Cape Fear
Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.
7.3(3,956) 1991-11-13 128 minDramaCrimeThriller
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.
DirectorMartin Scorsese
ScreenplayWesley Strick
ProducerBarbara De Fina
Original Music ComposerElmer Bernstein
Original Music ComposerBernard Herrmann
Cast & characters
Robert De Niro
as Max Cady
Nick Nolte
as Sam 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
Fred Thompson
as Tom Broadbent
Zully Montero
as Graciella
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Craig Henne
as Prisoner
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Forest Burton
as Prisoner
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Edgar Allan Poe IV
as Prisoner
Rod Ball
as Prisoner
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W. Paul Bodie
as Prisoner
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Joel Kolker
as Corrections Officer
Antoni Corone
as Corrections Officer
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Tamara Jones
as Ice Cream Cashier
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Roger Pretto
as Racquetball Colleague
Parris Buckner
as Racquetball Colleague
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Margot Moreland
as Secretary
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Will Knickerbocker
as Detective
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Robert L. Gerlach
as Arresting Officer
