Cape Fear (1962)
95 %
Reviews Counted: 20 Fresh: 19 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
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 lot. Max pursues Sam and his family with psychotic diligence. With each step, Max ups the ante of terror.... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Martin Balsam, Telly Savalas
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Screenwriter: James R. Webb
Story: John D. MacDonald
Producer: Sy Bartlett
Composer: Bernard Herrmann
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
04/18/08 06:39 AM
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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The remake with De Niro had the most to fear from this superior little thriller!
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