Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

NAZI SOLDIER

Keine Bewegung.

He points his gun at Henry and Brody.

NAZI SOLDIER

Keine Bewegung.

The smaller gun, blocked by the rocks, BACKFIRES, blowing the breech out into the face of the gunner, killing him and filling the tank with smoke.

Brody, Henry, Vogel and the driver begin to choke.

EXT. DESERT VALLEY – DAY

Indy rides his horse alongside the tank.

INDY

Dad! Dad! Dad!

INT. TANK – DAY

Henry and Brody still held at gunpoint by the Nazi Soldier.

HENRY

Junior? Junior? Junior!

The Nazi Soldier swings his fist, knocking Henry off his seat.

EXT. DESERT VALLEY – DAY

Smoke pours from the top of the tank as the turret pops open. Vogel emerges and aims his gun at Indy.

Indy and Vogel EXCHANGE SHOTS as Indy chases the tank on his horse.

Indy pulls the trigger again – his gun is empty! Indy immediately takes the high trail.

Now Indy is above the tank twelve feet on a paralleling trail. He moves out of the saddle and leaps from the speeding horse onto the trundling tank.

CLOSEUP – VOGEL

Hate-staring at Indy
 

CLOSEUP – INDY

Hate-staring back at Vogel.

Suddenly, from nowhere a German soldier flies INTO FRAME, tackling Indy.

CUT TO:

SIDE ANGLE

One of the two troop carriers is paralleling the tank and like pirates boarding a galleon, Nazi Soldiers leap over the treads and are swarming all over Indy.

Indy is struggling with a German's Luger.

Indy presses the Luger against his assailant and forces the Nazi to squeeze off a shot into himself. The bullet not only passes through the Nazi, but passes through two other Nazis standing directly behind him on the crowded tank top and three bodies fall away, leaving Indy to stare at the gun in disbelief.

Another Soldier leaps from the truck onto the tank and raises his knife as he grabs Indy. They struggle and fall.

Indy sits up to see Vogel standing over him. Vogel wraps a chain around Indy's neck.

INT. TANK – DAY

Indy appears at the entrance, the chain still wrapped about his neck and held by Vogel.

INDY

Dad!

He drops the gun down into the tank.

INDY

Dad! Dad! Get it!

Vogel pulls Indy from the tank entrance, yanking on the chain wrapped around his neck.

EXT. TANK – DAY

A NAZI SOLDIER approaches.

Indy hits him, knocking him onto the tank tread. The Nazi Soldier screams as he is dragged under the rolling tank.

Now Indy and Vogel struggle with one another, the chain still wrapped around Indy's neck.

INT. TANK – DAY – THROUGH THE PERISCOPE

We see Indy and Vogel struggling atop the tank. Indy lifts his feet, lunging toward the periscope and pulling Vogel with him.

Indy's face is pressed up against the lens of the periscope.

INT. TANK – DAY

The Nazi Soldier looking through the periscope pulls away from it, smiles, then turns back to it.

THROUGH THE PERISCOPE

Indy's face, still pressed against the lens.

Vogel pulls Indy from the periscope.

INT. TANK – DAY

The Nazi Soldier pulls away from the periscope again.

PERISCOPE SOLDIER

(laughing)

Diese Amerikaner. Sie kämpfen wie Weiber.

EXT. TANK – DAY

Indy now lies on top of Vogel. He kicks out at the periscope which spins around.

INT. TANK – DAY

The periscope handle spins around and hits the PERISCOPE SOLDIER in the head. He falls against the Nazi Soldier guarding Henry and Brody.

Henry pushes the Nazi Soldier aside and grabs the gun. The Periscope Soldier struggles to take the gun from Henry.

EXT. TANK – DAY

Vogel holds the chain around Indy's neck, pushing his head downward toward the revolving tread.

INT. TANK – DAY

The Periscope Soldier holds Henry from behind, forcing the gun toward him. Henry reaches down and pulls a fountain pen from his coat pocket.

As the Periscope Soldier pulls on Henry's face, Henry lifts the fountain pen and squirts ink into his face. The Soldier falls, his head smashing into the wall of the tank. At the same time, Henry loses his grip on the gun which falls to the floor.

BRODY

Henry, the pen –

HENRY

What?

BRODY

But don't you see? The pen is mightier than the sword.

EXT. DESERT VALLEY – DAY

A troop truck pulls near the tank.

INT. TANK – DAY

Henry fires the TANK GUN at the troop truck. SOLDIERS FLY INTO THE AIR. The TROOP TRUCK flips over and EXPLODES.

