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Cape Fear (1991)

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Martin Scorsese
  • Profile picture of Robert De Niro
    Max Cady Robert De Niro
  • Profile picture of Nick Nolte
    Sam Bowden Nick Nolte
  • Profile picture of Jessica Lange
    Leigh Bowden Jessica Lange
  • Profile picture of Juliette Lewis
    Danielle Bowden Juliette Lewis
  • Profile picture of Joe Don Baker
    Claude Kersek Joe Don Baker
  • Profile picture of Robert Mitchum
    Lieutenant Elgart Robert Mitchum
  • Profile picture of Gregory Peck
    Lee Heller Gregory Peck
  • Profile picture of Martin Balsam
    Judge Martin Balsam

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