Cape Fear

1991 128 min ★ 7.3 Drama, Crime, Thriller

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.

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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

Details

Director

Martin Scorsese

Screenplay

Wesley Strick

Tagline

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

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$35,000,000

Revenue

$182,300,000

Production

Amblin Entertainment, Cappa Productions, Tribeca Productions, Universal Pictures

Reviews

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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...

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Filipe Manuel Neto

July 2, 2022

★ 8/10

**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 ...

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CinemaSerf

May 15, 2023

★ 7/10

"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 eviden...