Cape Fear

1991 · Movies · 2h 8m · Crime, Drama

bittersweet

Major character dies

An animal is harmed

Sexual violence

Satisfying closure

How it ends

Sam Bowden kills Max Cady in self-defense after a violent struggle.

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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.