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Cape Fear

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

  • Movie
  • 1991
  • R
  • 2h 8m

Directed by Martin Scorsese

7.3

TMDB audience rating
7.3 out of 10 from 4,086 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Nick Nolte

    Nick NolteSam Bowden

  • Robert De Niro

    Robert De NiroMax Cady

  • Jessica Lange

    Jessica LangeLeigh Bowden

  • Juliette Lewis

    Juliette LewisDanielle Bowden

  • Joe Don Baker

    Joe Don BakerClaude Kersek

  • Robert Mitchum

    Robert MitchumLieutenant Elgart

  • Gregory Peck

    Gregory PeckLee Heller

  • Martin Balsam

    Martin BalsamJudge

  • Illeana Douglas

    Illeana DouglasLori Davis

  • Fred Thompson

    Fred ThompsonTom Broadbent

  • Zully Montero

    Zully MonteroGraciella

  • Craig HennePrisoner

  • Forest BurtonPrisoner

  • Edgar Allan Poe IVPrisoner

  • Rod Ball

    Rod BallPrisoner

  • W. Paul BodiePrisoner

  • Joel KolkerCorrections Officer

  • Antoni Corone

    Antoni CoroneCorrections Officer

Director
Martin Scorsese
Writer
John D. MacDonald and Wesley Strick
Music
Elmer Bernstein and Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography
Freddie Francis