Cape Fear

1991

128 min

7.3

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Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

Budget

$35,000,000

Genre

Drama, Crime, Thriller

Director

Martin Scorsese

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

Robert De Niro

Nick Nolte

Jessica Lange

Juliette Lewis

Joe Don Baker

Robert Mitchum

Gregory Peck

Martin Balsam

Illeana Douglas

Fred Thompson

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Cape Fear

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

  • Robert De Niro

  • Nick Nolte

  • Jessica Lange

  • Juliette Lewis

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