Cape Fear
A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a 14 year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Genre:Crime / Drama / Horror / Thriller
- Runtime:123 minutes
Cast
Robert De Niro : Max Cady
Nick Nolte : Sam Bowden
Jessica Lange : Leigh Bowden
Juliette Lewis : Danielle Bowden
Joe Don Baker : Claude Kersek
Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) is a former Atlanta public defender who is now in private practice in the quiet town of New Essex, North Carolina. Max Cady (Robert De Niro) is a client Bowden defended 14 years ago in Atlanta. Cady, who was being tried for the rape and battery of a young woman, was illiterate at the time and unable to read a report Bowden kept hidden from the court that revealed the woman Cady raped to have been promiscuous. The report could have possibly lightened Cady’s sentence or even acquitted him had Bowden brought it to light.
After his release from prison, Cady tracks down Bowden. The ex-con learned to read in prison and even assumed his own defense, unsuccessfully appealing his conviction several times. Cady hints strongly that he has learned about Bowden burying the report, noting that the judge and prosecutor in his case were trying to do right by their jobs but feeling betrayed by his own lawyer. Bowden attempts to bribe Cady to make him go away, an offer Cady dismisses with laughter.
Several incidents involving Cady begin to impact the Bowden family, which consists of Sam’s wife Leigh (Jessica Lange) and their teenage daughter, Danielle (Juliette Lewis). The family dog is mysteriously poisoned. Cady is seen at night perched on the wall just outside the Bowden property limits. Sam attempts to have Cady arrested but a local police lieutenant (Robert Mitchum) reminds Bowden that there is no real evidence of a crime.
Cady ups the ante. At a bar, he seduces Lori Davis (Illeana Douglas), a female colleague of Bowden’s with whom Sam may or may not be having an affair. In bed, he savagely bites the flesh off her cheek. He proceeds to brutally beat and rape her. Read more
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