge was ever broke?

She walks away from him. Adam enters, carrying bundles of
food and two wine bottles.

		STANTON
	Hello... Come on, Anne, take this
	food and start cooking. I'm hungry.

Anne takes the grocery bundles. Jack grabs the wine.

		JACK
	Me, I'm on the thirsty side. Bring
	some glasses, Anne, quick.

He joins Adam, who has opened the piano.

		STANTON
		(laughing)
	It's been a long time since I played
	this thing. What do you say we wake
	up the ghosts, huh?

		JACK
		(calling to Anne)
	Another glass, Anne, for a ghost.

		STANTON
		(starting to play)
	Remember the last time I played this?
	You and Anne were dancing?

Anne returns with three glasses. Jack grabs her around the
waist and whirls her around.

		JACK
	Shall we dance?

		ANNE
	Let's... let's have a drink first.

Adam starts to pour the wine.

		JACK
	No, no... keep playing. Anne and I
	want to hear this, don't we, Anne?
		(Jack pours the wine)
	Adam... ghost... and me.

		STANTON
	What shall we drink to?

		JACK
	To the ghost?... To Adam, to the
	director of the new medical center.

		STANTON
		(bangs the piano keys)
	Don't you ever stop working for him?

		ANNE
	Adam!

		STANTON
	I came up here to get away...

		JACK
	I'm sorry, Adam.

		ANNE
	Well, I'm not. What's wrong with
	being the director of the new medical
	center?

		STANTON
	Nothing, except that I'm not going
	to take it.

		JACK
	Why? Because your uncle resigned?

		STANTON
	That's partly it. There are other
	things.

		ANNE
	What other things?

		STANTON
		(looks at her)
	You too?

		ANNE
	Yes, me too.

		JACK
	Anne, if Adam doesn't want to discuss
	it, let's not.

		STANTON
	All right, let's discuss it.

		ANNE
	But calmly.

		STANTON
	Calmly. Go ahead, Jack. Why do you
	think he wants me?

		JACK
	Because you're the best man for the
	job.

		STANTON
	It could have nothing to do with my
	name being Stanton?

		JACK
	It could have. Let's grant that.

		STANTON
	That's your answer.

		JACK
	No, it's not. If that were the only
	answer I wouldn't be with him any
	more. There's another side of it.
	I've learned something from him. You
	can't make an omelet without cracking
	eggs.

		STANTON
	Or heads.

		ANNE
	But at least a hospital will be built,
	and the sick will be cared for.

		STANTON
	At what price?

		JACK
	At any price.

		STANTON
	Do you really believe that, Jack?

		JACK
	I really believe that Stark wants to
	do good. You do too. It's a matter
	of method. Many times out of evil
	comes good. Well, pain is an evil.
	As a doctor you should know that.

		STANTON
	Pain is an evil; it is not evil. It
	is not evil in itself. Stark is evil.

		JACK
	The people of the state don't think
	so.

		STANTON
	How would they know? The first thing
	he did was to take over the newspapers
	and the radio stations. Why be so
	afraid of criticism? If Stark is
	interested in doing good, he should
	also be interested in the truth. I
	don't see how you can separate the
	two. No, Stark is not for me.

		ANNE
		(upset)
	No, Stark is not for you. Well, what
	is for you? Pride. Pride, that's all
	it is... foolish, stupid pride. All
	you've ever talked about is what you
	could do if... if somebody would
	tear down and build. All right, all
	right, somebody has, and he's given
	it to you. But he's not for you. No,
	he's not for you.

She throws down her glass and runs crying from the room.
Adam goes after her.

		STANTON
	Anne... Anne...

Interior: Stanton Hallway and Stairs, Night

Anne runs upstairs and Adam follows. The Judge comes out of
his room to see what has happened, sees Jack standing at the
foot of the stairs, hesitates a moment, and then goes back
to his room without speaking.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: County Recorder Room, Day

Jack enters and speaks to a clerk, who then directs him to
one of the files. He starts to look through the files marked
MORTGAGES DEFAULTED.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	Will I find anything, Judge? Will I?
	I didn't find it all at once. It
	takes a long time to go through old
	courthouse records and musty deeds...
	a very long time. But it wasn't too
	hard for me. I was well trained in
	research, especially this kind.

He pulls out a file.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	I found what I didn't want to find.

He takes the file back to the clerk.

		JACK
	Have some photostat copies made of
	these. I'll be back tomorrow for
	them.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Jack's Hotel Bedroom, Day

Jack is lying on his bed, looking over the documents that
relate to the Judge. He looks haggard and worried. There is
a knock on the door. Jack doesn't answer; the knock is
repeated.

		JACK
	Who is it?

		SADIE'S VOICE
	It's me, Sadie Burke.

		JACK
	Wait a minute.

He hides the documents under his pillow.

		JACK
	All right, come in.

She comes in, sniffs the air.

		SADIE
	Phew! Awful lot of smoke. Awful lot
	of whisky. You sober?

		JACK
	Stone.

		SADIE
	I'll have one with you.
		(starts tidying up
		the room)
	What are you hiding out for?

		JACK
	I'm not. I've been sleeping.

		SADIE
	For four days? You've been back in
	town for four days.

		JACK
	Willie knows everything.

		SADIE
	Willie's worried about his boy.

		JACK
	Willie's boy is worried about Willie's
	boy.

		SADIE
	Well, why don't you put something on
	the phonograph -- a low-down, mean
	blues. Play it over and over again
	until you're sick of it. Then crack
	it and go back to work.
		(sits down)
	I do it all the time.

		JACK
	That's not my problem.

		SADIE
	No, it isn't your problem.
		(gets up again)
	I'll wait for you if you want to
	powder your nose.

Jack goes into the bathroom.

		JACK
	I'll be with you in a minute.

Sadie wanders around. She goes to the dresser, upon which is
a photograph of Anne Stanton. She picks up the picture and
places it so she can see it in the mirror and compare it
with her own reflection.

		SADIE
	Hmmm. Yeah, I can see it. I've got
	to look in the mirror to be able to
	see it. Soft, white skin... not like
	mine.
		(runs her hand across
		her cheeks)
	I had smallpox when I was a kid.
	Where I lived it seemed nearly all
	the kids had smallpox...

Jack watches her through the open bathroom door.

		SADIE
	It leaves your face hard. Then she's
	got poise. Look at the way she holds
	her head... at just the right angle.
	That takes training. That takes years
	of training...

Jack, towel in hand, comes out and stands behind her. He
looks at her in the mirror, puzzled.

		SADIE
	I see what Willie sees. Willie's got
	big ideas, Jack.

		JACK
	What do you mean?

		SADIE
	A girl like that could be a governor's
	wife. Or even a President's.

		JACK
	What are you talking about?

		SADIE
	He ditched Lucy, he ditched me, and
	he'll ditch you.

		JACK
		(shaking her)
	Answer me!

		SADIE
	He'll ditch everybody in the whole
	world because that's what Willie
	wants. Nobody in the world but him.

		JACK
	What are you talking about?

