Cape Fear

Released Date
November 15, 1991
Distributor
Universal Pictures
Genre
Thriller
Rating
R
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$79,091,969 + $103,200,000 = $182,291,969
81
Robert De Niro

as Max Cady

75
Jessica Lange

as Leigh Bowden

1916-2003
Gregory Peck

as Lee Heller

51
Juliette Lewis

as Danielle Bowden

83
Nick Nolte

as Sam Bowden

1917-1997
Robert Mitchum

as Lt. Elgart

59
Illeana Douglas

as Lori Davis

1942-2015
Fred Thompson

as Tom Broadbent

88
Joe Don Baker

as Claude Kersek

About Cape Fear

A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.

About

Max Cady, a convicted rapist gets out of a fourteen-year sentence and stalks the man who defended him in order to get revenge. Martin Scorsese directed the film. 

Trivia

Filming took over a year in South Florida. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards.