Cape Fear Page #3

to lean on an undesirable.

He'll feel about as welcome

around here as a case of yellow fever.

- Hands against the wall.

- Spread them.

- That him?

- Face the wall.

One-way mirror, Mr. Bowden.

He doesn't know you're here.

Yeah, that's him.

Get the shirt off.

- Come on, hurry up.

- Just pass it over to him.

- Hand it to me.

- Knock off the shoes.

Hand them to the other officer.

Pass them to him. Come on.

Put the arms out.

Put your arms out straight.

Roll your palms.

Do what he says.

Turn around, slow.

I don't know whether

to look at him or read him.

Stand still.

One more step for you.

You know the routine.

Against the wall.

We searched his apartment.

Car registration and everything's in order.

There's no guns or any other weapons.

But we found these.

Cady's savings account.

$30,000?

Yeah, his mother died

while he was serving.

The farm got sold off.

He got the proceeds.

He's got money.

Where does that leave us?

At the very least, we nail him

for the dog. What happened?

You let the dog out. Cady abducted him.

We didn't let the dog out.

Cady came into your house?

That's illegal entry with intent.

But he didn't come in the house.

I'm not a cop.

I don't know exactly how he did it.

I just know that he did it somehow.

That's not good enough, Mr. Bowden.

You're a lawyer.

You damn well know that.

Get off the pants.

Sooner or later, he's gonna screw up.

The sheriff assured me

that they always do. He's an ex-con.

He's going to get the message

in no uncertain terms.

I'd still like to kill him.

How come you didn't join up with them?

You can tap.

You can tap dance.

I wanted to once, but I don't know...

- Son of a b*tch.

- What?

- He's staring at you.

- What are you talking about?

What the hell are you doing?

Hot as a firecracker on the 4th of July.

- You're damn lucky to have her, boy.

- You son of a b*tch.

Where did he go?

Watch my arm. It might be broke.

What's with you? You have no right

to be pushing me around like that.

I was just watching the parade.

I wasn't pranking on nobody.

What are you getting so upset about?

You're lucky I don't sue you.

All right.

- Settle down.

- I am settled down.

- What are you doing?

- It's nothing.

- Who was that?

- It's no one. Come on.

The fellow with the tie,

his wife took him away.

- I think he really hurt his arm.

- Mom!

- Strong drink you got there, mister.

- You said it.

Just put a little goldfish in it,

and you'll be fine.

You seem to be having a good time.

- I've been practicing.

- Practicing for what?

- How to fall on the floor?

- A life of debauchery.

Debauch, what?

Debauchery. It's a three-syllable word.

Making fun of me?

That's okay. No problem.

- I made you blush.

- Blush?

Yes. You're now the color

of your shirt, scarlet.

I had no business getting

stuck on a guy who was married.

- You certainly did not.

- I don't know what I was thinking.

God only knows.

Aren't I the bozo on this bus?

Oh, God. Lest you think that I slept

with this particular married guy-

That's your business. Not mine.

I don't want to make it sound like

I've been through a busload of them.

That's the way it sounded to me.

- He was the first.

- Oh, yeah.

- He was, I swear.

- Oh, yeah.

- Oh, boy.

- Tell it to the judge.

- Actually the rat stood me up today.

- Did he?

- Yes!

- What a shame.

I know.

So, now it's my turn. Where are you from?

Where am I from?

- You're gonna love this.

- Yes.

I'm from the Georgia State

Correctional Facility.

You think I'm joking? That's the truth.

I just got released from prison.

My god. This is the way

my day has been turning out.

Actually, it reminds me of a joke.

- Do you want to hear it?

- Tell me. Liven up the night.

An unmarried woman...

Wait a minute, that's not it.

- Come on, get the joke straight.

- Shut up. Let me do it.

An unmarried woman meets a guy...

...and he tells her he just got out of prison.

"What did you do?" she asks.

"I hacked my wife into 52 pieces

with a chain saw. "

She says, "So, you're single?"

- That's even funnier.

- Thank you.

- Could I ask you something?

- What?

- What did you do?

- I knew you were going to ask.

- I hacked my wife into 52 pieces.

- I was afraid you'd say that.

I'm a very small person, so maybe-

Maybe I can hack you into 40 pieces.

- What did you do, really?

- No, really, but what did you do?

There was this protest march

on this nuclear power plant and...

...when they came to arrest us...

...this macho sheriff got rough

with the lady behind me.

I popped the bastard,

so they gave me a little time for it.

I'm drinking a sea breeze.

I hope you can afford them.

You have to stay sober. If you ain't

sober, you're taking your chances.

Because I'm just one hell of an animal.

Yeah? Do tell.

Get you on this side, doll. Let's do this.

Who is Loretta anyway?

That's the love of my life.

She's no longer with us.

- I thought I was the love of your life.

- Chopped her into 52 pieces.

He hurt you like this, that married guy?

- He hurt you like this?

- I told you, we never did anything.

- He hurt you like this?

- Oh, scandal.

He's a rough one.

How's this feel?

Oh, my God. Am I under arrest?

Not quite, darlin'.

Officer, I swear, it's all a mistake.

That married guy hurt you like this?

Because what he did to me

hurt a lot worse than this!

I've got you now, b*tch!

Dani, when did this key stop working?

What? Oh, I don't know.

No wonder. A wire's missing.

A piano wire is missing. Was somebody

fooling around with the piano?

What?

- Yeah?

- Mr. Bowden.

- I think we might have a little break.

- Good.

I can be there in a half hour.

All right, fine. Thank you.

- Who was that?

- Cady raped another girl.

Rape? You said it was battery.

The case was wobbly. I got it reduced.

I remember those days, old slippery Sam.

I'm sorry.

I just didn't want to alarm you or Dani.

- Why? How old was that girl?

-16.

My birthday is coming up.

Neighbors heard screams and called us.

When the perp drove off,

somebody made his plate.

- Max Cady.

- Great.

We got one little problem.

The girl is scared.

She's claiming she fell down some stairs.

Don't look at me.

Oh, my God.

You two know each other?

Yeah, we work together.

I'll be outside.

I'm so stupid.

You stood me up at the club the other day.

Then you didn't call.

By last night...

...I was feeling pretty reckless.

I thought about what you said, you know...

...that your wife didn't know I existed.

And I felt like...

...I was going to show you.

I guess I showed you, all right, didn't I?

I guess I really showed you.

Listen to me, okay?

Now, look, this guy Cady...

...he's done this kind of thing before.

Now, he's going to do this

over and over again...

...unless you testify

and we take him to court-

No.

And press charges and testify.

I know how it works. I see it every day.

Only this time, I'm on the other side.

I don't want to explain why I was in a bar...

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