Cape Fear

(1991)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 4,006 votes

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller

Year: 1991

Runtime: 128 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Мартин Скорсезе

Cast: Роберт Де Ниро, Ник Нолти, Джессика Лэнг, Джульетт Льюис, Джо Дон Бейкер, Роберт Митчем, Грегори Пек, Мартин Болсам, Illeana Douglas, Fred Thompson

Plot

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.

Max Cady leaves prison after fourteen years and travels to New Essex to confront his former defense attorney, Sam Bowden. Sam previously withheld a report that could have aided Cady's defense in a rape case. Cady begins a campaign of psychological terror against Sam, his wife Leigh Bowden, and their daughter Danielle Bowden. Sam seeks legal advice from Tom Broadbent and hires private investigator Claude Kersek to monitor the situation. As Cady carefully skirts the boundaries of the law, Sam resorts to hiring men to attack him, a move that Cady uses to secure a restraining order against Sam.