Robert De Niro

Max Cady

Nick Nolte

Sam Bowden

Jessica Lange

Leigh Bowden

Juliette Lewis

Danielle Bowden

Joe Don Baker

Claude Kersek

Robert Mitchum

Lieutenant Elgart

Gregory Peck

Lee Heller

Martin Balsam

Judge

Illeana Douglas

Lori Davis

Fred Thompson

Tom Broadbent

Zully Montero

Graciella

Craig Henne

Prisoner

Forest Burton

Prisoner

Edgar Allan Poe IV

Prisoner

Rod Ball

Prisoner

W. Paul Bodie

Prisoner

Joel Kolker

Corrections Officer

Antoni Corone

Corrections Officer

Tamara Jones

Ice Cream Cashier

Roger Pretto

Racquetball Colleague

Parris Buckner

Racquetball Colleague

Margot Moreland

Secretary

Will Knickerbocker

Detective

Robert L. Gerlach

Arresting Officer

Bruce E. Holdstein

Arresting Officer

Richard Wasserman

Parade Watcher

Paul Nagle Jr.

Parade Watcher

Paul Froehler

Parade Watcher

Mary Ellen O'Brien

Parade Watcher

Jody Wilson

Parade Watcher

C.C. Costigan

Waitress

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese

Danny's Girlfriend

Gar Stephen

Big Man #1

Billy D. Lucas

Big Man #2

Ken Collins

Big Man #3

Linda Perri

Ticket Agent

Libby Moyer

Ticket Agent

Catherine Scorsese

Fruit Stand Customer

Charles Scorsese

Fruit Stand Customer

Jackie Davis

Jimmy the Dockmaster

George Grafas

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Ken Waters

Bar Patron (uncredited)

Esther Rolle

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