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.
November 13, 1991
Released
Cape Fear
2h 8min
$35,000,000
$182,300,000
English
Amblin EntertainmentCappa ProductionsTribeca ProductionsUniversal Pictures