Cape Fear (1991)

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.

Cast (43)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

Graciella

C

Craig Henne

Prisoner

F

Forest Burton

Prisoner

E

Edgar Allan Poe IV

Prisoner

Rod Ball

Prisoner

W

W. Paul Bodie

Prisoner

J

Joel Kolker

Corrections Officer

Antoni Corone

Corrections Officer

T

Tamara Jones

Ice Cream Cashier

R

Roger Pretto

Racquetball Colleague

Parris Buckner

Racquetball Colleague

M

Margot Moreland

Secretary

W

Will Knickerbocker

Detective

R

Robert L. Gerlach

Arresting Officer

B

Bruce E. Holdstein

Arresting Officer

R

Richard Wasserman

Parade Watcher

P

Paul Nagle Jr.

Parade Watcher

P

Paul Froehler

Parade Watcher

M

Mary Ellen O'Brien

Parade Watcher

Jody Wilson

Parade Watcher

C.C. Costigan

Waitress

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese

Danny's Girlfriend

G

Gar Stephen

Big Man #1

Billy D. Lucas

Big Man #2

K

Ken Collins

Big Man #3

Linda Perri

Ticket Agent

L

Libby Moyer

Ticket Agent

Catherine Scorsese

Fruit Stand Customer

Charles Scorsese

Fruit Stand Customer

J

Jackie Davis

Jimmy the Dockmaster

G

George Grafas

Bar Patron (uncredited)

K

Ken Waters

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Esther Rolle

Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)

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