		SADIE
	You and your high-tone friends. What
	do they know? What do they know about
	anything? Why did you have to mix
	her in?

		JACK
	You're crazy, Sadie. You're out of
	your mind.

		SADIE
	Am I? Well, why don't you go down
	and ask her. Or ask him. Ask Willie.

		JACK
	Shut up!

		SADIE
	Go ahead, ask him.

		JACK
	Shut up!

		SADIE
	Ask him!

He slaps her hard.

		SADIE
	Ow-oo... oh... oh.

She starts to laugh.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Football Field, Day

A football team is practicing on the field. Willie watches
from the bench. A player kicks the ball and Tom misses it.
Jack walks over to Willie.

		JACK
	He's off today.

		WILLIE
	It's only practice. He'll be all
	right tomorrow... You been gone a
	long time, Jack.

		JACK
	Yeah. I figured if you needed me
	you'd yell.

		WILLIE
	Why'd you lay around the hotel?

		JACK
	Thinking.

		WILLIE
	About what?

		JACK
	Things.

		WILLIE
	What did you find on the Judge?

		JACK
	Nothing.

		WILLIE
	You sure you didn't find anything on
	the Judge?

		JACK
	Yeah, I'm sure.

		WILLIE
	You're going to keep trying, aren't
	you?

		JACK
	If you want me to.

		WILLIE
	I want you to. There's something
	else I want you to do too.

		JACK
	What? Bucket boy? Towel slinger?
	What?

		WILLIE
		(looks at him closely)
	What's eating you, Jack?

		JACK
		(avoiding it)
	What else do you want me to do?

		WILLIE
	If you've got something on your mind,
	boy, spit it out. We've been together
	too long to play games.

		JACK
	What do you want me to do?

		WILLIE
	I hear your pal Adam Stanton turned
	down the job as director of the
	hospital. That's bad. Especially at
	a time like this.

		JACK
	Oh? How did you hear it?

		WILLIE
	Why? What difference does it make?

		JACK
	I just wanted to know.

		WILLIE
	I heard it around.

		JACK
		(insistent)
	How did you hear he turned it down,
	Willie?

Out on the field the boys have stopped playing and are huddled
around the coach.

		WILLIE
	I'll be right back, Jack. I want to
	see what's happening here.

He goes over to the group on the field. The coach is talking
to Tom.

		COACH
	You going to practice the way I tell
	you.

		TOM
	I'm going to do it the way I want to
	do it.

Willie comes up to them.

		WILLIE
	Tom, come here. What's going on here?

		COACH
	I don't care if he is your son,
	Governor... No special rules for
	him.

		TOM
	It doesn't make any difference to me
	either way... whether I play or not.

		WILLIE
	Well, it does to me.
		(to coach)
	What do you want him to do?

		COACH
	To behave himself. Like the rest of
	the boys. Four times this season
	he's broken training. He comes on
	the practice field half potted.

		WILLIE
	Tom, you're going to have to obey
	the rules. Do you hear me? You're
	going to obey the rules.

		TOM
	I put 'em across, don't I? Every
	Saturday I put 'em across and I can
	still do it, drunk or sober. That's
	all you want, isn't it... for me to
	put 'em across so you can big-shot
	it around? Isn't that all you want?

He walks away.

		WILLIE
	Tom!
		(to coach)
	He's a little high-strung.
		(goes after Tom)
	Tom, come here. Tom!

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Highway, Foggy Day

Sign in foreground reads: WILLIE STARK HIGHWAY U.S. 56. A
car swerves around a bend and careens down the highway.

Tom and his girl friend Helene are in the car. Tom is
drinking.

		HELENE
		(laughing)
	Come on, Tommy... let's go faster.
	Come on...

The car goes across a bridge, weaving. Two motorcycle cops
parked there start to give chase.

Tom's car swerves out of control and crashes through a fence.

The two motorcycle cops ride out to the field to the wrecked
car. They find Tom and Helene, unconscious. One of the cops
picks up the empty bottle and hands it to the other.

		2ND COP
		(looking at Tom)
	It's the governor's son.

He throws the bottle away.

						DISSOLVE TO:

NEWSPAPER HEADLINES

GOVERNOR'S SON HURT:
GIRL NEAR DEATH IN CRASH

Below the headline is a picture of Helene Hale's father.
Another picture of Mr. Hale on the front page. Caption reads:

GIRL'S FATHER CLAIMS DRUNK DRIVING CAUSE OF WRECK
ADMITTANCE TO HOSPITAL DENIED PRESS

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Governor's Mansion, Night

Lucy and Mr. Hale walk across the large reception room toward
Willie. Jack, Sugar Boy, and Duffy stand around in the
background.

		LUCY
	Willie, Mr. Hale's here to see you.

Willie comes to meet them, a drink in his hand. He is
obviously drunk.

		WILLIE
	Go on upstairs, Lucy. I have some
	business I want to talk over with
	Mr. Hale.

		HALE
	What I've got to say anybody can
	listen to... Where's your boy?

		WILLIE
	Now... now, don't get excited.
		(to Sugar Boy)
	Get me another drink, Sugar.

		HALE
	My daughter may die.

		WILLIE
	She's not going to die. She'll get
	the best medical attention there is.
	No expense will be spared.

		HALE
	Where's your boy?

		LUCY
	I'll get him.

		WILLIE
	Wait a minute, Lucy. He's asleep.
	And the doctor said after a good
	night's sleep he'll be all right.

		LUCY
	No, he won't be all right unless you
	make him all right. I'll get him.

She goes.

		WILLIE
	Lucy!
		(to Hale)
	You care for a drink?

		HALE
	No thanks.

		WILLIE
	Accidents will happen, you know.

		HALE
	Accidents? Your boy was drunk.

		WILLIE
	I saw the police report. There...
	there was nothing about drunkenness
	on the police report.

		HALE
	Whose police and whose report? I say
	the boy was drunk. And I know it.

Tom comes down the stairs, with Lucy.

		HALE
		(to Tom)
	Right here before your father... I
	want you --

		TOM
	Mr. Hale --

		WILLIE
	Tom, the doctor says you need rest,
	boy.

		TOM
		(turns on him)
	I don't want you to try to cover up
	for me. I was wrong... that's all
	there is to it.

		WILLIE
	You don't know what you're talking
	about. I saw the police report --

		TOM
	I don't care what the police report
	says. I was driving and I was drunk.
	It's all my fault.
		(to Hale)
	Anything you want to do to me, you
	can do. Whatever you want me to do,
	I'll do.

		WILLIE
	Nobody has to do anything. Stop
	worrying. I'll take care of
	everything.

		TOM
	I don't want you to take care of
	anything.

Tom looks ill; he presses his hand to his forehead.

		WILLIE
	Tom, go on upstairs and get some
	rest, boy. Go on... go on... go on.

Tom walks slowly toward the stairs.

		WILLIE
	Sugar, help him... Mr. Hale, come on
	over and sit down. You sure you
	wouldn't care for a drink, Mr. Hale?

Hale sits down, shakes his head.

