Cape Fear (1991)

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Studio: Universal Pictures

Rating: R

Release Date: Nov 13, 1991

Running Time: 128 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring:

Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Martin Balsam, Illeana Douglas, Fred Thompson

director:

Martin Scorsese

A deranged convict seeks revenge on the attorney who improperly defended him.

December 18, 2000

Martin Scorsese Is America's most consistently vital director, so Cape Fear, his first crack at a thriller, raises expectations. But this boldly imagined film is also Scorsese's first remake, which raises the question "Why Cape Fear?" Director J. Lee Thompson's 1962 film worked just fine, as did Robert Mitchum as Max Cady, the ex-con who takes revenge on a lawyer (Gregory Peck) by scaring his wife (Polly Bergen) and daughter (Lori Martin). Shot in black and white on a modest budget, the original…