Cape Fear poster
Director Martin Scorsese
Screenplay Wesley Strick

Cape Fear

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

Release Date: 1991-11-13

Duration: 128 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Robert De Niro
    Max Cady
  • Juliette Lewis
    Danielle Bowden
  • Nick Nolte
    Sam Bowden
  • Jessica Lange
    Leigh Bowden
  • Gregory Peck
    Lee Heller
  • Robert Mitchum
    Lieutenant Elgart
  • Fred Thompson
    Tom Broadbent
  • Martin Balsam
    Judge
  • Zully Montero
    Graciella
  • Illeana Douglas
    Lori Davis