		WILLIE
	Hey, Tiny, go home. Go on, out of
	here... out of here. Go on.

Duffy leaves, disgruntled. Willie sits on a coffee table. He
pours himself another drink.

		WILLIE
	What business did you say you were
	in?

		HALE
	I didn't say.

		WILLIE
	What business are you in?

		HALE
	Trucking business.

		WILLIE
	Trucking business. Trucks run on
	state roads. If a man in the trucking
	business had a contract with the
	state, a big one, that would be pretty
	good, wouldn't it?
		(to Jack)
	Go on, Jack. Tell him what would
	happen.

Jack is silent.

		WILLIE
	Go on, tell him.

		HALE
	You're trying to bribe me, aren't
	you?

		WILLIE
	No, no. No, I'm not trying to bribe
	you. I'm... I'm only talking things
	over with you, that's all.

		HALE
	You're pretty good at talking. I
	remember when you first started
	talking. A place called Upton. You
	did a lot of talking then and the
	things you said made sense, to me
	and a lot of other people. I believed
	in you... I followed you... and I
	fought for you. Well, the words are
	still good. But you're not.
		(rises)
	And I don't believe you ever were.

He walks out of the room.

		WILLIE
		(after a pause)
	Sugar, follow him. Keep calling in.

Sugar goes, leaving just Jack and Willie. Willie, very drunk,
tries to get up but falls against the piano.

		WILLIE
		(yells)
	Lucy!... Lucy!

He staggers up the long stairway. Halfway up he tumbles,
groaning. Jack helps him to his feet.

		JACK
	I'd like Anne to see you now. I'd
	like Anne to see you now, you drunken
	sot!
		(drags him up the
		stairs)
	Come on.

							FADE OUT

FADE IN:

NEWSPAPER

Photograph of Helene Hale on front page. Headline reads:

GIRL CRASH VICTIM DIES

Under the photograph there is a caption:

FATHER MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARS AFTER BARING BRIBE OFFER BY
GOVERNOR STARK

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Governor's Mansion, Day

Willie, Jack, and Sugar Boy are accosted by a group of newsmen
as they come down the stairs.

		NEWSMEN
	What about the girl's father,
	Governor? Have you a statement to
	make?

		WILLIE
	All right, all right, gentlemen.
	I'll give you a statement. This whole
	thing is a mess of lies. It's a frame.
	The man that made that statement...
	have him repeat it to my face. He
	can't. He vanished. Let me ask you
	some questions. Where has he gone?
	Where is he?

		REPORTER
	Maybe you could answer those questions
	too, Governor.

Sugar Boy makes a move for the reporter but Willie holds him
back.

		WILLIE
	I won't dignify that question with
	an answer.

		ANOTHER REPORTER
	One more question, Governor... Where's
	your son?

		WILLIE
	At the football stadium, where he's
	supposed to be. He's going to play
	for State University, which this
	administration is responsible for.
	He's not hiding from anybody,
	gentlemen. He'll be out there in
	full view of seventy thousand cheering
	fans.
		(starts down the stairs)
	One of which will be me. See you,
	men.

He leaves, followed by Jack and Sugar Boy.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Football Field, Day

The game is in progress and the stands are packed. But there
is no cheering. Instead we hear boos, and shouts for Tom.

		CROWD VOICES
	Where's Stark? How about Tommy Stark?
	Hey, Willie, send your boy in.

Exterior: Willie's Box

Willie, Jack, Sugar Boy, and Lucy are in one box. Sadie and
Duffy sit in the adjoining one. Willie is standing up. The
crowd continues to heckle him.

		WILLIE
	Why don't they put him in!

		MAN
	Come on, Willie... send your boy in.

A drunk comes over to his box.

		DRUNK
	What's the matter, Willie... is your
	little boy ashamed to show his face?

		DUFFY
	Shut up!

Willie signals angrily to the police.

		WILLIE
	Get that man out of here! Come on,
	get him out of here.

The man is dragged away. The crowd boos, and Willie gets up
and leaves the box, followed by Jack.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Stadium Dressing Room, Day

Tom is sitting on one of the massage tables with a towel
around his shoulders as Willie and Jack come in. The sound
of the boos can still be heard.

		WILLIE
	They're booing you.

		TOM
		(holds his head)
	Ever since the accident, my head...

		WILLIE
	The doctor said it was nothing.

		TOM
	Get dizzy... can't see... dizzy...

		WILLIE
	You're scared... plain scared.

		TOM
		(looks up angrily)
	Get out of here!

		WILLIE
	Atta boy... get mad. Show some spirit.
	Jack, tell him what his playing means.
	Go on, tell him.

		JACK
	You can never tell about a head
	injury. Maybe the boy's hurt.

		WILLIE
	He's hurt? I'm hurt. It wasn't me
	that wrapped that car around the
	tree. It wasn't me that got drunk.
	But me, I'm takin' the rap.
		(softer, to Tom)
	Go on, kid. Get out there and play.
	Show 'em the kind of stuff a Stark
	is made of.

		TOM
		(coldly)
	I wouldn't know.

Enraged, Willie slaps him. Tom fights back, and Jack has to
pull them apart.

		JACK
	Tom... cut it out!

		TOM
		(breathing heavily)
	All right, I'll play. Now get out of
	here.

Camera holds on Tom as Jack and Willie leave. He picks up
his uniform, stops, then rubs his head.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Football Stadium, Day

Tom is on the field. He runs up to the coach.

		P.A. ANNOUNCER
	Stark's going in!

The boos turn to cheers. The crowd applauds.

Willie signals from his box to the coach. He wants Tom sent
in. Tom runs out on the field and joins the team. The players
are lined up, in position to play. Tom shakes his head, as
if trying to clear it.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Football Stadium, Time Lapse

The crowd yells excitedly. Tom, looking weary, gets the ball
and runs with it downfield. Three players tackle him hard
and fall on him. A silence falls over the stadium as he fails
to get up with the others.

In Willie's box, everyone is standing.

		LUCY
	Tommy... Tommy... Tommy!

Willie rushes out onto the field and kneels beside Tom as
the doctor and stretcher bearers arrive.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Hospital Waiting Room, Night

Lucy and Willie are waiting for news about Tom. Sugar Boy
comes in with a paper bag and sets it on a table.

		SUGAR BOY
	B-b-boss, you gotta eat. You g-g-
	gotta.

Willie motions him away.

		WILLIE
	I'm the one that made him play. I
	sent him in.

		LUCY
	Sit down, Willie. Please sit down.

		WILLIE
	I sent him in.

		LUCY
	What difference does that make now?

Jack comes in.

		WILLIE
	What goes on?

		JACK
	There isn't a plane flying.

		WILLIE
	They gotta fly. This is my son. He's
	got to live.

Adam Stanton enters.

		STANTON
	I just got a call from Dr. Birnham.
	The earliest he can possibly get
	here will be tomorrow morning.

		WILLIE
	Isn't there anybody else we can get?

		JACK
	I still think Dr. Stanton should
	operate.

