Cape Fear (1991)
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
Writer:
Wesley Strick
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Robert De Niro as Max Cady |
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Nick Nolte as Sam Bowden |
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Jessica Lange as Leigh Bowden |
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Juliette Lewis as Danielle Bowden |
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Joe Don Baker as Claude Kersek |
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Robert Mitchum as Lieutenant Elgart |
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Gregory Peck as Lee Heller |
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Martin Balsam as Judge |
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Illeana Douglas as Lori Davis |
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Fred Thompson as Tom Broadbent |
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Zully Montero as Graciella |
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Craig Henne as Prisoner |
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Forest Burton as Prisoner |
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Edgar Allan Poe IV as Prisoner |
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Rod Ball as Prisoner |
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W. Paul Bodie as Prisoner |
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Joel Kolker as Corrections Officer |
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Antoni Corone as Corrections Officer |
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Tamara Jones as Ice Cream Cashier |
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Roger Pretto as Racquetball Colleague |
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Parris Buckner as Racquetball Colleague |
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Margot Moreland as Secretary |
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Will Knickerbocker as Detective |
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Robert L. Gerlach as Arresting Officer |
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Bruce E. Holdstein as Arresting Officer |
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Richard Wasserman as Parade Watcher |
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Paul Nagle Jr. as Parade Watcher |
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Paul Froehler as Parade Watcher |
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Mary Ellen O'Brien as Parade Watcher |
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Jody Wilson as Parade Watcher |
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C.C. Costigan as Waitress |
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Domenica Cameron-Scorsese as Danny's Girlfriend |
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Gar Stephen as Big Man #1 |
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Billy D. Lucas as Big Man #2 |
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Ken Collins as Big Man #3 |
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Linda Perri as Ticket Agent |
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Libby Moyer as Ticket Agent |
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Catherine Scorsese as Fruit Stand Customer |
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Charles Scorsese as Fruit Stand Customer |
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Jackie Davis as Jimmy the Dockmaster |
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George Grafas as Bar Patron (uncredited) |
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Ken Waters as Bar Patron (uncredited) |
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Esther Rolle as Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited) |
| Camera | Freddie Francis | Director of Photography |
| Art | Alan Hicks | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Martin Scorsese | Director |
| Production | Ellen Lewis | Casting |
| Writing | John D. MacDonald | Novel |
| Writing | Wesley Strick | Screenplay |
| Editing | Thelma Schoonmaker | Editor |
| Production | Frank Marshall | Executive Producer |
| Production | Barbara De Fina | Producer |
| Production | Kathleen Kennedy | Executive Producer |
| Art | Jack G. Taylor Jr. | Art Direction |
| Camera | Phillip V. Caruso | Still Photographer |
| Crew | J.B. Jones | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edouard F. Henriques III | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rita Ryack | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Donna Battersby Greene | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy J. Pearl | Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | William Hines | Rigging Gaffer |
| Art | Henry Bumstead | Production Design |
| Crew | Leon Delaney | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elizabeth Lambert | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edouard F. Henriques III | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lyndell Quiyou | Hairstylist |
| Lighting | Gene Engels | Gaffer |
| Sound | Skip Lievsay | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kathy Durning | Music Editor |
| Directing | Corey B. Yugler | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Gordon Hayman | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kathleen Gerlach | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Crew | Neal Martz | Makeup Effects |
| Writing | James R. Webb | Original Film Writer |
| Sound | Elmer Bernstein | Conductor |
| Crew | Don Pulford | Stunts |
| Production | Dianne E. Collins | Publicist |
| Crew | Donna Evans | Stunt Double |
| Sound | Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Bernard Herrmann | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Richard Adee | Property Master |
| Sound | Philip Stockton | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Marissa Littlefield | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Wally Adee | Assistant Property Master |
| Directing | Joseph P. Reidy | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | T.J. O'Mara | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Doug Coleman | Stunt Double |
| Sound | Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Marko Costanzo | Foley Artist |
| Sound | William Docker | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Kenton Jakub | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Frank Kern | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Tod A. Maitland | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Sylvia Menno | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bruce Pross | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | Gail Showalter | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Steven Visscher | Foley Editor |
| Art | Elaine Bass | Title Designer |
| Art | Saul Bass | Title Designer |
| Directing | Nathalie Vadim | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Deborah Lupard | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Michael Calabrese | Set Dresser |
| Art | Robert Crowley | Set Dresser |
| Art | Adrian Gorton | Assistant Art Director |
| Crew | Marcia Holley | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Daniel W. Barringer | Stunts |
| Crew | Billy Judkins | Stunts |