Kevin McCarthy: Running Man
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[while Matthew drives Elizabeth through the city, a crazed man runs up to their car]
Elizabeth Driscoll : Look out!
[Matthew slams on the brakes, but the man's head still strikes the already broken windshield. Unfazed, the man immediately proceeds to pound on the windshield for attention]
Matthew Bennell : Oh, my God, oh my God! Lock the door! Lock the door!
Running man : [panicked shouting] Help! They're coming! They're coming!
Elizabeth Driscoll : Maybe we should help him.
Running man : Help! Help! They're coming! They're coming! Listen to me! Listen!
Matthew Bennell : No, he's smashed out of his skull.
Elizabeth Driscoll : He's terrified.
Running man : Help me! You're next! Please!
[the man moves to the driver's window]
Running man : Please! You're next! We're in danger!
[he tries the door handle, but it's locked]
Running man : Please, listen ot me! Something terrible! Please!
[he looks over his shoulder, then back]
Running man : You're nex- Here they are!
[he starts to run off, but still shouts at them]
Running man : They're already here! Help! You're next! They're coming! They're coming!
[he runs around the corner as a crowd chases him]
Matthew Bennell : He must have done something.
[a horn sounds, brakes screech, a thud his heard, and Elizabeth gasps involuntarily]
Matthew Bennell : [noting the approaching motorcycle with siren] The policeman will help.
[They make the turn and see a throng of expressionless people standing silently over the man's dead body in the street. The policeman waves them by]
Elizabeth Driscoll : Oh, my God! That poor man. What was he talking about?
Matthew Bennell : I'll phone a witness report in when I get to the bookstore.