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Cape Fear

Cape Fear

Released: 1991R
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Audience Score
77%Audience

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.

Martin Scorsese

Director

Top Billed Cast

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro

Max Cady

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte

Sam Bowden

Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange

Leigh Bowden

Juliette Lewis

Juliette Lewis

Danielle Bowden

Joe Don Baker

Joe Don Baker

Claude Kersek

Robert Mitchum

Robert Mitchum

Lieutenant Elgart

Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck

Lee Heller

Martin Balsam

Martin Balsam

Judge

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Status

Released

Added to Library

March 15, 2026

Studio

Original Language

English

Budget

$35,000,000.00

Revenue

$182,300,000.00