I love all my grandchildren, of course. But Paul is special.
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GETTY (CONT'D) I don't know what I would do if anything happened to that boy. I want you to go to Rome and bring himback, as quickly and inexpensivelyas possible.
CHACE:
I'm going to need some kind ofresources to work with if you wanthim back alive.
GETTY:
Of course. But I don't want youjust giving my money away, see.
Find the boy, Chace. And find out who took him.
Chace walks away, a look of uncertainty on his face.
GETTY (CONT'D) Chace. There's one more thing.
(a beat) The boy's mother.
INT. SUTTON PLACE -- ENTRY HALL -- DAY Gail Getty sits in the phone booth, stuffing 50p coins into the coin slot.
GAIL:
I'm running out of change, Giovanni... Giovanni?
The phone goes dead. She's out of change. She hangs up thereceiver and slouches into the phone booth, dejected.
CHACE (O.S.) Ma'am?
Gail looks up. Fletcher Chace is standing there.
CHACE (CONT'D) My name is Fletcher Chace. I'm goingto help you find your son.
INT. SUTTON PLACE -- ENTRY HALL -- DAY Gail walks back into the entry hall, annoyed. Chace follows.
GAIL:
I'm sure you're quite good at whatyou do, Mr. Chace. My former fatherin- law only buys the best.
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GAIL (CONT'D) But I don't need a retired policeman, or a former secret agent, or a plastictoy soldier to solve the mystery ofwhat happened to my son, becausethere is no mystery. I don't need a man of danger to catch the criminals.
I need one thing only, and that isseventeen million dollars.
CHACE:
Paying the ransom doesn't guaranteeyou get your son back.
GAIL:
Not paying the ransom nearlyguarantees I don't.
CHACE:
I'd say your son's chances are betterthan that.
GAIL:
Why don't you explain the odds to me. Is it a coin toss? Heads he lives, tails he dies? I can see how that's a gamble worth taking whenthere's real money at stake --