The Shadow's Edge
Action · Crime
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Film / 1991
Cape Fear - Il promontorio della paura
Directed by
Martin Scorsese
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 …
The story
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 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
Craig HennePrisoner
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Forest BurtonPrisoner
Edgar Allan Poe IVPrisoner
Rod BallPrisoner
W. Paul BodiePrisoner
Joel KolkerCorrections Officer
Antoni CoroneCorrections Officer
Tamara JonesIce Cream Cashier
Roger PrettoRacquetball Colleague
Parris BucknerRacquetball Colleague
Margot MorelandSecretary
Will KnickerbockerDetective
Robert L. GerlachArresting Officer
Bruce E. HoldsteinArresting Officer
Richard WassermanParade Watcher
Paul Nagle Jr.Parade Watcher
Paul FroehlerParade Watcher
Mary Ellen O'BrienParade Watcher
Jody WilsonParade Watcher
C.C. CostiganWaitress
Domenica Cameron-ScorseseDanny's Girlfriend
Gar StephenBig Man #1
Billy D. LucasBig Man #2
Ken CollinsBig Man #3
Linda PerriTicket Agent
Libby MoyerTicket Agent
Catherine ScorseseFruit Stand Customer
Charles ScorseseFruit Stand Customer
Jackie DavisJimmy the Dockmaster
George GrafasBar Patron (uncredited)
Ken WatersBar Patron (uncredited)
Esther RolleWoman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)
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