James Earl Cash

James Earl Cash is the main protagonist from the Manhunt games.

James is a former inmate of Darkwoods Penitentiary, who was freed from death row and set loose in Carcer City.

Personality
Cash remains rather emotionless and completely fearless throughout most of the storyline, however, he does display some sympathy for his kidnapped family members during one scene, and is furious when he sees them killed.

Cash helped the female journalist by escorting her safely to her apartment, before telling her to get out of the city while she can, showing that he's good enough to allow an innocent person who has witnessed him commit multiple-murders escape unharmed. This could be simply because James has a strong sense of vengeance within him, so he would do anything to ruin Starkweather, as James said to the journalist; "You're my backup if I don't make it." It could also be because James was more a "good criminal" than a "bad" one, only killing people that want to kill him, like cops and hunters instead of innocents.

Cash also rarely curses (Cash is only heard saying "Oh shit!" during the scene Road to Ruin and "What the fuck..." during the scenes Graveyard Shift and Divided They Fall), as he just tells either the Journalist or the Tramp to "shut up" or to "shift his/her ass" rather than using more strong words, albeit he isn't heard speaking much throughout the story.

Abilities
Cash is an extraordinarily dangerous individual, capable of inflicting fatal injuries using the most simple objects, such as Plastic Bag.

Trivia

 * Rockstar named James Earl Cash after the real life criminal, James Earl Ray, who was known for assassinating Martin Luther King Jr.
 * Some footstep noises Cash makes are taken from Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City.
 * Cash appears to be very strong, as Cash is able to pick up the body of a dead hunter and will just use his right arm to carry it and can walk without any struggle, but he can't run if he's carrying a body.
 * This statement is also evidenced during the scene View of Innocence, where Cash can carry a television without any struggle before breaking it violently.
 * Cash can also run with a Chainsaw by just holding it with his right hand, as seen during the scene Deliverance, while hiding away from the Cerberus.
 * He also shares his first two names with a former American president, Jimmy Carter.
 * Cash action figures can be found in Zero's RC Shop in San Fierro in GTA San Andreas.
 * In GTA San Andreas, at the police station in both Las Venturas and San Fierro, there are wanted posters for Cash (With a Beta image) and a few Hoods gang members.
 * Cash will become bloody if he is hit with any type of weapon.
 * The Beta Cash looks like the pre-release screenshots of Max Payne, for Max Payne 3.
 * Oddly enough, Cash didn't remove the earpiece that Starkweather told him to put on after his betrayal in Kill The Rabbit. This is most likely a development oversight.
 * Cash's appearance was likely based off of Mickey Knox from the movie Natural Born Killers during the prison break scene. Mickey Knox was in fact based off of a real serial killer named Charles Starkweather(whose name is similar to the main antagonist of Manhunt, Lionel Starkweather).
 * According to dialogue spoken by members of the Wardogs Cash may be a former special forces soldier as the Wardogs discuss rumors that he is a "Sneaky Pete" which is military jargon for a Navy SEAL, an Army Ranger or a Green Beret.