Who starred as the villain Max Cady in the 1991 remake of the film 'Cape Fear'?
Max Cady blood loss from two of Sam's shots. Max Cady Max Cady is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of the John D. MacDonald novel "The Executioners". He was portrayed by Robert Mitchum in "Cape Fear" and Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese's remake. In both film versions of MacDonald's novel, Cady is a criminal with an obsessive grudge against an attorney named Sam Bowden (played by Gregory Peck in the first film and by Nick Nolte in the remake) who sent him to prison for rape. While in prison, Cady teaches himself to read as he nurtures his hatred
The Executioners (MacDonald novel) The Executioners (MacDonald novel) The Executioners is a psychological thriller-suspense novel written by John D. MacDonald, published in 1957. It was filmed twice under the title "Cape Fear", once in 1962 and again in 1991. The overall tone of the novel is not nearly as brutal as the film adaptations, and especially the remake. The basic plot of the novel concerns an attorney named Sam Bowden, who caught Max Cady, an illiterate, brutal rapist, in the act. Bowden later testifies against him. The jury finds Cady guilty and Cady is sent to prison for fourteen years, when he develops and