Film

Cape Fear

Name: Cape Fear
Director: Martin Scorsese
Released: 1991
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker

1991 · 128 min · ★ 7.3 · Dir. Martin Scorsese

There is nothing in the dark that isn't there in the light. Except 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.