		STANTON
	That's up to Governor Stark. He wanted
	another doctor... a specialist. I
	sent for one.

		WILLIE
	How bad is it really, doctor?

		STANTON
	He's unconscious... and paralyzed.

Lucy slumps in her chair.

		WILLIE
	Has he got a chance?

		STANTON
	To live? Yes.

		WILLIE
	What do you mean?

		STANTON
	Even if the operation's successful --
	that is, if he lives -- I think he'll
	be paralyzed for life.

		WILLIE
	You'll do everything you can, won't
	you? Anything between you and me..
	that won't count, will it? It doesn't
	have to. Look, doc, anything you
	want in the world you just ask for
	it and you got it. Go on, doc... ask
	for it.

		STANTON
		(coldly)
	There are some things, Governor Stark,
	that even you can't buy. Do you want
	me to operate, or don't you?

		LUCY
	Yes... I want you to operate.
		(stands up)
	Please, may I see Tom now?

		STANTON
	Yes.

They leave together.

		WILLIE
		(to Jack)
	How much does the doc know?

		JACK
	About what?

		WILLIE
	Oh, you know what I'm talking about.

		JACK
	About what?

		WILLIE
	About Anne and me.

		JACK
		(after a pause)
	He doesn't know a thing... not a
	thing.

Jack turns and walks away.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Hospital, Night

Anne has been waiting outside the hospital. She turns to
Jack as he comes out the door.

		ANNE
	Jack, how is he?

		JACK
	The boy?

		ANNE
	Yes.

		JACK
	He'll live.

		ANNE
	Oh, thank God. How is --

		JACK
	Willie?

		ANNE
	He blames himself, doesn't he?

		JACK
		(as he walks down the
		street)
	He'll find someone else to blame in
	a few days.

		ANNE
		(following him)
	Oh, I tried to call here at the
	hospital, but I just...

They walk together, along the waterfront.

		JACK
	Anne... Anne, why did you do it?

		ANNE
	He wasn't like anybody I ever knew
	before.

		JACK
	You mean he wasn't like me.

		ANNE
	He wasn't like anybody I ever knew
	before. I love him, I guess. I guess
	that's the reason.

		JACK
	Everybody loves him.

		ANNE
	He wants to marry me.

		JACK
	Are you going to?

		ANNE
	Not now. It would hurt him. A divorce
	would hurt his career.

		JACK
	His career!

		ANNE
	Jack... Jack, what are you going to
	do? You can't leave him now. He needs
	you now more than he ever did before.

		JACK
	What Willie needs, Willie's got.

		ANNE
	You don't know him. You've known him
	all these years and you don't really
	know him at all.

		JACK
	What about Adam?

		ANNE
	Adam?

		JACK
	Well, you don't have to worry about
	him. If Adam finds out it'll be easy
	to prove a Stanton is no different
	than anybody else.
		(gives her the papers
		on the Judge)
	Just show him these. Willie was
	right... a man is conceived in sin
	and born in corruption. Even Judge
	Stanton. Show them to him, Anne.
	Change the picture of the world that
	Adam has in his head, just like our
	picture of it has been changed.

He grips her by the shoulders.

		JACK
	Wipe out everything he's ever believed
	in. It'll be good for him. There's
	no God but Willie Stark. I'm his
	prophet and you're his...
		(pushes her aside,
		then feels sorry and
		walks after her)
	Oh, Anne... Anne, I'm sorry. I didn't
	mean... Anne!

A policeman comes over.

		POLICEMAN
	What's going on here?

Jack catches up to Anne. He takes her arm and they start to
walk back together.

		JACK
	It's all right, officer... we both
	work for Willie Stark.

							FADE OUT

FADE IN:

Exterior: Hospital Site, Day

Willie, Anne, Adam, and Jack inspect a construction site.
There are newsmen and photographers present.

		WILLIE
		(to Adam)
	Right over there, that's going to be
	the main building... fifteen stories
	high, like on the model. Over there,
	that's the laboratory. Finest
	technical equipment in the world.

		STANTON
	What are you trying to convince me
	of? I've taken the job.

		WILLIE
	Why?

		STANTON
	My reasons are my own. Why are you
	building a hospital?

		WILLIE
	To do some good for the people of
	the state.

		STANTON
	And get some votes.

		WILLIE
	Oh, there are lots of ways to get
	votes.

		STANTON
	Yes, I know... I won't stand for any
	interference.

		WILLIE
	I won't interfere. I may fire you,
	but I won't interfere.

		STANTON
	If that's a threat, you're wasting
	your time. You know what I think of
	your administration.

		WILLIE
	Yes, I know. I'll tell you what...
	You stay on your side of the fence;
	I'll stay on mine. Is that a deal?

They climb up onto the platform, where the newsmen gather
around to take pictures. Willie and Adam shake hands.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	Now he had us all... me, Anne, and
	Adam. Now we all worked for him.

							FADE OUT

FADE IN:

Interior: Projection Room, Day

Willie, Jack, and Sugar Boy are watching a newsreel, similar
in style to the March of Time newsreels. A producer, his
assistant, and two policemen are also in the room.

		NARRATOR'S VOICE
	And so the eyes of the entire nation
	are now focused upon Governor Willie
	Stark, an amazing phenomenon on the
	American political scene. The whole
	state is filled with his
	accomplishments -- each of them, of
	course, bearing his personal
	signature, to make sure that no one
	will ever forget who gave them to
	the state.

MONTAGE: THE NEWSREEL

Large plaque on side of the highway: THIS BRIDGE WAS BUILT
DURING THE FIRST ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR STARK. A TOLL
BRIDGE STOOD HERE FOR FIFTY YEARS... NOW THE PEOPLE TRAVEL
FREE

Camera pans to shot of the bridge.

Plaque over college entrance: STARK COLLEGE... THAT EVERY
MAN, WOMAN, OR CHILD, RICH OR POOR, SHALL HAVE AN EDUCATION...
WILLIE STARK

Shot of library -- lettering reads WILLIE STARK LIBRARY.
KNOWLEDGE BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE Shot of bad road running
through dry, barren land.

		NARRATOR'S VOICE
	This is the way the roads used to
	be. But there are those who claim
	that they were adequate for the
	people's needs, that you don't need
	a four- or six-lane highway for a
	horse and buggy.

Shot of horse pulling a plow.

The empty, untraversed STARK HIGHWAY.

		NARRATOR'S VOICE
	When Stark boasts of his great school
	system, his critics say: you can't
	go to school and work in the fields
	at the same time. And they question
	the benefit of these projects,
	charging that the need and the poverty
	of the people is as great as before.

Shot of large school. Camera cuts to men working in the field,
then to ramshackle barn, and to a farmer walking across his
rotted cornfield.

		NARRATOR'S VOICE
	Willie Stark has never forgotten the
	source of his power: the people who
	supported him.

Willie talking to the farmers.

		NARRATOR'S VOICE
	He still keeps in touch with these
	people of the backwoods, making
	periodic trips to such places as
	Kanoma City, now famous as his
	birthplace...

