Cape Fear

1991 · 128 min · ★ 7.3 / 10 · 4037 votes

Drama · Crime · Thrillers

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.

Cast

Robert De Niro · Nick Nolte · Jessica Lange · Juliette Lewis · Joe Don Baker · Robert Mitchum · Gregory Peck · Martin Balsam · Illeana Douglas · Fred Thompson

Director

Martin Scorsese