Movie
1991
Cape Fear is a 1991 American southern gothic psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Wesley Strick. It is a remake of the 1962 film, which is based on the 1957 novel The Executioners by John D. MacDonald. The film stars Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Joe Don Baker, and Juliette Lewis.
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Hollywood remakes seldom work. That happens even to films made by some of best directors in history of American cinema. One of them is Martin Scorsese whose 1991 thriller *Cape Fear* is considered to be one of the lesser works in his impressive filmography. The film is based on *The Executioners*, novel by John D. McDonald which was first adapted as in 1962 as *Cape Fear*, black-and-white film directed by J. Lee Tho…More
