DOWN FOR THE COUNT
Jack Diamond is a jazzy private eye, known for his quiet cool. But when his best friend sax player Bobby Boothe is arrested for murder, it's up to Jack to clear him.
The victim is Count Tyrell, heavyweight World Champion boxer and bar room bully. The night before he was murdered, Tyrell KOed Bobby in a jazz joint over a spilled drink. After the incident, Bobby told Jack he wanted to kill Tyrell.
Bobby claims he's innocent, even though his finger prints are on the murder weapon, and he was seen leaving the victim's penthouse apartment. The police say it's open and shut, but when your best friend's arrested, you do something about it.
Jack begins investigating Tyrell's murder. Encountering a string of angry friends, sexy/jealous ex-lovers, mob connected managers, and Tyrell's movie star wife. Everyone seems to have had a motive to kill Tyrell. But while investigating, Jack stumbles onto Donald Trump-like developer Robert Saunders. Saunders was blackmailing Tyrell into using his celebrity status to smuggle computer chips to South America in order to finance casino construction. Blackmail photos show a mystery woman with the Count.
As Jack tracks the mystery woman, he is pulled into a vortex of violence, where hired killers, car chases, killer dogs, and sniper attacks, are the norm. Jack must shed his quiet cool and become a man of action in order to survive.
But when every clue leads back to Bobby, their friendship is put to the ultimate test. Should he believe his best friend, or the facts?
"DOWN FOR THE COUNT" is a fast paced action mystery with a jazzy private eye lead and a story ripped from today's headlines.
"DOWN FOR THE COUNT" a screenplay by William C. Martell
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