

Cape Fear
Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.
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.
- Budget
- $35,000,000
- Revenue
- $182,300,000
- Production
- Amblin Entertainment, Cappa Productions, Tribeca Productions, Universal Pictures
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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
Graciella

Rod Ball
Prisoner

Antoni Corone
Corrections Officer

Parris Buckner
Racquetball Colleague

Jody Wilson
Parade Watcher

C.C. Costigan
Waitress

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese
Danny's Girlfriend

Billy D. Lucas
Big Man #2

Linda Perri
Ticket Agent

Catherine Scorsese
Fruit Stand Customer
Crew
- Director
- Martin Scorsese
- Writers
- Wesley Strick
- Cinematography
- Freddie Francis
- Composer
- Bernard Herrmann,Elmer Bernstein
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Eky
June 19, 2012
Meet Max Cady, the most terrific villain role De Niro ever played simply because he successfully portrayed a crook who possesses a very complex personality of being stone-cold, violent, absolutely merciless, also on the other hand quite witty and charismatic to ever lure Danielle Bowden (Juliette Lewis) into his trap when he pretended to be her drama teacher so convincingly. Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear tells the story of a brutal rapist who waited for so long just to be able to avenge his wrath …

Filipe Manuel Neto
July 2, 2022
**A really very good movie, and proof that there are remakes that are really worth it for their quality and good execution.** I've just seen this movie (which I've actually seen on television, but without paying enough attention to a movie I want to write something about) and once again I was very impressed. The truth is that, without wanting to legitimize the practice, which is often taken to exaggeration, there are remakes that manage to justify themselves, not only for the quality they dem…

CinemaSerf
May 15, 2023
"Cady" (Robert De Niro) is released from jail after serving eighteen years for rape. He alights on the doorstep of his erstwhile defending counsel "Bowden" (Nick Nolte) with his cigar and his red sports car and generally starts intimidating the man and his family. Why? Well it turns out that the lawyer had buried some evidence during the trial that may have cast doubt on the voracity of the evidence given by the victim - and so now, "Cady" has revenge in mind. Now I loved the 1962 version of thi…





