Cape Fear (1991)

11/15/1991 2h 8m

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

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Robert De Niro

as Max Cady

Born 08/17/1943, age

Nick Nolte

as Sam Bowden

Born 02/08/1941, age

Jessica Lange

as Leigh Bowden

Born 04/20/1949, age

Juliette Lewis

as Danielle Bowden

Born 06/21/1973, age

Joe Don Baker

as Claude Kersek

Born 02/12/1936, age

Robert Mitchum

as Lieutenant Elgart

Born 08/06/1917

Died 07/01/1997, age

Gregory Peck

as Lee Heller

Born 04/05/1916

Died 06/12/2003, age

Martin Balsam

as Judge

Born 11/04/1919

Died 02/13/1996, age

Illeana Douglas

as Lori Davis

Born 07/25/1961, age

Fred Thompson

as Tom Broadbent

Born 08/19/1942

Died 11/01/2015, age

Esther Rolle

as Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)

Born 11/08/1920

Died 11/17/1998, age