• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1991-11-13
  • Runtime128 minutes
  • TaglineSam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.
  • Revenue182,300,000$
  • GenreDrama, Crime, Thriller
  • Production
    CompaniesAmblin Entertainment, Cappa Productions, Tribeca Productions, Universal Pictures
  • Budget35,000,000$

Movie 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. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

Casts

Robert De Niro

Nick Nolte

Jessica Lange

Juliette Lewis

Joe Don Baker

Robert Mitchum

Gregory Peck

Martin Balsam

Illeana Douglas

Fred Thompson

Zully Montero

Rod Ball

Antoni Corone

Parris Buckner

Jody Wilson

C.C. Costigan

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese

Billy D. Lucas

Linda Perri

Catherine Scorsese

Charles Scorsese