Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

Elsa is revealed coming down the stairs toward Donovan and Vogel.

ELSA
We have no time to lose. Indiana Jones and his father have escaped.

EXT. ISKENDERUN STREET – DAY

Sallah drives his car through the crowded streets, Indy beside him and Henry in the back seat.

SALLAH

We go this way.

Sallah waves his arms and shouts to a CAMEL HERDER.

SALLAH

Get that camel out of the way!

INDY

What happened to Marcus, Sallah?

SALLAH

(overlapping)

Ah, they set out across the desert this afternoon. I believe they took Mister Brody with them.

Henry removes his hat and hits Indy with it.

HENRY

Now they have the map! And in this sort of race, there's no silver medal for finishing second.

EXT. DESERT VALLEY – DAY

Elsa and Donovan's party – consisting of a SUPPLY TRUCK, OPEN CAR, TURKISH SOLDIERS RIDING CAMELS, SPARE HORSES AND A TANK AND VARIOUS OTHER VEHICLES – all moving along through the ramble of this box canyon.

Elsa, Donovan and Vogel travel in the open car. The TANK is a vintage World War I model with enormous treads. The Turkish soldiers wear native dress and carry both carbines and sabers.

Brody sits alongside Elsa in the rear of the car carrying Donovan. Donovan hands a canteen back to him.

DONOVAN

Care to wet your whistle, Marcus?

BRODY

I'd rather spit in your face. But as I haven't got any spit...

Vogel snatches the canteen away from Brody before he can drink.

VOGEL

We must be within three or four miles. Otherwise we are off the map.

He hands the map to Elsa, drinks from the canteen, and hands that back to Donovan.

DONOVAN

Well, Marcus, we are on the brink of the recovery of the greatest artifact in the history of mankind.

BRODY

You're meddling with powers you cannot possibly comprehend.

Henry and Sallah are at Indy's side as he views Donovan's party in the distance. Parked nearby is a CAR containing all of their supplies.

INDY

Ah, I see Brody. He seems okay. They've got a tank. Six-pound gun.

Then Donovan notices a reflection from the hills.

What he sees is:

THE SUN REFLECTING OFF THE LENSES OF INDY'S BINOCULARS

HENRY

What do you think you're doing?! Get down!

INDY

Dad, we're well out of range.

At that moment the tank FIRES A SHELL in their direction.

It WHISTLES overhead and BLOWS UP THE PARKED CAR. Indy, Henry and Sallah cover their heads as automobile fragments rain down upon them.

SALLAH

That car belonged to my brother-in-law.

INDY

(gesturing to the others)

Come on – come on!

EXT. DESERT VALLEY – DAY

VOGEL

I can't see anyone up there.

DONOVAN

Maybe it wasn't even Jones.

ELSA

No. It's him all right. He's here somewhere.

DONOVAN

(to Vogel)

Put Brody in the tank.

Kazim peers over a rock, pointing his rifle at the group below.

DONOVAN

(to Elsa)

Well, in this sun, without transportation, they're as good as dead.

BULLETS EXPLODE off the vehicles and cliff. Donovan and Elsa duck.

A NAZI SOLDIER falls from the tank as BULLETS EXPLODE around him.

KAZIM'S MEN, BRETHREN OF THE CRUCIFORM SWORD, continue to FIRE. Elsa and Donovan take cover beside the parked car.

DONOVAN

It's Jones, all right.

ANGLE ON INDY'S GROUP

Indy and Henry, followed by Sallah, take cover behind a rock to watch Kazim's Men and the Nazi Troops exchanging fire below them.

HENRY

Now, who are all these people?

INDY

Who cares? As long as they're keeping Donovan busy. Dad, you stay here while Sallah and I organize some transportation.

CUT BACK to the action. The BRETHREN are firing at the Donovan party and are being fired on by the Donovan party.

TWO NAZI SOLDIERS throw HAND GRENADES into the cliffs. They EXPLODE, killing one of Kazim's Brethren.

The battle continues – a fierce exchange of GUNSHOTS, GRENADES and MACHINE GUN FIRE with losses on both sides.

INDY AND SALLAH

Crouch behind a rock watching as men on both sides of the battle run amongst camels and horses.

INDY

I'm going after those horses.

SALLAH

I'll take the camels.

INDY

I don't need camels.

SALLAH

But, Indy –

INDY

No camels!

DONOVAN AND ELSA

They look down at Kazim who lies mortally wounded on the ground at their feet. Elsa looks saddened.

