Sam Bowden is een middelmatige advocaat die zijn ergste nachtmerrie uit ziet komen, wanneer Max Cady op vrije voeten wordt gesteld. De psychopaat Max Cady wil zijn lange strafblad wreken op de advocaat en zijn familie.
Nee, helaas is Cape Fear nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | John D. MacDonald | Novel |
| Directing | J. Lee Thompson | Director |
| Sound | Bernard Herrmann | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Sam Leavitt | Director of Photography |
| Writing | James R. Webb | Screenplay |
| Production | Sy Bartlett | Producer |
| Editing | George Tomasini | Editor |
| Directing | Ray Gosnell Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Wills | Costume Design |
| Production | Ernest B. Wehmeyer | Production Manager |
| Art | Alexander Golitzen | Art Direction |
| Sound | Corson Jowett | Sound |
| Sound | Waldon O. Watson | Sound |
| Crew | John McKee | Stunts |
| Crew | Robert Willoughby | Cinematography |
| Art | Robert F. Boyle | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thomas Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Virginia Darcy | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Prehoda | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Oliver Emert | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Léo L. Fuchs | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Robert Bain | Additional Soundtrack |