EXT. TANK – DAY

The EXPLOSION knocks Indy off the tank and onto the tread. He grabs onto the shredded gun protruding from the side of the tank.

Vogel looks down at Indy and smiles smugly.

The tank is approaching a cliff wall. As Indy tries to secure footing, Vogel steps on his hands.

INT. TANK – DAY

Brody looks at Henry.

BRODY

Look what you did!

HENRY

It's war.

EXT. TANK – DAY

Vogel now swings a shovel at Indy, smashing at his hands.

Brody climbs up out of the tank, followed by Henry.

HENRY
Didn't I tell you it was a rescue, huh?

A NAZI SOLDIER appears and pulls Henry down.

Vogel raises the shovel above his head and brings it crashing down on Indy, still hanging from the protruding gun.

Indy loses his grip and now hangs from the gun suspended only by the strap of his leather pouch. He screams as the gun scrapes against the cliff wall, sending stones tumbling down over him.

INT. TANK – DAY

The Nazi Soldier knocks Henry into a pile of boxes, then punches him in the face.

As the Soldier raises the gun to Henry's face, Brody hits him over the head

with a canister. The Soldier falls, discharging the gun into the air.

The BULLET RICOCHETS around the tank, past the Tank Driver who is manipulating levers at the control panel. SPARKS FLY; then the BULLET PINGS AGAINST THE WINDOW and RICOCHETS ONCE MORE, this time passing THROUGH THE TANK DRIVER'S HAT. Blood flows from under the hat as the Tank Driver slumps forward, his body depressing the levers.

EXT. TANK – DAY

Indy still hangs from the strap of his leather pouch as the tank swerves, barely missing the rocks and causing Vogel to fall. Indy finally manages to pull himself atop the tank once more where he punches Vogel over the side, then peers down to Henry, still inside the tank.

INDY

Dad?

HENRY

You call this archaeology?

INDY

Get out of there, Dad!

Indy pulls Henry and Brody from the tank. Vogel pulls himself back atop the tank armed again with the shovel which he swings at Indy, who ducks and grabs Vogel's arm.

BRODY

How does one get off this thing?

As Indy winds up to punch Vogel he catches Brody in the face on the backswing, then completes the movement and knocks Vogel down.

INT. TANK – DAY

Vogel's hat sails in and falls to the floor.

EXT. TANK – DAY

HENRY

(to Indy)

Where's Marcus?!

Before Indy can answer, Vogel is up and swinging with the shovel. Indy ducks but the shovel catches Henry sending him over the side and onto the moving tread.

Indy grabs his whip, knocking Vogel aside.

As Henry speeds toward the front of the tank to certain doom, Indy, with lightning speed, whips out his bullwhip, wrapping the end of the whip around Henry's right ankle.

INDY
Dad!

Henry is bouncing across the treads like a rag-doll. Indy struggles to hold onto the end of the bullwhip.

INDY

Hang on, Dad!

Sallah draws his horse next to the treads. He tips his fez to Henry.

SALLAH

Father of Indy – give me your hand!

Vogel now punches Indy in the back and grabs him around the neck. Still, Indy refuses to let go of the whip.

INDY

Sallah! Get Dad!

Sallah reaches out to Henry.

SALLAH

Give me your hand!

Sallah manages to hold onto Henry as he brings his horse to a stop just at the cliff's edge.

Indy finally frees himself of Vogel's grasp, twisting his arm painfully away from Indy's neck, then landing a hard blow to Vogel's head.

INDY

Looks down at the fast-approaching cliff, his face filled with horror. We see his HAT BLOW OFF and sail over the cliff's edge.

VOGEL

He sees his life passing before him, he screams at the top of his lungs!
 

LONG SHOT

The tank trundles over the cliff and PLUMMETS TO THE BOTTOM.

EXT. CLIFF EDGE – DAY

Henry, Brody and Sallah look down at the flaming wreckage of the tank.

HENRY

Junior?!

We HEAR the TANK EXPLODING.

SALLAH

Indy?!

HENRY

Oh, God. I've lost him. And I never told him anything. I just wasn't ready, Marcus. Five minutes would have been enough.

And then... looking dazed and bewildered, Indy STAGGERS UP BEHIND THEM. He joins the others at the edge of the cliff, looking down at the wreckage below with a bewildered expression.

Finally, Henry becomes aware of his presence.

Henry says nothing. He just looks at Indy, overcome with emotion. Finally, he throws his arms around him.

HENRY

I thought I'd lost you, boy.