Cape Fear

Cape Fear

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-11-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

128 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (117882 Reviews)

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Cast:

Writer:

John D. MacDonald (novel)

James R. Webb (earlier screenplay)

Wesley Strick (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney/"Leave It to Beaver"-esque family-man. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen 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, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

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