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Cape Fear (1962)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:19
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Max Cady, a wily, cruel ex-convict, is ravenous for the ruination of Sam Bowden, a Georgia laywer who eight years earlier sent Max to prison for his brutal assault of a young woman in a parking... Max Cady, a wily, cruel ex-convict, is ravenous for the ruination of Sam Bowden, a Georgia laywer who eight years earlier sent Max to prison for his brutal assault of a young woman in a parking lot. Max pursues Sam and his family with psychotic diligence. With each step, Max ups the ante of terror. First, he makes himself ubiquitous, igniting a reign of psychological torment over the family. Moving in closer, he poisons the family dog simply to prove his hard-heartedness. And in a succesful attempt to enrage, Max pays Sam's pubescent daughter Nancy a little visit. Finally, the men confront one another in a Southern swampland showdown. But Sam's wholesome tenacity proves too vital a force for Max's sinister rage. [More]
Starring: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Martin Balsam
Starring: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Martin Balsam, Telly Savalas, Lori Martin, Jack Kruschen, Barrie Chase, Edward Platt
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Screenwriter: James R. Webb
Story: John D. MacDonald
Producer: Sy Bartlett
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
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Its politics are abhorrent to me, but my god, it's such a slick, well-crafted thriller ... that I can't hate it
A tense thriller that holds your attention to the very end. The film is aided by one of Bernard Hermann's better scores.
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