Robert De Niro as Max Cady

Nick Nolte as Sam Bowden

Jessica Lange as Leigh Bowden

Juliette Lewis as Danielle Bowden

Joe Don Baker as Claude Kersek

Robert Mitchum as Lieutenant Elgart

Gregory Peck as Lee Heller

Martin Balsam as Judge

Illeana Douglas as Lori Davis

Fred Thompson as Tom Broadbent

Zully Montero as Graciella

Craig Henne as Prisoner

Forest Burton as Prisoner

Edgar Allan Poe IV as Prisoner

Rod Ball as Prisoner

W. Paul Bodie as Prisoner

Joel Kolker as Corrections Officer

Antoni Corone as Corrections Officer

Tamara Jones as Ice Cream Cashier

Roger Pretto as Racquetball Colleague

Parris Buckner as Racquetball Colleague

Margot Moreland as Secretary

Will Knickerbocker as Detective

Robert L. Gerlach as Arresting Officer

Bruce E. Holdstein as Arresting Officer

Richard Wasserman as Parade Watcher

Paul Nagle Jr. as Parade Watcher

Paul Froehler as Parade Watcher

Mary Ellen O'Brien as Parade Watcher

Jody Wilson as Parade Watcher

C.C. Costigan as Waitress

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese as Danny's Girlfriend

Gar Stephen as Big Man #1

Billy D. Lucas as Big Man #2

Ken Collins as Big Man #3

Linda Perri as Ticket Agent

Libby Moyer as Ticket Agent

Catherine Scorsese as Fruit Stand Customer

Charles Scorsese as Fruit Stand Customer

Jackie Davis as Jimmy the Dockmaster

George Grafas as Bar Patron (uncredited)

Ken Waters as Bar Patron (uncredited)

Esther Rolle as Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)