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.
Genres
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Studio
Amblin Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How Cape Fear performed
Budget
$35.0M
Worldwide Gross
$182.3M
Gross Profit
$147.3M
Return
5.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$26M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Max Cady
Robert De Niro
Max Cady
Sam Bowden
Nick Nolte
Sam Bowden
Leigh Bowden
Jessica Lange
Leigh Bowden
Danielle Bowden
Juliette Lewis
Danielle Bowden
Claude Kersek
Joe Don Baker
Claude Kersek
Lieutenant Elgart
Robert Mitchum
Lieutenant Elgart
Lee Heller
Gregory Peck
Lee Heller
Judge
Martin Balsam
Judge
Lori Davis
Illeana Douglas
Lori Davis
Tom Broadbent
Fred Thompson
Tom Broadbent
Graciella
Zully Montero
Graciella
Prisoner
Craig Henne
Prisoner
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