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Cape Fear

Movie (1991)


Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney/"Leave It to Beaver"-esque family-man. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen 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 ...

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Released: Nov 13th, 1991
Budget: $35,000,000.00
Revenue: $79,100,000.00

Cape Fear Main Cast

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Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
plays Max Cady
Nick Nolte
Nick Nolte
plays Sam Bowden
Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange
plays Leigh Bowden
Juliette Lewis
Juliette Lewis
plays Danielle Bowden
Joe Don Baker
Joe Don Baker
plays Claude Kersek
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Movie Trivia/Goofs

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  • DIRTRADE(Martin Scorsese):[mother]: fruit stand customer.
  • Christina Applegate did an audition for the role of Danielle, but had to turn down the part due to conflicts from Married ... with Children producer Ron Leavitt.
  • Robert Richardson auditioned for the position of cinematographer but lost out to Britain's Freddie Francis. Martin Scorsese, a staunch admirer of Richardson's work with his former NYU student Oliver Stone, remembered Richardson when he was preparing to direct Casino.
  • Amblin Entertainment's first "R" rated motion picture.
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