[Movie Script]Grifters, The

					GRIFTERS

				by Donald E. Westlake

Based on the novel by Jim Thompson.
Second Draft.

March 1989

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	FADE IN:



	EXT. RUIDOSO DOWNS - DAY



	AN ANGLE establishing the race track, Ruidoso Downs

(pronounced Ree-oh-do-so), set among the beautiful mountains

of New Mexico's Lincoln National Forest, as a white Chrysler

turns in with a stream of cars moving toward the parking

area.



	AN ANGLE through the open driver-side window of the Chrysler

at LILLY DILLON, 39 but looking younger, beautiful but cold

and watchful.



	WIDE SHOT, track in b.g. as Lilly parks the Chrysler, gets

out, locks the car. As she walks toward the track, WIPE

RIGHT, as SCENE TWO WIPES IN from the left. SCENE ONE CAMERA

FOLLOWS Lilly as she walks across the large parking area.

	SPLIT SCREEN.



	SCENE TWO:




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