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Cape Fear is a remake of a 1962 film about a rapist who seeks revenge against his former lawyer. The film stars Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, and features Martin Scorsese's seventh collaboration with De Niro.
Nov 15, 1991 · Cape Fear: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis. A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
When attorney Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) knowingly withholds evidence that would acquit violent sex offender Max Cady (Robert De Niro) of rape charges, Max spends 14 years in prison. But after Max's...
Nov 13, 1991 · Martin Scorsese directs a film noir version of the classic thriller "Cape Fear", starring Robert De Niro as a rapist seeking revenge on Nick Nolte, a defense attorney. The film explores the themes of guilt, weakness and evil in a corrupt society, but lacks the personal touch of Scorsese's previous works.
Across town, Danielle helps her mom Leigh (Jessica Lange) with her home business, and Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) exits a courthouse, talking to Claude Kersek (Joe Don Baker). Their lives later intersect at a movie theater, where Max is behaving badly and smoking.
Overview. 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.
A psychological thriller film directed by Scorsese and starring De Niro as a rapist seeking revenge against his former lawyer. Based on a novel and a 1962 film of the same name, Cape Fear explores themes of fear, violence, and justice.
