Cape Fear

Plot 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.

Director

Martin Scorsese

Cast

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  Robert De Niro

  Max Cady

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  Nick Nolte

  Sam Bowden

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  Jessica Lange

  Leigh Bowden

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  Juliette Lewis

  Danielle Bowden

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  Joe Don Baker

  Claude Kersek

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  Robert Mitchum

  Lieutenant Elgart

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  Gregory Peck

  Lee Heller

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  Martin Balsam

  Judge