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FLETCH
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FLETCH
SCRIPT PART 1 - Beginning of Movie (1) to Fletch in the records
room (59)
FLETCH
SCRIPT PART 2 - Gillett waits for Fletch (60) to Poon (80)
FLETCH
SCRIPT PART 3 - Cops after Gummy (81) to Jim Swarthout (114)
FLETCH
SCRIPT PART 4 - Finding the Deed (115) to Fletch almost gets
killed (148)
FLETCH
SCRIPT PART 5 - To Cabana 1 (149) to Underhill arrives to
collect(162)
FLETCH
SCRIPT PART 6 - Deed's a forgery(162-A) to Chased by the cops
(191-B)
FLETCH
SCRIPT PART 7 -Fred "the Dorf" Dorfman(192) to The
Mattress Police (219)
FLETCH
SCRIPT PART 8 -Meet Marvin and Velma (220) to Fletch breaks the
news (233)
FLETCH
SCRIPT PART 9 -Fletch on roller skates(234) to The police
arrive(260)
FLETCH SCRIPT
PART 10 - Don't call me Irwin (260-A) to The END
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FLETCH SCRIPT CONTINUED...
149
thru OMITTED
152
153 EXT. RAQUET CLUB
Fletch again appears in his tennis whites and walks familiarly toward the patio. Rich people are having lunch. Fletch stops the waiter.
FLETCH
Hi, where's Mrs. Stanwyk?
WAITER
In her cabana, sir.
FLETCH
Oh, that's right. She told me to meet her there.
That's cabana six?
WAITER
Cabana one.
FLETCH
One.
WAITER
Would you be caring for something to eat or drink, sir?
FLETCH
I would, actually.
WAITER
Charged to the Underhills, sir?
FLETCH
Right. Tell you what -- have you caviar?
WAITER
Yes, sir. Beluga. But it is eighty dollars the portion.
FLETCH
(whistles)
I'd better only get two. How about the lobster thermidor?
WAITER
I recommend it.
FLETCH
Fine. And a couple of bottles of Dom Perignon.
To cabana one.
WAITER
Very good, sir.
The waiter leaves. Fletch looks around, takes a deep breath.
FLETCH
This is just the nicest place.
154 OMITTED
and
155
156 EXT. CABANA ONE
A little Spanish bungalow-type affair. Old California money-style elegance. Fletch rings the bell.
MRS. STANWYK (V.O.)
Who is it?
FLETCH
It's John. John...
(forgets name)
Znhcneelsky.
MRS. STANWYK
John Ultramalensky?
She opens the door, clad only in a towel. A towel is wrapped around her head. She seems surprised, but not displeased, to see Fletch. She also seems a little at a loss for words.
FLETCH
Hi.
MRS. STANWYK
(finally)
Hi.
FLETCH
I was hoping you'd say that.
They have just shaken hands, and Fletch notices his hand is now sopping wet.
MRS. STANWYK
Uh...I'm just out of the shower.
FLETCH
Can I borrow your towel for a minute?
She laughs a nervous little laugh. There is a bit of sexual tension here.
MRS. STANWYK
I'm sorry, I'm just surprised to see you. I
didn't think...What do you want?
FLETCH
I ordered lunch.
MRS. STANWYK
You ordered it here?
FLETCH
Well, I knew this is where my mouth would be.
MRS. STANWYK
Down boy.
With a nervous glance in both directions, she lets him in and closes the door behind them.
157 INT. CABANA
They stand there for a few seconds looking at each other.
MRS. STANWYK
I really should change.
FLETCH
No, I think you should stay the same wonderful
person you are today.
MRS. STANWYK
I mean put clothes on.
FLETCH
Here, take mine.
He starts to take off his shirt. She is amused, and responds playfully, but firmly.
MRS. STANWYK
Stop that!
He does.
MRS. STANWYK
Have you gotten cuter since I last saw you?
FLETCH
Yes.
She stands there, looking around, trying to act as if her heartbeat weren't speeding up.
SFX: Knock at door.
FLETCH
Lunch....
MRS. STANWYK
God....
She goes sprinting into the bathroom.
FLETCH
Come on in.
The door opens. A second Waiter, Mexican, solemnly wheels in a cart bearing the goodies ordered by Fletch. The twin bottle of Dom Perignon juts from a silver ice bucket.
WAITER
You want I set up?
FLETCH
No thanks, I'll do it. Give yourself twenty dollars. Underhill.
WAITER
Muchas gracias.
FLETCH
Sierra del fuego.
The waiter bows, leaves, shuts the door. Mrs. Stanwyk scampers back in, gazes at the cart as Fletch takes a bottle of Dom Perignon and pops the cork.
MRS. STANWYK
All this goes on Underhill's bill?
FLETCH
(offering her a glass)
I saved his life during the war.
MRS. STANWYK
You were in the war?
FLETCH
No. He was. I got him out.
She laughs and sighs, knowing she's getting into something she probaly shouldn't.
MRS. STANWYK
I can't believe I'm doing this. Well, lets eat.
