Cape Fear

A North Carolina town, summer heat, a rusty jailhouse gate. A public defender's past mistake haunts him, a vengeful ex-con emerges from the shadows. Scorsese revisits the darkness of American revenge.

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Martin Scorsese directed Cape Fear in 1991. See Martin Scorsese's full filmography, where to start with Martin Scorsese, or where to go after you've seen everything by Martin Scorsese.

Cape Fear was released in 1991 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 128 minutes.