Willie's official car and escort speeding through a street.
Sign reads: KANOMA CITY, BIRTHPLACE OF WILLIE STARK

Shot of Willie having his picture taken with Lucy and Pappy
on the porch of the old farm.

Willie mending the fence on the farm. Willie feeding the
pigs.

		NARRATOR'S VOICE
	For those who say that Willie Stark
	is a man of destiny, there are others
	who claim that he is a man of evil,
	a man who cares neither for the people
	nor the state, but only for his own
	personal power and ambition.

Willie making a speech to a huge crowd of cheering people.

Willie inspecting his police force.

Willie pounding the desk in the state legislature.

		NARRATOR'S VOICE
	Obviously, these ambitions go far
	beyond the boundaries of the state.
	Just how far, only time will tell.
	Meanwhile, he is here...

Big close-up of Willie as he delivers a speech.

		NARRATOR'S VOICE
	...and from the looks of things, he
	is here to stay. Willie Stark: messiah
	or dictator?

The picture goes off and the lights in the room come on.

		PRODUCER
	How do you like it, Governor?

Willie stands and faces the producer.

		WILLIE
	How many theaters will this play in?

		PRODUCER
	All over the country.

		WILLIE
	Hear that, Jack. All over the country.

They start to leave. Willie stops for a moment.

		WILLIE
	Oh, there's one thing in there I
	didn't like too well. That messiah
	or dictator.

		PRODUCER
	That's our point of view, Governor.
	And that's the way it stands.

There is a silence. Willie's face is hard. Then he grins.

		WILLIE
	All right, all right, that's the way
	it stands... as of now.

							FADE OUT

FADE IN:

NEWSPAPER HEADLINE

STARK BEGINS RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN
STATEWIDE TOUR STARTS WITH VISIT TO KANOMA CITY

						DISSOLVE TO:

EXTERIOR: STARK FARMHOUSE, DAY

Tom and Pappy Stark are seated on the porch. Tom is in a
wheelchair. Lucy comes onto the porch as the sound of sirens
is heard, and Willie's two cars, motorcycle escort, and the
car of reporters turn onto the drive. Tom, upset, flips his
cigarette away as the cars stop in front of the porch. Lucy
puts her hand on his shoulder to calm him. Then Willie climbs
up the steps to greet Lucy.

		WILLIE
	Hello, Lucy... How are you making
	it, Pa?... How are you, Tom?

Tom doesn't answer. Lucy offers her cheek to Willie. Sadie,
Jack, and Sugar Boy wait at the bottom of the steps, along
with the reporters.

		LUCY
	I made some refreshments for your
	friends. I'll get them.

		SADIE
	I'll help.

		LUCY
		(firmly)
	No, thank you. Thank you kindly.

		JACK
	If you don't mind, Mrs. Stark... the
	boys have to get back to make the
	morning editions.
		(to photographers)
	Set 'em up on the porch, fellows.
	We'll take some pictures out here,
	first.

He starts arranging the family for the picture.

		JACK
	Mrs. Stark, please... All right,
	fellows, take one down there, will
	you please... Shoot it up this way.

The cameras click.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Stark Farmhouse, Night

Willie is finishing his meal, seated at the table with his
family and Jack. Sugar Boy stands behind Willie. Sadie has
left the table and is examining the room.

		WILLIE
		(on the last bite)
	You're still a great cook, Lucy.
	Great cook.
		(gets up)
	Well, I guess I better be getting
	back to town. Nice to have spent the
	day with the family.
		(kisses Lucy on the
		forehead)
	Goodbye, Lucy.
		(extends his hand to
		Tom)
	Tom.

		TOM
		(ignores the gesture)
	Goodbye.

		WILLIE
	Take care of yourself, Pappy. Oh,
	uh... how do you like the new radio
	I got you?
		(walks over to it)
	You know how it works? You can get
	police calls on it. Come here, come
	here... I'll show you.

Pappy leans over as Willie demonstrates how it works.

		WILLIE
	This one for police calls up here.

He turns the dial.

		POLICE BROADCAST
	Car sixty-two, proceed to five-
	eighteen Oak Street. Tom Jones beating
	his wife again.

Pappy laughs delightedly. He reaches out to turn the dial.

		WILLIE
	All right, go ahead, go ahead.

		ANNOUNCER'S VOICE
	We interrupt this program to bring
	you a special announcement. This
	afternoon, the body of Richard Hale,
	father of the girl who died in the
	automobile accident involving the
	governor's son, was found. A medical
	examination revealed he was beaten
	to death.

Tom starts to wheel toward Willie, but Lucy restrains him.

		ANNOUNCER'S VOICE
	The ugly charge of "official murder"
	has been hurled at the administration
	by a coalition of Stark's opponents,
	led by Judge Stanton, lately an
	outspoken critic of the
	administration.

		WILLIE
		(to Jack)
	Your friend, the Judge.

		ANNOUNCER'S VOICE
	Thus an almost forgotten incident
	provided the spark that might set
	off the explosion needed to rock
	Willie Stark out of power. The latest
	report is that impeachment proceedings
	may be instituted...

Willie turns off the radio. There is a silence. Then Willie
turns to Lucy.

		WILLIE
	How long will it take you to pack? I
	want you to go back to Capital City
	with me tonight.

		LUCY
	Why?

		WILLIE
	Because I need you.

		TOM
	What for?

		WILLIE
		(still speaking to
		Lucy)
	I'll explain all of that later. Now,
	Lucy, do like I say.

		JACK
	I'll wait outside.

		WILLIE
	You stay right here, Jack. I want
	you bear witness to what I've got to
	say.

		LUCY
		(indicating Sadie)
	She can be a witness too.

		SADIE
		(starting toward the
		door)
	I'm going back to the capital and
	get hold of Duffy.

		WILLIE
	You stay right here, Sadie.

		SADIE
	Somebody's got to go back to the
	capital. I'll go in the other car.

		WILLIE
	All right, then tell Duffy not to do
	anything or say anything until I get
	there.

		SADIE
	Yes, Governor.

She leaves.

		TOM
	Now he needs us. Now that he's in
	trouble he needs us, so he can lead
	us around like monkeys with rings in
	our noses. So he can say to people,
	look at me, feel sorry for me...
	just a family man with a wife and a
	crippled son...

		WILLIE
		(shouts)
	Shut up!

		LUCY
	Willie!

		TOM
	Why don't you leave us alone?

Tom wheels himself into his own room. Lucy starts to follow.

		WILLIE
	Leave him alone. How many scrapes
	have I gotten him out of? How many
	girls?

		LUCY
	Willie, stop.

		WILLIE
	It's not him they're after. It's me.
	How many halfwitted apes do you think
	I'm going to have to pay to square
	this one? What do you think this is
	going to cost me?

		LUCY
	What do you think it cost him?

Suddenly Willie turns his face away.

		WILLIE
		(in a broken voice)
	A man builds for his son. That's all
	he builds for.

		LUCY
	Willie!
		(turns and goes into
		Tom's room)
	Tom... Tom.

