

MOVIE
Cape Fear
Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Cape Fear in its release era
Released in 1991, Cape Fear sits inside the 1990s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1991-11-13
- Rating
- R
- TMDB score
- 7.3/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States of America
- Studio
- Amblin Entertainment, Cappa Productions, Tribeca Productions
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