She tucks a napkin in her towel like a bib and sits at the table.
158 EXT. RAQUET CLUB - DAY
The Underhills have just been handed the bill run up by Fletch.
MR. UNDERHILL
Four hundred bucks for lunch???
WAITER
Your guest, sir.
MR. UNDERHILL
We have no guest here today.
(reading the bill)
Two bottles of Dom Perignon, hundred bucks a pop.
Jesus H. Christ! Where is he?
WAITER
I believe he's with Mrs. Stanwyk.
MRS. UNDERHILL
Gail Stanwyk. Tom, if he's with Gail Stanwyk ---
MR. UNDERHILL
I don't care who he's with! This is criminal.
MRS. UNDERHILL
Tom....
MR. UNDERHILL
She's where, cabana one?
WAITER
Yes sir.
Mr Underhill stalks off.
159 INT. CABANA - DAY
Fletch and Mrs. Stanwyk are having lunch. Fletch sings while he opens the champagne. She is looking at his back which is turned to her.
FLETCH
'I've been so many places
in my life and times.
I've sung a lot of songs,
I've made some bad rhymes....'
MRS. STANWYK
It's amazing.
FLETCH
'I've acted out my life on stages,
with ten thousand people watching....'
MRS. STANWYK
Your bone structure, shoulders, neck....
FLETCH
'But we're alone now,
and I'm singing this song for you.'
MRS. STANWYK
Just like Alan. It's freaky.
FLETCH
Can I ask you a question?
MRS. STANWYK
Depends on the question.
FLETCH
Are you still in love with Alan?
MRS. STANWYK
No.
(quickly)
I mean, 'no you can't ask me that.'
I mean, ask me something else.
FLETCH
Why'd you let me in?
MRS. STANWYK
Because I'm bored. Oh, that sounds terrible, doesn't it.
I'm sorry. If it makes you feel any better, I also let
you in because I'm hungry.
FLETCH
Thanks, I feel much better. Listen, if you're so bored,
why didn't you go to Utah with Alan?
MRS. STANWYK
Utah is not exactly a cure for boredom.
FLETCH
Good point.
MRS. STANWYK
Oh, listen to me. I've never even been there and look
what I say about it. Anyway, I know there'd be nothing
for me to do. I don't even know anybody there.
FLETCH
What about his parents?
MRS. STANWYK
He never sees them and I never met them.
FLETCH
How come?
SFX: Insistent knock at door.
Fletch and Mrs. Stanwyk freeze.
MRS. STANWYK
Yes?
MR. UNDERHILL
(V.O.)
Mrs. Stanwyk, I hate to disturb you.
Tom Underhill here...I'm a new member.
Fletch rises.
FLETCH
Thanks for the great time.
MRS. STANWYK
(sotto voice)
What is this?
FLETCH
Long story.
MR. UNDERHILL
(V.O.)
Apparently, someone of your acquaintance has
charged the most extraordinary lunch to my bill.
MRS. STANWYK
(hissing)
John!
Fletch starts pushing the lunch table towards the bathroom.
MRS. STANWYK
You don't know the Underhills?
MR. UNDERHILL
(V.O.)
I'd appreciate an opportunity to discuss
this with you.
MRS. STANWYK
I just stepped out of the shower!
Can you give me a minute?
MR. UNDERHILL
(V.O.)
Of course.
Mrs. Stanwyk follows Fletch into the bathroom.
160 INT BATHROOM
Fletch jams the cart into the bathroom.
FLETCH
Take one end.
Mrs. Stanwyk lifts one side of the cart. They lift it and put it up into the bathtub. There's a window in the bathroom. Fletch opens it.
FLETCH
I'll be leaving now, Mrs. Stanwyk.
MRS. STANWYK
I think you should call me Gail, now.
FLETCH
Gail. I hope this won't embarrass you in any way. I think
Underhill's a yutz, you won't have any trouble with him.
MRS. STANWYK
Why did you do it?
Fletch shrugs, smiles.
MRS. STANWYK
A four hundred dollar lunch tab!
FLETCH
Yeah.
MRS. STANWYK
I'll cover it. You have any other surprises?
FLETCH
(after a beat)
Yeah. My name's not John Ultramalensky and
I wasn't at your wedding.
She stares at him.
MRS. STANWYK
Who.
FLETCH
Irwin Fletcher. I write a newspaper column
under the name Jane Doe.
A long beat.
MRS. STANWYK
So?
FLETCH
So, your husband hired me to kill him.
That's the truth.
MRS. STANWYK
What are you talking about?
FLETCH
That's what I want to know.
161 EXT. CABANA
Mr. Underhill knocks again.
MR. UNDERHILL
Mrs. Stanwyk!
162 INT. BATHROOM
MRS. STANWYK
In a minute!
FLETCH
He told me he was dying of cancer.
Not True. That ranch you thought you
were paying for in Utah? Not true.
MRS. STANWYK
How do you know about that?
FLETCH
He's a bad guy, Mrs. Stanwyk. Gail.
I think he's involved in something
very big and very bad.
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