Willie looks up at Jack and Pappy.

		WILLIE
	Give me a drink, Jack.

Jack hands him a bottle and he takes a slug.

		WILLIE
	She'll go.

Pappy shakes his head.

		PAPPY
	No good, Willie. No good.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Stark Farmhouse, Night

Pappy stays behind on the porch as Tom is carried in his
wheelchair down the steps and into Willie's car. Lucy follows.
The motorcycle escort leads them away from the farm.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Highway, Night

As the cars speed to Capital City.

Interior: State Legislature, Night

There is great excitement in the assembly room. One senator
steps forward and addresses the speaker of the house.

		SENATOR
	Mr. Speaker, I offer a house
	resolution. Whereas Willie Stark,
	governor of this state, has been
	guilty of incompetence, corruption,
	and favoritism in office -- yes, and
	other high crimes -- that he is hereby
	impeached, and ordered to be tried
	by the senate.

His resolution is met with a mixture of cheers and boos.

Exterior: State Capitol, Night

A huge crowd is gathered outside. Pillsbury, Sadie, and Duffy,
waiting with the crowd, step forward as they see Willie's
car approach. Newsmen take pictures as Willie gets out of
the car.

		WILLIE
		(as he meets Duffy)
	What's the score?

		DUFFY
	They're lined up against you solid.
	They had a meeting.

		WILLIE
	How do you know? Were you there?

		DUFFY
	Me? What would I be doing there?

		WILLIE
	Selling me out.

He starts up the steps of the building.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Willie's Executive Offices, Night

		WILLIE
	How many votes have we got?

		SADIE
		(going through some
		files)
	Eleven.

		WILLIE
	We need twenty.

		DUFFY
	We might be able to dig up a few
	more.

		WILLIE
	Yeah. Do you know how?

		DUFFY
	No.

Willie turns to Jack.

		WILLIE
	Oh, Jack. Come here. What have you
	got in your black book about that
	old friend of yours?

		JACK
	Who do you mean?

		WILLIE
	You know who I'm talking about...
	your old friend, the Judge.

		JACK
	If and when you need it.

		WILLIE
	If and when? I need it right now.
	He's got four senators wrapped up in
	his hip pocket. Come on, come on,
	boy... what have you got?

		JACK
	I'm going to give him a break. If he
	can prove it isn't true, I won't
	spill it.

		WILLIE
	I ought to bust you, Jack.

		JACK
	I promised two people I'd do it this
	way.

		WILLIE
	Who are they?

		JACK
	Myself... and someone else. It doesn't
	matter who. I'm going to give him a
	break.

		WILLIE
	All right, give him a break. But if
	you got the facts, you got the facts.
	The truth is sufficient... just like
	it says in the Bible.

		JACK
	That's the way it's going to be.

		WILLIE
	All right, boy... I'll trust you.
	Where are you going?

		JACK
		(on his way out)
	I'll be around.

Willie turns to go into his private office.

		SADIE
	Who else do you think he promised,
	Willie?

Willie shrugs.

		SADIE
	You'd be smart... play square with
	him. You're going to need people
	like us around.

		WILLIE
		(as he shuts his door)
	Are you sure?

						DISSOLVE TO:

MONTAGE: THE IMPEACHMENT

Willie's car speeding down a road.

Willie, with Lucy and Tom seated behind him, addressing crowd.

Willie speaking from the back of a train to a railroad station
audience.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	The chips were down, and Willie knew
	it. He was fighting for his life. He
	roared across the state making one
	speech after another. And all of
	them added up to the same thing...
	"It's not me they're after, it's
	you!"

Close-ups of Willie, speaking to the people.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	Willie hollered foul. Willie knew if
	you hollered long enough, hard enough,
	and loud enough, people begin to
	believe you. Just in case they didn't,
	he organized spontaneous
	demonstrations.

Sign on back of a car: FIGHT WITH WILLIE

Crowds carrying signs: WIN WITH WILLIE

Willie talking on the telephone. Sadie listens.

		WILLIE
	Tell the boys to get the hicks out.
	Bring 'em in from the sticks, empty
	the pool halls. Turn 'em out. Turn
	the yokels out.

More men with WIN WITH WILLIE signs. Man directing crowd
from top of bus. Other bus loads of people are seen, all of
them bearing signs.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	In case anyone hollered back, he
	organized spontaneous slugging. Willie
	pulled every trick he ever knew --
	and added a few more.

Crowd looks on as two uniformed police drag a man away.
Willie's car waiting. Two thugs talk things over with a man
on his doorstep.

Willie discussing matters with a man in his office. Two cops
stand with him.

Willie and Jack in the car. Sugar Boy drives. It is night.
Sugar Boy drives fast, and has to swerve to avoid colliding
with a truck.

		JACK
	Hey, Sugar!
		(To Willie)
	You'll never live to be impeached!

		WILLIE
	Boy, I'll live to be President...

Jack and Sugar wait in the car as Willie leans out the car
window to talk to a senator. He offers the man a piece of
paper.

		WILLIE
	I've got fourteen senators to vote
	against impeachment. If I win, you're
	out of politics.

		SENATOR
		(refuses to sign)
	I'll do whatever the Judge says.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Highway, Night

Willie's car, as it races down the highway.

		JACK
		(voice over)
	And always the trail led to one
	place... Burden's Landing... and the
	Judge.

Exterior: Ferry to Burden's Landing, Night

Willie's car coming across on the ferry.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Stanton Home, Night

As Willie's car stops and they all get out.

		WILLIE
	You sure you don't want me to go in
	with you?

		JACK
	I'm sure.

		WILLIE
	Well, hurry it up, boy. We've got
	places to go.

Jack goes into the house alone.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Interior: Judge Stanton's Study, Night

Jack and the Judge are seated opposite each other.

		JACK
	Judge, I beg you, as a favor to
	yourself, to me... call up, release
	your votes.

		JUDGE
	I made a mistake once, Jack... when
	I resigned. It was too easy then,
	just resigning, pulling out. No,
	Jack, I've made my choice. I have
	nothing more to lose.

		JACK
	Judge, you know what Stark is capable
	of. Think it over. I'll leave now.
	I'll come back tomorrow and we'll
	talk about it again. You can give me
	your answer then.

The door opens and Willie and Sugar Boy enter.

		WILLIE
	I can't wait until tomorrow. I'm a
	very impatient man.

		JACK
		(rising)
	I told you not to come in here.

		WILLIE
		(ignoring him)
	Is it true, Judge, that you're behind
	the impeachment proceedings?

		JUDGE
	Yes, it's true.

Willie takes a seat in an easy chair.

		WILLIE
	I wanted to hear you say it with
	your own silver tongue.

		JUDGE
	Well, you've heard it. If that's all
	you came to hear you could have saved
	yourself a trip.

Willie picks up a decanter off the table.

		WILLIE
	Mind if I pour myself a drink? How
	about you, Judge, will you have one?
	You better... You're going to need
	it.

Jack and Judge Stanton remain standing, silently watching
Willie.

		WILLIE
	What'd he say, Jack?

