Cape Fear
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

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

7.3(3,611 votes)
1991
2h 8m
Drama
Crime
Thriller

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.

Production

Amblin Entertainment, Cappa Productions, Tribeca Productions, Universal Pictures

Cast

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Max Cady

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte

Sam Bowden

Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange

Leigh Bowden

Juliette Lewis

Juliette Lewis

Danielle Bowden

Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Claude Kersek

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Lieutenant Elgart

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

Lee Heller

Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

Judge

Illeana Douglas

Illeana Douglas

Lori Davis

Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson

Tom Broadbent

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