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A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 77%, Metacritic 73/100. Every source lands within 4 points of the others, across 4,000 audience votes. Scores higher than 81% of the 1,952 1990s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
4,006 audience votes
Key crew
- Martin ScorseseDirector
- Wesley StrickScreenplay
- Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert De NiroMax Cady
- Nick NolteSam Bowden
- Jessica LangeLeigh Bowden
- Juliette LewisDanielle Bowden
- Joe Don BakerClaude Kersek
- Robert MitchumLieutenant Elgart
- Gregory PeckLee Heller
- Martin BalsamJudge
- Illeana DouglasLori Davis
- Fred ThompsonTom Broadbent
- Zully MonteroGraciella
- Craig HennePrisoner
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