smoke break (walking into the darkness)

.

Union Station waiting room, Chicago: photo by Jack Delano, January 1943 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)

DISSOLVE TO:

180. EXT. HOBART ARMS - AT FRONT ENTRANCE - NIGHT

as Marlowe comes out, wearing a hat and trench-coat against

the rain which has begun to fall. He gets into his car and

drives off. As he does so, a second car, a dark convertible

seen indistinctly in the shadowy street, swings around the

corner behind him, slows, falters, then picks up speed,

following Marlowe.

181. EXT. LAVERNE TERRACE - NIGHT (RAIN)

as Marlowe drives slowly, cautiously toward Geiger's house.

The street is dark, deserted. Marlowe drives without

lights. He stops in the tree-shadows by the angle of

Geiger's hedge and slides quietly out of the car, keeping

close to the hedge. His gun gleams faintly in his hand.

182. EXT. LAVERNE TERRACE - NIGHT (RAIN)

A section of the road over which Marlowe has just come.

The dark convertible creeps along in the shadows, also

without lights. It is still impossible to see who is

driving.

183. EXT. GEIGER'S PLACE - NIGHT (RAIN)

as Marlowe makes his way like a stalking cat through the

garden, toward the front door. Nothing stirs. There is no

sound but the rain. Marlowe crosses the exposed bridge at

a crouching run.

Nothing happens. He pauses in the shadows by the front door,

then tries the knob. Silently the door swings open. He

waits, then darts swiftly inside.

184. EXT. LAVERNE TERRACE - NIGHT (RAIN)

The dark convertible, still shrouded in the heavy shadows

of the trees, parks quietly behind Marlowe's car across the

road.

185. INT. GEIGER'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM

Marlowe stands beside the door, which he has closed,

listening. He is only a shadow among shadows. The house

is utterly still. Marlowe, still cautious, crosses into

the rear part of the house, then returns.

MARLOWE

 

(laughing softly)

Okay, Eddie. I get it -- on the

way out.

He draws the heavy curtains quickly across the windows,

turns on the lights and sheds his hat and coat. The

packing box from Geiger's back room stands on the hearth-

rug. Marlowe bends over to look inside.

186. INSERT: THE PACKING BOX

filled with manila filing envelopes, ledgers, etc. On the

top of the stack is a folder labeled "Sternwood". It has

obviously been placed there on purpose.

187. INT. GEIGER'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM

Marlowe picks up the folder -- a KNOCK SOUNDS on the front

door. Marlowe reacts, dropping the folder, and raises his

gun. He moves quickly to turn out the lights, then stands

beside the door, flat against the wall.

MARLOWE

 

Yeah?

CARMEN'S VOICE

 

Phil -- let me in.

MARLOWE

 

(after a pause,

unlocking the door)

Come in fast and shut the door behind

you.

He retains his wary position while Carmen obeys. When he

is sure she's alone, he sighs, relocks the door and turns

on the lights. His face is beaded with sweat, his hand

shaking slightly. Carmen is lightly clad, without hat or

coat. Apparently she has left home in a hurry.

CARMEN

 

Did I scare you?

MARLOWE

 

(dryly)

No -- I was expecting visitors...

 

from:

"THE BIG SLEEP"

Screenplay

by

William Faulkner

Leigh Brackett

Jules Furthman

From the novel

by

Raymond Chandler

1944

 


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Union Station waiting room, Chicago: photo by Jack Delano, January 1943 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress)