Cape Fear
"Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them."
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.
Cast (43)
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
Joel Kolker
Corrections Officer
Antoni Corone
Corrections Officer
Tamara Jones
Ice Cream Cashier
Roger Pretto
Racquetball Colleague
Parris Buckner
Racquetball Colleague
Margot Moreland
Secretary
Will Knickerbocker
Detective
Robert L. Gerlach
Arresting Officer
Bruce E. Holdstein
Arresting Officer
Richard Wasserman
Parade Watcher
Paul Nagle Jr.
Parade Watcher
Paul Froehler
Parade Watcher
Mary Ellen O'Brien
Parade Watcher
Jody Wilson
Parade Watcher
C.C. Costigan
Waitress
Domenica Cameron-Scorsese
Danny's Girlfriend
Gar Stephen
Big Man #1
Billy D. Lucas
Big Man #2
Ken Collins
Big Man #3
Linda Perri
Ticket Agent
Libby Moyer
Ticket Agent
Catherine Scorsese
Fruit Stand Customer
Charles Scorsese
Fruit Stand Customer
Jackie Davis
Jimmy the Dockmaster
George Grafas
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Ken Waters
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Esther Rolle
Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)
You Might Also Like
Cape Fear
1962
The Last House on the Left
2009
Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey
2018
Raising Cain
1992
Cleveland Abduction
2015
Chinatown
1974
Baby Blues
2008
God Is a Bullet
2023
Girl in the Basement
2021
An American Crime
2007
Eye for an Eye
1996
Body Heat
1981
Butterfly on a Wheel
2007
White Heat
1949
Burnt Offerings
1976
Return to Sender
2015
Snitch
2013
A Perfect World
1993
5lbs of Pressure
2024
Becky
2020
Similar Movies
An Actor's Revenge
1963
Eye of the Tiger
1986
The War Wagon
1967
Gemma Bovery
2014
National Theatre Live: The Fifth Step
2025
Charley Varrick
1973
The Wrong Valentine
2021
For my Honor
1966
55 Steps
2018
Roadside Assistance
2016
Game Night
2018
Eban and Charley
2000
Beau Ideal
2026
Before Your Father Finds Us
2025
Cube
2021
Zero Day
2003
Sing Sing
2024
Miranda's Victim
2023
The Aviator's Wife
1981
Transfixed
2001