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About
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.
Theatrical
Nov 15, 1991
Box Office
$182.3M
Budget
$35.0M
Return
5.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 18, 2001
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Amblin Entertainment, Cappa Productions, Tribeca Productions, Universal Pictures
Quotes
See all →Justice and Revenge in Cape Fear
Taglines
He paid his debt to society. Now he's paying back his lawyer.
[from TV spot]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Haunted by the Past and Family Responsibilities
Taglines
Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Robert De Niro
Max Cady
N
Nick Nolte
Sam Bowden
J
Jessica Lange
Leigh Bowden
J
Juliette Lewis
Danielle Bowden
J
Joe Don Baker
Claude Kersek
R
Robert Mitchum
Lieutenant Elgart
G
Gregory Peck
Lee Heller
M
Martin Balsam
Judge
I
Illeana Douglas
Lori Davis
F
Fred Thompson
Tom Broadbent
Z
Zully Montero
Graciella
E
Edgar Allan Poe IV
Prisoner
R
Rod Ball
Prisoner
W
W. Paul Bodie
Prisoner
A
Antoni Corone
Corrections Officer
T
Tamara Jones
Ice Cream Cashier
R
Roger Pretto
Racquetball Colleague
P
Parris Buckner
Racquetball Colleague
W
Will Knickerbocker
Detective
J
Jody Wilson
Parade Watcher
