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Prison Guard 1: Anyone coming for you, Cady? Prison Guard 2: What about your books? Max Cady: Already read 'em.

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Max Cady: [smiling, after grabbing the keys from the car] Free as a bird, apparently. You go wherever you want with whomever. That much freedom could maybe get a fella into trouble, what do you think? Sam Bowden: I'd like my keys. Max Cady: Could it be you don't remember me? Sam Bowden: Oh yeah, sure, I remember you. You were at the movie house the other night. Max Cady: Oh, I'm disappointed. I'm hurt. Sam Bowden: I would like my keys. Max Cady: Max Cady. You look the same. Maybe 15 pounds heavier. But they say the average man gains a pound a year till he's about-- Sam Bowden: Oh, come on... Max Cady: [continuing] Gains a pound a year till he's about 60. Me? I dropped a pound every year in my sentence. Sam Bowden: [remembering] Atlanta, 1977. Max Cady: You got it. July. [looks at keys] Fourteen years since I held a set of keys. [finally gives them back] Sam Bowden: [trying to diffuse the tension] You look good, healthy. Max Cady: Thank you, 'cause it's a struggle to stay healthy in the

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Sam Bowden: How much do you want, Mr. Cady? Max Cady: How much do I want what? Sam Bowden: How much money do you want? Max Cady: Money? Counselor, do I look destitute to you? Sam Bowden: Well, I'm open to discussion within reasonable limits. Max Cady: You ever been a woman? Sam Bowden: What? Max Cady: [pointedly] A woman. Some fat, hairy, ugly hillbilly's wet dream. Sam Bowden: [after a short silence, uncomfortably] Look, I realize that you suffered in prison-- Max Cady: [dismissively] "Suffered". Sam Bowden: There's no question about that-- Max Cady: "Suffered". You don't know what suffering is, Counselor. Like it says in Galatians 3, "Have ye suffered so many things in vain?" Yeah, I learned from the get-go in the joint to get in touch with the soft, nurturin' side of myself, the feminine side.

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Lieutenant Elgart: Well, at the very least, we nail him for the dog. Now what happened? You let the dog out, Cady abducted him? Sam Bowden: No, no, uh... we didn't let the dog out. Lieutenant Elgart: Cady came into your house? Now that's illegal entry with intent-- Sam Bowden: Yeah, but he, uh, he didn't come into the house. Now look, I'm not a cop, I don't know exactly how he did it, I just know that he did it, somehow. Lieutenant Elgart: That's not good enough, Mr. Bowden. Now you're a lawyer, you damn well know that.

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Claude Kersek: You know, I've been in a real bad mood lately. Shame, ain't it? You know what you can do to brighten my mood? Max Cady: No. Claude Kersek: Get the hell out of here. I don't mean just this whole town, I mean the whole goddamned state. I don't wanna see you, I don't wanna hear you, and I don't wanna smell you. Now leave. Max Cady: Now, I like to-- Are you my friend? Claude Kersek: No, I'm not your friend. Max Cady: Oh, cause I thought maybe you were my friend, because I like to plan my comings and goings with friends. But if you're not my friend and you're planning my comings and goings, I'd call that presumptuous. In fact, I'd call it downright rude.

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Danielle Bowden: You're not the drama teacher, are you? Max Cady: [smiling] Maybe I'm the big bad wolf. Danielle Bowden: Um... so you're that guy that's been hanging around the house? You're the one that killed my mom's dog? Max Cady: [feigning surprise] Your mom's dog was killed? Danielle Bowden: Yeah. Max Cady: I didn't even know anything about that. That's a shame. That's a damn shame. Danielle Bowden: Yes, it was. Max Cady: What kind of dog was it? Danielle Bowden: Um... I don't know. He was just... he was, um, fluffy and... Max Cady: Fluffy? Danielle Bowden: Mm-hmm. So you didn't do that? Max Cady: Of course I didn't do that. Danielle Bowden: [sighing] Okay... Max Cady: I wouldn't do that. Danielle Bowden: So why... what are you doing here then? Max Cady: Well, I came to meet you, to be honest with you. Danielle Bowden: W-Why? I mean-- Max Cady: 'Cause... I wanted to meet you, see what you were like. I see you're a nice person. That's all. Danielle Bowden: Just... you're not gonna

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Danielle Bowden: [lying on her bed in a shirt and underwear] This isn't... gonna work, you know. Sam Bowden: What isn't going to work? Danielle Bowden: Locking us in, hiding us from the world. Sam Bowden: Oh, don't be so dramatic, Danny. Danielle Bowden: Making me stay outta school... Sam Bowden: Well, you're going back to school tomorrow. And put some clothes on, you're not a little kid anymore. Danielle Bowden: Yeah, and why am I going back to school tomorrow? What are you gonna do? Sam Bowden: That's none of your concern, Danny. Danielle Bowden: Dad... he didn't force himself on me, you know. I know you'd like to think that he did. But I think he was... I think he was just trying to make a connection with me, y'know? Sam Bowden: Now, Danny, I want you to listen to me, all right? [pointing in her face as she tries to look away] No. You understand? No. There will never be any connection between you and Max Cady. You understand that? Sam Bowden: Did he touch you? Danielle Bowden: [laug

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Max Cady: [holding Sam at gunpoint] The people call Samuel J. Bowden! Do you swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?! Sam Bowden: Cady, somebody's got to man the boat. We're heading into unprotected water! Max Cady: Do you swear?! Danielle Bowden: I'll do it, Dad-- Max Cady: [pointing her the gun] You sit, Danielle! Don't you make light of your civic duty, darling! You're the jury! Sam Bowden: All right, all right, okay! I swear to tell the truth. What do you wanna know? Max Cady: Was a prior sexual history ever prepared in connection with my defence? Was a prior sexual history ever prepared in connection with my defence?! Sam Bowden: It's... [Cady hits him in the face and Danielle is screaming] Max Cady: [looking in the camera behind him] I'm sorry, Your Honor. I agree. That was argumentative. [addressing again to Sam] An investigator did prepare a prior sexual history on the alleged victim, true? [looking again behind him] I can ask leading questions, Your

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Max Cady: Forget about that restraining order, Counselor?! You're well within 500 yards! [laughs] Well, here we are, Counselor! Just two lawyers workin' it out! Sam Bowden: I'M GONNA KILL YOU! Max Cady: You already sacrificed me, Counselor!