Cape Fear Page #2

Synopsis: Small-town lawyer Sam Bowden's life becomes torturous when Max Cady re-enters his life. Cady went to jail for 8 years after Bowden testified that Cady attacked a young woman. Now that Cady has been released, he begins to terrorize Bowden and his family, particularly targeting Bowden's daughter, Nancy. Initially, Cady uses his newfound knowledge of the law (learned in prison) to annoy the Bowdens, then poisons the family dog... Who's next ?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): J. Lee Thompson
Production: Universal International Pictur
 
IMDB:
7.8
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
NOT RATED
Year:
1962
106 min
1,070 Views


- We want to talk to you outside.

You start reachin' for those,

you'd better call for the riot squad.

I don't mind a little talk.

I just don't like bein' pawed.

I'll come back

for the change later.

I'm gonna give you just one hour

to get rid of your friends.

Are you trying to pick me up?

Yes.

You know I'm not drunk.

But I'm a cooperative guy.

Here.

See that card?

"John W. Moss, MD"

You wanna give me

an intoxication test...

bring that gentleman down here.

I didn't spend eight years in the can

studyin' law for nothin'.

I've got a legal right to be examined

by my own physician.

- Or didn't you boys know that?

- Never mind.

You'll be sober enough

when you leave here anyway.

Thank you.

Come on in.

Well, well, well.

We seem to be seeing

quite a bit of each other today.

Strip down to your shorts, Cady.

Right.

You thought I was gonna object

to a strip search, didn't you, Chief?

No, siree, not me.

Like I said,

I'm a cooperative guy.

Check that shirt. I got a couple of

jolts of horse stashed under the collar.

- Let's make with the pants.

- Comin' up, Chief.

What are you doing in our town?

Well, they told me

it was a pleasant climate...

plenty of boatin' on the river...

a lot of fine, stand-up citizens

like our friend here, the counsellor.

Lfigured that'd be

just the place for me.

How much money have you got?

Here's my wallet.

Why don't you check for yourself.

Seven dollars.

That's just not enough, Cady.

I'm charging you with vagrancy

unless you're 100 miles away by morning.

Would you look just a little harder,

please, Chief, sir?

A little black bank book in there.

Read what that says.

- This one?

- That's it.

Fifty-four hundred dollars.

Where'd you get it?

It's in the bank right here, deposited

this very day. You saw that, didn't you?

I asked you

where you got it, boy.

That could be my business,

couldn't it?

Would you advise me

to answer a question like that?

You'd be wise to answer it.

That's the kind of advice I like.

Like I said, I'm a cooperative guy.

Check with the escrow officer of the

He'll be happy to tell you

exactly where that money come from.

- Anything?

- Nothing, Chief.

- Come on, Sam.

- "Come on, Sam"?

Y'all kind of friendly,

ain't you?

Nice, tight little corporation.

"Mark, old buddy, I don't like that

man's face. Throw him out of town."

"Why, certainly, Sam.

Anything to oblige you."

I'm gonna tell you somethin',

mister.

You're gonna be old and grey

before I ever leave this town.

I'll give you a warning.

Stay off my property...

day or night.

Sorry I couldn't phone you sooner,

but I was out on a case.

I got hold of the escrow officer

at his home earlier.

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James R. Webb

James R. Webb (October 4, 1909 – September 27, 1974) was an American writer. He won an Academy Award in 1963 for How the West Was Won.Webb was born in Denver, Colorado, and graduated from Stanford University in 1930. During the 1930s he worked both as a screenwriter and a fiction writer for a number of national magazines, including Collier's Weekly, Cosmopolitan and the Saturday Evening Post. Webb was commissioned an army officer in June 1942 and became a personal aide to General Lloyd R. Fredendall who was commander of the II Corps (United States). Webb accompanied Fredendall to England in October 1942 and participated in the invasion of North Africa in November 1942 when the Second Corps captured the city of Oran. The Second Corps then attacked eastward into Tunisia. In February 1943 the German army launched a counterattack at Kasserine Pass which repulsed the Second Corps and nearly broke through the Allied lines. The Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower relieved Fredendall of command in March 1943 and sent him back to the United States where he became deputy commander of the Second United States Army at Memphis, Tennessee. Webb returned to the United States with Fredendall and later served in the European Theater. Webb left the Army after the war and returned to Hollywood, California, where he continued his work as a screenwriter. He died on September 27, 1974, and was buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery. more…

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