John Ericson: Peter Bartley

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• Michael Anthony : [Anthony enters a U.S. Marine Corp. barracks, searching for Peter Bartley]  Peter Bartley?

  Peter Bartley : That's right.

  Michael Anthony : My name is Michael Anthony. I have an important matter to discuss with you in private. Is it all right here?

  Peter Bartley : What's the matter with here?

  Michael Anthony : Nothing, Sergeant,

  [Looking around the empty barracks] 

  Michael Anthony : I just want to make sure that we're alone. As you'll see,

  [Opening briefcase to remove documents] 

  Michael Anthony : privacy is necessary to complete my business with you.

  [Hands a check to Bartley] 

  Michael Anthony : This is yours.

  Peter Bartley : [Ignoring Anthony]  All right, mister, now I'm going to tell you one.

  Michael Anthony : Look again, Sergeant. This is a cashier's check payable to you for $1,000,000. And the tax has already been paid.

  Peter Bartley : A million dollars?

  Michael Anthony : And it's all yours, under the condition that you tell no one the amount or the source. If you do, you will forfeit whatever remains.

  [Producing a document] 

  Michael Anthony : You merely have to sign this agreement.

  Peter Bartley : [Looking at check]  It's a cashier's check. You're not kidding, are you?

  Michael Anthony : No, Sergeant, I'm not kidding.

  Peter Bartley : A million dollars. Wow!

  Michael Anthony : [Chuckling]  Yes, this is rather unusual.

  Peter Bartley : [Bartley signs the agreement and returns it to Anthony, who places it into his briefcase]  I'm taking a furlough - going home, for the first time since I've been in the Marines, more than 12 years.

  Michael Anthony : You haven't seen your family in all that time?

  Peter Bartley : Family? I haven't got one. I'm going home to my orphanage.