A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.

Cast

• Robert De Niro as Max Cady
• Nick Nolte as Samuel G. Bowden
• Jessica Lange as Leigh Bowden
• Juliette Lewis as Danielle Bowden
• Joe Don Baker as Claude Kersek
• Robert Mitchum as Lieutenant Elgart
• Gregory Peck as Lee Heller
• Martin Balsam as Judge
• Illeana Douglas as Lori Davis