		JACK
	You'll get your answer tomorrow.

		WILLIE
	Are you kidding? Did you show it to
	him, or didn't you?

		JUDGE
	Show me what?

		WILLIE
	That's what I figured. Let's get
	down to cases, Judge. Do you remember
	a man with the name of Littlepaugh?

The Judge shakes his head. He doesn't.

		WILLIE
	Remember the Fortune Electric Company?

		JUDGE
	Of course. I was their counsel for
	over ten years.

		WILLIE
	Remember how you got the job?

		JACK
	How did you find out?

		WILLIE
		(hands the Judge some
		papers)
	Do you remember how you got the job?

The Judge examines the papers.

		WILLIE
	You know, Judge, dirt's a funny thing.
	Some of it rubs off on everybody.
	How did you get the job, Judge?
	Blackmail?

		JUDGE
		(to Jack)
	I swear I never even remembered his
	name. Isn't that remarkable, Jack? I
	never even remembered his name. It's
	all so long ago it's hard for me to
	realize it ever happened.

		WILLIE
	Yeah. But it did.

		JUDGE
	Yes, it did. But it's difficult for
	me to realize it.

		JACK
	For me too, Judge.

		JUDGE
	Thanks for that much.

		WILLIE
	Well, I guess you know what the next
	move is, don't you?

		JUDGE
	Yes, I do. Jack Burden. Willie Stark's
	hatchet man.

		JACK
		(to Willie)
	I asked you... how did you find out?

		JUDGE
	This would never stand at law, not
	for a minute. It happened over twenty-
	five years ago, and you could never
	get any testimony. Everybody is dead.

		WILLIE
	Everybody except you, Judge. You're
	alive. And people think you're a
	certain kind of man. And you just
	couldn't bear for people to think
	otherwise.

		JUDGE
	Ever since then I... I've done my
	duty. I... I'm responsible for many
	good things.
		(looks at the papers
		again)
	But I also did this.

		WILLIE
	Yes, yes, you did.

		JACK
	Judge, I beg of you, call and release
	your votes, for your sake.

		JUDGE
	You have tender sensibilities for a
	hatchet man.
		(goes to the door)
	Good night, gentlemen.

		WILLIE
	How about my answer?

		JUDGE
	You'll have it in the morning.

		WILLIE
	I want it tonight.

		JUDGE
	In the morning. Good night, gentlemen.

There is silence. Then the three men get up to go. The Judge
closes the door behind them.

Interior: Stanton Hallway, Night

As the three men walk to the front door.

		JACK
	How did you find out?

		WILLIE
	We've got a lot to do. It's getting
	late, Jack. Let's get back to town.

		JACK
	You know we're through, don't you?

		WILLIE
	Aw, you don't mean that, boy.

The front door opens, and Adam and Anne come in.

		STANTON
	What are you doing here?

		WILLIE
	It's all right, doc. Just here to
	discuss some politics with the Judge.

		STANTON
	Oh, I see.
		(starts upstairs)
	Well, good night.

		WILLIE
	Good night.

		JACK
		(to Anne)
	Did you give him --

		WILLIE
	Wait a minute, Jack --

		JACK
	Answer me. Did you give --

A shot is fired. They turn and rush into the Judge's study.
They find the Judge face downward in his leather chair. Adam
and Jack kneel beside him. Willie, holding on tightly to
Anne's arm, stands in the doorway. Jack picks up the Judge's
pistol and looks at Adam.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: Stanton Home, Night

Jack comes out of the house, followed by Anne and Adam.

		STANTON
	Aren't you going back with him?

		JACK
	No.

		STANTON
	Why not? You belong with him. Jack,
	how could you have done it? When
	Anne brought me those papers she
	told me you promised not to tell
	Stark until...

		JACK
	Yeah. I know.
		(walks away)
	Well, I kept my promise.

Adam looks unbelievingly at Anne. She looks away.

		STANTON
	Anne? Anne?

							FADE OUT

FADE IN:

Interior: Jack's Hotel Room (State Capital), Day

Jack looks out the window. A portable radio is blaring out
the news.

		ANNOUNCER'S VOICE
	From all over the state they're
	streaming in. From the hill country
	and farms, the lumber camps... by
	boat, by train, by horse, and on
	foot. Willie Stark's army.

Through Jack's window we see the street blocked with cars
and people, all headed for the State Capitol Building. Anne
is in the crowd, trying to get across the street. Seeing
Jack in the window, she pushes her way across and enters the
hotel. He slams the window shut and comes back into the room.

		ANNOUNCER'S VOICE
	The state capital is filled with
	rumors, one of which is that Stark
	is planning to seize power by force.
	As commander of the state militia,
	he has --

Jack turns it off. He goes over to his bed and starts putting
clothes into a valise. There is a knock on the door. He
ignores it. Another knock.

		JACK
	Come in. The door's open.

Anne enters.

		ANNE
	Jack...

		JACK
	What do you want?

She starts to cry. He grabs her, pulling her face close to
his.

		JACK
		(bitterly)
	No, I want to see you cry.

He lets her go and she falls to the bed, sobbing.

		JACK
	Stop it!

		ANNE
	I called you. All afternoon I've
	been calling you.

		JACK
	I know. I was here.

		ANNE
	You've got to tell Adam. You've got
	to see him.

		JACK
	Tell him what?

		ANNE
	He knows about me and...

		JACK
	About you and Willie?

		ANNE
		(nods)
	I tried to explain to him. I... I
	tried to explain to him that it wasn't
	the way he thought it was.

		JACK
	How was it, Anne? You tell me.

		ANNE
	He hit me, Jack. My own brother...
	he hit me.

		JACK
	Your brother is an old-fashioned
	man. He believes in his sister's
	honor. Me, I'm a modern man.
		(slams clothes into
		the valise)
	The twentieth-century type. I run.

		ANNE
		(rises)
	I'm frightened, Jack.

		JACK
	For who? Your brother, or Willie?

		ANNE
		(quietly)
	We're through.

		JACK
	Who's through with who?

		ANNE
	He called me this afternoon. He's
	going back to Lucy. He said it was
	better that way.

		JACK
	Better for who? Him.

		ANNE
	Both of us.

		JACK
	Did he tell you that too when he
	asked you to betray the Judge? At
	least I walked out on him.

		ANNE
	Oh Jack... help me, please, please.
	Adam's all I've got left now. Oh,
	Jack, if you ever loved me...

		JACK
	If I ever loved you.
		(pause)
	I'll go find Adam.

He takes up his coat.

						DISSOLVE TO:

EXTERIOR: HOSPITAL SITE, DAY

A large billboard. It reads HERE ON THIS SITE WILL BE ERECTED
THE GOVERNOR STARK HOSPITAL -- TO HEAL SICKNESS -- TO EASE
PAIN -- FREE. NOT AS A CHARITY BUT AS A RIGHT. WILLIE STARK

Adam enters, looks at the sign, and walks on.

Exterior: Street Near Capitol Building, Day

Crowds of people headed toward the building, some with WIN
WITH WILLIE signs. A marching band plays music for them.

