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.
Cast
Nick Nolte
Sam Bowden
Robert De Niro
Max Cady
Jessica Lange
Leigh Bowden
Juliette Lewis
Danielle Bowden
Joe Don Baker
Claude Kersek
Robert Mitchum
Lieutenant Elgart
Gregory Peck
Lee Heller
Martin Balsam
Judge
Illeana Douglas
Lori Davis
Fred Thompson
Tom Broadbent
Zully Montero
Graciella
Craig Henne
Prisoner
Crew
Freddie Francis
Director of Photography
Martin Scorsese
Director
Wesley Strick
Screenplay
Barbara De Fina
Producer
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
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