Cape Fear

(3538)

11/13/1991

2h 8min

Drama

Crime

Thriller

Tagline

Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.

Overview

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.

Director

Martin Scorsese

Screenplay

Wesley Strick

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Status
Released
Budget
$35,000,000.00
Revenue
$182,300,000.00
Original Language
English
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Robert De Niro

Max Cady

Nick Nolte

Sam Bowden

Jessica Lange

Leigh Bowden

Juliette Lewis

Danielle Bowden

Joe Don Baker

Claude Kersek

Robert Mitchum

Lieutenant Elga...

Gregory Peck

Lee Heller

Martin Balsam

Judge

Illeana Douglas

Lori Davis

Fred Thompson

Tom Broadbent

Zully Montero

Graciella

Craig Henne

Prisoner

Forest Burton

Prisoner

Edgar Allan Poe ...

Prisoner

Rod Ball

Prisoner

W. Paul Bodie

Prisoner

Joel Kolker

Corrections Off...

Antoni Corone

Corrections Off...

Tamara Jones

Ice Cream Cashi...

Roger Pretto

Racquetball Col...

Parris Buckner

Racquetball Col...

Margot Moreland

Secretary

Will Knickerbock...

Detective

Robert L. Gerlac...

Arresting Offic...

Bruce E. Holdste...

Arresting Offic...

Richard Wasserma...

Parade Watcher

Paul Nagle Jr.

Parade Watcher

Paul Froehler

Parade Watcher

Mary Ellen O'Bri...

Parade Watcher

Jody Wilson

Parade Watcher

C.C. Costigan

Waitress

Domenica Cameron...

Danny's Girlfri...

Gar Stephen

Big Man #1

Billy D. Lucas

Big Man #2

Ken Collins

Big Man #3

Linda Perri

Ticket Agent

Libby Moyer

Ticket Agent

Catherine Scorse...

Fruit Stand Cus...

Charles Scorsese

Fruit Stand Cus...

Jackie Davis

Jimmy the Dockm...

George Grafas

Bar Patron (unc...

Ken Waters

Bar Patron (unc...

Esther Rolle

Woman Watching ...

Eky 6/19/2012

Meet Max Cady, the most terrific villain role De Niro ever played simply because he successfully portrayed a crook who possesses a very complex personality of being stone-cold, violent, absolutely mer ...Show More

Filipe Manuel Neto 7/2/2022

**A really very good movie, and proof that there are remakes that are really worth it for their quality and good execution.** I've just seen this movie (which I've actually seen on television, but ...Show More

CinemaSerf 5/15/2023

"Cady" (Robert De Niro) is released from jail after serving eighteen years for rape. He alights on the doorstep of his erstwhile defending counsel "Bowden" (Nick Nolte) with his cigar and his red spor ...Show More