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Cape Fear (1991)

R11/13/1991Drama, Crime, Thriller2h 8m
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Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.

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.

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    Robert De Niro

    Max Cady

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    Nick Nolte

    Sam Bowden

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    Jessica Lange

    Leigh Bowden

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    Juliette Lewis

    Danielle Bowden

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    Joe Don Baker

    Claude Kersek

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    Robert Mitchum

    Lieutenant Elgart

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    Gregory Peck

    Lee Heller

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    Martin Balsam

    Judge

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    Illeana Douglas

    Lori Davis

**A really very good movie, and proof that there are remakes that are really worth it for their quality and good execution.** I've just seen this movie (which I've actually seen on television, but without paying enough attention to a movie I want to write something about) and once again I was very impressed. The truth is that, without wanting to legitimize the practice, which is often taken to exaggeration, there are remakes that manage to justify themselves, not only for the quality they demonstrate, but also for the gift, not to mention, of drawing the public's attention to the older movi...