Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

SHORT ROUND

Thanks pal.

MAHARAJAH

I'm going to try to find the English soldiers.

SHORT ROUND

Good luck.

Short Round slips over the edge and slides down a wet stalactite to the floor of the cavern.

There he finds Willie swinging the brake-handle and smashing the guard in the gut. The man doubles in pain – Willie kicks his putt and he splashes into the pool of water.

WILLIE
I don't appreciate being cooked like a french fry!

SHORT ROUND

Willie, come on!

Willie starts pushing the empty mine car with Short Round.

SHORT ROUND (CONT'D)

You do pretty good for a girl!

Across the quarry, Mola Ram and six temple guards run out onto a high platform next to the waterfall. Mola Ram sees Willie and Short Round pushing the mine cat.

Mola Ram shouts to his men – two of them pull pistols and open fire!

Bullets ricochet off the mine car and Short Round shoves Willie to the far side of the car where they both take cover.

Meanwhile, up on a catwalk, a guard slices a sword through the air and Indiana ducks! The sword slashes into a wooden railing and the guard tries frantically to pull it out –

Indiana slams his knee up into the guard's stomach and then smashes his fist down on his neck – the man collapses. Indy hears more gunfire.

Indiana rushes along the catwalk toward the platform above. He edges against the wall below the platform, staying out of sight as he unfurls his whip.

One of Mola Ram's guards fires again from the high platform and Indiana lashes the whip – the whip wraps around the gunman's arm and Indy yanks on it –

The gunman topples through the air and crashes down onto the catwalk. Indy grabs the gun. He kicks the guard off the catwalk and the man falls into the waterfall pool.

As the other guards fire down at him, Indiana dodges along the catwalk and fires back at them. A bullet explodes near Mola Ram and he ducks back –

Meanwhile, Short Round and Willie have the mine car rolling and they jump into it –
 

SHORT ROUND
Indy! Hurry!

Indiana spots the rolling mine car racing across the quarry. Indy takes off and runs along the catwalk – bullets explode around him, splintering wood. Indy reaches the end of the catwalk –

Suddenly he dives into the air and catches hold of a block and tacke! Indy skids along the pulley system, sliding down a cable toward the mine car in which Short Round and Willie are riding.

Bullets whiz past as Indiana sails in the air above the speeding mine car – when they are in sync, Indy lets go and drops into the mine car next to Willie and Short Round!

Mola Ram rushes forward and watches the speeding mine car rolling down the track toward the tunnels –

MOLA RAM
They've stolen the Sankara Stones – they must be stopped!

In the speeding mine car, Indy sees the tracks separating in two directions – one back into the quarry, the other toward two tunnels that lead out of the mines.

Indiana lifts a shovel from the floor of the car and swings it just in time – he hits a switch which CLANGS as they speed by and the car is shunted tipsy-turvy onto the track toward the two tunnels.

Willie hangs on as the car tears down the track toward the tunnel on the right – and Short Round looks worried –

SHORT ROUND
No, Indy, it's left tunnel.

But it's too late and they all hold on as the mine car shoots down into the darkness of the echoing tunnel.

INT. THE TUNNEL

The wind rushes past Indiana as the car descends into the tunnel and picks up speed. Willie hangs on with Short Round – the mine car roars around a curve and flies faster along the rails.

INT. THE QUARRY

Back in the quarry, Mola Ram supervises the guards as they shove empty cars toward the tunnel. Carrying long Khyber rifles, they jump aboard the cars. The first one rolls into the dark tunnel and the second car speeds after it.

INT. THE TUNNEL ENTRANCE

The two Thuggee cars shoot past, descending into the darkness in pursuit of the infidels who stole the Sankara Stones.

INT. THE TUNNEL

The mine car hurtles past. Indy sits in front, pulling back on the brake-lever to control their speed and keep them from careening off the tracks.

Expecting trouble, Short Round peers over the back end of the car. Willie ducks low, watching the heavy beams flashing dangerously close above their heads.

Then Willie's eyes go wide and she groans in terror like a girl on a roller coaster as the mine car suddenly plunges downward, taking their stomachs with it.

A gunshot rings out and Short Round sees the first Thuggee car appear around a curve behind them. Mola Ram's gunmen start blasting. Bullets ricochet off the mine car and Indy yells back to Short Round.

INDIANA

Come here and take the brake!

Short Round scurries forward and grabs the brake from Indy.

INDIANA (CONT'D)

Slow on the curves or we'll fly off the tracks!

SHORT ROUND

Read you loud and clear, Indy!

Short Round grins as he holds the brake – Willie realized that this is Shorty's idea of a good time!
 

INT. THE CAVERN

Up in the quarry, gunmen push a third car toward the tunnel, but Mola Ram stops them. He shouts and they turn and look instead toward the waterfall and huge cistern... .

INT. THE TUNNEL

Indiana is crouched in the back of the zooming mine bar blasting away with the pistol he captured in the quarry.

A gunman in the car behind returns his fire, the explosions lighting up the tunnel walls.

Indy aims and fires again – the gunman is hit and knocked back in the car. Another guard with a Khyber rifle moves up to the front and starts firing.

Meanwhile, as the car goes into a hard turn, Short Round rides the brake – beneath the car we see the brake-pad scraping on the metal wheel.

The tunnel gets lower and Indy has to duck under each beam flying over and can only pop up to fire between the low beams.

The rifleman in the car behind is reloading. Then he lifts his rifle – Indy pops up simultaneously and shoots!

The gunman is hit, his rifle flies up and his head smashes against the beam hurtling above! Screaming horribly, the gunman is knocked from the speeding car lie a broken doll.

 
INT. THE CAVERN
 

Up in the quarry, Mola Ram's men swing sledge hammers, bashing away at the rock supports under the huge water-filled cistern.

INT. THE TUNNEL

Indiana runs out of bullets. He sees the car behind getting closer. He tosses the pistol and hits a Thuggee in the head. Another Thuggee retrieves Indy's pistol and starts reloading it.

Suddenly Indy is being shot at by his own gun and he yells to Short Round:

INDIANA

Let up on the brake!

SHORT ROUND

What?
 

Indy shoves past Willie and takes the brake lever from Shorty.

 
INDIANA
Let her go! Our only chance is outrunning them!

WILLIE

What above the curves?!

Short Round looks scared as Indy released the brake and the car hurtles toward a curve. They grab the sides of the car as it tips precariously. Behind them, the curve throws the gunmen from side to side in the car following.