
3.6“Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.”/ November 13, 1991
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? 14 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 Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
“Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.”

Sam Bowden

Max Cady

Leigh Bowden

Danielle Bowden
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Claude Kersek

Lieutenant Elgart

Lee Heller

Judge

Lori Davis

Tom Broadbent

Graciella
Prisoner