Exterior: Capitol Building, Day

Crowd waiting outside the building. Mounted policemen keep
them in line. From a large platform, loaded with people,
comes the chant "We want Willie, we want Willie." Jack pushes
his way through the people and speaks to a policeman standing
guard on the Capitol steps.

		COP
	Where do you think you're going?
		(recognizes Jack)
	Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't recognize
	you.

		JACK
	Do you know who Dr. Stanton is?

		COP
	Yes sir.

		JACK
	Did he try to come through here today?

		COP
	Haven't seen him, sir.

		JACK
	Well, can you check the other
	entrances?

		2ND COP
	There's no other entrances today.
	The other entrances are blocked off.
	Orders are to take no chances.

		COP
	If you care to come inside and wait,
	Mr. Burden, we can find you a seat.

		JACK
	No, thanks. I'll wait out here. If
	Dr. Stanton shows up, let me know.
	Pass the word along to the boys,
	will you?

		COP
	Yes sir.

Jack turns and looks at the large crowd. A voice from a public
address loudspeaker begins to yell out commands to the crowd.

		LOUDSPEAKER
	All right now. Everybody... that
	means everybody... let's let Willie
	know we're here! All together: WE
	WANT WILLIE. WE WANT WILLIE.

The chant is picked up enthusiastically by the crowd.

Interior: State Legislature, Day

The speaker is trying to speak over the clamor of the
chanting.

		SPEAKER
	We will first proceed to take the
	judgment of the senate on the question
	of the impeachment of the governor.

		SENATOR
		(rising)
	Mr. Speaker, this is a farce to ask
	us to vote in the face of the kind
	of intimidation and pressure that
	has been exerted here in the past
	few weeks. Even that crowd outside,
	yelling on cue, is part of that
	pressure.

		CROWD NOISE
	We want Willie. We want Willie.

Willie gets up, and goes to the window.

Exterior: State Capitol, Day

The crowd, with Jack in the foreground. The crowd suddenly
goes wild as they see Willie appear at the window. In the
growing darkness he seems only a shadowy figure as he raises
his hands to wave to the crowd.

We see various shots of people straining to get a little
closer to the steps in order to see him better. Willie then
turns and goes back into the room.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: State Capitol, Day

The crowd again, still waiting. The camera pans upward to a
loudspeaker.

		ANNOUNCER
	Attention, please. Attention, please.
	This is a special announcement from
	Willie Stark to you people out there.
	He doesn't want any one of you to
	leave...

The camera moves over the faces of the people listening.

		ANNOUNCER
	He wants you to stay in front of
	this state Capitol until the fight
	is over. If you want Willie Stark to
	win, stay where you are.

They cheer. Camera picks up Jack watching the crowd's
reaction, then up to a plaque over the entrance to the Capitol
Building. It reads THE PEOPLE'S WILL IS THE LAW OF THIS STATE --
GOVERNOR STARK.

		ANNOUNCER
	Do you hear me... stay where you
	are. Don't go away. Stay where you
	are. Don't go away.

						DISSOLVE TO:

Exterior: State Capitol, Night

Newsmen, photographers stand about, bored. The crowd, every
bit as large, is quiet but expectant. Everyone holds still
as the announcer's voice is heard again.

		ANNOUNCER
	Attention, please. Attention, please.
	The balloting on the impeachment
	proceedings against Governor Stark
	has just ended. This is the result:
	Willie Stark has won.

The crowd explodes. People break through the police barriers.
Mounted policemen ride in quickly to prevent a riot. Camera
picks up Anne in the crowd, trying to push through.

Jack stands on the steps of the Capitol, watching it all.
Suddenly Willie appears at the top of the steps, followed by
Sugar Boy. Sadie, Duffy, Pillsbury follow close behind. Willie
grabs hold of the mike and addresses the suddenly hushed
crowd.

		WILLIE
	They tried to ruin me. But they are
	ruined. They tried to ruin me because
	they did not like what I have done.
	Do you like what I have done?

Loud applause, and cries of "yes."

		WILLIE
	Remember, it's not I who have won,
	but you. Your will is my strength,
	and your need is my justice, and I
	shall live in your right and your
	will. And if any man tries to stop
	me from fulfilling that right and
	that will, I'll break him. I'll break
	him with my bare hands. For I have
	the strength of many.

Having finished, he waves at them all. Then he notices Jack
and comes down the steps to greet him.

		WILLIE
	Hello, Jack boy, I'm glad you're
	here. I knew you'd come back.

He walks back up the steps, his arm around Jack's shoulders.
They start to go into the building that way when Willie sees
someone. He smiles and puts out his hand.

		WILLIE
	Oh, doctor, I'm very glad to see
	you.

Adam is seen, waiting at the entrance of the building. Before
Willie has taken a step Adam fires several shots into him.
Willie falls to the ground and Sugar Boy whips out his pistol
and fires at Adam. Three policemen with tommy guns open fire,
shooting into Adam's already fallen body. Then they turn and
point their guns at the mob of people rushing toward Willie,
forcing them back.

		COP
	Stand back, everybody. Stand back.

Sugar Boy kneels beside Willie. Sadie stands against a pillar,
looking down on him.

		SUGAR BOY
		(nearly crying)
	D-does it hurt m-much, boss? D-d-
	does it hurt much?

Jack looks up to see Anne struggling through the screaming
mob to get to Adam. She looks at Adam for a moment, then
turns away.

		JACK
	Anne, Anne... Where are you going?

She doesn't answer, only walks away. He runs after her and
catches hold of her arm.

		ANNE
	I don't know. Leave me alone.

		JACK
	To do what?

		ANNE
	I don't care.

		JACK
	No, that's too easy.

		ANNE
	I don't know, I don't know, I don't
	know.

		JACK
	I do.

		ANNE
	Leave me alone, please.

		JACK
	No, no more.

		ANNE
	He's dead.

		JACK
	We're alive.

		ANNE
	My brother's dead.

		JACK
	We've got to go on living.

		ANNE
	How?

		JACK
	So that Adam's death has meaning, so
	that it wasn't wasted. Anne, our
	life has to give his death meaning.
	Don't you see that? Look at those
	people...

He turns her around so that she can see the crowds still
struggling to get a look at Willie.

		JACK
	Look at them! They still believe in
	him. And we've got to make them see
	Willie the way Adam saw him, or
	there's no meaning in anything...
	anything.

A policeman approaches.

		POLICEMAN
	Mr. Burden... the governor's asking
	for you. You better hurry. He's going
	fast.

		JACK
		(to Anne)
	Will you wait here?

No reply.

		JACK
	Will you wait here?

She nods her head slowly. Jack walks through the building to
the pillar against which Willie has been propped. Sugar Boy
is still beside him. He stands behind Sadie and Duffy, looking
down at Willie.

		WILLIE
	It could have been the whole world,
	Willie Stark. The whole world...
	Willie Stark. Why did he do it to
	me... Willie Stark? Why?

His head droops to the side and he dies.

FADE OUT
THE END