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 |
| Writing | James R. Webb | Screenplay |
| Editing | George Tomasini | Editor |
| Sound | Bernard Herrmann | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Sy Bartlett | Producer |
| Camera | Sam Leavitt | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frank Prehoda | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Ernest B. Wehmeyer | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Virginia Darcy | Hairstylist |
| Art | Alexander Golitzen | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Wills | Costume Design |
| Art | Robert F. Boyle | Art Direction |
| Art | Oliver Emert | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thomas Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Léo L. Fuchs | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Ray Gosnell Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Corson Jowett | Sound |
| Crew | Robert Willoughby | Cinematography |
| Crew | John McKee | Stunts |
| Sound | Waldon O. Watson | Sound |
| Sound | Robert Bain | Additional Soundtrack |
