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Cape Fear

A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.

Director

Martin Scorsese

Year

Genre

crime, thriller

Box Office

$79,091,969

Production

Amblin Entertainment,Cappa Productions,Tribeca Productions,Universal Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 21 nominations total

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Max Cady

Sam Bowden

Leigh Bowden

Danielle Bowden

Claude Kersek

Lieutenant Elgart

Lee Heller

Judge

Lori Davis

Illeana Douglas

Tom Broadbent

Graciella

Prisoner

Prisoner

Prisoner

Edgar Allan Poe IV

Prisoner

Prisoner

Corrections Officer

Corrections Officer

Ice Cream Cashier

Racquetball Colleague

Racquetball Colleague

Secretary

Margot Moreland

Detective

Will Knickerbocker

Arresting Officer

Robert L. Gerlach

Arresting Officer

Bruce E. Holdstein

Parade Watcher

Richard Wasserman

Parade Watcher

Parade Watcher

Parade Watcher

Mary Ellen O'Brien

Parade Watcher

Waitress (as Kate Colburn)

Danny's Girlfriend (as Domenica Scorsese)

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese

Big Man #1

Big Man #2 (as Billy Lucas)

Big Man #3

Ticket Agent

Ticket Agent (as Elizabeth Moyer)

Fruit Stand Customer

Catherine Scorsese

Fruit Stand Customer

Charles Scorsese

Jimmy the Dockmaster

Bar Patron

Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car

Bar Patron

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Max Cady Danielle Bowden Claude Kersek Sam Bowden Lieutenant Elgart Leigh Bowden

My reminiscence. - Cape Fear

My reminiscence.

I always thought that for such a lovely riverthe name was mystifying Cape FearWhen the only thing to fear on those enchanted summer nightswas that the magic would endand real life would come crashing in - Cape Fear

I always thought that for such a lovely riverthe name was...

GUARD: Okay, Cady, the moment you've been waiting for. - Cape Fear

GUARD: Okay, Cady, the moment you've been waiting for.

Any people coming for you, Cady? - Cape Fear

Any people coming for you, Cady?

What about your booksAlready read them - Cape Fear

What about your booksAlready read them

Yes, that's very creative, Junior. - Cape Fear

Yes, that's very creative, Junior.

He liked me. - Cape Fear

WOMAN: You can't go in. - Cape Fear

WOMAN: You can't go in.

Excuse me. - Cape Fear

Come on, let's move our seats. - Cape Fear

Come on, let's move our seats.

BEN: Okay, then I quit as your son. - Cape Fear

BEN: Okay, then I quit as your son.

You know how to fight dirty You do that for a living - Cape Fear

You know how to fight dirty You do that for a living

Girls, girls, come on, let's sit inside. - Cape Fear

Girls, girls, come on, let's sit inside.

You know we should stop doing this for a whileDoing Doing what We're not doing anythingYeah I know that Yet - Cape Fear

You know we should stop doing this for a whileDoing Doing...

Is marriage synonymous with deception - Cape Fear

Is marriage synonymous with deception

Hey. Free as a bird, apparently. You go everywhere you want with whomever. That much freedom could m - Cape Fear

Hey. Free as a bird, apparently. You go everywhere you want...

Well, you look good, healthy. - Cape Fear

Well, you look good, healthy.

Thank you 'Cause it's a struggle to stay healthy in the jointBut you wouldn't know about that would you - Cape Fear

Thank you 'Cause it's a struggle to stay healthy...

You're gonna learn about loss - Cape Fear

You're gonna learn about loss

Dad, could you... - Cape Fear

Dad, could you...

We're supposed to read Look Homeward Angelwhich is a kind of reminiscenceand we have to attempt something in the same styleWhat's it about your reminiscenceThe houseboat - Cape Fear

We're supposed to read Look Homeward Angelwhich is a...

LEIGH: It's not even July 3rd yet. - Cape Fear

LEIGH: It's not even July 3rd yet.

I mean why'd they have to make such a stinklike she was on heroin or somethingI mean marijuana what's marijuanaYou and I smoked a little dope in our timeYeahYou know in some culturesit's considered almost a sacramentOf course I realize in ours it's - Cape Fear

I mean why'd they have to make such a stinklike she was...

Sam. Sam, somebody's out there! What? No, leave the light off. Leave it off. - Cape Fear

Sam. Sam, somebody's out there! What? No, leave the...

I saw him when the fireworks went off. - Cape Fear

I saw him when the fireworks went off.

Get down So where's he fromOh he's from the hills Pentecostal crackers you know - Cape Fear

Get down So where's he fromOh he's from the hills...

What's he gonna do lick him to death - Cape Fear

What's he gonna do lick him to death

What about a weapon you knowIn case things get exciting around hereLook Leigh would you really feel more securewith a loaded gun in the houseWe'd probably end up using it on each other - Cape Fear

What about a weapon you knowIn case things get exciting...

