Where to watch Cape Fear(1991)

Where to stream Cape Fear

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Cape Fear plot summary

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.

Details

Release date

November 13, 1991

Runtime

2h 8m

Genres

Drama, Crime, Thriller

Directed by

Martin Scorsese

Country

United States

TMDB rating

7.3 / 10 · 4,046 votes

Cape Fear trailer

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Cast

• Nick NolteSam Bowden
• Robert De NiroMax Cady
• Jessica LangeLeigh Bowden
• Juliette LewisDanielle Bowden
• Joe Don BakerClaude Kersek
• Robert MitchumLieutenant Elgart
• Gregory PeckLee Heller
• Martin BalsamJudge
• Illeana DouglasLori Davis
• Fred ThompsonTom Broadbent

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