Movie
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Cape Fear
Cast
Robert De NiroMax Cady
Nick NolteSam Bowden
Jessica LangeLeigh Bowden
Juliette LewisDanielle Bowden
Joe Don BakerClaude Kersek
Robert MitchumLieutenant Elgart
Gregory PeckLee Heller
Martin BalsamJudgeCredits
- Directed by
- Martin Scorsese
- Written by
- Wesley Strick, John D. MacDonald
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $35M
- Box office
- $182.3M
Production
Amblin EntertainmentUnited States- Cappa ProductionsUnited States
Tribeca ProductionsUnited States
Universal PicturesUnited States
