Man Who Knew Too Much

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH An Original Screenplay by John Michael Hayes FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY FINAL DRAFT May 7, 1955 Converted to PDF by SCREENTALK www.screentalk.org MAIN TITLES INT. BUS - (DAY) - MEDIUM CLOSE SHOT Mr. and Mrs. Ben McKenna at the back of a motor coach with their seven year old son, HANK. We do not see much of the background which is receding from us. THEY are studying the countryside from the windows at each side of them. The CAMERA PULLS BACK down the aisle of the bus revealing the other passengers. They are a surprise, consisting of Arab men and women, with an occasional civilian and French Army officer. The CAMERA STOPS at the end of the bus. EXT. BUS - (DAY) - MED. CLOSE SHOT The French driver and a couple of his companions, Arab. EXT. BUS The CAMERA MOVES BACK TO THE REAR OF THE BUS, photographing the side windows. At the bottom of the screen is the destination board. By the time we get opposite the window out of which the McKennas are looking, we have been able to read the words "CASABLANCA -- MARRAKESH." INT. BUS - (DAY) - MED. CLOSE SHOT Ben and Hank are looking intently out the window. Jo's interest seems only casual. HANK Daddy -- you sure I never been to Africa before? It looks familiar. INT. BUS (DAY) - MED. LONG SHOT Shooting through the McKenna's window at the landscape moving by. It is semiarid desert. A line of blue- grey mountains in the distant. INT. BUS - (DAY) - MED. CLOSE SHOT Jo studies the landscape.