Hey, Dani, it's so quiet out here, and the light's so perfect, why don't you get your book and come out here and read? - Cape Fear

Hey, Dani, it's so quiet out here, and the light's...

What do you want, Mr. - Cape Fear

What do you want, Mr.

They're great at that age ain't theyAll those discoveries ahead of them - Cape Fear

They're great at that age ain't theyAll those...

I learned to read during my stretchFirst Spot Goes to the Farmthen Runaway Bunny then law books mostly - Cape Fear

I learned to read during my stretchFirst Spot Goes to the...

So here we aretwo lawyers for all practical purposes talking shopAll right How much do you want Mr CadyHow much do I want whatHow much money do you wantMoney Counselor do I look destitute to youWell I'm open to discussion within reasonable limitsYou ever - Cape Fear

So here we aretwo lawyers for all practical purposes talking...

Look, I realize that you suffered in prison. - Cape Fear

Look, I realize that you suffered in prison.

You don't know what suffering is CounselorLike it says in Galatians 3Have ye suffered so many things in vain - Cape Fear

You don't know what suffering is CounselorLike it says...

YeahI learned from the get go in the joint to get in touchwith the soft nurturing side of myself the feminine sideWell I'm open to some sort of discussion on compensationWhat shall be my compensation sirfor being held down and sodomized by four white - Cape Fear

YeahI learned from the get go in the joint to get in...

Well, let's just break that down. - Cape Fear

Well, let's just break that down.

Sam, my man, I got some good news. - Cape Fear

Sam, my man, I got some good news.

Yeah?...these kind of horrible, high-pitched howls. - Cape Fear

Yeah?...these kind of horrible, high-pitched howls.

It was like he was winding down, just winding down like an old clock. - Cape Fear

It was like he was winding down, just winding down like an...

I've got an English Setter myselfso I don't cotton to dog killersTrouble is poisoning a dog is just a fine - Cape Fear

I've got an English Setter myselfso I don't cotton...

We'll give him a full body strip searchJerk a knot in his tail - Cape Fear

We'll give him a full body strip searchJerk a knot in...

They got so many ways on the books to lean on an undesirableHe'll feel about as welcome around hereas a case of yellow fever - Cape Fear

They got so many ways on the books to lean on an...

I don't know whether to look at him or read him. - Cape Fear

I don't know whether to look at him or read him.

Now what happenedYou let the dog out Cady abducted himNoWe didn't let the dog outCady came into your houseThat's illegal entry with intentYeah But he didn't come in the houseLook I'm not a cop I don't know exactly how he did itI just know that he did it - Cape Fear

Now what happenedYou let the dog out Cady abducted himNoWe...

Sooner or later, he's gonna screw up. - Cape Fear

Sooner or later, he's gonna screw up.

I'd still like to kill him - Cape Fear

I'd still like to kill him

Now, Dani, how come you didn't join up with them? - Cape Fear

Now, Dani, how come you didn't join up with them?

What the hell are you doing? - Cape Fear

What the hell are you doing?

Hot as a firecracker on the 4th of July - Cape Fear

Hot as a firecracker on the 4th of July

You seem to be having a good timeI've been practicingPracticing for whatHow to fall on the floorA life of debaucheryDebauch whatDebauchery It's a three syllable word Yeah - Cape Fear

You seem to be having a good timeI've been...

Now aren't I the bozo on this bus - Cape Fear

Now aren't I the bozo on this bus

Now you think I'm joking? - Cape Fear

Now you think I'm joking?

Maybe I can hack you into 40 pieces - Cape Fear

Maybe I can hack you into 40 pieces

What did you do, really? - Cape Fear

What did you do, really?

But you gotta stay soberIf you ain't sober then you're taking your chancesBecause I'm just one hell of an animalYeah Do tell - Cape Fear

But you gotta stay soberIf you ain't sober then...

He hurt you like this, that married guy? - Cape Fear

He hurt you like this, that married guy?

I've got you now, bitch! - Cape Fear

I've got you now, bitch!

I've got you now bitch - Cape Fear

I've got you now bitch

Dani, when did this key stop working? - Cape Fear

Dani, when did this key stop working?

Well, my birthday is coming up. - Cape Fear

Well, my birthday is coming up.

Sam. Don't... Don't look at me. Oh, my God. You two know each other? Yeah, we work together. I'll be - Cape Fear

Sam. Don't... Don't look at me. Oh, my God. You...

I'm so stupid. - Cape Fear

This Cady guy is planning to rape my wifebut it's not your problem anymoreI can't bust someone for planning to rape your wifeYou're a lawyer Mr Bowden You know that damn well - Cape Fear

This Cady guy is planning to rape my wifebut it's not...

Just think of this fellow Cady as a tigerThe trick is to get him out of the brushNow how do we do thatYou stake out a couple of your goats and hide in a treeWhat are you suggesting LieutenantThat I use my family as bait And then whatWhat I'm gonna hope - Cape Fear

Just think of this fellow Cady as a tigerThe trick is to get...

