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.
Cast
Robert De Niro
Max Cady
Nick Nolte
Sam Bowden
Jessica Lange
Leigh Bowden
Juliette Lewis
Danielle Bowden
Joe Don Baker
Claude Kersek
Robert Mitchum
Lieutenant Elgart
Gregory Peck
Lee Heller
Martin Balsam
Judge
Illeana Douglas
Lori Davis
Fred Thompson
Tom Broadbent
Zully Montero
Graciella
Craig Henne
Prisoner
Forest Burton
Prisoner
Edgar Allan Poe IV
Prisoner
Rod Ball
Prisoner
W. Paul Bodie
Prisoner
Joel Kolker
Corrections Officer
Antoni Corone
Corrections Officer
Tamara Jones
Ice Cream Cashier
Roger Pretto
Racquetball Colleague
Parris Buckner
Racquetball Colleague
Margot Moreland
Secretary
Will Knickerbocker
Detective
Robert L. Gerlach
Arresting Officer
Bruce E. Holdstein
Arresting Officer
Richard Wasserman
Parade Watcher
Paul Nagle Jr.
Parade Watcher
Paul Froehler
Parade Watcher
Mary Ellen O'Brien
Parade Watcher
Jody Wilson
Parade Watcher
C.C. Costigan
Waitress
Domenica Cameron-Scorsese
Danny's Girlfriend
Gar Stephen
Big Man #1
Billy D. Lucas
Big Man #2
Ken Collins
Big Man #3
Linda Perri
Ticket Agent
Libby Moyer
Ticket Agent
Catherine Scorsese
Fruit Stand Customer
Charles Scorsese
Fruit Stand Customer
Jackie Davis
Jimmy the Dockmaster
George Grafas
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Ken Waters
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Esther Rolle
Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)
Crew
Martin Scorsese
Director
Wesley Strick
Screenplay
James R. Webb
Original Film Writer
John D. MacDonald
Novel
Thelma Schoonmaker
Editor
Freddie Francis
Director of Photography
Joseph P. Reidy
First Assistant Director
Nathalie Vadim
Second Assistant Director
Deborah Lupard
Second Second Assistant Director
Frank Marshall
Executive Producer
Kathleen Kennedy
Executive Producer
Barbara De Fina
Producer
Henry Bumstead
Production Design
Gordon Hayman
Camera Operator
Ellen Lewis
Casting
Kathleen Gerlach
Assistant Costume Designer
Rita Ryack
Costume Design
Donna Battersby Greene
Hairstylist
Lyndell Quiyou
Hairstylist
Edouard F. Henriques III
Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
Elizabeth Lambert
Makeup Artist
Dorothy J. Pearl
Makeup Artist
Adrian Gorton
Assistant Art Director
Skip Lievsay
Supervising Sound Editor
William Docker
Assistant Sound Editor
Kenton Jakub
Assistant Sound Editor
Sylvia Menno
Assistant Sound Editor
Tom Fleischman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tod A. Maitland
Production Sound Mixer
T.J. O'Mara
Boom Operator
Bruce Pross
Foley Supervisor
Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist
Frank Kern
Foley Editor
Steven Visscher
Foley Editor
Gail Showalter
ADR Editor
J.B. Jones
Special Effects Coordinator
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Kathy Durning
Music Editor
Philip Stockton
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Marissa Littlefield
Dialogue Editor
William Hines
Rigging Gaffer
Alan Hicks
Set Decoration
Michael Calabrese
Set Dresser
Robert Crowley
Set Dresser
Phillip V. Caruso
Still Photographer
Corey B. Yugler
Script Supervisor
Don Pulford
Stunts
Daniel W. Barringer
Stunts
Billy Judkins
Stunts
Leon Delaney
Stunt Coordinator
Donna Evans
Stunt Double
Doug Coleman
Stunt Double
Marcia Holley
Stunt Double
Richard Adee
Property Master
Wally Adee
Assistant Property Master
Gene Engels
Gaffer
Elaine Bass
Title Designer
Saul Bass
Title Designer
Neal Martz
Makeup Effects
Dianne E. Collins
Publicist
Jack G. Taylor Jr.
Art Direction
