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? Fourteen 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, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Starring: Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker
Directed & Produced by: Bernard Herrmann, Henry Bumstead, Jack G. Taylor Jr., Robert De Niro, Steven Spielberg
Release date: 11/15/1991
Running time: 128 minutes
IMDb Rating: 7.3/10 by 1768 users