THE CEMETERY PLOTS
Screenplay
Synopsis
Three elderly ladies each purchase two cemetery plots with the intention of finding a man to bury in the second plot. 
Three successful men die in an airplane crash in the mountains of Alaska. Their bodies are never found. Years later their elderly widows, are still living in South Laguna Beach, California. The three women are good friends and have made an interesting and important decision. When their time comes they don’t wish to be buried alone. They want a man in the grave, next to them, to share the everlasting. They invite a salesman to their home. The man is selling cemetery plots to the new Sunny View Cemetery that is located near South Laguna Beach. Later while visiting the cemetery, they each decide to purchase two expensive cemetery plots.
Then the three ladies begin their quest to find a man, without any family, to accept burial in their second cemetery plot. Over the next few weeks they attend conventions, socials, and festival looking for the right men. One by one the ladies are successful in finding eligible men that agree to their proposal. However problems arise after the men sign the agreement papers. The men mysteriously die. The police become suspicious as they feel this isn’t a coincidence. The soon to retire eccentric Lieutenant Sleuthhammer begins an investigation into the men’s deaths. The three ladies profess their innocents. The lieutenant relentlessly proceeds to find them guilty of a crime.
The Cemetery Plots/ Comedy
104 pages
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