
Cape Fear

Sam Bowden has always provided for his family's future. But the past is coming back to haunt them.
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? 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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Actor (1992)
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Box office
Grossed $182M worldwide, about 5.2 times its $35M budget
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Based on
Based on Cape Fear and The Executioners
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Filming locations
Filmed in Florida, California and Georgia
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Setting
Set in North Carolina
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Series
Part of the Cape Fear series
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Music
Music by Elmer Bernstein
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Freddie Francis
Details
- Director
- Writers
- John D. MacDonaldNovel
- Wesley StrickScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 13, 1991
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $35M
- Revenue
- $182.3M
- Countries
- United States of America
Streaming on
In the United States
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