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  2. Synopsis. Danielle Bowden (Juliette Lewis) narrates her thoughts about the Cape Fear River, not wanting to relive the past. The past begins with, Max Cady (Robert De Niro) being released from prison. His body is covered with tattoos about vengeance.

  3. Plot. Fourteen years ago, Max Cady was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the rape and battery of a 16-year-old girl. His lawyer Sam Bowden was appalled by Cady's crime and hid evidence of the victim's promiscuity, which might have reduced Max's sentence or even secure his acquittal.

    • November 15, 1991
  4. Sep 25, 2023 · The film follows the story of Max Cady, played brilliantly by Robert De Niro, a convicted rapist who seeks revenge on his former defense attorney Sam Bowden, portrayed by Nick Nolte. As the plot unfolds, we witness Cady’s relentless pursuit of Bowden and his family, leading to a series of terrifying events.

  5. Cape Fear, therefore, functions extraordinarily well both as a tense thriller and a deeper study of human nature. This complexity of plot and characters, this ambiguity of characterization and the inversion of predetermined roles once held as the truth, this is Cape Fear’s greatest selling point.

  6. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › 1037581-cape_fearCape Fear | Rotten Tomatoes

    Smart and stylish, Cape Fear is a gleefully mainstream shocker from Martin Scorsese, with a terrifying Robert De Niro performance. When attorney Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) knowingly withholds ...

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  7. May 15, 2022 · Cape Fear reveals itself as Martin Scorsese's best horror movie because of the way that it disguises itself as a thriller that slowly unveils its horror elements. The themes of the film are undeniably terrifying; lawyer Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) is being harassed by his former client Max Cady, a criminal who was incarcerated for 14 years for the ...

  8. Cape Fear is a 1962 American noir psychological thriller film starring Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, and Polly Bergen. It was adapted by James R. Webb from the 1957 novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald. The picture was directed by J. Lee Thompson from storyboards devised by original director Alfred Hitchcock and released on April 12 ...

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