DONOVAN

(re: Kazim)

Who is he?

KAZIM

A messenger from God. For the unrighteous, the Cup of Life holds everlasting damnation.

Kazim dies.

INDY

Leaps atop a TURKISH SOLDIER on horseback, pulling the man and the horse to the ground. A SECOND TURK comes to assist his comrade; Indy mounts the horse, knocking both Turks to the ground.

INT. THE TANK – DAY

Brody has been left alone in the tank. Henry climbs down into the tank and taps Brody on the shoulder, startling him.

HENRY

Marcus!

BRODY

Arghhh! Oh!

They exchange an old University Club toast, swinging their arms at one another and missing. Then Henry flaps his arms and tugs his ears.

HENRY

"Genius of the Restoration –"

Now Brody tugs his ears, flaps his arms and touches his head.

BRODY

"– aid our own resuscitation!"

They exchange a handshake.

BRODY

Henry! What are you doing here?!

HENRY

It's a rescue, old boys Come on.

As Henry starts to climb out of the tank, TWO NAZI SOLDIERS DROP DOWN from above, their Lugers drawn. They are followed by Vogel.

VOGEL

(re: Henry)

Search him.

The Nazi Soldiers point their guns at Henry and Brody.

VOGEL

(to Henry)

What is in this book? That miserable little Diary of yours!

Vogel removes a glove and slaps Henry with it.

VOGEL

Here's the map. The book is useless, and yet you come all the way back to Berlin to get it. Why?

He slaps Henry again.

VOGEL

What are you hiding?

Another slap.

VOGEL

What does the Diary tell you that it doesn't tell us?!

Vogel reaches out to slap Henry yet again, but Henry grabs his arm, stopping him.

HENRY

It tells me that goose-stepping morons like yourself should try reading books instead of burning them.

Donovan appears at the turret cover.

DONOVAN

Colonel? Jones is getting away.

VOGEL

(indicating Henry)

I think not, Herr Donovan.

EXT. TANK – DAY

DONOVAN

Not that Jones – the other Jones!

NAZI SOLDIER

Herr Colonel!

EXT. DESERT VALLEY – DAY

Indy rides away on one horse, leading three others as he goes.

Sallah approaches on horseback leading five camels.

INDY
Sallah, I said no camels! That's five camels. Can't you Count?

SALLAH

Compensation for my brother-in-law's car. Indy, your father and Brody –

INDY

Where's my father?

SALLAH

They have them. In the belly of that steel beast.

Indy and Sallah charge forward leading their horses and camels.

Then Vogel commands the Tank Driver to give chase.

INT. TANK – DAY

Vogel shouts to the Tank Driver.

VOGEL

Fire!

EXT. DESERT VALLEY – DAY

The tank starts firing at Indy on horseback. Indy zigs and zags as the tank fires two rounds at Indy, barely missing him. Each time Indy emerges from the plume of desert dust, hanging like a toadstool in the air.

INT. TANK – DAY

Henry and Brody hold their hands over their ears.

EXT. DESERT VALLEY – DAY

Donovan shouts orders to the Troops. Indy is followed by various vehicles in the caravan.

Indy notices that the side gun that is now firing at him can only pivot so far. Indy makes a mental note of this and while riding right in front of the tank, turns his horse completely around, 180 degrees. The tank starts to follow.

POV THROUGH THE VIEWING PORT

Vogel watches the ground turning 180 degrees as he tries to catch up with Indy.

Cleverly, Indy has turned the tank directly into a head-on collision course with some of the pursuit vehicles and a Kubelwagon.

The tank and the Kubelwagon smash into each other, the German military sedan becoming lodged between the treads while blocking the front view and any use of the six-pound cannon on the turret.

Indy, meanwhile, leans down on his horse, scooping up a stone from the wall of a culvert. He reigns his horse, paralleling the tank, as everyone scurries about inside, looking through viewing ports, trying to figure out exactly where Indy is.

INT. TANK- DAY

Vogel shouts to the Gunner.

VOGEL

Den Kubelwagon sprengen!

The Gunner puts a shell into the large gun. He FIRES, CATAPULTING THE KUBELWAGON into the air, where it EXPLODES.The tank drives through the resulting smoke an dust, then rolls over the Kubelwagon, crushing it

EXT. DESERT VALLEY – DAY

Indy gallops up to the side cannon and jams the stone down the barrel, lodging several rocks inside. Then he steers his horse directly in range of that gun.

INT. TANK – DAY

A NAZI SOLDIER pushes Henry away from the window.