Cape Fear (1991)
- Starring:
- Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, (more)
- Director(s):
- Martin Scorsese
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Category:
- Mystery & Suspense
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Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear provided the director with a box-office success to follow up the critical success of the previous year's Goodfellas. After serving a lengthy prison sentence for a sexual assault, Max Cady (Robert De Niro) comes calling on the man who served as his public defender, Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte). Max begins a campaign of harassment against the man and his family because Bowden buried a report that would have in all likelihood acquitted Cady of the charges against him. Bowden's shaky ethics continue in his personal life as he is considering beginning an extramarital affair with colleague Lori Davis (Illeana Douglas), since he and his wife, Leigh (Jessica Lange) have had a difficult time coming back together since he has admitted to previous indiscretions. Cady infiltrates the family most insidiously by cultivating a relationship with the Bowden's troubled teenage daughte, Danielle (Juliette Lewis), who is all the more susceptible to Cady's advances because of her parents' problems. Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck, the stars of the original film, have cameo appearances in this version of Cape Fear. De Niro and Lewis were both nominated for Academy Awards for their work in the film. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 128 mins
Complete Cast:
- Robert De Niro - Max Cady
- Jessica Lange - Leigh Bowden
- Joe Don Baker - Claude Kersek
- Illeana Douglas - Lori Davis
- Martin Balsam - Judge
- Zully Montero - Graciella
- Billy Lucas - 2nd Big Man
- Edgar Allan Poe IV - Prisoner
- Paul Froehler - Parade Watcher
- Catherine Scorsese - Fruit Stand Customer
- Jackie Davis - Jimmy the Dockmaster
- Forest Burton - Prisoner
- Paul Nagle, Jr. - Parade Watcher
- Linda Perri - Ticket Agent
- Mary Ellen O'Brien - Parade Watcher
- Jodie Wilson - Parade Watcher
- Rod Ball - Prisoner
- W. Paul Bodie - Prisoner
- Elizabeth Moyer - Ticket Agent
- Kate Colburn - Waitress
- Antoni Corone - Corrections Officer
- Nick Nolte - Sam Bowden
- Juliette Lewis - Danielle Bowden
- Robert Mitchum - Lieutenant Elgart
- Gregory Peck - Lee Heller
- Fred Dalton Thompson - Tom Broadbent
- Ken Collins - 3rd Big Man
- Parris Buckner - Racquetball Colleague
- Tamara Jones - Ice Cream Cashier
- Margot Moreland - Secretary
- Craig Henne - Prisoner
- Joel Kolker - Corrections Officer
- Robert L. Gerlach - Arresting Officer
- Domenica Scorsese - Danny's Girlfriend
- Chad Dowdell - Jim (uncredited)
- Bruce E. Holdstein - Arresting Officer
- Garr Stevens - 1st Big Man
- Roger Pretto - Racquetball Colleague
- Will Knickerbocker - Detective
- Richard Wasserman - Parade Watcher
- Charles Scorsese - Fruit Stand Customer
- Director(s):
- Martin Scorsese
- Writer(s):
- Wesley Strick, James R. Webb
- Producer(s):
- Steven Spielberg, Barbara de Fina
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Situations, Not For Children, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Graphic Violence)
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense
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