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Cape Fear

Synopsis:

Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear provided the director with a box-office success to follow up the critical success of the previous year's Goodfellas. After serving a lengthy prison sentence for a sexual assault, Max Cady (Robert De Niro) comes calling on the man who served as his public defender, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte). Max begins a campaign of harassment against the man and his family because Bowden buried a report that would have in all likelihood acquitted Cady of the charges against him.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Martin Scorsese
  • Studio: Amblin Entertainment, Tribeca, Universal, Cappa Productions
  • Year: 1991
  • Run Time: 128 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: R (for strong violence, and for language)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Crime, Thriller
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 1991 11 13 (USA)