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                          NIGHT GALLERY

                       "LITTLE GIRL LOST"

       FADE IN:

1      INT. CORRIDOR - COTTRELL - DAY                                1

       Charles Cottrell is a psychiatrist of about 40.  His face has
       a hint of pity as he stands looking through a one-way mirror
       set into a wall of the bleak, echoing corridor.

                                COTTRELL
                 That's him.


2      BURKE AND COL. HAWES                                          2

       standing beside Cottrell.  Tom Burke is also about 40, and
       dressed in civilian clothes while Col. Hawes, 50, is in full
       uniform.  They watch with Cottrell.

                                COL. HAWES
                 It's his mind.

                                BURKE
                 I can see.

                                COL HAWES
                 What we're asking won't be difficult.


3     COTTRELL                                                       3

                                COTTRELL
                 Physically, that is.


4      FEATURING BURKE                                               4

       Their eyes never waver from what they are seeing.

                                BURKE
                 When did it happen?

                                COL. HAWES
                 Six months ago.


5      THEIR POINT OF VIEW - PROF. PUTMAN                            5

       Prof. Putman, 45, is seated on a plain wooden chair in a
       green room devoid of any furniture.  Very carefully he is
       brushing and weaving into plaits the hair of a little girl.
       He is  alone in the room.

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5      CONTINUED                                                     5
                                BURKE (v.o.)
                 How?

                                COTTRELL (v.o.)
                 Hit-run driver.  The police never
                 found out who.

                                BURKE (v.o.)
                 And the mother?

                                COL. HAWES (v.o.)
                 Died in childbirth.

       Prof. Putman is tying bows onto the braids.

                                BURKE (v.o.)
                 The little girl's name?

                                COTTRELL (v.o.)
                 Ginny.

       Prof. Putman kisses the little girl on both cheeks, then
       beams and commences a game of patty-cake.

                                COL. HAWES (v.o.)
                 Well, what's your reaction?


6      FEATURING BURKE                                               6

                                BURKE
                 Why me?

                                COL. HAWES
                 You've cleared security...and I'm
                 loathe to mention it, but our Prof.
                 Putman has a natural sympathy for
                 the afflicted.

                                BURKE
                        (without rancor)
                 Meaning my aluminum leg, due to a
                 slight malfunction of the ejection
                 seat.

       Col. Hawes averts his eyes, and at a nod from Cottrell, they
       leave the viewing window and begin walking down the corridor.
       Burke's limp is quite evident as they move slowly.

                                COTTRELL
                 It's important that he likes you.
                 He certainly doesn't like any of us 
                 here.

                                                    CONTINUED

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6      CONTINUED                                                     6
                                BURKE
                 I can't do anything if I don't know
                 why I'm doing it.

       Burke is aware of the significant, tense glance passed from
       Cottrell to Col. Hawes, who then speaks most carefully.

                                COL.HAWES
                 I wouldn't be exaggerating if I
                 said the future of this country
                 depends on the Professor.  He was
                 working on...something...when his
                 little girl was killed.

                                COTTRELL
                 It destroyed him.  He only began
                 to work again when he'd established
                 his delusion.

                                COL. HAWES
                 But he refuses to work here any
                 longer, and we can't keep him here
                 except as -- as what you've just
                 seen.  We want his genius, and to
                 get it, we have to play things his
                 way.

                                BURKE
                        (anticipating)
                 Let him work where he likes and
                 when he likes.

                                COTTRELL
                 Exactly, but he has to be protected.
                 You're not only bodygaurd, but
                 friend.

                                COL. HAWES
                 You pass on his findings, and above
                 all, keep him happy.

       When Burke stops they stop.

                                BURKE
                 Does he give any reason for wanting 
                 to leave here?

                                COTTRELL
                        (nods, then)
                 He says it's no place to bring up
                 a young girl.

                                                    CONTINUED