9 9 1 ▁by ▁Martin ▁Sc ors ese . ▁Pe ck , ▁Mitch um , ▁and ▁B als am ▁all ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁re make . ▁ ▁Plot ▁In ▁S out heast ▁Georgia ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁after ▁sp ending ▁eight ▁years ▁in ▁prison ▁for ▁ra pe , ▁Max ▁C ady ▁is ▁released . ▁He ▁prompt ly ▁tracks ▁down ▁Sam ▁Bow den , ▁a ▁lawyer ▁whom ▁he ▁holds ▁personally ▁responsible ▁for ▁his ▁conv iction ▁because ▁Sam ▁interrupted ▁his ▁attack ▁and ▁test ified ▁against ▁him . ▁C ady ▁begins ▁to ▁st alk ▁and ▁subt ly ▁threaten ▁Bow den ' s ▁family . ▁He ▁k ills ▁the ▁Bow den ▁family ▁dog , ▁though ▁Sam ▁cannot ▁prove ▁C ady ▁did ▁it . ▁A ▁friend ▁of ▁Bow den , ▁Police ▁Chief ▁Mark ▁D utton , ▁attempts ▁to ▁interven e ▁on ▁Bow den ' s ▁beh alf , ▁but ▁he ▁cannot ▁prove ▁C ady ▁guilty ▁of ▁any ▁crime . ▁ ▁Bow den ▁h ires ▁private ▁detect ive ▁Charlie ▁Sie vers . ▁C ady ▁brut ally ▁ra pes ▁a ▁young ▁woman , ▁D iane ▁Taylor , ▁when ▁he ▁brings ▁her ▁home , ▁but ▁neither ▁the ▁private ▁eye ▁nor ▁Bow den ▁can ▁persu ade ▁her ▁to ▁test ify . ▁Bow den ▁h ires ▁three ▁men ▁to ▁beat ▁up ▁C ady ▁and ▁persu ade ▁him ▁to ▁leave ▁town , ▁but ▁the ▁plan ▁back f ires ▁when ▁C ady ▁gets ▁the ▁better ▁of ▁all ▁three . ▁C ady ' s ▁lawyer ▁v ows ▁to ▁have ▁Bow den ▁dis bar