Marietta backtracks and tells Santos to leave Farragut out of it. Santos agrees to kill Sailor, but only on condition that he gets to kill Farragut, too, because Farragut is on to their criminal dealings. Freeman), another boyfriend and dubious associate, to kill Sailor. When Johnnie fails to find the couple quickly enough for her liking, Marietta also enlists the assistance of Marcelles Santos (J.E. Marietta entreats private investigator and part-time boyfriend Johnnie Farragut ( Harry Dean Stanton) to find Lula and bring her home. Marietta, who in fact drunkenly propositioned Sailor in the men's bathroom that fateful night in Cape Fear, as well as threatening Sailor with the possibility that he knows "too much," is beside herself with rage. Sailor is overjoyed to see Lula, who's brought him his prized snakeskin jacket, a symbol of his "individuality and belief in personal freedom." Sailor and Lula check into a motel, have mad, passionate sex, then go dancing at a local nightclub where he serenades her Elvis-style with "Treat Me Like a Fool." Lula asks Sailor why he never sings her "Love Me Tender," and he explains that he would only sing that song to his wife. Upon his parole, 22 months later, despite orders from her domineering mother that she should never see Sailor again, Lula runs off to reunite with Sailor. Sailor is convicted of manslaughter and sent to the Pee Dee Correctional Facility.
Lemon announces that Marietta just paid him to kill Sailor and draws a switchblade, but Sailor defends himself, brutally beating and smashing his assailant's head into the floor in front of Lula, Marietta, and several other people. At a formal dinner party in Cape Fear, North Carolina, outgoing 23-year-old Elvis Presley freak Sailor Ripley ( Nicolas Cage) is accused by a goon named Bob Ray Lemon ( Gregg Dandridge) of making sexual advances on Marietta Fortune ( Diane Ladd), the mother of Sailor's 20-year-old girlfriend Lula ( Laura Dern).
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