Film

Cape Fear

1991 · 2h 8m · Drama · Crime · Thriller

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

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

77%

Metacritic

73

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.

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

Craig Henne

Prisoner

Forest Burton

Prisoner

Edgar Allan Poe IV

Prisoner

Rod Ball

Prisoner

W. Paul Bodie

Prisoner

• Martin ScorseseDirector
• Wesley StrickScreenplay
• John D. MacDonaldNovel
• Barbara De FinaProducer
• Frank MarshallExecutive Producer
• Kathleen KennedyExecutive Producer
• Freddie FrancisDirector of Photography
• Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
• Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer
• Thelma SchoonmakerEditor

Theatrical Trailer

Release date

November 13, 1991

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 8m

Rated

R

Budget

$35,000,000

Revenue

$182,300,000

Genres

Drama, Crime, Thriller

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