Well pardon me all over the place - Cape Fear

Well pardon me all over the place

And he's been harassing my family but he's cleverI mean cleverly so that the law can't touch himAlso I believe that he's able to slipinto the house and out undetectedAlthough is he out I can't tellHe's either out or he's in I'm not sure - Cape Fear

And he's been harassing my family but he's cleverI...

Sam Sam Sam calm downLet me explain something to youSee the system is set up to handle generalized problemslike burglary and robberyBut if some lone creep out there targets you for some obscure reasonthe system is slow and skeptical It's pathetic even - Cape Fear

Sam Sam Sam calm downLet me explain something to youSee the...

Now Dani you can just relax becauseyour daddy has a private investigator on the payrollIsn't that rightWhat's your feeling about him What Sam SpadeMickey Spillane Peter GunnDirty Harry Perry MasonNo no no no Perry MasonPerry Mason was a lawyer - Cape Fear

Now Dani you can just relax becauseyour daddy has a private...

Well I just don't know what I hate morethat insipid tone or your stupid sophomoric infidelitiesWho was that HuhThe girl that got beat upYes it was the girl that got beat upLori Davis I already told youShe works at the county courthouse She's a clerkAnd - Cape Fear

Well I just don't know what I hate morethat insipid...

You know Leigh why is it thatwhenever I have a private phone conversationyou assume that I'm fucking someone huh Why is that - Cape Fear

You know Leigh why is it thatwhenever I have a private phone...

I mean why did you botherWhy did you botherWhy did you bother with you and me With the marriage - Cape Fear

I mean why did you botherWhy did you botherWhy did you...

You don't have the balls to walk outif that's what you wanted Oh what I wanted - Cape Fear

You don't have the balls to walk outif that's what...

Like I was going to split with you acting the way you actedActing YeahYou did some acting I don't remember doing any actingOh you don't remember doing any acting - Cape Fear

Like I was going to split with you acting the way you...

I scared you, huh? - Cape Fear

I scared you, huh?

You pompous assOh God damn it Leigh who knew what you were gonna doYou wouldn't leave the bedroomYeah I wish you could say the same - Cape Fear

You pompous assOh God damn it Leigh who knew what you were...

I mean the relevant issue hereis whether I've been messing around in New EssexAnd I have not beenAs far as this girl goes Lori she's just a kidWell that shouldn't stop youShe's a babyI mean you know when you gravitate to peoplein the same world as youYou - Cape Fear

I mean the relevant issue hereis whether I've been...

Look, Leigh, I'm scared. - Cape Fear

Look, Leigh, I'm scared.

You really are scared, aren't you? - Cape Fear

You really are scared, aren't you?

I'm glad we talked about this, because now we can work together. - Cape Fear

I'm glad we talked about this, because now we can work...

Hey Cady come hereWait up a secondI've been in a real bad mood lately Shame ain't itYou know what you can do to brighten my moodNo Get the hell out of hereI don't mean just this whole townI mean the whole goddamn stateI don't want to see you I don't want - Cape Fear

Hey Cady come hereWait up a secondI've been in a real...

I like Are you my friendNo I'm not your friendOh 'Cause I thought maybe you were my friendbecause I like to plan my comings and goings with friendsBut if you're not my friendand you're planning my comings and goingsI'd call that presumptuousIn fact I'd - Cape Fear

I like Are you my friendNo I'm not your friendOh...

You a cop Or were you a copOr were you not good enough to remain on the force'Cause you know that's the feeling I'm getting here - Cape Fear

You a cop Or were you a copOr were you not good enough to...

Ma'am, this belong to you? - Cape Fear

Ma'am, this belong to you?

You're right There is a lot of cutsie cutsiein that little prick isn't thereYeah I told youYou know where he was todayAt the public library reading Thus Spake Zarathustraby Friedrich Nietzsche he's this German philosopherHe said that God is deadGod is - Cape Fear

You're right There is a lot of cutsie cutsiein that...

I understand Yeah - Cape Fear

I understand Yeah

What are we talking about here? - Cape Fear

What are we talking about here?

SAM: Hi, I'm home! - Cape Fear

SAM: Hi, I'm home!

MAN ON PHONE Hello DanielleIs this Miss Danielle BowdenYeahThis is your new teacher callingFrom English or DramaDramaSo how you doingFineWell I'm just going down the listgreeting my summer studentsYou sound kind of downNoThere's just been stuff going on - Cape Fear

MAN ON PHONE Hello DanielleIs this Miss Danielle...

Now you can trust in me because I'm a do right man okay - Cape Fear

Now you can trust in me because I'm a do right man okay

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A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.

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Director: Martin Scorsese

Writer: John D. MacDonald, James R. Webb, Wesley Strick

Production: Amblin Entertainment,Cappa Productions,Tribeca Productions,Universal Pictures

Genre: crime, thriller

Year: 1991

MetaScore: 73/100

ImdbRating: 7.3

BoxOffice: $79,091,969

Released: 15 Nov 1991

Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 5 wins & 21 nominations total

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