Cape Fear
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- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Release Date
- November 15, 1991
- Studio(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures
- Cast
- Robert De Niro , Nick Nolte , Jessica Lange , Joe Don Baker , Robert Mitchum , gregory peck
- Writers
- Wesley Strick
- Runtime
- 128 minutes
- Budget
- $35 million
Summary
A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
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