[Movie Script]Millers Crossing

Miller's Crossing
An Original Screenplay By
Joel Coen
and
Ethan Coen
1.   FADE IN:

     CLOSE SHOT   A WHISKEY TUMBLER



That sits on an oak side bar under a glowing green bankers

lamp, as two ice cubes are dropped in.  From elsewhere in

the room:
Man  (off)

I'm talkin' about friendship.  I'm talkin' about

character.  I'm talkin' about--hell, Leo, I ain't

embarassed to use the word--I'm talkin' about

ethics.
Whiskey is poured into the tumbler, filling it almost to

the rim, as the offscreen man continues.
. . . You know I'm a sporting man.  I like to

make the occasional bet.  But I ain't that

sporting.
     THE SPEAKER


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