Movie · Thriller · Crime

When attorney Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) knowingly withholds evidence that would acquit violent sex offender Max Cady (Robert De Niro) of rape charges, Max spends 14 years in prison. But after Max's release, knowing about Sam's deceit, he devotes his life to stalking and destroying the Bowden family. When practical attempts to stop Max fail, Sam realizes that he must act outside the law to protect his wife and daughter in Martin Scorsese's remake of the classic 1962 thriller.

1991 · 2h 7m
Director Martin Scorsese

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When attorney Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) knowingly withholds evidence that would acquit violent sex offender Max Cady (Robert De Niro) of rape charges, Max spends 14 years in prison. But after Max's release, knowing about Sam's deceit, he devotes his life to stalking and destroying the Bowden family. When practical attempts to stop Max fail, Sam realizes that he must act outside the law to protect his wife and daughter in Martin Scorsese's remake of the classic 1962 thriller.

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Average 6.8
Reviews 59
Fresh 45
Rotten 14

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Studio
Universal Pictures
Released
1991
Run Time
2 hr 7 min
Rated
M16
Region of Origin
United States
© 1991 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

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Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

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English (United States) (CC), Bulgarian , Croatian , Czech , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek , Hungarian , Italian (Italy) , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Portugal) , Romanian , Slovenian , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Turkish

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.