Cape Fear
(1991)
Director:
Martin Scorsese
Writer:
Wesley Strick, John D. MacDonald, James R. Webb
Cast:
Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange
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.