Which actor played the role of killer Max Cady in the 1991 film Cape Fear?
Cape Fear (1991 film) whom he blames for his 14-year imprisonment due to purposefully faulty defense tactics used during his trial. "Cape Fear" marks the seventh collaboration between Scorsese and De Niro. The film received positive reviews and received Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor (De Niro) and Best Supporting Actress (Juliette Lewis). Sam Bowden is a lawyer in the town of New Essex, North Carolina. Max Cady is a former client whom Bowden defended 14 years earlier when he was working as a public defender in Atlanta. Cady was tried for the violent rape and battery of a young woman.
Cape Fear (1991 film) kills the Bowden’s housekeeper Graciella and impersonates her to ambush Kersek, strangling him with piano wire and shooting him with his own gun. Bowden, Leigh, and Danielle discover the bodies. Horrified, they flee to their houseboat, which is docked upstate along Cape Fear. Cady follows them by tying himself to the chassis of their car. He attacks the family on the boat, beating and tying up Bowden, and prepares to rape Leigh and Danielle while making Bowden watch. Danielle sprays Cady with lighter fluid while he lights a cigar, engulfing him in flames and causing him to jump off the