Cape Fear
Stream
Rent & Buy
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.
What critics thought
Scorsese's remake lands as a slick, viscerally effective thriller, with Robert De Niro's Max Cady earning lasting recognition as one of cinema's great screen psychopaths. Critics generally admired the craft and the sheer momentum of it, though some questioned whether Scorsese's considerable talent was best spent on a high-gloss Hollywood shocker rather than more personal work.
“Cape Fear is impressive moviemaking, showing Scorsese as a master of a traditional Hollywood genre who is able to mold it to his own themes and obsessions. But as I look at this $35 million movie with big stars, special effects and production values, I wonder whether it represents a good omen from the finest director now at work.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Accolades
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Martin ScorseseDirector
Robert De NiroMax Cady
Nick NolteSam Bowden
Jessica LangeLeigh Bowden
Juliette LewisDanielle Bowden
Joe Don BakerClaude Kersek
Robert MitchumLieutenant Elgart
Gregory PeckLee Heller
Martin BalsamJudge
Illeana DouglasLori Davis
Fred ThompsonTom Broadbent
Zully MonteroGraciella
Elmer BernsteinComposer
Bernard HerrmannComposer
John D. MacDonaldWriter
Wesley StrickWriter
Freddie FrancisCinematographyFrom the studio
Cape Fear
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.
What critics thought
Scorsese's remake lands as a slick, viscerally effective thriller, with Robert De Niro's Max Cady earning lasting recognition as one of cinema's great screen psychopaths. Critics generally admired the craft and the sheer momentum of it, though some questioned whether Scorsese's considerable talent was best spent on a high-gloss Hollywood shocker rather than more personal work.
“Cape Fear is impressive moviemaking, showing Scorsese as a master of a traditional Hollywood genre who is able to mold it to his own themes and obsessions. But as I look at this $35 million movie with big stars, special effects and production values, I wonder whether it represents a good omen from the finest director now at work.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
Accolades
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- moderate
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Martin ScorseseDirectorRobert De NiroMax CadyNick NolteSam BowdenJessica LangeLeigh BowdenJuliette LewisDanielle BowdenJoe Don BakerClaude KersekRobert MitchumLieutenant ElgartGregory PeckLee HellerMartin BalsamJudgeIlleana DouglasLori DavisFred ThompsonTom BroadbentZully MonteroGraciellaElmer BernsteinComposerBernard HerrmannComposerJohn D. MacDonaldWriterWesley StrickWriterFreddie FrancisCinematographyFrom the studio
Stream
Rent & Buy