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Meet Max Cady, the most terrific villain role De Niro ever played simply because he successfully portrayed a crook who possesses a very complex personality of being stone-cold, violent, absolutely merciless, also on the other hand quite witty and charismatic to ever lure Danielle Bowden (Juliette Lewis) into his trap when he pretended to be her drama teacher so convincingly. Martin Scorsese’s Cape Fear tells the story of a brutal rapist who waited for so long just to be able to avenge his wrath towards Attorney Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) for he believed that Bowden could have done much better in d... read the rest.
Cape Fear
(1991)
Overview
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? 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 cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
Tagline
There is nothing in the dark that isn't there in the light. Except fear.
Crew
| Director: | Martin Scorsese |
| Writers: | John D. MacDonald, Wesley Strick |
Cast
Robert De Niro 
Nick Nolte 
Jessica Lange 
Juliette Lewis |
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Production Companies
Universal Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Cappa Productions, Tribeca Productions
