Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.
1991 · R · 2h 8m · Drama, Crime, Thriller
Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
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…
Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: John D. MacDonald, Wesley Strick
Music by: Elmer Bernstein, Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography: Freddie Francis
Editor: Thelma Schoonmaker
Box office: $182M · Budget: $35M · Rated 7.3/10 by 3979 viewers