Cape Fear
1991 · 128 min
Directed by Martin Scorsese. Written by James R. Webb, Wesley Strick. Photographed by Freddie Francis. Starring Nick Nolte, Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis.
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.
Critics 77% · audiences 77% · streaming on YouTube (free) · 2 Oscar nominations