Cape Fear
Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.
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.
Runtime 2h8m0s
Released Nov 13, 1991
Watched Jan 18, 2024 10:02 pm
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Cast
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 Elgart
Gregory Peck
Lee Heller
Martin Balsam
Judge
Illeana Douglas
Lori Davis
Fred Thompson
Tom Broadbent
Zully Montero
GraciellaCraig Henne
PrisonerForest Burton
PrisonerEdgar Allan Poe IV
Prisoner
Rod Ball
PrisonerW. Paul Bodie
PrisonerJoel Kolker
Corrections Officer
Antoni Corone
Corrections OfficerTamara Jones
Ice Cream CashierRoger Pretto
Racquetball Colleague
Parris Buckner
Racquetball ColleagueMargot Moreland
SecretaryWill Knickerbocker
DetectiveRobert L. Gerlach
Arresting OfficerBruce E. Holdstein
Arresting OfficerRichard Wasserman
Parade WatcherPaul Nagle Jr.
Parade WatcherPaul Froehler
Parade WatcherMary Ellen O'Brien
Parade Watcher
Jody Wilson
Parade Watcher
C.C. Costigan
Waitress
Domenica Cameron-Scorsese
Danny's GirlfriendGar Stephen
Big Man #1
Billy D. Lucas
Big Man #2Ken Collins
Big Man #3Linda Perri
Ticket AgentLibby Moyer
Ticket Agent
Catherine Scorsese
Fruit Stand Customer
Charles Scorsese
Fruit Stand CustomerJackie Davis
Jimmy the DockmasterGeorge Grafas
Bar Patron (uncredited)Ken Waters
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Esther Rolle
Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)Crew
Henry Bumstead
Production DesignJack G. Taylor Jr.
Art Direction
Kathleen Kennedy
Executive Producer
Frank Marshall
Executive Producer
Martin Scorsese
DirectorEllen Lewis
Casting
Thelma Schoonmaker
Editor
Freddie Francis
Director of PhotographyRita Ryack
Costume Design
Barbara De Fina
Producer
Elmer Bernstein
Conductor
Joseph P. Reidy
First Assistant Director
Skip Lievsay
Supervising Sound EditorDorothy J. Pearl
Makeup ArtistNeal Martz
Makeup EffectsKathy Durning
Music EditorAlan Hicks
Set DecorationJohn D. MacDonald
Novel
Wesley Strick
ScreenplayT.J. O'Mara
Boom OperatorPhillip V. Caruso
Still PhotographerJames R. Webb
Original Film WriterMarissa Littlefield
Dialogue EditorWally Adee
Assistant Property Master
Doug Coleman
Stunt Double
Donna Evans
Stunt DoubleEdouard F. Henriques
Makeup ArtistEdouard F. Henriques
HairstylistPhilip Stockton
Supervising Dialogue EditorTom Fleischman
Sound Re-Recording MixerGene Engels
GafferJ.B. Jones
Special Effects CoordinatorLyndell Quiyou
HairstylistGordon Hayman
Camera Operator
Leon Delaney
Stunt CoordinatorDonna Battersby Greene
HairstylistElizabeth Lambert
Makeup ArtistWilliam Hines
Rigging GafferCorey B. Yugler
Script SupervisorKathleen Gerlach
Assistant Costume DesignerDon Pulford
StuntsDianne E. Collins
PublicistRichard Adee
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