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? Fourteen 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, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
Elenco: Robert De Niro , Nick Nolte , Jessica Lange , Juliette Lewis , Joe Don Baker , Robert Mitchum , Gregory Peck , Illeana Douglas , Fred Thompson , Zully Montero , Martin Balsam , Craig Henne , Antoni Corone , Roger Pretto , Will Knickerbocker , C.C. Costigan , Domenica Cameron-Scorsese , Billy D. Lucas , Linda Perri , Catherine Scorsese , Charles Scorsese , Ken Waters , Esther Rolle .